NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 28 32ND ANNUAL USE YOUR MELON. DRIVE SOBER 200 DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Dover, DE - September 30, 2017 1-Mile Concrete Oval 200 Laps - 200.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 47 minutes, 10 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 111.975 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 4.852 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 8 22 Ryan Blaney (i) Fitzgerald Ford 200 2 1 0 Running 2 136 2 4 7 Justin Allgaier Textron Off Road Chevrolet 200 4 3 50 Running 3 1 9 William Byron # AXALTA/Central Aluminum Chevrolet 200 1 2 53 Running 1 62 1 4 9 21 Daniel Hemric # Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet 200 9 8 38 Running 5 7 48 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 200 10 9 35 Running 6 23 19 Matt Tifft # Comcast NBC Universal Salute to Service Toyota 200 31 Running 7 2 18 Daniel Suarez (i) Interstate Batteries Toyota 200 3 4 0 Running 2 2 8 6 00 Cole Custer # Haas Automation Ford 200 8 7 36 Running 9 10 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 6 5 39 Running 10 13 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 200 27 Running 11 16 5 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 200 26 Running 12 12 4 Ross Chastain Delaware OOHS - Use Your Melon Chevrolet 200 25 Running 13 11 3 Ty Dillon (i) Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Chevrolet 200 0 Running 14 21 39 Ryan Sieg Midstate Basement Authorities Chevrolet 199 23 Running 15 14 24 Corey Lajoie (i) youtheory Toyota 199 0 Running 16 17 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes Ford 198 21 Running 17 25 14 JJ Yeley Superior Essex Toyota 198 20 Running 18 18 98 Casey Mears GEICO Military Ford 198 19 Running 19 19 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 198 18 Running 20 3 20 Erik Jones (i) Pixel Pals/GameStop Toyota 198 5 10 0 Running 21 27 07 Ray Black Jr Chevrolet 198 16 Running 22 22 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 198 15 Running 23 26 2 Austin Dillon (i) Rheem Chevrolet 198 0 Running 24 20 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Airlines Chevrolet 198 13 Running 25 29 90 Brandon Brown W.G. Speeks Chevrolet 197 12 Running 26 5 42 Tyler Reddick BBR/Dustin Lynch Chevrolet 197 7 6 20 Running 27 28 8 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 194 10 Running 28 35 52 Joey Gase Eternal Fan/Katie J's Bar & Grill Chevrolet 194 9 Running 29 30 0 Garrett Smithley Heroes Haven Chevrolet 194 8 Running 30 39 78 Josh Bilicki Prevagen Chevrolet 192 7 Running 31 37 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 87 6 Clutch 32 36 89 Morgan Shepherd Visone RV Chevrolet 43 5 Suspension 33 38 13 Timmy Hill TLC Resorts Chevrolet 35 4 Overheating 34 40 38 Gray Gaulding (i) Chevrolet 31 0 Electrical 35 24 15 Reed Sorenson (i) Stockley Tavern Chevrolet 25 0 Accident 36 34 40 Chad Finchum Smithfield Homes Chevrolet 25 1 Accident 37 31 01 Harrison Rhodes Meding's Seafood/Iron Source Chevrolet 17 1 Engine 38 32 99 David Starr Alarm Tech Systems Chevrolet 7 1 Accident 39 15 33 Brandon Jones Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet 4 1 Accident 40 33 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 4 1 Accident # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 9, 22, 18, 7, 20, 1, 42, 00, 21, 48 Stage 2 Top 10: 22, 9, 7, 18, 1, 42, 00, 21, 48, 20 Race Comments: Ryan Blaney won the Use Your Melon. Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway, his sixth NASCAR XFINITY Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: #15 (missing drivers meeting), #19 (tire change) and #39, #78 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: n/a Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 28 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 7-13 (Car #33, 93, 99, 19 Incident Turn 3 [38]); 19-23 (Fluid On The Track From #01 [38]); 26-29 (Car #39, 40, 15 Incident Turn 2 [38]); 62-67 (Stage 1 Conclusion [90]); 122-127 (Stage 2 Conclusion [39]). Lead Changes: 4 lead changes among 3 drivers. Byron 1-62, Suarez 63, Blaney 64-122, Suarez 123, Blaney 124-200. COORS 21 MEANS 21 POLE AWARD: William Byron (156.209 mph. 23.046 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Spencer Gallagher DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: William Byron MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#22) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Matt Tifft
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Busch 7 Pts Wins Joey Logano 3 Chevrolet 1,012 (10) William Byron # 2 Toyota 954 (10) Kyle Benjamin 2 Ford 953 (8) Kyle Larson 2 Dodge 177 (0) Justin Allgaier 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" Elliott Sadler 1 AWARD Daniel Hemric # 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Brennan Poole 1 Brad Keselowski (#22) 3 Blake Koch 1 William Byron (#9) 2 Brandon Jones 1 Ryan Preece 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Sam Hornish Jr 1 Roush/Yates (#22) 347 Erik Jones 1 JGE (#18) 310 Christopher Bell 1 JGE (#20) 286 Denny Hamlin 1 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch (#18) 7 William Byron 286 Matt Tifft (#19) 3 Daniel Hemric 246 Erik Jones (#20) 3 Cole Custer 229 Matt Tifft 200 Spencer Gallagher 137 Ben Kennedy 134
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1 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 2107 0 2 3 23 2 WILLIAM BYRON 2104 3 3 3 26 3 ELLIOTT SADLER 2094 13 0 5 20 4 COLE CUSTER 2093 14 0 2 7 5 DANIEL HEMRIC 2090 17 0 2 9 6 BRENNAN POOLE 2082 25 0 0 6 7 MATT TIFFT 2067 40 0 0 4 8 RYAN REED 2055 52 1 0 5 9 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 2053 54 0 1 3 10 MICHAEL ANNETT 2048 59 0 0 1 11 BLAKE KOCH 2043 64 0 2 5 12 JEREMY CLEMENTS 2035 72 1 0 5 13 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 521 1586 0 0 0 14 JJ YELEY 500 1607 0 0 0 15 ROSS CHASTAIN 496 1611 0 0 0 16 RYAN SIEG 477 1630 0 0 0 17 BRANDON JONES 452 1655 0 0 0 18 TYLER REDDICK 385 1722 1 0 0 19 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 348 1759 0 1 0 20 SPENCER GALLAGHER 346 1761 0 0 0 21 BEN KENNEDY 307 1800 0 0 0 22 JOEY GASE 301 1806 0 0 0 23 GARRETT SMITHLEY 287 1820 0 0 0 24 DAVID STARR 275 1832 0 0 0 25 HARRISON RHODES 270 1837 0 0 0 26 BJ MCLEOD 218 1889 0 0 0 27 RAY BLACK II 204 1903 0 0 0 28 CASEY MEARS 191 1916 0 0 0 29 DYLAN LUPTON 160 1947 0 0 0 30 RYAN PREECE 157 1950 1 1 0 31 KYLE BENJAMIN 152 1955 0 0 0 32 TIMMY HILL 138 1969 0 0 0 33 BRANDON BROWN 110 1997 0 0 0 34 MIKE HARMON 104 2003 0 0 0 35 JEB BURTON 99 2008 0 0 0 36 JEFF GREEN 97 2010 0 0 0 37 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 94 2013 0 0 0 38 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 90 2017 0 0 0 39 SAM HORNISH JR. 81 2026 1 1 0 40 JUSTIN MARKS 75 2032 0 0 0 41 BRIAN SCOTT 70 2037 0 0 0 42 QUIN HOUFF 67 2040 0 0 0 43 JOSH BILICKI 63 2044 0 0 0 44 JAMES DAVISON 52 2055 0 1 0 45 MARIO GOSSELIN 49 2058 0 0 0 46 JOSH WILLIAMS 41 2066 0 0 0 47 ANDY LALLY 38 2069 0 0 0 48 ANTHONY KUMPEN 36 2071 0 0 0 49 DREW HERRING 35 2072 0 0 0 50 CHRIS COCKRUM 34 2073 0 0 0 51 SPENCER BOYD 29 2078 0 0 0 52 BRANDON HIGHTOWER 26 2081 0 0 0 53 TY MAJESKI 26 2081 0 0 0 54 MARTIN ROY 26 2081 0 0 0 55 CHAD FINCHUM 26 2081 0 0 0 56 ENRIQUE BACA 25 2082 0 0 0 57 CARL LONG 21 2086 0 0 0 58 MORGAN SHEPHERD 20 2087 0 0 0 59 TIM COWEN 18 2089 0 0 0 60 STEPHEN YOUNG 17 2090 0 0 0 61 MARK THOMPSON 17 2090 0 0 0 62 RYAN ELLIS 16 2091 0 0 0 63 DEXTER BEAN 16 2091 0 0 0 64 ALEX LABBE 13 2094 0 0 0 65 ANGELA RUCH 12 2095 0 0 0 66 DEVIN JONES 11 2096 0 0 0 67 BENNY GORDON 10 2097 0 0 0 68 NIC HAMMANN 8 2099 0 0 0 69 VINNIE MILLER 8 2099 0 0 0 70 JOHN GRAHAM 8 2099 0 0 0 71 TODD BODINE 7 2100 0 0 0 72 CALE CONLEY 5 2102 0 0 0 73 STAN MULLIS 5 2102 0 0 0 74 SHELDON CREED 5 2102 0 0 0 75 BRIAN HENDERSON 4 2103 0 0 0 76 BOBBY EARNHARDT 3 2104 0 0 0 77 CLINT KING 3 2104 0 0 0 78 JOHN JACKSON 3 2104 0 0 0 79 MATTHEW BELL 1 2106 0 0 0 80 ERNIE FRANCIS JR. 1 2106 0 0 0 81 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 2107 5 5 0 82 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 2107 3 3 0 83 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 2107 2 4 0 84 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 2107 2 8 0 85 ERIK JONES(i) 0 