NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 9 25TH ANNUAL SPARKS ENERGY 300 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Talladega, AL - April 30, 2016 2.66-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 116 Laps - 308.6 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 19 minutes, 45 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 132.477 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Status Tms Laps 1 9 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Chevrolet 116 44 4 121.4 Running 1 1 2 18 7 Justin Allgaier Breyers Chevrolet 116 39 102.9 Running 3 11 48 Brennan Poole # DC Solar Chevrolet 116 39 100.3 Running 1 5 4 34 51 Jeremy Clements Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet/BRT Extrusions Chevrolet 116 38 83.4 Running 1 7 5 6 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 116 37 84.5 Running 1 1 6 3 2 Austin Dillon (i) Rheem Chevrolet 116 0 117.5 Running 3 7 7 2 19 Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota 116 35 1 98.1 Running 1 2 8 1 18 Matt Tifft (i) NOS Energy Drink Toyota 116 0 119.1 Running 2 21 9 14 88 Chase Elliott (i) Armour Vienna Sausage Chevrolet 116 0 88.5 Running 2 7 10 17 98 Aric Almirola (i) Fresh From Florida Ford 116 0 83.0 Running 11 20 42 Justin Marks Katerra Chevrolet 116 30 82.1 Running 12 35 0 Garrett Smithley # Instalco Chevrolet 116 29 63.2 Running 13 15 6 Darrell Wallace Jr Kleen Perfomance Ford 116 28 76.0 Running 14 19 14 Benny Gordon VSI Racing Toyota 116 27 77.7 Running 15 26 01 Ryan Preece # GK Services Chevrolet 116 26 64.9 Running 16 29 4 Ross Chastain Flex Seal Chevrolet 116 25 75.2 Running 17 12 43 Jeb Burton J. Streicher Ford 116 24 78.2 Running 18 16 33 Brandon Jones # Okuma Chevrolet 116 25 80.0 Running 1 36 19 5 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 116 22 93.5 Running 20 38 39 Ryan Sieg Spark Energy Chevrolet 116 21 83.2 Running 21 4 20 Erik Jones # GameStop Toyota 116 20 68.9 Running 22 10 44 J.J. Yeley Zachry Toyota 116 19 91.5 Running 23 21 24 Brandon McReynolds Redneck Riviera/JGL Young Guns Toyota 116 18 65.0 Running 24 13 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 116 18 1 69.2 Running 1 1 25 40 15 Travis Kvapil (i) Lilly Trucking/CarPortEmpire.com Ford 116 0 46.7 Running 26 24 05 John Wes Townley (i) Jive Communications Chevrolet 116 0 58.9 Running 27 8 22 Joey Logano (i) Discount Tire Ford 115 0 92.5 Running 4 19 28 25 90 Mario Gosselin BuckedUp Apparel/David Johnson’s Auto Chevrolet 115 13 41.0 Running 29 28 07 Ray Black Jr # Scuba Life Chevrolet 115 12 47.7 Running 30 31 40 Carl Long Phoenix Air/Schaeffer’s Racing Oil Dodge 115 11 38.8 Running 31 7 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford 113 11 1 78.5 Running 1 8 32 32 13 John Jackson FLWaterFront/ICard Merrill/Chris Kyle Fdn Toyota 112 9 37.7 Running 33 33 85 Bobby Gerhart Lucas Oil Chevrolet 111 8 31.7 Running 34 22 28 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Be Greater Toyota 82 7 31.8 Electrical 35 36 97 Ryan Ellis VroomBrands Chevrolet 81 6 32.2 Engine 36 39 78 B J McLeod # Triple R Containers LLC Ford 39 5 33.5 Engine 37 30 25 Chris Cockrum Advanced Communications Group Chevrolet 30 4 42.9 Accident 38 37 52 Joey Gase Spark Energy/Donate Life Alabama Chevrolet 30 3 34.5 Accident 39 23 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 27 3 1 35.3 Rear Gear 1 1 40 27 10 Jeff Green Toyota 2 1 23.2 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: (3) #93 Josh Reaume; #70 Derrike Cope; #74 Mike Harmon Race Comments: Elliott Sadler won the Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway, his 11th career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 88 (missing driver intros), No. 85 (missing drivers meeting). Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 29 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 22-25 (Competition [62]); 32-36 (Car #25, 52 Accident Backstretch [98]); 41-47 (Fluid On Track From #78 [15]); 85-89 (Car #16, 20 Accident Frontstretch [15]); 105-108 (Debris Frontstretch [14]); 112-114 (Car #43, 20 Accident Frontstretch [05]); 116 (Car #1, 11, 18, 22, 44 Accident Frontstretch [None]). Lap Leaders: 20 lead changes among 13 drivers. Tifft-pole, Suarez 1-2, Tifft 3-21, Koch 22, Shepherd 23, Tifft 24-25, Dillon 26-27, Reed 28-35, Logano 36-39, Jones 40- 75, Clements 76-82, Logano 83-86, Dillon 87-89, Elliott 90-91, Gaughan 92, Elliott 93-97, Dillon 98-99, Logano 100-103, Poole 104-108, Logano 109-115, Sadler 116. COORS 21 MEANS 21 POLE AWARD: Matt Tifft (181.168 mph. 52.857 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brennan Poole DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Matt Tifft MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#1) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Jeremy Clements NASCAR XFINITY SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Elliott Sadler 314 (1) AWARD Kyle Busch 3 2 - Daniel Suarez 314 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Erik Jones # 2 3 - Ty Dillon 282 (0) Erik Jones (#20) 2 Daniel Suarez 1 4 - Justin Allgaier 280 (0) Matt Tifft (#18) 1 Ty Dillon 1 5 - Brendan Gaughan 279 (0) Matt Tifft 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 6 - Brandon Jones 274 (0) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 7 - Erik Jones 264 (1) JGE (#18) 144 Erik Jones 128 8 - Brennan Poole 251 (0) JGE (#19) 104 Brandon Jones 102 9 - Darrell Wallace Jr 229 (0) ECR (#2) 103 Brennan Poole 97 10 - Ryan Reed 221 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Ryan Preece 68 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Garrett Smithley 58 Pts Wins Elliott Sadler (#1) 1 Ray Black Jr 56 Toyota 370 (5) Daniel Suarez (#19) 1 B J McLeod 54 Chevrolet 367 (4) Cody Ware 19 Ford 310 (0) Dodge 73 (0) NEXT EVENT: May 14, 2016 - 35th Annual Delaware 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE (200 Miles) (200 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2016 NASCAR Race #9: 25TH ANNUAL SPARKS ENERGY "300" Race Date: 04/30/2016 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 314 9 1 4 8 2 DANIEL SUAREZ 314 9 0 4 8 3 TY DILLON 282 9 0 2 5 4 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 280 9 0 3 7 5 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 279 9 0 1 5 6 BRANDON JONES 274 9 0 0 4 7 ERIK JONES 264 9 1 5 5 8 BRENNAN POOLE 251 9 0 1 3 9 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 229 9 0 1 2 10 RYAN REED 221 9 0 0 0 11 JEB BURTON 202 9 0 0 1 12 RYAN SIEG 198 9 0 0 1 13 JEREMY CLEMENTS 186 9 0 1 1 14 BLAKE KOCH 184 9 0 0 2 15 ROSS CHASTAIN 183 9 0 0 0 16 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 168 9 0 0 0 17 RYAN PREECE 159 9 0 0 0 18 GARRETT SMITHLEY 142 8 0 0 0 19 J J YELEY 131 8 0 0 0 20 RAY BLACK JR. 121 9 0 0 0 21 DAVID STARR 112 7 0 0 0 22 B J MCLEOD 109 9 0 0 0 23 JOEY GASE 94 9 0 0 0 24 JUSTIN MARKS 91 4 0 0 0 25 MARIO GOSSELIN 79 6 0 0 0 26 COREY LAJOIE 63 3 0 0 0 27 HARRISON RHODES 61 6 0 0 0 28 DERRIKE COPE 56 6 0 0 0 29 MIKE HARMON 51 7 0 0 0 30 RYAN ELLIS 35 4 0 0 0 31 BENNY GORDON 33 2 0 0 0 32 TODD PECK 31 5 0 0 0 33 CODY WARE 31 4 0 0 0 34 CHRIS COCKRUM 29 3 0 0 0 35 DYLAN LUPTON 27 2 0 0 0 36 JEFF GREEN 27 7 0 0 0 37 CARL LONG 25 5 0 0 0 38 BRANDON GDOVIC 23 1 0 0 0 39 MARTIN ROY 19 2 0 0 0 40 BRANDON MCREYNOLDS 18 1 0 0 0 41 MORGAN SHEPHERD 18 6 0 0 0 42 ANTHONY KUMPEN 15 1 0 0 0 43 T J BELL JR. 15 1 0 0 0 44 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 12 1 0 0 0 45 STANTON BARRETT 11 1 0 0 0 46 ERIC MCCLURE 11 1 0 0 0 47 BOBBY GERHART 10 2 0 0 0 48 JOSH REAUME 10 2 0 0 0 49 JOHN JACKSON 9 1 0 0 0 50 DEREK WHITE 5 1 0 0 0 51 D J KENNINGTON 5 1 0 0 0 52 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 6 4 6 6 53 CHASE ELLIOTT(i) 0 5 1 4 5 54 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 8 1 5 8 55 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 2 1 2 2 56 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 5 0 2 3 57 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 3 0 1 2 58 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 5 0 1 4 59 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 1 0 1 1 60 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 1 0 1 1 61 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 3 0 0 2 62 COLE CUSTER(i) 0 1 0 0 1 63 MATT TIFFT(i) 0 5 0 0 1 64 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 6 0 0 2 65 SPENCER GALLAGHER(i) 0 3 0 0 0 66 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 2 0 0 0 67 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 1 0 0 0 68 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 1 0 0 0 69 BOBBY LABONTE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 70 TRAVIS KVAPIL(i) 0 2 0 0 0 71 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 3 0 0 0 72 MATT DIBENEDETTO(i) 0 3 0 0 0 73 JOSH WISE(i) 0 4 0 0 0 74 MARK THOMPSON 0 0 0 0 0 75 CHRIS FONTAINE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #9: 25TH ANNUAL SPARKS ENERGY "300" Race Date: 04/30/2016 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 330 9 1 6 9 9 2 88 RICK HENDRICK 328 9 2 5 8 9 3 18 J D GIBBS 321 9 4 6 7 9 4 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR.