NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 21 4TH ANNUAL MID-OHIO CHALLENGE MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE Lexington, OH - August 13, 2016
75 Laps - 180.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 10 minutes, 9 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 53.437 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.707 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Status Tms Laps 1 16 42 Justin Marks Katerra Chevrolet 75 45 5 146.7 Running 3 43 2 1 2 Sam Hornish Jr Rheem Chevrolet 75 40 1 117.2 Running 3 8 3 3 22 Ryan Blaney (i) Discount Tire Ford 75 0 112.8 Running 1 6 4 7 3 Ty Dillon WESCO Chevrolet 75 38 1 118.5 Running 2 5 5 11 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 75 36 97.3 Running 6 6 20 Erik Jones # DEWALT FLEXVOLT Toyota 75 35 97.4 Running 7 15 90 Andy Lally 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet 75 35 1 107.2 Running 1 3 8 12 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 75 33 85.4 Running 9 4 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Chevrolet 75 32 80.2 Running 10 17 48 Brennan Poole # DC Solar Chevrolet 75 31 79.2 Running 11 8 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford 75 30 93.7 Running 12 13 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 75 29 70.2 Running 13 22 40 Alon Day FLWaterfront.com Dodge 75 28 84.7 Running 14 21 4 Ross Chastain teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 75 28 1 64.4 Running 1 1 15 10 6 Darrell Wallace Jr Roush Performance Ford 75 27 1 102.4 Running 1 7 16 2 18 Owen Kelly Tunity Toyota 75 26 1 82.7 Running 2 2 17 24 01 Ryan Preece # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 75 24 76.2 Running 18 29 25 Ryan Ellis Bachtel Excavating Chevrolet 75 23 64.6 Running 19 19 33 Brandon Jones # Jeld-Wen/Menards Chevrolet 75 22 67.7 Running 20 27 15 Stanton Barrett Lilly Trucking Ford 75 21 61.3 Running 21 26 28 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Be Greater Toyota 74 20 61.8 Running 22 23 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 74 19 64.7 Running 23 5 19 Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota 74 18 81.7 Running 24 36 0 Garrett Smithley # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 73 17 39.5 Running 25 32 93 David Starr Massimo Motors Chevrolet 73 16 43.3 Running 26 30 14 Mike Bliss (i) Arthritis Foundation Toyota 73 0 52.1 Running 27 38 78 B J McLeod # Ford 73 14 36.3 Running 28 37 52 Joey Gase Donate Life Ohio Chevrolet 73 13 39.5 Running 29 31 70 Timmy Hill (i) E-hydrate/Sammi's Best Chevrolet 72 0 43.8 Running 30 33 07 Ray Black Jr # Scuba Life Chevrolet 72 11 40.7 Running 31 35 77 Jordan Anderson (i) VroomBrands Chevrolet 72 0 38.5 Running 32 28 97 T.J. Bell VroomBrands Chevrolet 71 9 52.7 Running 33 39 74 Roger Reuse Alabama Controls Dodge 70 8 31.2 Running 34 14 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 64 7 45.5 Running 35 20 44 J.J. Yeley Zachry Toyota 56 6 82.0 Accident 36 18 88 Kenny Habul SunEnergy1 Chevrolet 54 5 65.0 Accident 37 34 13 Tim Cowen Cowen Logistics Ford 54 4 47.7 Accident 38 9 98 Nelson Piquet Jr Carroll Shelby Engine Co Ford 31 3 54.2 Accident 39 40 92 Mario Gosselin BuckedUp Apparel Chevrolet 3 PE 25.2 Electrical 40 25 10 Jeff Green Toyota 2 1 23.3 Rear Gear # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: n/a Race Comments: Justin Marks won the Mid-Ohio Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, his 1st NASCAR XFINITY Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 0, 3, 07, 22, 78, 93 (unapproved adjustments). Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 32 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 3-9 (Weather [None]); 15-18 (Car #97 Off Track, Turn 11 [33]); 21-23 (Car #2 Off Track, Turn 4 [74]); 29-31 (Car #19 Off Track, Turn 4 [78]); 33-35 (Car #20, 48, 62, 90, 98 Incident Turn 1 [14]); 51-55 (Debris Turn 8 [25]); 57-61 (Car #13 Off Track, Turn 1 [4]); 72-73 (Car #97 Off Track, Turn 6 [15]). Lap Leaders: 13 lead changes among 8 drivers. Hornish Jr 1-4, Chastain 5, Hornish Jr 6-8, Kelly 9, Hornish Jr 10, Marks 11-42, Lally 43-45, Dillon 46-47, Blaney 48-53, Kelly 54, Marks 55, Wallace Jr 56-62, Dillon 63-65, Marks 66-75.
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Sam Hornish Jr (96.374 mph. 84.346 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Erik Jones DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Elliott Sadler MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#42) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Erik Jones
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Elliott Sadler 700 (1) AWARD Erik Jones # 6 2 - Daniel Suarez 675 (1) Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Kyle Busch 6 3 - Ty Dillon 667 (0) Erik Jones (#20) 6 Daniel Suarez 2 4 - Erik Jones 648 (3) Joey Logano (#12) 2 Ty Dillon 1 5 - Justin Allgaier 646 (0) Alex Bowman 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 6 - Brendan Gaughan 631 (0) Sam Hornish Jr 1 7 - Brennan Poole 618 (0) JGE (#18) 324 Joey Logano 1 8 - Brandon Jones 595 (0) JGE (#20) 235 Matt Tifft 1 9 - Darrell Wallace Jr 539 (0) ECR (#2) 230 David Ragan 1 10 - Ryan Reed 526 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Erik Jones 278 Pts Wins Erik Jones (#20) 5 Brennan Poole 198 Toyota 875 (13) Daniel Suarez (#19) 3 Brandon Jones 187 Chevrolet 846 (6) Ryan Preece 129 Ford 766 (2) Garrett Smithley 126 Dodge 232 (0) Ray Black Jr 116 B J McLeod 111 Cody Ware 30
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Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2016 NASCAR Race #21: 4TH ANNUAL MID-OHIO CHALLENGE Race Date: 08/13/2016 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 700 21 1 6 18 2 DANIEL SUAREZ 675 21 1 9 16 3 TY DILLON 667 21 0 7 13 4 ERIK JONES 648 21 3 11 13 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 646 21 0 8 17 6 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 631 21 0 2 10 7 BRENNAN POOLE 618 21 0 2 11 8 BRANDON JONES 595 21 0 0 8 9 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 539 21 0 3 6 10 RYAN REED 526 21 0 0 3 11 RYAN SIEG 483 21 0 1 2 12 BLAKE KOCH 466 21 0 0 2 13 ROSS CHASTAIN 463 21 0 0 0 14 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 448 21 0 1 1 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 430 21 0 1 1 16 J J YELEY 405 20 0 0 0 17 GARRETT SMITHLEY 361 20 0 0 0 18 RYAN PREECE 351 21 0 0 0 19 RAY BLACK JR. 305 21 0 0 0 20 B J MCLEOD 297 21 0 0 0 21 JEB BURTON 289 12 0 0 1 22 JOEY GASE 271 21 0 0 0 23 JUSTIN MARKS 257 12 1 1 1 24 DAVID STARR 204 13 0 0 0 25 MARIO GOSSELIN 189 15 0 0 0 26 ALEX BOWMAN 175 5 0 2 5 27 MIKE HARMON 143 16 0 0 0 28 JEFF GREEN 140 19 0 0 1 29 RYAN ELLIS 132 10 0 0 0 30 DERRIKE COPE 131 16 0 0 0 31 SAM HORNISH JR. 120 3 1 2 3 32 HARRISON RHODES 118 11 0 0 0 33 DREW HERRING 91 4 0 0 0 34 T J BELL JR. 79 8 0 0 0 35 COREY LAJOIE 78 5 0 0 0 36 STANTON BARRETT 64 4 0 0 0 37 TODD PECK 63 9 0 0 0 38 MORGAN SHEPHERD 60 15 0 0 0 39 CODY WARE 54 6 0 0 0 40 BRANDON GDOVIC 52 3 0 0 0 41 CARL LONG 52 10 0 0 0 42 BENNY GORDON 51 3 0 0 0 43 CHRIS COCKRUM 50 5 0 0 0 44 ALEX GUENETTE 49 4 0 0 0 45 MARTIN ROY 48 4 0 0 0 46 SCOTT HECKERT 40 2 0 0 0 47 ANDY LALLY 35 1 0 0 1 48 JOSH BERRY 32 1 0 0 1 49 KENNY HABUL 29 2 0 0 0 50 ALON DAY 28 1 0 0 0 51 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 28 2 0 0 0 52 DYLAN LUPTON 27 2 0 0 0 53 BRANDON MCREYNOLDS 27 2 0 0 0 54 BOBBY GERHART 27 3 0 0 0 55 OWEN KELLY 26 1 0 0 0 56 MATT WALTZ 19 2 0 0 0 57 JOHN JACKSON 16 4 0 0 0 58 ANTHONY KUMPEN 15 1 0 0 0 59 MICHAEL LIRA 15 1 0 0 0 60 JOSH REAUME 15 4 0 0 0 61 NIC HAMMANN 13 1 0 0 0 62 ERIC MCCLURE 11 1 0 0 0 63 MARK THOMPSON 11 1 0 0 0 64 PAIGE DECKER 10 1 0 0 0 65 DEXTER BEAN 10 2 0 0 0 66 ROGER REUSE 8 1 0 0 0 67 TODD BODINE 7 1 0 0 0 68 DEREK WHITE 5 1 0 0 0 69 D J KENNINGTON 5 1 0 0 0 70 TOMY DRISSI 5 1 0 0 0 71 TIM COWEN 4 1 0 0 0 72 NELSON PIQUET JR. 3 1 0 0 0 73 CHRIS COOK 1 1 0 0 0 74 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 12 7 11 11 75 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 12 1 8 11 76 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 9 1 5 7 77 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 10 1 5 9 78 CHASE ELLIOTT(i) 0 6 1 4 6 79 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 2 1 2 2 80 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 8 1 1 3 81 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 1 1 1 1 82 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 6 0 4 5 83 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 4 0 1 3 84 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 10 0 3 8 85 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 4 0 1 2 86 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 1 0 1 1 87 COLE CUSTER(i) 0 3 0 1 2 88 TREVOR BAYNE(i) 0 1 0 1 1 89 MATT TIFFT(i) 0 6 0 0 2 90 SPENCER GALLAGHER(i) 0 6 0 0 1 91 BEN KENNEDY(i) 0 1 0 0 1 92 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 2 0 0 0 93 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 2 0 0 0 94 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 1 0 0 0 95 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 10 0 0 0 96 TRAVIS KVAPIL(i) 0 5 0 0 0 97 BOBBY LABONTE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 98 MIKE BLISS(i) 0 2 0 0 0 99 SPENCER BOYD(i) 0 1 0 0 0 100 JORDAN ANDERSON(i) 0 1 0 0 0 101 MATT DIBENEDETTO(i) 0 10 0 0 0 102 JOSH WISE(i) 0 7 0 0 0 103 JOSH WILLIAMS 0 1 0 0 0 104 TYLER YOUNG(i) 0 1 0 0 0 105 CLAIRE DECKER 0 0 0 0 0 106 CHRIS FONTAINE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #21: 4TH ANNUAL MID-OHIO CHALLENGE Race Date: 08/13/2016 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 18 J D GIBBS 745 21 9 14 16 21 2 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 726 21 1 13 19 21 3 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 700 21 1 6 18 21 4 88 RICK HENDRICK 683 21 2 9 17 21 5 22 ROGER PENSKE 677 21 0 8 17 21 6 19 JOE GIBBS 675 21 1 9 16 21 7 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 667 21 0 7 13 21 8 20 JOE GIBBS 648 21 3 11 13 21 9 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 646 21 0 8 17 21 10 62 RICHARD CHILDRESS 631 21 0 2 10 21 11 48 CHIP GANASSI 618 21 0 2 11 21 12 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 595 21 0 0 8 21 13 42 CHIP GANASSI 565 21 2 6 8 21 14 6 JACK ROUSH 539 21 0 3 6 21 15 16 JACK ROUSH 526 21 0 0 3 21 16 39 ROD SIEG 483 21 0 1 2 21 17 11 MATT KAULIG 466 21 0 0 2 21 18 4 GARY KELLER 463 21 0 0 0 21 19 28 JAMES WHITENER 441 21 0 0 0 21 20 44 MARK SMITH 434 21 0 0 0 21 21 51 TONY CLEMENTS 430 21 0 1 1 21 22 0 GARY COGSWELL 372 21 0 0 0 21 23 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 351 21 0 0 0 21 24 07 BOBBY DOTTER 305 21 0 0 0 21 25 90 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 297 21 0 0 1 21 26 78 B J MCLEOD 297 21 0 0 0 21 27 98 FRED BIAGI 284 10 1 1 3 10 28 52 JIMMY MEANS 271 21 0 0 0 21 29 43 RICHARD PETTY 260 11 0 0 1 11 30 15 RICK WARE 250 20 0 0 0 21 31 25 RICK WARE 249 21 0 0 0 21 32 24 GREGG MIXON 241 14 0 0 0 14 33 14 MARK SMITH 228 21 0 0 0 21 34 97 VICTOR OBAIKA 204 20 0 0 0 21 35 13 DANIELLE LONG 186 19 0 0 0 21 36 74 MIKE HARMON 164 18 0 0 0 21 37 93 PAMELA SIEG 152 18 0 0 0 20 38 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 143 17 0 0 0 21 39 21 MAURICE GALLAGHER JR. 123 6 0 0 1 6 40 5 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 111 3 0 2 3 3 41 12 ROGER PENSKE 104 3 1 1 2 3 42 40 DANIELLE LONG 85 16 0 0 0 21 43 146 RICK GDOVIC 67 4 0 0 0 4 44 89 CINDY SHEPHERD 60 15 0 0 0 18 45 05 TONY TOWNLEY 39 2 0 0 0 2 46 17 RICK WARE 38 2 0 0 1 2 47 60 JACK ROUSH 36 1 0 1 1 1 48 177 VICTOR OBAIKA 30 4 0 0 0 6 49 10 MARK SMITH 30 17 0 0 0 18 50 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 28 2 0 0 0 2 51 85 WILLIAM GERHART 27 3 0 0 0 3 52 192 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 16 4 0 0 0 7 53 99 JESSICA SMITH 3 1 0 0 0 4 54 179 JIMMY MEANS 0 1 0 0 0 1