Smokin' Aces: Life as a NASCAR gas man

By @GucciardoJoey

Have you ever wondered what it's like to live the life of a NASCAR gas man?

Well, us here at The Ultimate NASCAR Blog were given a pretty good idea of what it's like, thanks to Tony Stewart's gas man Jamie 'Ace' Keener.

Here's a video from 'Mobile 1: The Grid' of Keener.

'Mobile 1: The Grid' will be making other videos showing many other aspects of Tony Stewart's pit crew. We are hoping to obtain some of those videos from them as well.

Rule Exemption

Kyle Busch won the the race & the Cup championship last Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Many fans are extremely upset while others are extremely happy. Why are some upset? Because some believe he shouldn't have been allowed in the Chase. He had to win a race & be in the top-30 to make the Chase but nascar waived the rule that he had to make every race to be in the Chase. Kyle missed 11 races after breaking his right leg & fracturing his left foot at a Daytona Xfinity race in February. He won 4 races after coming back in May. Rule exemptions have been given to a few drivers within the last few years. What's your thoughts? Should Kyle Busch have been given the rule exemption or not?

Lanpher Doubles Up In Maine

The 17-year-old Lanpher secured his first NASCAR championships in 2015.
Jamie Williams/Finish Line Photography

Captures First Career Beech Ridge, State NASCAR Titles

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR
November 23, 2015 - 3:45pm

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In a sport where it is common for one team to help out another in need, Reid Lanpher went the extra mile in the finale at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.

In the closest race for a state championship in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series during the 2015 season, Lanpher entered the finale at the Scarborough, Maine, oval with a 10-point lead on Garrett Hall. The challenger wrecked his car in practice, but in an act of exceptional sportsmanship, Lanpher offered his backup car to Hall to be able to compete in that night’s feature.

“Garrett is a great competitor. He always runs me clean and he was a very talented driver as a rookie this year,” said Lanpher, a 17-year-old racer from Manchester, Maine.

“As soon as he wrecked we went right down and offered it to him. We were more than happy to do it.”

As it turned out, Lanpher’s generosity nearly cost him the crown.

“We were eight positions apart at the end of the race, so nobody really knew (who won the state title),” Lanpher said. “Come Monday morning we were calling NASCAR to figure out who the champion was. It was pretty cool how close it was.”

In fact, it couldn’t have been any closer. Lanpher and Hall ended up tied in NASCAR state points at 378. NASCAR U.S. state and Canadian province championships are determined by the best 18 finishes at tracks within the respective state or province. Lanpher was awarded the Maine championship on a tiebreaker by virtue of his four wins on the season to zero for Hall.

The good karma didn’t hurt either.

In addition to his first career state championship, Lanpher also outdistanced Hall for Beech Ridge’s Division I title by final score of 763-737. A high school senior, Lanpher posted seven top fives and 12 top 10s in 15 starts in addition to his four checkered flags.

It was a midseason streak of success that positioned Lanpher for the titles. His first win didn’t come until the ninth feature of the season on July 25, but it began a run of victories in four of six races during the second half behind the wheel of his No. 59 Mission Trailers/Team EJP Racing Chevrolet.

Lanpher took some satisfaction in his accomplishments due to the level of competition that is featured weekly at the .333-mile asphalt oval. In 2015 Lanpher was one of eight different winners in the track’s headlining pro series late model division.

“Beech Ridge is probably one of the toughest weekly divisions out there,” Lanpher said. “It’s crazy how competitive it is. There so little separation. The handicap system definitely also makes it a challenge every week.”

Lanpher’s achievements have not been limited to the racetrack either. He was a member of the Maranacook High School boys soccer team that captured two state titles and recorded a 50-game winning streak. He is a member of National Honor Society and is simultaneously working to complete an associate’s degree at Thomas College in addition to his high school diploma. Lanpher intends to continue his higher education upon graduation next spring.

As for racing in 2016, the plan is still coming together. He is leaning towards returning to defend the Beech Ridge championship and hopes to branch out even more than he did this past season for some of the bigger late model and touring series events.

