NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 12 INAUGURAL POCONO GREEN 250 POCONO RACEWAY Long Pond, PA - June 4, 2016 2.5-mile Paved Triangle 53 Laps - 132.5 Miles TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 7 minutes, 8 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 118.421 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 4 42 Kyle Larson (i) Cessna/NTT Data Group Chevrolet 53 0 145.0 Running 2 27 2 1 20 Erik Jones # SportClips Haircuts Toyota 53 39 129.1 Running 3 8 3 Ty Dillon Rheem Chevrolet 53 38 111.1 Running 4 2 18 Kyle Busch (i) NOS Energy Drink Toyota 53 0 128.2 Running 1 16 5 5 22 Joey Logano (i) SKF Ford 53 0 111.3 Running 1 7 6 6 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Chevrolet 53 35 100.7 Running 7 7 2 Paul Menard (i) Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 53 0 101.5 Running 8 14 33 Brandon Jones # Cometic Gasket Chevrolet 53 33 88.5 Running 9 3 19 Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota 53 32 101.8 Running 10 10 88 Alex Bowman Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet 53 31 94.0 Running 11 16 98 Aric Almirola (i) Carroll Shelby Engine Ford 53 0 89.3 Running 1 2 12 13 48 Brennan Poole # DC Solar Chevrolet 53 29 87.2 Running 13 11 44 J.J. Yeley Zachry Toyota 53 28 81.0 Running 14 17 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 53 27 83.0 Running 15 12 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 53 26 77.5 Running 16 40 6 Darrell Wallace Jr LoudMouth Exhaust Ford 53 25 69.7 Running 17 19 01 Ryan Preece # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 53 24 68.3 Running 18 22 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 53 23 67.0 Running 19 29 4 Ross Chastain Dream Water Chevrolet 53 22 63.2 Running 20 30 90 Mario Gosselin BuckedUp Apparel Chevrolet 53 21 59.5 Running 21 26 07 Ray Black Jr # Scuba Life Chevrolet 53 21 1 56.3 Running 1 1 22 25 78 B J McLeod # Ford 53 19 53.2 Running 23 34 52 Joey Gase Donate Life/DB Sales Chevrolet 53 18 46.3 Running 24 35 97 Alex Guenette VroomBrands Chevrolet 53 17 42.8 Running 25 36 25 Ryan Ellis Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 53 16 47.8 Running 26 27 46 Brandon Gdovic ComServe Wireless Chevrolet 52 15 51.4 Running 27 24 0 Garrett Smithley # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 52 14 57.5 Running 28 38 15 Todd Peck Ford 52 13 36.0 Running 29 15 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 51 12 69.5 Running 30 39 74 Mike Harmon TruckersFinalMile.org Dodge 50 11 30.8 Running 31 18 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 39 10 61.8 Accident 32 32 13 T.J. Bell OCR Gaz Bar Dodge 39 9 41.0 Running 33 23 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford 38 8 63.7 Accident 34 31 14 Jeff Green Toyota 30 7 42.7 Header 35 28 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 29 6 36.3 Vibration 36 20 93 Josh Wise (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 23 0 42.3 Rear Gear 37 37 70 Derrike Cope Glen Brown Trucking/E-Hydrate Chevrolet 22 4 27.8 Running 38 33 40 Carl Long Toyota 21 3 29.2 Brakes 39 9 7 Justin Allgaier Suave MEN Chevrolet 20 2 62.0 Accident 40 21 10 Matt DiBenedetto (i) Toyota 6 0 25.5 Transmission # 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: Kyle Larson won the Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway, his fourth 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: Nos. 14, 74 (unapproved adjustments). Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 14 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 17-19 (Competition [40]); 21-23 (Car #7 Accident Turn 2 [52]); 32-34 (Debris Turn 2 [25]); 40-43 (Car #16, 51 Accident Turn 1 [97]); 53 (Precipitation [25]). Lap Leaders: 6 lead changes among 5 drivers. Jones-pole, K. Busch 1-16, Logano 17-23, Larson 24-31, Black Jr 32, Almirola 33-34, Larson 35-53. COORS 21 MEANS 21 POLE AWARD: Erik Jones (175.926 mph. 51.158 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Erik Jones DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Kyle Busch MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#42) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Erik Jones NASCAR XFINITY SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Daniel Suarez 408 (0) JGE (#18) 188 Erik Jones # 5 2 - Elliott Sadler 397 (1) JGE (#20) 138 Kyle Busch 3 3 - Ty Dillon 390 (0) Hendrick (#88) 129 Daniel Suarez 1 4 - Brendan Gaughan 363 (0) Ty Dillon 1 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Erik Jones 359 (2) Matt Tifft 1 6 - Brandon Jones 357 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 5 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 7 - Justin Allgaier 355 (0) Erik Jones (#20) 3 Erik Jones 175 8 - Brennan Poole 343 (0) Daniel Suarez (#19) 1 Brandon Jones 136 9 - Darrell Wallace Jr 308 (0) Brennan Poole 129 10 - Ryan Reed 274 (0) Ryan Preece 89 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Garrett Smithley 79 Pts Wins Ray Black Jr 77 Toyota 499 (7) B J McLeod 75 Chevrolet 490 (5) Cody Ware 23 Ford 425 (0) Dodge 105 (0) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Erik Jones (#20) 4 Matt Tifft (#18) 1 NEXT EVENT: June 11, 2016 - 25th Annual Menards 250 presented by Valvoline, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI (250 Miles) (125 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2016 NASCAR Race #12: INAUGURAL POCONO GREEN "250" Race Date: 06/04/2016 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 DANIEL SUAREZ 408 12 0 4 10 2 ELLIOTT SADLER 397 12 1 4 10 3 TY DILLON 390 12 0 4 8 4 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 363 12 0 1 6 5 ERIK JONES 359 12 2 7 7 6 BRANDON JONES 357 12 0 0 6 7 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 355 12 0 5 9 8 BRENNAN POOLE 343 12 0 1 5 9 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 308 12 0 2 3 10 RYAN REED 274 12 0 0 0 11 BLAKE KOCH 266 12 0 0 2 12 RYAN SIEG 263 12 0 0 1 13 JEB BURTON 260 11 0 0 1 14 ROSS CHASTAIN 251 12 0 0 0 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 236 12 0 1 1 16 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 231 12 0 0 0 17 J J YELEY 207 11 0 0 0 18 RYAN PREECE 204 12 0 0 0 19 GARRETT SMITHLEY 199 11 0 0 0 20 RAY BLACK JR. 170 12 0 0 0 21 B J MCLEOD 166 12 0 0 0 22 JOEY GASE 135 12 0 0 0 23 MARIO GOSSELIN 113 8 0 0 0 24 DAVID STARR 112 7 0 0 0 25 JUSTIN MARKS 92 5 0 0 0 26 HARRISON RHODES 78 7 0 0 0 27 MIKE HARMON 77 10 0 0 0 28 DERRIKE COPE 75 9 0 0 0 29 ALEX BOWMAN 70 2 0 1 2 30 COREY LAJOIE 63 3 0 0 0 31 RYAN ELLIS 61 6 0 0 0 32 DREW HERRING 50 2 0 0 0 33 JEFF GREEN 50 10 0 0 0 34 CARL LONG 46 8 0 0 0 35 TODD PECK 44 6 0 0 0 36 BRANDON GDOVIC 38 2 0 0 0 37 MARTIN ROY 34 3 0 0 0 38 CODY WARE 34 5 0 0 0 39 BENNY GORDON 33 2 0 0 0 40 ALEX GUENETTE 31 2 0 0 0 41 CHRIS COCKRUM 29 3 0 0 0 42 MORGAN SHEPHERD 29 8 0 0 0 43 DYLAN LUPTON 27 2 0 0 0 44 T J BELL JR. 24 2 0 0 0 45 BRANDON MCREYNOLDS 18 1 0 0 0 46 ANTHONY KUMPEN 15 1 0 0 0 47 JOSH REAUME 14 3 0 0 0 48 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 12 1 0 0 0 49 STANTON BARRETT 11 1 0 0 0 50 ERIC MCCLURE 11 1 0 0 0 51 BOBBY GERHART 10 2 0 0 0 52 JOHN JACKSON 9 1 0 0 0 53 DEREK WHITE 5 1 0 0 0 54 D J KENNINGTON 5 1 0 0 0 55 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 7 4 7 7 56 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 7 1 3 5 57 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 9 1 6 9 58 CHASE ELLIOTT(i) 0 5 1 4 5 59 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 2 1 2 2 60 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 1 1 1 1 61 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 6 0 3 5 62 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 5 0 1 4 63 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 1 0 1 1 64 COLE CUSTER(i) 0 2 0 1 2 65 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 3 0 1 2 66 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 3 0 0 2 67 MATT TIFFT(i) 0 6 0 0 2 68 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 7 0 0 2 69 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 2 0 0 0 70 SPENCER GALLAGHER(i) 0 4 0 0 0 71 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 2 0 0 0 72 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 1 0 0 0 73 BOBBY LABONTE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 74 TRAVIS KVAPIL(i) 0 3 0 0 0 75 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 5 0 0 0 76 MATT DIBENEDETTO(i) 0 6 0 0 0 77 JOSH WISE(i) 0 6 0 0 0 78 MARK THOMPSON 0 0 0 0 0 79 CHRIS FONTAINE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #12: INAUGURAL POCONO GREEN "250" Race Date: 06/04/2016 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 18 J D GIBBS 437 12 5 8 10 12 2 88 RICK HENDRICK 436 12 2 7 11 12 3 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 415 12 1 7 11 12 4 19 JOE GIBBS 408 12 0 4 10 12 5 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR.