NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 24 33RD ANNUAL VFW SPORT CLIPS HELP A HERO 200 DARLINGTON RACEWAY Darlington, SC - September 5, 2015 1.366-Mile Paved Oval 147 Laps - 200.8 Miles Purse: $1,091,286 TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 25 minutes, 14 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 141.355 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.058 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) Sport Clips Toyota 147 0 150.0 $53,679 Running 4 117 2 36 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 147 0 116.7 32,435 Running 3 2 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 147 42 1 104.3 32,019 Running 1 14 4 9 88 Kevin Harvick (i) Armour Sandwich Creations Chevrolet 147 0 122.0 21,878 Running 3 16 5 10 60 Chris Buescher AdvoCare Ford 147 39 104.2 28,492 Running 6 4 22 Joey Logano (i) Hertz Ford 147 0 112.5 18,464 Running 7 3 42 Kyle Larson (i) AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet 147 0 111.5 17,790 Running 8 19 01 Landon Cassill Flex Seal Chevrolet 147 36 80.8 23,648 Running 9 8 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer Bowl Chevrolet 147 35 98.8 23,349 Running 10 14 4 Ross Chastain # South Carolina Education Lottery Chevrolet 147 34 78.0 24,021 Running 11 24 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 147 33 90.8 22,893 Running 12 12 2 Brian Scott Safeway/Sanderson Farms Chevrolet 146 32 83.0 22,818 Running 13 6 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 146 31 86.3 22,767 Running 14 15 6 Darrell Wallace Jr # Scotchman Ford 146 30 82.0 22,716 Running 15 13 3 Ty Dillon Yuengling Light Lager Chevrolet 146 29 84.8 23,065 Running 16 11 28 J.J. Yeley JGL Racing Toyota 146 28 82.2 22,539 Running 17 18 39 Ryan Sieg Uncle Bob's Self Storage Chevrolet 146 27 72.7 22,488 Running 18 26 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 146 26 62.8 22,437 Running 19 21 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 146 25 68.9 22,387 Running 20 16 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/RepairableVehicles.com 145 24 69.0 22,811 Running 21 20 97 Parker Kligerman VroomBrandsChevrolet Chevrolet 145 23 60.3 22,460 Running 22 25 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 145 22 56.0 22,204 Running 23 17 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 145 21 62.8 22,153 Running 24 7 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 144 20 76.5 23,078 Running 25 5 33 Paul Menard (i) Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 144 0 64.3 16,156 Running 26 23 25 John Wes Townley (i) Zaxby's Chevrolet 144 0 57.3 21,951 Running 27 22 8 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota 143 17 54.3 21,900 Running 28 33 24 Eric McClure Reynolds Wrap Toyota 142 16 42.7 21,825 Running 29 28 90 Todd Bodine Chevrolet 141 15 49.8 21,789 Running 30 32 52 Joey Gase Agri Supply/DB Sales Company Chevrolet 141 14 45.0 22,048 Running 31 31 13 B J McLeod (i) Braille Battery/Grafoid Chevrolet 138 0 41.0 21,693 Running 32 30 70 Derrike Cope Sammi's Best/Wheel Chill Chevrolet 134 12 36.3 21,648 Running 33 35 0 Harrison Rhodes # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 83 11 38.2 21,622 Vibration 34 38 74 Mike Harmon WCI Parts Dodge 82 10 33.7 21,601 Suspension 35 34 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 34 9 39.3 15,550 Brakes 36 27 26 T.J. Bell (i) JGL Racing Toyota 23 0 37.5 20,039 Clutch 37 37 15 Carlos Contreras BYBExtreme.com Chevrolet 10 7 28.8 19,039 Accident 38 29 19 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 6 6 29.0 12,039 Suspension 39 39 40 Carl Long Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge 4 5 25.3 11,039 Suspension 40 40 17 Ryan Ellis (i) Barcodemedia.net Ford 1 PE 23.2 10,039 Suspension # 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: Denny Hamlin won the VFW SportClips Help a Hero 200, his 14th career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory and fourth at Darlington Raceway. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 15 (unapproved adjustments) and No. 54 (missed driver introductions). Caution Flags: 2 cautions for 8 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 26-29 (Competition Caution [44]); 72-75 (Car #90 Spin In Turn 4 [16]). Lap Leaders: 7 lead changes among 3 drivers. Hamlin 1-29, Harvick 30-34, Hamlin 35-48, Harvick 49-50, Hamlin 51-121, Harvick 122-130, Suarez 131-144, Hamlin 145- 147. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (171.704 mph. 28.640 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Chris Buescher 3M LAP LEADER: Denny Hamlin (117 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 - Chris Buescher 874 (2) Roush/Yates (#22) 341 Austin Dillon 5 2 - Ty Dillon 845 (0) JGE (#20) 262 Joey Logano 4 3 - Chase Elliott 839 (0) JGE (#54) 249 Denny Hamlin 4 4 - Regan Smith 820 (1) Erik Jones 3 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Elliott Sadler 783 (0) Daniel Suarez # 2 6 - Darrell Wallace Jr 766 (0) Chris Buescher (#60) 10 Darrell Wallace Jr # 1 7 - Daniel Suarez 759 (0) Elliott Sadler (#1) 6 Alex Tagliani 1 8 - Brian Scott 755 (0) Darrell Wallace Jr (#6) 5 Kyle Busch 1 9 - Brendan Gaughan 736 (0) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 10 - Ryan Reed 652 (1) Daniel Suarez 243 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Darrell Wallace Jr 214 Pts Wins Ross Chastain 164 Ford 1,048 (9) Cale Conley 144 Chevrolet 1,039 (7) Harrison Rhodes 127 Toyota 1,024 (8) Peyton Sellers 97 Dodge 280 (0) Josh Reaume 55 3M LAP LEADER Kyle Busch (#54) 4 Denny Hamlin (#20) 4 Erik Jones (#54) 3 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Joey Logano (#22) 4 Denny Hamlin (#20) 3 Austin Dillon (#33) 3 NEXT EVENT: September 11, 2015 - 35th Annual Virginia529 College Savings 250, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA (187.5 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 #24: 33RD ANNUAL VFW SPORT CLIPS HELP A HERO "200" Race Date: 09/05/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 CHRIS BUESCHER 874 24 2 11 14 $892,176 2 TY DILLON 845 24 0 7 17 769,462 3 CHASE ELLIOTT 839 24 0 9 19 835,318 4 REGAN SMITH 820 24 1 7 17 818,079 5 ELLIOTT SADLER 783 24 0 4 12 755,099 6 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 766 24 0 2 9 727,126 7 DANIEL SUAREZ 759 24 0 6 11 760,541 8 BRIAN SCOTT 755 24 0 4 15 747,175 9 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 736 24 0 3 11 724,579 10 RYAN REED 652 24 1 1 1 724,091 11 JEREMY CLEMENTS 607 24 0 0 1 646,030 12 J J YELEY 573 24 0 1 1 649,031 13 ROSS CHASTAIN 565 24 0 0 4 647,355 14 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 563 24 0 0 1 641,903 15 RYAN SIEG 558 24 0 0 0 633,491 16 DAVID STARR 533 24 0 0 1 641,700 17 BLAKE KOCH 470 24 0 0 0 622,645 18 LANDON CASSILL 453 21 0 0 2 560,403 19 CALE CONLEY 453 24 0 0 0 624,096 20 ERIC MCCLURE 410 24 0 0 0 613,478 21 JOEY GASE 387 24 0 1 1 624,768 22 BRENNAN POOLE 334 13 0 0 2 336,999 23 RYAN BLANEY 325 9 1 6 7 449,209 24 HARRISON RHODES 303 20 0 0 1 480,072 25 PEYTON SELLERS 238 16 0 0 0 370,163 26 DERRIKE COPE 233 20 0 0 0 367,696 27 MIKE HARMON 208 19 0 0 0 418,466 28 DYLAN LUPTON 165 7 0 0 1 164,322 29 BEN RHODES 161 7 0 0 2 171,159 30 BORIS SAID 157 5 0 1 2 133,895 31 MIKE BLISS 141 8 0 0 0 196,862 32 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 128 6 0 0 0 188,275 33 MARIO GOSSELIN 126 8 0 0 0 238,112 34 DEREK WHITE 97 10 0 0 0 220,849 35 MORGAN SHEPHERD 87 15 0 0 0 215,697 36 JEFF GREEN 82 19 0 0 0 235,728 37 JOSH REAUME 81 9 0 0 0 168,970 38 TODD BODINE 80 4 0 0 0 98,131 39 JIMMY WELLER 80 6 0 0 0 131,225 40 JUSTIN MARKS 76 3 0 0 1 103,854 41 MARTIN ROY 73 4 0 0 0 105,140 42 CARL LONG 71 11 0 0 0 166,334 43 MICHAEL SELF 69 4 0 0 0 81,188 44 JAMIE DICK 68 5 0 0 0 112,563 45 BRANDON GDOVIC 63 3 0 0 0 74,561 46 KENNY HABUL 61 3 0 0 0 65,825 47 KENNY WALLACE 56 3 0 0 0 61,739 48 STANTON BARRETT 53 4 0 0 0 84,991 49 ANDY LALLY 52 2 0 0 0 45,754 50 BENNY GORDON 46 3 0 1 1 72,825 51 ALEX TAGLIANI 44 1 0 1 1 53,559 52 ROSS KENSETH 39 1 0 0 1 35,523 53 TOMY DRISSI 39 3 0 0 0 63,396 54 KEVIN O'CONNELL 38 2 0 0 0 31,208 55 CHRIS COCKRUM 38 2 0 0 0 78,192 56 TIM COWEN 33 2 0 0 0 32,715 57 DYLAN KWASNIEWSKI 33 3 0 0 0 60,210 58 CARLOS CONTRERAS 33 4 0 0 0 72,208 59 BOBBY GERHART 30 2 0 0 0 42,729 60 MATT WALLACE 30 2 0 0 0 45,575 61 JOHN JACKSON 27 4 0 0 0 59,971 62 LAWSON ASCHENBACH 26 1 0 0 0 22,437 63 CJ FAISON 25 2 0 0 0 41,095 64 PARKER KLIGERMAN 23 1 0 0 0 22,460 65 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 23 3 0 0 0 41,885 66 BRAD TEAGUE 18 1 0 0 0 28,739 67 JOHANNA LONG 17 1 0 0 0 18,449 68 MARK THOMPSON 17 1 0 0 0 26,325 69 ANTHONY KUMPEN 16 1 0 0 0 18,298 70 HERMIE SADLER III 15 1 0 0 0 28,547 71 SCOTT LAGASSE JR.