The support for Lanpher’s 2015 titles came from Scott’s Recreation and Docks.com in addition to his primary sponsors Mission Trailers and Team EJP Racing. Jason Ricker was the team’s crew chief while Lanpher’s father, Scott, was his spotter. The rest of the support staff and crew members included Lanpher’s mother Holly, sister Emily, girlfriend Alexa Perkins, Tommy Ricker, Erin Collomy, Jason Collomy, Larry Collomy, Wayne Ladd, Mike DiBaise and John Jacques.

Lanpher will now be honored for his Beech Ridge and Maine crowns along with other track and state/province champions from across North America as part of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Awards on Dec. 11 at the Charlotte Convention Center and NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Beech Ridge held its own 2015 Awards Banquet on Nov. 14 and recognized Lanpher’s accomplishments as well as that of its other four Whelen All-American Series weekly divisions.

Established in 1982, the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series is NASCAR’s national championship program for weekly short track auto racing. In all, 58 paved and dirt tracks throughout the United States and Canada participated in 2015.

Connecticut-based Whelen Engineering is the series’ title sponsor. Whelen Engineering is a leading manufacturer of automotive, aviation, industrial and emergency vehicle lighting. NASCAR tracks and pace cars are among the many showcases for Whelen products.

- Credit to NASCAR Home Tracks for this article.

Garcia Celebrates First Mexico Championship

Ruben Garcia and his team celebrate in Victory Lane following the 2015 NASCAR Mexico Series championship Sunday.
OCESA

NASCAR Next Driver Collects Title; Lopez Wins At Tuxtla

OCESA
November 22, 2015 - 5:44pm

BERRIOZÁBAL, Chiapas, Mexico – The day after turning 20, rising NASCAR star Rubén García Jr. completed his birthday weekend in style as he celebrated the 2015 NASCAR Mexico Series championship.

The Mexico City driver drove the No. 88 Canels/Scotiabank/HDI Toyota to a fifth-place finish in the season-ending Red Co 240 at Súper Óvalo Chiapas to cap the five-race Desafio with the Mexico's national championship.

Rogelio López earned his series-high 24th career victory, beating runner-up Rubén Pardo and third-place Rodrigo Perralta to the Red Co 240 checkered flag. Luis Felipe Montaño and García finished with fourth and fifth, respectively.

García had three wins and 13 top-five finishes in 15 races. He won the first race of the Desafio, and held first-place throughout the five-race playoff. He entered the finale with a nine-point lead over Rubén Rovelo, who finished 14th, and 27 over 2013 champion Peralta. The fourth championship contender – 2007 champion Rafael Martinez – finished 18th. García finished with 1,213 points, 18 ahead over Rovelo, 27 over Peralta and 42 in front of Martinez.

Santiago Tovar finished sixth  Sunday, followed by Antonio Pérez, Homero Richards, Jorge  Contreras Jr. and James Nides.

The young Garcia has become the ninth champion of NASCAR Mexico, joining Carlos Pardo (2004), Jorge Goeters (2005 and 2012), Rogelio Lopez (2006), Martinez, Antonio Pérez (2008), Germán Quiroga (2009-11), Peralta and Abraham Calderon (2014).

García even surpassed his father, Ruben Garcia Sr., who finished second in the series in 2006 – the year before it became sanctioned by NASCAR.

The path of Garcia Jr. began as champion of NASCAR Mexico's V4 series in 2011, and followed with rookie of the year honors in 2012. He finished fourth in the championship in 2013 and second last year. In 2013, he was selected as a member of the NASCAR Next class, an industry-initiatve to spotlight the sport's rising young stars.

García will join NASCAR's other six touring series champions on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the NASCAR Touring Series Night of Champions Awards at the Charlotte Convention Center/NASCAR Hall of Fame.

- Credit to NASCAR Home Tracks for this article.

Kyle Busch comes back from injury to win first Sprint Cup championship

From Jeff Gluck at USA TODAY Sports

Kyle Busch celebrates in after winning the Ford
EcoBoost 400 and his first NASCAR Sprint Cup
championship.
(PHOTO: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports)

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Here's what you need to know from the Ford Ecoboost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday night:

CHAMPION AND RACE WINNER: Charlie Brown finally got to kick the football. Kyle Busch, in his 11th full season, won his first career NASCAR championship on Sunday night -- and in the most unlikely of years. This time, there was no piano to drop out of the sky and ruin his playoff in an odd way. No, Busch had to overcome his greatest obstacles early in the year. Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a horrifying crash the day before the Daytona 500 -  nine months ago - then missed 11 races as he learned to walk again. He returned in May, won four races and got himself in the top 30 to qualify for the Chase, then survived each round until finishing ahead of Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon and Martin Truex Jr. to win the title.

"This championship is for my wife, my family, everyone who sacrificed so much this year to get me here," said Busch. "(Crew chief) Adam Stevens is my hero."

Busch passed Brad Keselowski with seven laps to go on the final restart and held off a charging Harvick in the closing laps. Harvick, the reigning champion who was trying to go back-to-back for the first time since Jimmie Johnson, finished second; Gordon was sixth in his final Cup race; Truex Jr. was 12th.

"We were definitely a little bit off tonight, and we never really found anything that really helped the car," Harvick said. "I thought at the end, we might do better than that. The 18 car just had us beat all night. I just couldn't find anywhere that would make the car better. ...

"To come back from everything's that he's come back from - that's a great comeback story from where he was after Daytona."

Busch joins brother Kurt as champion. Kurt Busch won his title in 2004. Kyle Busch gave team owner Joe Gibbs his fourth NASCAR title, one more than the number of Super Bowls he won.

GORDON: In his final Cup race, Gordon never really got going. He didn't have the speed or handling to keep up with Busch and Harvick and finished sixth. Gordon made his way to Busch, embraced him and congratulated him.

TV CONTROVERSY: NBC made the decision to stick with the race instead of going to its NFL pre-game broadcast at 7 p.m. ET, igniting Twitter with angry NFL fans and thrilled NASCAR fans. NBC Sports Network, which usually would pick up broadcasts that run over, is not available in as many homes.

MULTI-CAR CRASH: With 222 laps to go, Clint Bowyer appeared to get loose and triggered a multi-car crash on the backstretch. Bowyer turned right into Dale Earnhardt Jr., who suffered significant damage along with Aric Almirola, David Ragan and Casey Mears. “Just disappointing,” Bowyer said.

OIL ON THE TRACK: Just a dozen laps into the race, Denny Hamlin’s car suddenly shot out flames and oil, but NASCAR did not initially call a caution. Drivers frantically reported oil on the track and Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski and Sam Hornish Jr. all hit the wall before a caution was called. Hamlin went to the garage to investigate the issue.

STAR POWER: The grand marshal and national anthem singer are often the biggest stars at the track – but not when it’s Gordon’s final race (sorry, Hoda Kotb and Zach Levi). Gordon was accompanied by racing luminaries Mario Andretti and Lewis Hamilton, who was attending his first NASCAR race.

WEATHER: A line of storms rolled through roughly one hour before the start of the race, which delayed the green flag by about 90 minutes. The race finally began at 4:50 p.m. Eastern.

Ford EcoBoost 400

Sunday's results from the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway (start position in parentheses):
1. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267 laps, 43 points.
2. (13) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 42.
3. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 43.
4. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 41.
5. (23) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267, 40.
6. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, 38.
7. (19) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267, 37.
8. (15) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 267, 36.
9. (12) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, 35.
10. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 34.
11. (7) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 267, 34.
12. (11) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 32.
13. (22) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 267, 31.
14. (10) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 267, 30.
15. (21) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, 29.
16. (4) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, 28.
17. (6) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 267, 0.
18. (26) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 267, 26.
19. (18) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 267, 25.
20. (20) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 266, 24.
21. (17) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 266, 23.
22. (16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 266, 22.
23. (25) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 266, 0.
24. (35) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 266, 20.
25. (28) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 266, 19.
26. (33) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 265, 18.
27. (38) David Ragan, Toyota, 265, 17.
28. (40) Cole Whitt, Ford, 265, 16.
29. (36) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 265, 15.
30. (39) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 264, 14.
31. (42) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 264, 13.
32. (41) David Gilliland, Ford, 264, 12.
33. (29) Michael McDowell, Ford, 264, 11.
34. (31) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 264, 0.
35. (34) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 263, 0.
36. (30) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 263, 8.
37. (37) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 263, 7.
38. (43) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 262, 6.
39. (32) Josh Wise, Ford, 247, 5.
40. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 241, 4.
41. (14) Aric Almirola, Ford, 209, 3.
42. (27) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 104, 2.
43. (24) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 45, 1.

