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NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 30 18TH ANNUAL KANSAS LOTTERY 300 KANSAS SPEEDWAY Kansas City, KS - October 20, 2018 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 31 minutes, 16 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 118.995 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 5.2 second(s) Fin Str Car Stg 1 Stg 2 Lead Playoff Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Pts 1 13 42 John Hunter Nemechek Fire Alarm Services Inc. Chevrolet 200 2 1 59 Running 2 64 6 2 1 21 Daniel Hemric South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 200 1 2 54 Running 5 128 3 11 1 Elliott Sadler Textron Off Road Wildcat XX Chevrolet 200 5 4 47 Running 1 2 4 8 3 Shane Lee Childress Vineyards Chevrolet 200 4 6 45 Running 5 6 9 Tyler Reddick # BurgerFi Chevrolet 200 6 3 45 Running 1 2 6 9 2 Matt Tifft American Ethanol e 15/ Sorghum Chevrolet 200 7 5 41 Running 1 2 7 16 16 Ryan Reed Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes Ford 200 8 8 36 Running 8 18 60 Ty Majeski Ford Ford 200 7 33 Running 9 19 39 Ryan Sieg Frank Foster 'Til I'm Gone Chevrolet 199 9 30 Running 10 40 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 199 27 Running 11 14 11 Ryan Truex LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 198 9 10 29 Running 12 27 36 Alex Labbe # AlphaPrimeUSA.com Chevrolet 197 25 Running 13 23 0 Garrett Smithley teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 196 10 25 Running 14 31 15 Quin Houff teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 196 23 Running 15 20 35 Joey Gase Absarokatuff.com Chevrolet 195 22 Running 16 33 40 Chad Finchum # Smithbilt Homes/The Preserve Toyota 195 21 Running 17 34 52 David Starr Wilkerson Crane Rental Chevrolet 194 20 Running 18 32 8 Ja Junior Avila ARTGeneralContractor/JWTransport Chevrolet 193 19 Running 19 35 76 Spencer Boyd # Grunt Style Chevrolet 192 18 Running 20 37 45 Josh Bilicki # Prevagen/GNC Toyota 191 17 Running 21 7 18 Ryan Preece Craftsman Toyota 189 3 24 Running 22 36 78 Vinnie Miller # CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet 189 15 Running 23 29 01 BJ McLeod teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 189 14 Running 24 28 90 Josh Williams Sleep Well/Star Tron Chevrolet 187 13 Running 1 2 25 22 4 Ross Chastain teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 182 12 Running 26 10 00 Cole Custer Haas Automation Ford 181 11 Running 27 30 66 Bobby Earnhardt HABCO Toyota 133 10 Fuel Pump 28 38 74 Mike Harmon The Journey Home Project Chevrolet 129 9 Running 29 39 38 Angela Ruch Connecting Families Chevrolet 98 8 Oil Leak 30 12 98 Chase Briscoe Nutri Chomps Ford 79 7 Suspension 31 25 13 Timmy Hill OCR Gaz Bar Toyota 54 6 Vibration 32 24 99 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 26 5 Steering 33 17 23 Spencer Gallagher Allegiant Chevrolet 24 4 Accident 34 26 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 16 3 Rear Gear 35 21 37 JJ Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 16 2 Brakes 36 5 19 Brandon Jones Game Plan For Life Toyota 12 1 Accident 37 2 20 Christopher Bell # Rheem Toyota 2 1 Accident 38 3 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 1 1 Accident 39 4 22 Austin Cindric # Menards/Richmond Ford 0 1 Accident 40 15 5 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 0 1 Accident # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 21, 42, 18, 3, 1, 9, 2, 16, 11, 0 Stage 2 Top 10: 42, 21, 9, 1, 2, 3, 60, 16, 39, 11 Race Comments: John Hunter Nemechek won the Kansas Lottery 300 at the Kansas Speedway, his first victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 4, 36 (engine change), 74 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (3) #55 Bayley Currey; #89 Morgan Shepherd; #26 Max Tullman Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 41 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 2-11 (Car #00, 4, 5, 7, 11, 20, 22, 23, 98 Incident Turn 2 [None]); 13-16 (Car #19 Incident Backstretch [23]); 26-33 (Car #23 Incident Frontstretch [38]); 47-51 (Stage 1 Conclusion [00]); 58-60 (Car #8 Spin Turn 4 [98]); 91-97 (Car #18, 0, 35 Incident Turn 4 / Stage 2 Conclusion [None]); 165-168 (Car #78 Stalled On Track [16]). Lead Changes: 10 lead changes among 6 drivers. Hemric 1-48, Williams 49-50, Hemric 51-59, Nemechek 60-93, Hemric 94-149, Reddick 150-151, Hemric 152-165, Tifft 166-167, Sadler 168-169, Hemric 170, Nemechek 171-200. FASTEST QUALIFIER: Daniel Hemric (183.955 mph. 29.355 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Elliott Sadler DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Daniel Hemric SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Tyler Reddick MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines (ECR) (#21) BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Pts Wins TYLER REDDICK 3,055 CHRISTOPHER BELL 3,045 Chevrolet 1,104 (14) AUSTIN CINDRIC 3,002 Ford 1,030 (8) ALEX LABBE 500 Toyota 1,008 (8) KAZ GRALA 420 Dodge 75 (0) SPENCER BOYD 274 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" VINNIE MILLER 267 AWARD CHAD FINCHUM 226 Daniel Hemric (#21) 3 JOSH BILICKI 199 Austin Cindric (#22) 3 Kyle Larson (#42) 3 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Roush/Yates (#22) 344 JGE (#20) 321 Hendrick (#7) 315 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Christopher Bell (#20) 9 Justin Allgaier (#7) 8 Cole Custer (#00) 3 NEXT EVENT: November 3, 2018 - 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2018 NASCAR Race #30: 18TH ANNUAL KANSAS LOTTERY "300" Race Date: 10/20/2018 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 DANIEL HEMRIC 3067 0 0 8 13 2 ELLIOTT SADLER 3058 9 0 4 11 3 TYLER REDDICK 3055 12 1 1 10 4 CHRISTOPHER BELL 3045 22 6 6 44 5 MATT TIFFT 3044 23 0 1 3 6 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 3040 27 5 5 39 7 COLE CUSTER 3022 45 0 1 11 8 AUSTIN CINDRIC 3002 65 0 1 1 9 ROSS CHASTAIN 2115 952 1 4 0 10 RYAN REED 2110 957 0 0 0 11 RYAN TRUEX 2110 957 0 0 0 12 BRANDON JONES 2089 978 0 1 0 13 MICHAEL ANNETT 562 2505 0 0 0 14 JEREMY CLEMENTS 556 2511 0 0 0 15 RYAN SIEG 531 2536 0 0 0 16 JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK 515 2552 1 3 0 17 ALEX LABBE 500 2567 0 0 0 18 GARRETT SMITHLEY 458 2609 0 0 0 19 JOEY GASE 451 2616 0 0 0 20 SPENCER GALLAGHER 449 2618 1 0 0 21 KAZ GRALA 420 2647 0 0 0 22 RYAN PREECE 388 2679 1 1 0 23 DAVID STARR 320 2747 0 0 0 24 CHASE BRISCOE 310 2757 1 0 0 25 SPENCER BOYD 274 2793 0 0 0 26 VINNIE MILLER 267 2800 0 0 0 27 SHANE LEE 261 2806 0 0 0 28 BJ MCLEOD 256 2811 0 0 0 29 JJ YELEY 237 2830 0 0 0 30 CHAD FINCHUM 226 2841 0 0 0 31 JOSH WILLIAMS 208 2859 0 0 0 32 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 203 2864 0 0 0 33 JOSH BILICKI 199 2868 0 0 0 34 TIMMY HILL 115 2952 0 0 0 35 RAY BLACK 113 2954 0 0 0 36 TY MAJESKI 112 2955 0 0 0 37 JEFF GREEN 105 2962 0 0 0 38 DYLAN LUPTON 103 2964 0 0 0 39 KYLE BENJAMIN 102 2965 0 0 0 40 JUSTIN MARKS 99 2968 0 0 0 41 MIKE HARMON 91 2976 0 0 0 42 STEPHEN LEICHT 79 2988 0 0 0 43 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 71 2996 0 0 0 44 BRANDON HIGHTOWER 64 3003 0 0 0 45 BRANDON BROWN 62 3005 0 0 0 46 ANDY LALLY 60 3007 0 0 0 47 JEB BURTON 60 3007 0 0 0 48 LANDON CASSILL 58 3009 0 0 0 49 DALE EARNHARDT 51 3016 0 1 0 50 KATHERINE LEGGE 46 3021 0 0 0 51 MATT MILLS 43 3024 0 0 0 52 CAESAR BACARELLA 42 3025 0 0 0 53 JA JUNIOR AVILA 36 3031 0 0 0 54 BRIAN HENDERSON 35 3032 0 0 0 55 JAMES DAVISON 29 3038 0 0 0 56 QUIN HOUFF 29 3038 0 0 0 57 RYAN ELLIS 27 3040 0 0 0 58 SCOTT HECKERT 24 3043 0 0 0 59 CASEY RODERICK 22 3045 0 0 0 60 MORGAN SHEPHERD 22 3045 0 0 0 61 MASON DIAZ 18 3049 0 0 0 62 BILL ELLIOTT 17 3050 0 0 0 63 LAWSON ASCHENBACH 17 3050 0 0 0 64 CARL LONG 17 3050 0 0 0 65 COLE ROUSE 16 3051 0 0 0 66 ANGELA RUCH 15 3052 0 0 0 67 MAX TULLMAN 14 3053 0 0 0 68 TONY MRAKOVICH 13 3054 0 0 0 69 TIM COWEN 11 3056 0 0 0 70 BOBBY EARNHARDT 10 3057 0 0 0 71 MIKE SKEEN 9 3058 0 0 0 72 STAN MULLIS 9 3058 0 0 0 73 DYLAN MURCOTT 8 3059 0 0 0 74 PETER SHEPHERD 6 3061 0 0 0 75 VICTOR GONZALEZ 6 3061 0 0 0 76 CONOR DALY 6 3061 0 0 0 77 DONALD THEETGE 4 3063 0 0 0 78 JOHN JACKSON 4 3063 0 0 0 79 DEXTER BEAN 1 3066 0 0 0 80 JAMES FRENCH 1 3066 0 0 0 81 KYLE LARSON 0 3067 4 7 0 82 BRAD KESELOWSKI 0 3067 3 1 0 83 JOEY LOGANO 0 3067 2 3 0 84 KEVIN HARVICK 0 3067 1 2 0 85 RYAN BLANEY 0 3067 1 1 0 86 AUSTIN DILLON 0 3067 1 0 0 87 CHASE ELLIOTT 0 3067 0 1 0 88 NOAH GRAGSON 0 3067 0 0 0 89 A J ALLMENDINGER 0 3067 0 1 0 90 KYLE BUSCH 0 3067 1 6 0 91 DANIEL SUAREZ 0 3067 0 0 0 92 TY DILLON 0 3067 0 0 0 93 DENNY HAMLIN 0 3067 0 0 0 94 JAMIE MCMURRAY 0 3067 0 0 0 95 PAUL MENARD 0 3067 0 1 0 96 ARIC ALMIROLA 0 3067 0 0 0 97 JOHNNY SAUTER 0 3067 0 0 0 98 RILEY HERBST 0 3067 0 0 0 99 JUSTIN HALEY 0 3067 0 0 0 100 JOE NEMECHEK 0 3067 0 0 0 101 ALEX BOWMAN 0 3067 0 0 0 102 BAYLEY CURREY 0 3067 0 0 0 103 BLAKE JONES 0 3067 0 0 0 104 CODY WARE 0 3067 0 0 0 105 JENNIFER JO COBB 0 3067 0 0 0 106 GRAY GAULDING 0 3067 0 0 0 107 JOSH REAUME 0 3067 0 0 0 108 TANNER BERRYHILL 0 3067 0 0 0 109 CHRIS COCKRUM 0 3067 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #30: 18TH ANNUAL KANSAS LOTTERY "300" Race Date: 10/20/2018 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts 1 42 CHIP GANASSI 3105 0 6 14 52 30 2 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS 3064 41 0 8 10 30 3 1 DALE EARNHARDT 3055 50 0 4 8 30 4 22 ROGER PENSKE 3053 52 6 7 52 30 5 20 JOE GIBBS 3043 62 6 6 42 30 6 18 J D GIBBS 3040 65 2 7 16 30 7 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 3035 70 5 5 34 30 8 00 GENE HAAS 3019 86 0 1 8 30 9 9 RICK HENDRICK 2154 951 1 1 0 30 10 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 2121 984 1 0 0 30 11 23 MAURICE GALLAGHER 2103 1002 1 1 0 30 12 19 JOE GIBBS 2085 1020 0 1 0 30 13 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 835 2270 0 1 0 30 14 11 MATT KAULIG 818 2287 0 0 0 30 15 16 JACK ROUSH 697 2408 0 0 0 30 16 4 GARY KELLER 646 2459 0 0 0 30 17 5 DALE EARNHARDT 562 2543 0