NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 15 16TH ANNUAL COCA-COLA FIRECRACKER 250 AT DAYTONA DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Daytona Beach, FL - June 30, 2017 2.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 104 Laps - 260.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 13 minutes, 56 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 116.476 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution Fin Str Car Stg 1 Stg 2 Lead Playoff Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Pts 1 3 9 William Byron # AXALTA/Vorteq Chevrolet 104 2 49 Running 2 29 5 2 7 1 Elliott Sadler Armour Vienna Sausage 150 Years Chevrolet 104 5 1 51 Running 2 7 1 3 21 28 Dakoda Armstrong WinField United Toyota 104 3 42 Running 4 17 24 Jeb Burton Estes Express Lines Toyota 104 8 36 Running 5 33 99 David Starr Chevrolet 104 32 Running 6 20 4 Ross Chastain GK Services Chevrolet 104 31 Running 7 1 48 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 104 3 7 42 Running 3 13 8 10 22 Joey Logano (i) Discount Tire Ford 104 0 Running 1 6 9 9 62 Brendan Gaughan USAF Special Tactics/South Point Chevrolet 104 28 Running 10 34 52 Joey Gase Trenton's Legacy/Premier Millwright Chevrolet 104 27 Running 11 31 78 BJ McLeod Toyota 104 26 Running 12 30 07 Ray Black Jr America's Donuts Chevrolet 104 25 Running 13 37 14 JJ Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 104 24 Running 14 24 26 Scott Lagasse Jr Alert Today Florida/Florida Lottery Toyota 104 23 Running 15 38 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 104 22 Running 16 2 2 Ben Kennedy # Rheem Chevrolet 104 2 9 32 Running 3 4 17 36 40 Timmy Hill Dodge 104 20 Running 18 6 19 Matt Tifft # Comcast NBC Universal Salute to Service Toyota 104 6 24 Running 19 16 33 Brandon Jones Rain-X/Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet 104 8 21 Running 1 1 20 40 8 Jeff Green Toyota 104 17 Running 21 15 3 Ty Dillon (i) Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER BOATS Chevrolet 104 9 4 0 Running 2 13 22 19 00 Cole Custer # Haas Automation Ford 104 15 Running 23 35 74 Mike Harmon Veterans Motorsports Dodge 104 14 Running 24 22 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Airlines Chevrolet 104 10 14 Running 25 14 20 Erik Jones (i) GameStop/Turtle Beach Toyota 104 0 Running 26 29 25 Chris Cockrum Advanced Communications Group Chevrolet 104 11 Running 27 13 42 Tyler Reddick BBR/Jason Aldean Chevrolet 103 10 5 17 Accident 28 27 0 Garrett Smithley Flex Seal Chevrolet 102 9 Accident 29 39 13 Mark Thompson Phoenix Air Toyota 102 8 Accident 30 25 7 Justin Allgaier Trademark Nitrogen Chevrolet 100 7 Accident 1 2 31 12 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes Ford 100 6 Accident 32 5 21 Daniel Hemric # Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet 99 4 12 Accident 33 11 5 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 98 6 9 Accident 34 23 98 Casey Mears Fresh From Florida Ford 98 7 7 Accident 35 18 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 2 Accident 36 26 01 Harrison Rhodes Flex Tape Chevrolet 94 1 Rear Gear 37 28 90 Brandon Brown Horton Farms Chevrolet 50 1 Accident 38 4 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 50 1 11 Accident 2 28 1 39 8 18 Daniel Suarez (i) Interstate Batteries Toyota 50 0 Accident 1 1 40 32 92 Josh Williams Star Tron/Krankz Audio Chevrolet 50 1 Accident # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 2, 48, 21, 1, 19, 98, 24, 3, 42 Stage 2 Top 10: 1, 9, 28, 3, 42, 5, 48, 33, 2, 23 Race Comments: William Byron won the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway, his second NASCAR XFINITY Series victory. Before the start of the event, the following car(s) dropped to the rear of the field for the reason(s) indicated: Nos. 7, 9, 24 and 74 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: n/a Caution Flags: 9 cautions for 35 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 9-13 (Water On The Track [None]); 32-34 (Stage 1 Conclusion [74]); 37-40 (Lightning [Red 2:29:37] [None]); 51-57 (Car #00, 11, 18, 20, 90, 92 Incident On The Frontstretch [None]); 62-65 (Stage 2 Conclusion [None]); 87- 90 (Car #25 And 51 Incident On The Frontstretch [13]); 93-96 (Car #3, 9 And 48 Incident In Turn 4 [74]); 100-102 (00, 5, 7, 16, 19, 20, 21, 33, 40, 42, 98 Incident On The Backstretch [Red 09:56] [25]); 104 (Car #0, 3, 13, 23, 74 Incident On The Backstretch [None]). Lead Changes: 18 lead changes among 10 drivers. Poole-pole, Kennedy 1, Poole 2, Kennedy 3, Koch 4-15, Suarez 16, Koch 17-32, Allgaier 33-34, Poole 35-41, Kennedy 42-43, Dillon 44-48, Poole 49-53, Sadler 54-58, Jones 59, Sadler 60-61, Byron 62-83, Dillon 84-91, Logano 92- 97, Byron 98-104. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Brennan Poole (182.949 mph. 49.194 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: William Byron DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Blake Koch MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#9) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Dakoda Armstrong MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Busch 3 Pts Wins Erik Jones (#20) 3 Daniel Suarez (#18) 3 Kyle Larson 2 Chevrolet 549 (6) Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Joey Logano 2 Ford 512 (5) William Byron # 1 Toyota 497 (4) Justin Allgaier 1 Dodge 100 (0) Brennan Poole 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" Daniel Hemric # 1 AWARD Blake Koch 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Brandon Jones 1 Kyle Larson (#42) 2 Kyle Benjamin 1 Justin Allgaier (#7) 1 Christopher Bell 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Roush/Yates (#22) 202 William Byron 205 Hendrick (#1) 142 Daniel Hemric 159 Hendrick (#42) 138 Cole Custer 158 Matt Tifft 138 Spencer Gallagher 112 Ben Kennedy 59 NEXT EVENT: July 7, 2017 - 17th Annual Alsco 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2017 NASCAR Race #15: 16TH ANNUAL COCA-COLA FIRECRACKER "250" AT DAYTONA Race Date: 06/30/2017 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 553 0 0 4 4 2 WILLIAM BYRON 494 59 2 1 11 3 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 484 69 1 2 7 4 BRENNAN POOLE 378 175 0 0 0 5 DANIEL HEMRIC 368 185 0 1 1 6 RYAN REED 353 200 1 0 5 7 COLE CUSTER 337 216 0 0 0 8 MATT TIFFT 334 219 0 0 0 9 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 321 232 0 1 0 10 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 318 235 0 0 0 11 MICHAEL ANNETT 313 240 0 0 0 12 BLAKE KOCH 286 267 0 1 1 13 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 277 276 0 1 1 14 RYAN SIEG 253 300 0 0 0 15 JJ YELEY 249 304 0 0 0 16 JEREMY CLEMENTS 241 312 0 0 0 17 ROSS CHASTAIN 237 316 0 0 0 18 BRANDON JONES 231 322 0 0 0 19 SPENCER GALLAGHER 201 352 0 0 0 20 TYLER REDDICK 190 363 0 0 0 21 JOEY GASE 190 363 0 0 0 22 DAVID STARR 179 374 0 0 0 23 GARRETT SMITHLEY 174 379 0 0 0 24 HARRISON RHODES 139 414 0 0 0 25 BJ MCLEOD 133 420 0 0 0 26 RAY BLACK II 130 423 0 0 0 27 BEN KENNEDY 120 433 0 0 0 28 TIMMY HILL 113 440 0 0 0 29 CASEY MEARS 91 462 0 0 0 30 JEFF GREEN 84 469 0 0 0 31 DYLAN LUPTON 82 471 0 0 0 32 KYLE BENJAMIN 66 487 0 0 0 33 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 65 488 0 0 0 34 MIKE HARMON 65 488 0 0 0 35 QUIN HOUFF 57 496 0 0 0 36 JEB BURTON 55 498 0 0 0 37 BRANDON BROWN 51 502 0 0 0 38 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 43 510 0 0 0 39 DREW HERRING 35 518 0 0 0 40 MARIO GOSSELIN 33 520 0 0 0 41 JOSH WILLIAMS 30 523 0 0 0 42 CHRIS COCKRUM 27 526 0 0 0 43 BRANDON HIGHTOWER 26 527 0 0 0 44 MARTIN ROY 22 531 0 0 0 45 CARL LONG 18 535 0 0 0 46 MARK THOMPSON 17 536 0 0 0 47 ANTHONY KUMPEN 15 538 0 0 0 48 ALEX LABBE 13 540 0 0 0 49 JOSH BILICKI 10 543 0 0 0 50 BENNY GORDON 10 543 0 0 0 51 SAM HORNISH JR. 10 543 0 0 0 52 MORGAN SHEPHERD 8 545 0 0 0 53 TODD BODINE 7 546 0 0 0 54 CALE CONLEY 5 548 0 0 0 55 STEPHEN LEICHT 5 548 0 0 0 56 SPENCER BOYD 4 549 0 0 0 57 DEXTER BEAN 4 549 0 0 0 58 CHAD FINCHUM 3 550 0 0 0 59 TY MAJESKI 3 550 0 0 0 60 CLINT KING 3 550 0 0 0 61 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 553 3 2 0 62 ERIK JONES(i) 0 553 2 2 0 63 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 553 1 2 0 64 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 553 1 0 0 65 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 553 1 5 0 66 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 553 1 1 0 67 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 553 0 2 0 68 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 553 0 0 0 69 DANIEL SUAREZ(i) 0 553 0 0 0 70 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 553 0 1 0 71 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 553 1 3 0 72 CHRISTOPHER BELL(i) 0 553 0 1 0 73 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 553 1 0 0 74 TY DILLON(i) 0 553 0 0 0 75 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 553 0 0 0 76 COREY LAJOIE(i) 0 553 0 0 0 77 JORDAN ANDERSON(i) 0 553 0 0 0 78 MATT MILLS(i) 0 553 0 0 0 79 KORBIN FORRISTER(i) 0 553 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #15: 16TH ANNUAL COCA-COLA FIRECRACKER "250" AT DAYTONA Race Date: 06/30/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts 1 22 ROGER PENSKE 636 0 1 6 11 15 2 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR.