NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 23 7TH ANNUAL ROAD AMERICA 180 FIRED UP BY JOHNSONVILLE ROAD AMERICA Plymouth, WI - August 27, 2016 48 Laps - 194.3 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 36 minutes, 20 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 74.573 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.534 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Status Tms Laps 1 2 2 Michael McDowell (i) Rheem Chevrolet 48 0 149.2 Running 2 24 2 8 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 48 40 1 112.1 Running 1 2 3 12 48 Brennan Poole # DC Solar Chevrolet 48 38 100.7 Running 4 5 19 Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota 48 37 111.5 Running 5 7 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford 48 36 91.7 Running 6 11 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 48 35 99.8 Running 7 1 22 Alex Tagliani Discount Tire Ford 48 35 1 119.7 Running 2 17 8 14 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Chevrolet 48 33 88.0 Running 9 13 6 Darrell Wallace Jr LoudMouth Exhaust Ford 48 32 83.9 Running 10 17 44 J.J. Yeley Zachry Toyota 48 31 79.0 Running 11 25 01 Ryan Preece # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 48 30 77.7 Running 12 6 3 Ty Dillon Bosch Chevrolet 48 29 92.9 Running 13 27 28 Dakoda Armstrong Winfield Be Greater Toyota 48 28 68.3 Running 14 39 39 Ryan Sieg Nice Targets Chevrolet 48 27 71.5 Running 15 24 07 Ray Black Jr # Scuba Life Chevrolet 48 26 64.0 Running 16 22 33 Brandon Jones # Macklanburg-Duncan/Menards Chevrolet 48 25 76.7 Running 17 4 18 Owen Kelly Tunity Toyota 48 24 104.2 Running 18 9 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 48 23 74.0 Running 19 18 90 JD Davison Always Evolving Chevrolet 48 22 65.8 Running 20 21 25 Alex Kennedy (i) MediaCast/Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 48 0 66.2 Running 21 10 20 Erik Jones # Reser's Fine Foods Toyota 48 21 1 79.8 Running 2 5 22 36 52 Joey Gase Cobblestone Hotels/Donate Life Chevrolet 48 19 47.8 Running 23 31 70 Timmy Hill (i) US Chrome/E-hydrate Chevrolet 48 0 53.3 Running 24 32 93 David Starr Massimo Motors Chevrolet 48 17 49.2 Running 25 16 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 48 16 83.2 Running 26 28 14 Tomy Drissi Arthritis Foundation Toyota 48 15 50.0 Running 27 26 99 Stanton Barrett Xcalibur Pit School Ford 48 14 51.3 Running 28 35 78 B J McLeod # Ford 48 13 41.9 Running 29 20 15 Scott Heckert Ford 48 12 61.0 Running 30 40 13 Alon Day FLWaterfront.com Dodge 48 11 56.5 Running 31 38 97 Paige Decker Vroom Brands Chevrolet 48 10 37.5 Running 32 3 42 Justin Marks Katerra Chevrolet 47 9 102.2 Running 33 15 4 Ross Chastain teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 43 8 38.7 Running 34 19 88 Kenny Habul SunEnergy1 Chevrolet 26 7 53.0 Suspension 35 37 40 John Jackson CrashClaimsR.us/Mohawk Markets Dodge 22 6 31.3 Brakes 36 33 74 Nicolas Hammann Dodge 22 5 42.0 Rear Gear 37 34 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 20 4 32.2 Fuel Pump 38 23 77 Josh Bilicki Vroom Brands Chevrolet 6 3 27.8 Electrical 39 30 10 Jeff Green Toyota 4 2 24.7 Brakes 40 29 0 Garrett Smithley # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 2 1 24.5 Accident # 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: Michael McDowell won the Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville at Road America, his first 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. 88, 89, 39, 0, 77, 97, 13, 74 (unapproved adjustments) and No. 40 (missing driver introductions). Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 13 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 4-6 (Car #0 Accident Frontstretch [None]); 13-15 (Debris Frontstretch [97]); 27-28 (Weather [4]); 37-38 (Car #74 Stopped On Track [6]); 42 (Debris Turn 8 [97]); 45-46 (Car #13 Accident Turn 6 [97]). Lap Leaders: 6 lead changes among 4 drivers. Tagliani 1-9, Gaughan 10-11, Jones 12-15, Tagliani 16-23, McDowell 24-27, Jones 28, McDowell 29-48. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Alex Tagliani (109.866 mph. 132.642 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brennan Poole DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Alex Tagliani MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines (#2) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Daniel Suarez NASCAR XFINITY SERIES CHASE OUTLOOK DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Eric Jones 678 (3) AWARD Erik Jones # 7 2 - Elliott Sadler 770 (1) Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Kyle Busch 6 3 - Daniel Suarez 723 (1) Erik Jones (#20) 6 Daniel Suarez 2 4 - Justin Allgaier 720 (0) Joey Logano (#12) 2 Ty Dillon 1 5 - (0) Alex Bowman 1 Ty Dillon 713 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 6 - Brendan Gaughan 707 (0) Sam Hornish Jr 1 7 - Brennan Poole 669 (0) JGE (#18) 327 Alex Tagliani 1 8 - Brandon Jones 652 (0) ECR (#2) 268 Joey Logano 1 9 - Darrell Wallace Jr. 606 (0) JGE (#20) 240 Matt Tifft 1 10 - Ryan Reed 568 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE David Ragan 1 11 - Blake Koch 522 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 8 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 12 - Ryan Sieg 514 (0) Erik Jones (#20) 5 Erik Jones 280 Daniel Suarez (#19) 4 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Brennan Poole 210 Pts Wins Brandon Jones 193 943 (13) Ryan Preece 137 Toyota Garrett Smithley 130 Chevrolet 935 (8) Ray Black Jr 125 Ford 837 (2) B J McLeod 116 Cody Ware 30 Dodge 248 (0) NEXT EVENT: September 3, 2016 - 34th Annual VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC (200.8 Miles) (147 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2016 NASCAR Race #23: 7TH ANNUAL ROAD AMERICA "180" FIRED UP BY JOHNSONVILLE Race Date: 08/27/2016 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 770 23 1 7 20 2 DANIEL SUAREZ 723 23 1 10 17 3 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 720 23 0 9 19 4 TY DILLON 713 23 0 7 13 5 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 707 23 0 4 12 6 ERIK JONES 678 23 3 11 13 7 BRENNAN POOLE 669 23 0 3 12 8 BRANDON JONES 652 23 0 0 9 9 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 606 23 0 3 8 10 RYAN REED 568 23 0 1 4 11 BLAKE KOCH 522 23 0 0 3 12 RYAN SIEG 514 23 0 1 2 13 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 499 23 0 1 1 14 JEREMY CLEMENTS 481 23 0 1 2 15 ROSS CHASTAIN 480 23 0 0 0 16 J J YELEY 450 22 0 0 1 17 RYAN PREECE 407 23 0 0 0 18 GARRETT SMITHLEY 380 22 0 0 0 19 RAY BLACK JR. 358 23 0 0 0 20 B J MCLEOD 332 23 0 0 0 21 JOEY GASE 309 23 0 0 0 22 JEB BURTON 289 12 0 0 1 23 JUSTIN MARKS 266 13 1 1 1 24 DAVID STARR 246 15 0 0 0 25 MARIO GOSSELIN 213 16 0 0 0 26 ALEX BOWMAN 175 5 0 2 5 27 MIKE HARMON 148 17 0 0 0 28 DERRIKE COPE 143 17 0 0 0 29 JEFF GREEN 142 20 0 0 1 30 RYAN ELLIS 132 10 0 0 0 31 HARRISON RHODES 121 12 0 0 0 32 SAM HORNISH JR. 120 3 1 2 3 33 COREY LAJOIE 109 6 0 0 1 34 DREW HERRING 91 4 0 0 0 35 T J BELL JR. 89 9 0 0 0 36 STANTON BARRETT 78 5 0 0 0 37 BRANDON GDOVIC 72 4 0 0 0 38 MORGAN SHEPHERD 66 17 0 0 0 39 TODD PECK 63 9 0 0 0 40 CODY WARE 54 6 0 0 0 41 SCOTT HECKERT 52 3 0 0 0 42 CARL LONG 52 10 0 0 0 43 BENNY GORDON 51 3 0 0 0 44 OWEN KELLY 50 2 0 0 0 45 CHRIS COCKRUM 50 5 0 0 0 46 ALEX GUENETTE 49 4 0 0 0 47 MARTIN ROY 48 4 0 0 0 48 ALON DAY 39 2 0 0 0 49 KENNY HABUL 36 3 0 0 0 50 ANDY LALLY 35 1 0 0 1 51 ALEX TAGLIANI 35 1 0 0 1 52 JOSH BERRY 32 1 0 0 1 53 GRAY GAULDING 28 1 0 0 0 54 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 28 2 0 0 0 55 DYLAN LUPTON 27 2 0 0 0 56 BRANDON MCREYNOLDS 27 2 0 0 0 57 BOBBY GERHART 27 3 0 0 0 58 J D DAVISON 22 1 0 0 0 59 JOHN JACKSON 22 5 0 0 0 60 TOMY DRISSI 20 2 0 0 0 61 PAIGE DECKER 20 2 0 0 0 62 MATT WALTZ 19 2 0 0 0 63 NIC HAMMANN 18 2 0 0 0 64 ANTHONY KUMPEN 15 1 0 0 0 65 MICHAEL LIRA 15 1 0 0 0 66 CAMDEN MURPHY 15 1 0 0 0 67 JOSH REAUME 15 4 0 0 0 68 ERIC MCCLURE 11 1 0 0 0 69 MARK THOMPSON 11 1 0 0 0 70 DEXTER BEAN 10 2 0 0 0 71 ROGER REUSE 8 1 0 0 0 72 TODD BODINE 7 1 0 0 0 73 HERMIE SADLER III 7 1 0 0 0 74 DEREK WHITE 5 1 0 0 0 75 D J KENNINGTON 5 1 0 0 0 76 TIM COWEN 4 1 0 0 0 77 NELSON PIQUET JR.