2107 2 5 0 86 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 2107 1 0 0 87 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 2107 1 1 0 88 DANIEL SUAREZ(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 89 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 2107 0 4 0 90 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 2107 0 1 0 91 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 92 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 2107 0 1 0 93 TY DILLON(i) 0 2107 0 1 0 94 CHRISTOPHER BELL(i) 0 2107 0 1 0 95 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 2107 2 0 0 96 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 97 PARKER KLIGERMAN(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 98 BRETT MOFFITT(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 99 COREY LAJOIE(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 100 AUSTIN CINDRIC(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 101 CODY WARE(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 102 JORDAN ANDERSON(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 103 REGAN SMITH(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 104 MATT MILLS(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 105 KORBIN FORRISTER(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 106 GRAY GAULDING(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 107 REED SORENSON(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 108 STEPHEN LEICHT(i) 0 2107 0 0 0 109 P J JONES 0 2107 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #28: 32ND ANNUAL USE YOUR MELON. DRIVE SOBER "200" Race Date: 09/30/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts
1 18 J D GIBBS 2114 0 6 5 32 28 2 22 ROGER PENSKE 2105 9 4 11 46 28 3 20 JOE GIBBS 2104 10 4 8 33 28 4 42 CHIP GANASSI 2102 12 4 3 29 28 5 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 2102 12 2 3 18 28 6 9 RICK HENDRICK 2100 14 3 3 22 28 7 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 2087 27 0 5 13 28 8 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS 2084 30 0 2 3 28 9 48 CHIP GANASSI 2076 38 0 0 0 28 10 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 2063 51 0 1 3 28 11 16 JACK ROUSH 2055 59 1 0 5 28 12 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 2038 76 0 2 5 28 13 00 GENE HAAS 752 1362 0 2 0 28 14 19 JOE GIBBS 680 1434 0 0 0 28 15 11 MATT KAULIG 603 1511 0 2 0 28 16 62 RICHARD CHILDRESS 585 1529 0 1 0 28 17 5 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 581 1533 0 0 0 28 18 124 JAMES WHITENER 543 1571 0 0 0 28 19 14 MARK SMITH 500 1614 0 0 0 28 20 4 GARY KELLER 496 1618 0 0 0 28 21 39 ROD SIEG 477 1637 0 0 0 28 22 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 452 1662 0 0 0 28 23 51 TONY CLEMENTS 443 1671 1 0 0 28 24 24 MARIA GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ 373 1741 0 0 0 25 25 60 JACK ROUSH 347 1767 0 1 0 14 26 23 MAURICE GALLAGHER JR. 346 1768 0 0 0 28 27 98 FRED BIAGI 328 1786 1 1 0 18 28 07 BOBBY DOTTER 315 1799 0 0 0 28 29 52 JIMMY MEANS 301 1813 0 0 0 28 30 0 GARY COGSWELL 294 1820 0 0 0 28 31 8 JESSICA SMITH-MCLEOD 288 1826 0 0 0 28 32 99 JESSICA SMITH-MCLEOD 275 1839 0 0 0 28 33 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 275 1839 0 0 0 28 34 41 TONY STEWART 264 1850 0 4 0 6 35 90 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 253 1861 0 0 0 28 36 12 ROGER PENSKE 221 1893 2 2 0 5 37 40 DANIELLE LONG 214 1900 0 0 0 28 38 78 BJ MCLEOD 208 1906 0 0 0 28 39 88 RICK HENDRICK 145 1969 0 0 0 4 40 146 RICK GDOVIC 130 1984 0 0 0 8 41 96 MAURICE GALLAGHER JR. 129 1985 0 0 0 8 42 74 MIKE HARMON 128 1986 0 0 0 28 43 13 DANIELLE LONG 78 2036 0 0 0 28 44 25 LYNN COCKRUM 34 2080 0 0 0 6 45 93 PAMELA SIEG 26 2088 0 0 0 25 46 26 JONATHON WHITENER 23 2091 0 0 0 1 47 89 CINDY SHEPHERD 20 2094 0 0 0 22 48 44 MARK SMITH 10 2104 0 0 0 1 49 17 RICK WARE 8 2106 0 0 0 1 50 192 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 7 2107 0 0 0 3 51 15 CAROL CLARK 7 2107 0 0 0 8 52 97 VICTOR OBAIKA 4 2110 0 0 0 6 53 138 SUSAN BATES 3 2111 0 0 0 1 54 172 JAMES CARTER 2 2112 0 0 0 2 55 45 CRAIG MARTINS 0 2114 0 0 0 1 56 177 VICTOR OBAIKA 0 2114 0 0 0 1