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NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 9 24TH ANNUAL WINN DIXIE 300 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Talladega, AL - May 2, 2015 2.66-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 113 Laps - 300.6 Miles Purse: $1,333,400 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 22 minutes, 7 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 126.901 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.13 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 16 22 Joey Logano (i) Discount Tire Ford 113 0 137.0 $57,871 Running 5 40 2 3 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 113 43 1 108.6 46,010 Running 2 10 3 1 33 Austin Dillon (i) Rheem Chevrolet 113 0 114.2 37,470 Running 4 27 28 J.J. Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota 113 41 1 82.5 41,257 Running 2 2 5 39 52 Joey Gase Donate Life/DB Sales Company Chevrolet 113 39 68.5 33,944 Running 6 12 60 Chris Buescher Bit-O-Honey Ford 113 39 1 102.4 34,405 Running 2 6 7 10 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 113 38 1 112.4 30,193 Running 6 19 8 2 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 113 37 1 96.9 32,587 Running 1 26 9 11 7 Regan Smith Hellmann's Chevrolet 113 35 99.7 29,906 Running 10 15 98 Aric Almirola (i) Shelby American Ford 113 0 107.1 23,679 Running 11 35 01 Landon Cassill GK Services Chevrolet 113 33 79.8 28,653 Running 12 19 55 Jeffrey Earnhardt FW1/Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 113 32 69.1 28,527 Running 13 25 17 Benny Gordon VSI Racing/SRWR Toyota 113 PE 70.7 22,350 Running 14 18 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 113 31 1 56.4 28,174 Running 1 5 15 21 25 John Wes Townley (i) Zaxby's Chevrolet 113 0 61.1 28,647 Running 16 5 54 Boris Said Monster Energy Toyota 113 29 1 82.4 28,145 Running 1 1 17 37 51 Jeremy Clements Conquest Completion Services Chevrolet 113 27 66.6 27,794 Running 18 40 97 Peyton Sellers # VroomBrands Chevrolet 113 26 44.6 22,643 Running 19 33 90 Mario Gosselin CrashClaimsR.us Chevrolet 113 25 56.7 27,517 Running 20 8 6 Darrell Wallace Jr # Sponge Bob Square Pants Ford 113 25 1 84.3 27,890 Running 1 1 21 34 24 Eric McClure Hefty Easy Grip Cups Toyota 113 23 44.2 27,213 Running 22 13 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 113 22 76.1 27,058 Running 23 24 8 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota 113 21 51.1 26,906 Running 24 26 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 113 20 53.6 26,755 Running 25 38 4 Ross Chastain # Flex Shot/Winn-Dixie Chevrolet 111 19 49.7 26,753 Running 26 28 40 Derek White Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge 111 18 32.9 20,452 Running 27 32 13 Mark Thompson Phoenix Air Dodge 111 17 36.9 26,325 Running 28 20 42 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 110 16 66.0 26,199 Running 29 29 39 Ryan Sieg Uncle Bob's Self Storage Chevrolet 107 15 64.9 26,048 Running 30 4 20 Erik Jones (i) Sport Clips Toyota 105 0 64.9 26,370 Overheating 31 6 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 101 14 1 65.1 25,945 Running 1 2 32 9 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 99 12 67.3 25,694 Running 33 17 88 Kasey Kahne (i) Armour Vienna Sausage Chevrolet 98 0 83.8 19,658 Accident 34 23 19 Mike Bliss Steely Lumber Toyota 98 10 28.7 25,624 Running 35 31 84 Chad Boat (i) CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet 97 0 58.1 19,578 Accident 36 36 0 Harrison Rhodes # Flex Seal Colors Chevrolet 84 8 32.7 23,688 Transmission 37 14 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 84 8 1 77.2 23,688 Running 1 1 38 22 26 Kenny Wallace JGL Racing Toyota 72 6 51.3 15,688 Accident 39 7 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 72 5 59.7 20,688 Accident 40 30 10 Charles Lewandoski TriStar Motorsports Toyota 3 4 25.4 13,688 Transmission # 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: (5) #35 Chris Cockrum; #74 Mike Harmon; #85 Bobby Gerhart; #70 Derrike Cope; #15 Carlos Contreras Race Comments: Joey Logano won the Winn Dixie 300 at Talladega Superspeedway, his 24th victory in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #10 (driver change), #20, #54 (unapproved adjustments during impound), #17 (missing drivers meeting). Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 31 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 3-5 (Car #1, 6, 62, 19 Accident Turn 3. [None]); 40-46 (Car #9 Accident Turn 2 [13]); 74-81 (Car #25, 0, 39, 62, 3, 26, 52, 16, 18, 84 Accident Frontstretch [Red Flag 7 Mins 56 Secs] [17]); 84-86 (Debris Frontstretch [97]); 90-92 (Car #14, 54, 88 Accident Backstretch [25]); 99-105 (Car #3, 8, 6, 84, 88, 13, 43 Accident Frontstretch [14]). Lap Leaders: 23 lead changes among 11 drivers. Dillon-pole, Wallace Jr 1, Buescher 2-4, Suarez 5-6, Buescher 7-9, Dillon 10-35, Logano 36, Said 37, Elliott 38, Sadler 39- 47, Logano 48-72, Scott 73-81, Starr 82-86, Scott 87, Sadler 88-91, Yeley 92, Sadler 93, Yeley 94, Sadler 95, Logano 96-104, Sadler 105, Logano 106, Sadler 107-109, Logano 110-113. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Austin Dillon (180.54 mph. 53.041 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: J.J. Yeley 3M LAP LEADER: Ty Dillon (26 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Peyton Sellers DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Chris Buescher MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#22) NASCAR XFINITY SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Ty Dillon 330 (0) AWARD Austin Dillon 3 2 - Chris Buescher 321 (0) Joey Logano (#22) 3 Erik Jones 3 3 - Chase Elliott 293 (0) Denny Hamlin (#20) 2 Joey Logano 2 4 - Darrell Wallace Jr 293 (0) Chris Buescher (#60) 1 Denny Hamlin 1 5 - Regan Smith 287 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 6 - Brian Scott 286 (0) Darrell Wallace Jr 103 7 - Elliott Sadler 282 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 154 Daniel Suarez 102 8 - Ryan Reed 255 (1) JGE (#20) 108 Ross Chastain 80 9 - Daniel Suarez 254 (0) ECR (#33) 103 Cale Conley 73 10 - Brendan Gaughan 249 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Harrison Rhodes 60 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Chris Buescher (#60) 2 Peyton Sellers 23 Pts Wins Darrell Wallace Jr (#6) 2 Josh Reaume 16 Ford 401 (4) Elliott Sadler (#1) 2 Chevrolet 392 (3) Toyota 380 (2) Dodge 112 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Kevin Harvick (#88) 2 Ty Dillon (#3) 1 Matt Kenseth (#20) 1 NEXT EVENT: May 17, 2015 - 5th Annual Iowa 250, Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA (218.75 Miles) (250 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. 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Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2015 NASCAR Race #9: 24TH ANNUAL WINN DIXIE "300" Race Date: 05/02/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 TY DILLON 330 9 0 3 7 $335,817 2 CHRIS BUESCHER 321 9 0 4 6 346,925 3 CHASE ELLIOTT 293 9 0 4 7 322,323 4 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 293 9 0 0 2 300,599 5 REGAN SMITH 287 9 0 3 7 333,536 6 BRIAN SCOTT 286 9 0 1 7 305,114 7 ELLIOTT SADLER 282 9 0 0 3 287,995 8 RYAN REED 255 9 1 1 1 346,547 9 DANIEL SUAREZ 254 9 0 1 3 293,292 10 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 249 9 0 1 4 312,686 11 JEREMY CLEMENTS 233 9 0 0 0 272,065 12 DAVID STARR 229 9 0 0 1 281,083 13 J J YELEY 214 9 0 1 1 281,182 14 ROSS CHASTAIN 211 9 0 0 1 273,899 15 LANDON CASSILL 196 9 0 0 1 269,604 16 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 194 9 0 0 0 267,775 17 RYAN SIEG 180 9 0 0 0 261,561 18 BLAKE KOCH 174 9 0 0 0 265,377 19 CALE CONLEY 166 9 0 0 0 265,096 20 BRENNAN POOLE 165 6 0 0 1 167,481 21 JOEY GASE 159 9 0 1 1 269,377 22 ERIC MCCLURE 153 9 0 0 0 262,043 23 MIKE BLISS 141 8 0 0 0 196,862 24 HARRISON RHODES 130 8 0 0 0 204,646 25 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 118 5 0 0 0 165,716 26 MARIO GOSSELIN 105 6 0 0 0 186,154 27 PEYTON SELLERS 87 6 0 0 0 144,348 28 DEREK WHITE 81 7 0 0 0 168,310 29 MIKE HARMON 76 8 0 0 0 200,213 30 DERRIKE COPE 67 7 0 0 0 138,380 31 RYAN BLANEY 43 1 0 1 1 71,438 32 DYLAN LUPTON 41 2 0 0 0 46,713 33 CHRIS COCKRUM 38 2 0 0 0 78,192 34 CARL LONG 37 5 0 0 0 80,176 35 JAMIE DICK 36 2 0 0 0 49,406 36 BRANDON GDOVIC 32 2 0 0 0 52,757 37 BORIS SAID 29 1 0 0 0 28,145 38 JOSH REAUME 27 2 0 0 0 61,850 39 JEFF GREEN 27 6 0 0 0 84,756 40 JIMMY WELLER 22 2 0 0 0 44,879 41 TODD BODINE 20 1 0 0 0 30,192 42 STANTON BARRETT 19 2 0 0 0 38,560 43 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 18 2 0 0 0 29,207 44 CARLOS CONTRERAS 18 2 0 0 0 38,607 45 MARK THOMPSON 17 1 0 0 0 26,325 46 MORGAN SHEPHERD 17 3 0 0 0 45,334 47 JUSTIN MARKS 10 1 0 0 0 55,846 48 ENRIQUE CONTRERAS 10 1 0 0 0 15,027 49 SCOTT LAGASSE JR.