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Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 131.755 MPH.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 2 minutes, 23 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 1.552 seconds.
Caution Flags: 7 for 30 laps.
Lead Changes: 18 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-19; Ky.Busch 20-35; J.Gordon 36-44; K.Harvick 45-90; K.Larson 91-92; J.Logano 93-138; Ky.Busch 139; C.Edwards 140-144; J.Logano 145-151; C.Edwards 152-154; Ky.Busch 155-168; M.Truex Jr. 169-171; B.Keselowski 172-214; Ky.Busch 215-216; B.Keselowski 217-257; Ky.Busch 258; B.Keselowski 259-260; Ky.Busch 261-267.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): B.Keselowski, 3 times for 86 laps; J.Logano, 3 times for 72 laps; K.Harvick, 1 time for 46 laps; Ky.Busch, 6 times for 41 laps; J.Gordon, 1 time for 9 laps; C.Edwards, 2 times for 8 laps; M.Truex Jr., 1 time for 3 laps; K.Larson, 1 time for 2 laps.

Wins: J.Logano, 6; Ky.Busch, 5; J.Johnson, 5; M.Kenseth, 5; D.Earnhardt Jr., 3; K.Harvick, 3; Ku.Busch, 2; C.Edwards, 2; D.Hamlin, 2; J.Gordon, 1; B.Keselowski, 1; M.Truex Jr., 1.

Final top 16 in Points: 1. Ky.Busch, 5,043; 2. K.Harvick, 5,042; 3. J.Gordon, 5,038; 4. M.Truex Jr., 5,032; 5. C.Edwards, 2,368; 6. J.Logano, 2,360; 7. B.Keselowski, 2,347; 8. Ku.Busch, 2,333; 9. D.Hamlin, 2,327; 10. J.Johnson, 2,315; 11. R.Newman, 2,314; 12. D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,310; 13. J.McMurray, 2,295; 14. P.Menard, 2,262; 15. M.Kenseth, 2,234; 16. C.Bowyer, 2,175.

ORTHO Will Not Sponsor Greg Biffle In 2016

By @GucciardoJoey - Taken From NASCAR.com

The Ortho brand of Scotts Miracle-Gro will not return as primary sponsor of Greg Biffle's No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford in 2016, the organization and team confirmed Friday.

 

"We have enjoyed a long-standing and greatly productive working relationship with Ortho and the Scotts' brand," RFR President Steve Newmark said in a statement. "Over the course of the last decade they -- at different times -- have been able to successfully activate various marketing platforms through our partnership. 

 

"They had great success activating around Greg and the No. 16 team and I think all of us enjoyed the 'What's Buggin' Biffle' promotion. However, their marketing strategy for '16 will take them in a different direction. We would of course welcome working with them again in the future and look forward to that possibility."

 

Various Ortho schemes -- including Bug-B-Gone, Fire Ant Killer and Home Defense -- covered Biffle's car for 15 races in 2015. Previously, Scotts had sponsored cars for Roush Fenway Racing from 2005-11.

 

Company spokesman Chris Strunk provided the following statement to SportsBusiness Daily: "We evaluate our sponsorship portfolio on an annual basis and have decided not to renew our partnership agreement with Roush Fenway Racing. Roush Fenway and Greg Biffle have been terrific partners, and we wish them the best. We are extremely appreciative of their participation and support of the Ortho brand."

Wood Bros. Racing Going Full-Time In Sprint Cup In 2016

By @GucciardoJoey

Wood Brothers Racing driver Ryan Blaney races in the 2015
Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at
Darlington Raceway.

Homestead, FL -- Wood Brothers Racing, one of the longest-existing teams in NASCAR history, and has 98-career Sprint Cup victories has announced that they will field a full-time car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2016.

Ryan Blaney will drive the team's No. 21 Ford. Blane made 15 starts with the team this season as he heads into Sunday's Sprint Cup Series finale, the Ford EcoBoost 400.

"These are the guys that made it happen, Ford Motor Company," co-team owner Eddie Wood said. "It is just a lot of people that have been working on this for a long time and we are really proud of our association and heritage with Ford Motor Company. We have been racing Ford Motor Company products for 65 years and we are really looking forward to next year and getting started with that."

Wood Brothers Racing will continue to have a technical alliance with Team Penske.

"It is what you dream of as a kid," Blaney, 21, said. "I have been fortunate enough to get great opportunities and meet great people being with Team Penske in 2012 which led to the Wood Brothers this year and then beyond for next year.

"Obviously it is a little overwhelming right now … knowing what is going to come but I am excited for it. I don't get excited about a lot of things and maybe I don't show it but I am really excited about this program for next year and having the opportunity."

It will be the first time since 2008 that the team, founded by team owner Glen Wood in 1953, has attempted to run the entire NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. That season, three drivers, Bill Elliott, Marcos Ambrose and Jon Wood, split the driving duties, although Johnny Sauter made one attempt, failing to qualify at Las Vegas. The team's last full-time Sprint Cup season with a single-driver for came in 2006 with veteran Ken Schrader.

"We were in Pocono … testing for the Pocono race on May 28, 2008," Wood said. "At about noon that day Mr. Ford called me looking for a phone number. I hadn't talked to him in a while and he said, 'I haven't heard from you in a while, why haven't you called?' I told him we had been running so poorly that I had really just been ashamed. He says, 'So, you are saying this 21 is broken?' and I said, ‘Yeah, it is broken right now.'


"So he said we were going to see about that, that we would fix that. From that day until now, it has been just like this. He put some things in motion that started to help like increased engineering and just more of everything. There were some Ford Motor Company people that … moved in with us and helped get us straightened out and three years later we win the Daytona 500 (with driver Trevor Bayne). You can never give up."

Wood Brothers. Racing's biggest victory this decade has to be their 2011 Daytona 500 victory with Trevor Bayne behind the wheel.

SNAPSHOT: Miami

From NASCAR.com

Race day info
What: 17th annual Ford EcoBoost 400.
When: Sunday, Nov. 22
Where: Homestead-Miami Speedway, 1.5-mile oval in Homestead, Florida
Green flag time: 3:15 p.m. ET (NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Forecast: Cloudy, high of 82 degrees, 80 percent chance of rain and possible thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service
National anthem: Zachary Levi, actor ("Chuck," "Heroes Reborn")
Grand marshal: Hoda Kotb, co-host of NBC's "Today."
Distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps.
Pit road speed: 45 mph. 
Caution car speed: 55 mph.
 
On the front row
1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (176.655 MPH)
2. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford (176.263 MPH)
 
Fastest in practice
First practice: Carl Edwards, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (175.143 MPH).
Second practice: Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet (176.010 MPH).
Final practice: Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford (175.404 MPH).
 
Key story lines
1. Truex Jr. and Sherry Pollex already winners
2. Homestead could be 'fairy-tale' ending for Gordon
3. Harvick focused on title -- not verbal jabs
4. Kyle Busch signs contract extension with JGR

 
Former winners in the field
Greg Biffle (3), Tony Stewart (3), Carl Edwards (2), Denny Hamlin (2), Kurt Busch(1), Jeff Gordon (1), Kevin Harvick (1), Matt Kenseth (1).

They said it: Championship 4 final practice edition
Kyle Busch: "Really pleased with it -- it's definitely one of the best race cars I've had here for sure. It does the things that I think that it needs to do so hopefully I’m right and hopefully we’ve got a good race car for tomorrow."
 
Jeff Gordon: "The very first run that final practice was great. I felt really good about it. We've got a few things on the longer run that I felt like we can work on. The second run was so-so. The track definitely lost some grip. I think we have a good indication what the track conditions are going to be like in the race, so that is all really valuable information that we can put into our database and make adjustments and hopefully good decisions for (Sunday)."
 
Rodney Childers, crew chief for Kevin Harvick: "The car seems to have had pretty good speed. Definitely a lot better than what we were here last year. The guys did a good job. Kevin learned a lot running the top up against the wall. I feel like we got a lot of good information with those long runs. We will make a few adjustments for the race to try to keep the car tightened up and hopefully be good."
 
Martin Truex Jr.: "We haven't made any gains on it. It's been a frustrating day. We have been struggling with the car and we really haven't hit on anything that helped it. So we are going to go in there and work on it right now and hopefully come up with something for (Sunday)."

Kyle Larson wins XFINITY Homestead race, Chris Buescher wins 2015 XFINITY Championship

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Chris Buescher celebrates his 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series
championship.

Kyle Larson may have won the race, but it was Chris Buescher who walked away with the 2015 NASCAR XFNITY Series championship.

On lap 18, Kyle Busch went into the inside wall on the front stretch just after receiving a penalty on the previous caution for an uncontrolled tire. Busch would then get a penalty for going down pit road too soon. Busch would eventually bring the car into the garage, ending his race day.

Buescher decided to pit late in the race, causing much worry in the No. 60 team's pit box. Buescher would go on to win the championship despite those horrific worries.

Austin Dillon ha dthe leasd late in the race but hit the wall on the front stretch with 4 laps to go, giving Kyle Larson, who had been charging to catch Dillon at that time, the lead.

FINAL RESULTS FROM NASCAR.COM:

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MANUF	DELTA	LAPS	LAST LAP	BEST TIME	BEST SPEED	BEST LAP
1	42	Kyle Larson(i)		Leader	200	33.960	32.493	166.190	32
2	33	Austin Dillon(i)		0.935	200	34.159	32.439	166.466	186
3	20	Erik Jones(i)		0.724	200	33.704	32.624	165.522	186
4	2	Brian Scott		1.825	200	34.125	32.637	165.451	186
5	22	Ryan Blaney		0.720	200	34.450	32.601	165.634	186
6	18	Daniel Suarez #		1.917	200	34.113	32.873	164.269	186
7	3	Ty Dillon		0.576	200	34.351	32.735	164.956	147
8	9	Chase Elliott		0.647	200	34.718	32.914	164.064	186
9	7	Regan Smith		1.605	200	34.468	32.947	163.900	147
10	6	Darrell Wallace Jr. #		0.663	200	34.625	33.286	162.230	186
11	60	Chris Buescher		5.422	199	34.592	33.051	163.384	32
12	98	Aric Almirola(i)		-	199	34.315	33.029	163.493	122
13	1	Elliott Sadler		-	199	35.009	33.361	161.866	186
14	39	Ryan Sieg		-	198	34.220	33.152	162.886	146
15	43	Dakoda Armstrong		-	198	34.327	33.528	161.059	185
16	01	Landon Cassill		-	198	34.849	33.321	162.060	185
17	16	Ryan Reed		-	198	34.856	33.357	161.885	185
18	8	Blake Koch		-	198	34.738	33.937	159.118	122
19	4	Ross Chastain #		-	198	35.113	33.739	160.052	185
20	88	Ben Rhodes		-	197	34.527	33.326	162.036	184
21	28	JJ Yeley		-	197	34.610	33.593	160.748	121
22	51	Jeremy Clements		-	197	34.688	33.600	160.714	145
23	62	Brendan Gaughan		-	197	35.021	33.505	161.170	32
24	0	Harrison Rhodes #		-	196	35.106	34.064	158.525	145
25	44	David Starr		-	196	35.610	34.011	158.772	3
26	97	Mason Mingus(i)		-	194	35.662	34.480	156.613	33
27	55	Anthony Kumpen		-	192	36.370	34.525	156.408	179
28	70	Garrett Smithley(i)		-	192	35.816	34.676	155.727	179
29	24	Eric McClure		-	190	37.997	34.730	155.485	178
30	54	Kyle Busch(i)		-	185	48.451	32.485	166.231	32
31	40	Josh Reaume #		-	184	37.359	35.102	153.837	173
32	52	Joey Gase		-	180	36.343	35.046	154.083	143
33	74	Tim Viens(i)		-	155	38.419	35.889	150.464	4
34	90	Mario Gosselin		-	88	1:33.996	34.634	155.916	2
35	13	Derek White		-	81	37.986	35.076	153.951	5
36	15	Carlos Contreras		-	59	2:1.318	35.632	151.549	7
37	14	Mike Bliss		-	44	1:3.236	34.480	156.613	2
38	92	BJ McLeod(i)		-	36	57.477	35.251	153.187	6
39	26	TJ Bell(i)		-	23	2:0.452	34.963	154.449	4
40	19	Jeff Green		-	3	1:19.583	34.654	155.826	2