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NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 8 28TH ANNUAL TOYOTACARE 250 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Richmond, VA - April 24, 2015 .75-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 250 Laps - 187.5 Miles Purse: $1,205,528 TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 50 minutes, 47 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 101.55 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.719 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 20 Denny Hamlin (i) Hisense Toyota 250 0 150.0 $53,835 Running 3 248 2 2 22 Joey Logano (i) Discount Tire Ford 250 0 122.5 35,480 Running 3 8 7 Regan Smith Breyers Chevrolet 250 41 109.4 34,901 Running 4 3 54 Erik Jones (i) Monster Energy Toyota 250 0 117.7 32,289 Running 5 7 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 250 39 109.2 29,956 Running 6 9 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 250 38 97.7 28,236 Running 7 5 2 Brian Scott Safeway/Reser's Chevrolet 250 38 1 109.6 26,792 Running 1 1 8 13 33 Austin Dillon (i) Rheem Chevrolet 250 0 102.1 20,702 Running 9 15 3 Ty Dillon Yuengling Light Chevrolet 249 35 90.4 26,175 Running 10 21 01 Landon Cassill Flex Seal Chevrolet 249 34 82.2 28,974 Running 11 16 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 249 33 82.9 25,720 Running 12 11 6 Darrell Wallace Jr # Bleacher Report Ford 249 32 94.3 25,620 Running 13 10 42 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 249 31 85.2 25,518 Running 14 26 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com/ US Petroleum 249 30 75.9 25,467 Running 15 4 98 Aric Almirola (i) SmithfieldConsultants Ford Chevrolet 249 0 90.0 19,992 Running 16 17 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 249 29 1 74.2 25,316 Running 1 1 17 28 4 Ross Chastain # Watermelon.org Chevrolet 248 27 64.0 25,113 Running 18 6 88 Kevin Harvick (i) Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet 248 0 78.6 19,012 Running 19 32 28 J.J. Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota 248 25 60.4 24,937 Running 20 12 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Products Ford 247 24 65.8 25,386 Running 21 14 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 247 23 70.4 24,836 Running 22 23 0 Harrison Rhodes # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 246 22 67.0 24,755 Running 23 20 19 Mike Bliss Toyota 246 21 64.4 24,678 Running 24 25 8 Blake Koch Promise Keepers Toyota 246 20 56.8 24,603 Running 25 30 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 246 19 50.9 24,677 Running 26 36 52 Joey Gase Donate Life/DB Sales Chevrolet 246 18 45.6 24,477 Running 27 18 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 246 17 57.5 24,426 Running 28 22 25 Dylan Lupton Zaxby's Chevrolet 246 16 51.2 24,351 Running 29 33 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 245 15 44.3 24,299 Running 30 29 55 Brandon Gdovic WindStax Chevrolet 245 14 49.4 24,549 Running 31 19 39 Ryan Sieg Uncle Bob's Self Storage Chevrolet 244 13 61.4 24,173 Running 32 37 97 Peyton Sellers # Vroom Brands Chevrolet 241 12 34.7 24,112 Running 33 34 90 Jimmy Weller III Geneva Liberty Steel Chevrolet 240 11 34.8 24,072 Running 34 38 15 Carlos Contreras BYB Chevrolet 238 10 30.5 17,961 Running 35 39 70 Derrike Cope Nature Nate's Honey/Zilla Wraps Chevrolet 234 9 28.3 17,881 Running 36 35 24 Eric McClure Hefty Toyota 205 8 36.7 22,199 Fuel Pump 37 31 40 Carl Long Sweet n' Surf Ice Cream Parlor Dodge 43 7 32.5 15,199 Brakes 38 27 13 Timmy Hill (i) Braille Battery/Grafoid Toyota 31 0 37.6 20,199 Engine 39 40 74 Mike Harmon Dodge 3 5 29.2 13,199 Engine 40 24 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 2 4 27.6 12,199 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: (2) #89 Morgan Shepherd; #03 Johanna Long Race Comments: Denny Hamlin won the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway, his 12th victory in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and third at the track. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #44, 52, 70, 74 and 97 (unapproved adjustments). Caution Flags: 3 cautions for 24 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 50-55 (Debris On The Frontstretch [16]); 111-121 (Car #90 Accident In Turn 2 [60]); 146-152 (Car #4 Accident In Turn 2 [51]). Lap Leaders: 4 lead changes among 3 drivers. Hamlin 1-153, Scott 154, Hamlin 155-225, Sadler 226, Hamlin 227-250. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (124.069 mph. 21.762 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Landon Cassill 3M LAP LEADER: Denny Hamlin (248 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Daniel Suarez DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Denny Hamlin MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist (#20) NASCAR XFINITY SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Ty Dillon 293 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 134 Erik Jones 3 2 - Chase Elliott 285 (0) JGE (#20) 108 Joey Logano 2 3 - Chris Buescher 282 (0) Hendrick (#88) 88 Austin Dillon 2 4 - Darrell Wallace Jr 268 (0) Denny Hamlin 1 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Regan Smith 252 (0) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 6 - Brendan Gaughan 244 (0) Chris Buescher (#60) 2 Daniel Suarez 95 7 - Elliott Sadler 244 (0) Darrell Wallace Jr (#6) 2 Darrell Wallace Jr 93 8 - Ryan Reed 243 (1) Elliott Sadler (#1) 2 Ross Chastain 72 9 - Brian Scott 243 (0) Cale Conley 64 10 - Daniel Suarez 240 (0) Harrison Rhodes 54 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Josh Reaume 16 Pts Wins Peyton Sellers 12 Ford 353 (3) Chevrolet 349 (3) Toyota 339 (2) Dodge 94 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Kevin Harvick (#88) 2 Austin Dillon (#33) 1 Matt Kenseth (#20) 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Joey Logano (#22) 3 Denny Hamlin (#20) 2 Kyle Larson (#42) 1 NEXT EVENT: May 2, 2015 - 24th Annual Winn Dixie 300, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL (300.58 Miles) (113 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 #8: 28TH ANNUAL TOYOTACARE "250" Race Date: 04/24/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 TY DILLON 293 8 0 3 6 $303,230 2 CHASE ELLIOTT 285 8 0 4 7 298,635 3 CHRIS BUESCHER 282 8 0 4 5 312,520 4 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 268 8 0 0 2 272,709 5 REGAN SMITH 252 8 0 3 6 303,630 6 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 244 8 0 1 4 291,998 7 ELLIOTT SADLER 244 8 0 0 2 257,802 8 RYAN REED 243 8 1 1 1 320,853 9 BRIAN SCOTT 243 8 0 0 6 259,104 10 DANIEL SUAREZ 240 8 0 1 3 267,347 11 JEREMY CLEMENTS 206 8 0 0 0 244,271 12 DAVID STARR 198 8 0 0 1 252,909 13 ROSS CHASTAIN 192 8 0 0 1 247,146 14 J J YELEY 173 8 0 0 0 239,925 15 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 172 8 0 0 0 240,717 16 RYAN SIEG 165 8 0 0 0 235,513 17 LANDON CASSILL 163 8 0 0 1 240,951 18 BLAKE KOCH 153 8 0 0 0 238,471 19 BRENNAN POOLE 149 5 0 0 1 141,282 20 CALE CONLEY 146 8 0 0 0 238,341 21 MIKE BLISS 131 7 0 0 0 171,238 22 ERIC MCCLURE 130 8 0 0 0 234,830 23 HARRISON RHODES 122 7 0 0 0 180,958 24 JOEY GASE 120 8 0 0 0 235,433 25 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 86 4 0 0 0 137,189 26 MARIO GOSSELIN 80 5 0 0 0 158,637 27 MIKE HARMON 76 8 0 0 0 200,213 28 DERRIKE COPE 67 7 0 0 0 138,380 29 DEREK WHITE 63 6 0 0 0 147,858 30 PEYTON SELLERS 61 5 0 0 0 121,705 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 JOSH REAUME 27 2 0 0 0 61,850 38 JEFF GREEN 27 6 0 0 0 84,756 39 JIMMY WELLER 22 2 0 0 0 44,879 40 TODD BODINE 20 1 0 0 0 30,192 41 STANTON BARRETT 19 2 0 0 0 38,560 42 CARLOS CONTRERAS 18 2 0 0 0 38,607 43 MORGAN SHEPHERD 17 3 0 0 0 45,334 44 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 14 1 0 0 0 15,519 45 JUSTIN MARKS 10 1 0 0 0 55,846 46 ENRIQUE CONTRERAS 10 1 0 0 0 15,027 47 SCOTT LAGASSE JR.