NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 22 36TH ANNUAL FOOD CITY 300 BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY Bristol, TN - August 18, 2017 .533-Mile Concrete Oval 300 Laps - 159.9 Miles TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 48 minutes, 30 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 88.424 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.181 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 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) NOS Rowdy Toyota 300 1 1 0 Running 5 186 2 7 20 Daniel Suarez (i) Juniper Toyota 300 4 3 0 Running 4 24 3 8 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 300 8 4 44 Running 1 15 4 12 3 Ty Dillon (i) Bass Pro Shops/NRA Museum Chevrolet 300 10 9 0 Running 5 4 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 300 2 2 50 Running 2 75 6 3 48 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 300 7 6 40 Running 7 16 21 Daniel Hemric # Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet 300 7 34 Running 8 11 2 Austin Dillon (i) Rheem Chevrolet 300 6 5 0 Running 9 2 22 Joey Logano (i) Discount Tire Ford 300 3 0 Running 10 5 00 Cole Custer # Haas/One Cure Ford 300 10 28 Running 11 6 42 Tyler Reddick BurgerFi Chevrolet 300 5 8 35 Running 12 23 5 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 300 25 Running 13 17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr(i) Goody's Mixed Fruit Blast Chevrolet 299 9 0 Running 14 13 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 299 23 Running 15 20 4 Ross Chastain Flex Seal Chevrolet 299 22 Running 16 25 14 JJ Yeley ZombieAuto.com Toyota 299 21 Running 17 15 19 Matt Tifft # MSC Toyota 298 20 Running 18 14 51 Jeremy Clements St. Clair Foods/AllSouthElectric.com Chevrolet 298 19 Running 19 24 96 Ben Kennedy # Weber Chevrolet 297 18 Running 20 9 33 Brandon Jones Ohio Logistics Chevrolet 297 17 Running 21 34 07 Ray Black Jr www.CDA.com Chevrolet 297 16 Running 22 19 9 William Byron # AXALTA/ETAS Metal Roof & Wall Systems Chevrolet 297 15 Running 23 29 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Airlines Chevrolet 296 14 Running 24 21 28 Dakoda Armstrong WinField United Toyota 296 13 Running 25 38 90 Brandon Brown Coastal Carolina University Chevrolet 294 12 Running 26 28 8 BJ McLeod KeenParts.com/CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet 291 11 Running 27 39 52 Joey Gase Donate Life TN Chevrolet 290 10 Running 28 31 40 Chad Finchum Smithbilt Homes/Buddy Gregg RV Chevrolet 289 9 Running 29 22 24 Jeb Burton WBWF/State Water Heaters Toyota 281 8 Accident 30 10 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 278 7 Accident 31 30 01 Harrison Rhodes Flex Tape Chevrolet 239 6 Suspension 32 26 39 Ryan Sieg Cook's Comfort Systems Inc. Chevrolet 217 5 Running 33 33 78 Tommy Joe Martins Circle Track Warehouse Chevrolet 210 4 Accident 34 35 0 Garrett Smithley teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 204 3 Running 35 40 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 80 2 Suspension 36 37 13 Timmy Hill OCR Gaz Bar Dodge 56 1 Vibration 37 27 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes Ford 38 1 Accident 38 18 98 Aric Almirola (i) Fresh From Florida Ford 25 0 Accident 39 32 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 18 1 Overheating 40 36 99 David Starr Whataburger Chevrolet 11 1 Accident # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 18, 7, 22, 20, 42, 2, 48, 1, 88, 3 Stage 2 Top 10: 18, 7, 20, 1, 2, 48, 21, 42, 3, 00 Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the 36th Annual Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, his 91st 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: No.40 and No. 52 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (2) #15 Reed Sorenson; #89 Morgan Shepherd Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 46 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 13-16 (Car #99 Incident Turn 1 [74]); 26-29 (Car #98, 23, 16 Incident Backstretch [None]); 40-43 (Car #16 Incident Turn 4 [None]); 87-94 (Stage 1 Conclusion [14]); 125-129 (Car #33 Incident Frontstretch [07]); 172-177 (Stage 2 Conclusion [88]); 217-223 (Car #78 Incident Turn 2 [22]); 285-292 (Car #62 Incident Frontstretch [5]). Lead Changes: 11 lead changes among 4 drivers. K. Busch 1-16, Allgaier 17-32, K. Busch 33-88, Suarez 89, Allgaier 90-148, Suarez 149-156, K. Busch 157-172, Suarez 173-186, Sadler 187-201, K. Busch 202-218, Suarez 219, K. Busch 220-300. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (127.157 mph. 15.090 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Daniel Hemric DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Kyle Busch MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist (#18) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Busch 6 Pts Wins Joey Logano 3 Chevrolet 791 (7) Kyle Larson 2 Toyota 757 (9) Elliott Sadler 1 Ford 748 (6) William Byron # 1 Dodge 146 (0) Justin Allgaier 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" Brennan Poole 1 AWARD Daniel Hemric # 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Blake Koch 1 Brad Keselowski (#22) 2 Brandon Jones 1 Kyle Larson (#42) 2 Kyle Benjamin 1 Ryan Preece 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Sam Hornish Jr 1 Roush/Yates (#22) 292 Christopher Bell 1 JGE (#18) 242 JGE (#20) 233 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE William Byron 257 Daniel Hemric 211 Kyle Busch (#18) 6 Cole Custer 202 Erik Jones (#20) 3 Matt Tifft 166 Daniel Suarez (#18) 3 Spencer Gallagher 127 Ben Kennedy 110 NEXT EVENT: August 27, 2017 - 8th Annual Johnsonville 180, Road America, Plymouth, WI (182.16 Miles) (45 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2017 NASCAR Race #22: 36TH ANNUAL FOOD CITY "300" Race Date: 08/18/2017 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 807 0 0 5 5 2 WILLIAM BYRON 697 110 3 2 17 3 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 671 136 1 3 8 4 BRENNAN POOLE 621 186 0 0 0 5 DANIEL HEMRIC 601 206 0 1 1 6 COLE CUSTER 533 274 0 0 0 7 MATT TIFFT 514 293 0 0 0 8 RYAN REED 458 349 1 0 5 9 BLAKE KOCH 454 353 0 2 2 10 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 444 363 0 0 0 11 MICHAEL ANNETT 435 372 0 0 0 12 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 428 379 0 1 1 13 ROSS CHASTAIN 385 422 0 0 0 14 JJ YELEY 385 422 0 0 0 15 RYAN SIEG 381 426 0 0 0 16 BRANDON JONES 362 445 0 0 0 17 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 321 486 0 1 0 18 JEREMY CLEMENTS 315 492 0 0 0 19 TYLER REDDICK 266 541 0 0 0 20 JOEY GASE 260 547 0 0 0 21 SPENCER GALLAGHER 257 550 0 0 0 22 GARRETT SMITHLEY 240 567 0 0 0 23 DAVID STARR 239 568 0 0 0 24 BEN KENNEDY 235 572 0 0 0 25 HARRISON RHODES 224 583 0 0 0 26 BJ MCLEOD 187 620 0 0 0 27 RAY BLACK II 176 631 0 0 0 28 DYLAN LUPTON 136 671 0 0 0 29 CASEY MEARS 130 677 0 0 0 30 TIMMY HILL 126 681 0 0 0 31 KYLE BENJAMIN 115 692 0 0 0 32 RYAN PREECE 110 697 1 1 0 33 JEB BURTON 99 708 0 0 0 34 JEFF GREEN 91 716 0 0 0 35 MIKE HARMON 84 723 0 0 0 36 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 80 727 0 0 0 37 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 76 731 0 0 0 38 SAM HORNISH JR. 75 732 1 1 0 39 BRANDON BROWN 71 736 0 0 0 40 QUIN HOUFF 57 750 0 0 0 41 MARIO GOSSELIN 43 764 0 0 0 42 JAMES DAVISON 41 766 0 0 0 43 ANDY LALLY 38 769 0 0 0 44 ANTHONY KUMPEN 36 771 0 0 0 45 DREW HERRING 35 772 0 0 0 46 BRIAN SCOTT 34 773 0 0 0 47 JUSTIN MARKS 33 774 0 0 0 48 JOSH WILLIAMS 30 777 0 0 0 49 JOSH BILICKI 28 779 0 0 0 50 CHRIS COCKRUM 27 780 0 0 0 51 BRANDON HIGHTOWER 26 781 0 0 0 52 TY MAJESKI 26 781 0 0 0 53 MARTIN ROY 26 781 0 0 0 54 ENRIQUE BACA 25 782 0 0 0 55 CHAD FINCHUM 25 782 0 0 0 56 CARL LONG 19 788 0 0 0 57 TIM COWEN 17 790 0 0 0 58 MARK THOMPSON 17 790 0 0 0 59 STEPHEN YOUNG 14 793 0 0 0 60 SPENCER BOYD 14 793 0 0 0 61 ALEX LABBE 13 794 0 0 0 62 MORGAN SHEPHERD 12 795 0 0 0 63 DEVIN JONES 11 796 0 0 0 64 BENNY GORDON 10 797 0 0 0 65 TODD BODINE 7 800 0 0 0 66 ANGELA RUCH 7 800 0 0 0 67 CALE CONLEY 5 802 0 0 0 68 STAN MULLIS 5 802 0 0 0 69 DEXTER BEAN 4 803 0 0 0 70 BRIAN HENDERSON 4 803 0 0 0 71 SHELDON CREED 3 804 0 0 0 72 CLINT KING 3 804 0 0 0 73 MATTHEW BELL 1 806 0 0 0 74 JOHN JACKSON 1 806 0 0 0 75 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 807 5 5 0 76 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 807 3 3 0 77 ERIK JONES(i) 0 807 2 3 0 78 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 807 1 3 0 79 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 807 1 0 0 80 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 807 1 7 0 81 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 807 1 1 0 82 DANIEL SUAREZ(i) 0 807 0 0 0 83 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 807 0 2 0 84 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 807 0 1 0 85 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 807 0 0 0 86 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 807 0 1 0 87 TY DILLON(i) 0 807 0 0 0 88 CHRISTOPHER BELL(i) 0 807 0 1 0 89 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 807 1 0 0 90 BRETT MOFFITT(i) 0 807 0 0 0 91 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 807 0 0 0 92 COREY LAJOIE(i) 0 807 0 0 0 93 CODY WARE(i) 0 807 0 0 0 94 JORDAN ANDERSON(i) 0 807 0 0 0 95 REGAN SMITH(i) 0 807 0 0 0 96 MATT MILLS(i) 0 807 0 0 0 97 KORBIN FORRISTER(i) 0 807 0 0 0 98 STEPHEN LEICHT(i) 0 807 0 0 0 99 REED SORENSON(i) 0 807 0 0 0 100 BOBBY EARNHARDT 0 807 0 0 0 101 P J JONES 0 807 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #22: 36TH ANNUAL FOOD CITY "300" Race Date: 08/18/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts 1 22 ROGER PENSKE 921 0 2 9 19 22 2 20 JOE GIBBS 819 102 4 5 20 22 3 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR.