Talladega newcomer Erik Jones is fastest in sole Xfinity practice

In the only practice session being held for Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) Winn-Dixie 300, it was Erik Jones – with a lap speed of 188.861 MPH – on Friday, posting the fastest lap around Talladega Superspeedway (TSS).

Series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. and Ryan Reed both had the identical lap speed of 188.727 MPH, and were recorded second and third fastest respectively, while Regan Smith (188.086 MPH) was fourth and ROTY candidate Daniel Suarez (187.621) was fifth.

Rounding out the top-10 fastest drivers in the “Happy Hour” (final) practice were Kasey Kahne (187.141 MPH) who was sixth, Aric Almirola (187.053) seventh, John Wes Townley (187.017) eighth, Brian Scott (186.903) ninth and Chris Buescher (186.827) posting the 10th fastest lap speed.

According to the entry list, 45 drivers will be attempting to qualifying for Saturday’s 40-car race lineup; meaning that 5 of them will be heading home if they fail to start.

Qualifying to determine the starting lineup and pit stall selection for tomorrow’s event will be held that morning at 11:00 a.m. (ET – On FOX Sports 1), where the current series qualifying track record speed is 193.517 MPH – set by Joe Nemechek on April 26th, 1997.

The 24th annual Winn-Dixie 300 is scheduled to get underway around 3:20 p.m. (ET) Saturday afternoon, and FOX (not FOX Sports 1 or 2) will provide television coverage of the race.

Winn-Dixie 300 Final Practice Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Best Speed	Best Time	Behind	# Laps
1	20	Erik Jones(i)	188.861	50.704	Leader	19
2	6	Darrell Wallace Jr #	188.727	50.740	-0.036	21
3	16	Ryan Reed	180.727	50.740	-0.036	20
4	7	Regan Smith	188.086	50.913	-0.209	23
5	18	Daniel Suarez #	187.621	51.039	-0.335	23
6	88	Kasey Kahne (i)	187.141	51.170	-0.466	18
7	98	Aric Almirola (i)	187.053	51.194	-0.490	35
8	25	John Wes Townley (i)	187.017	51.204	-0.500	41
9	2	Brian Scott	186.903	51.235	-0.531	19
10	60	Chris Buescher	186.827	51.256	-0.552	26
11	62	Brendan Gaughan	186.758	51.275	-0.571	12
12	28	J.J. Yeley	186.362	51.384	-0.680	17
13	1	Elliot Sadler	186.180	51.434	-0.783	18
14	42	Brennan Poole	185.989	51.487	-0.801	33
15	9	Chase Elliott	185.924	51.505	-0.807	14
16	43	Dakoda Armstrong	185.902	51.511	-0.809	29
17	54	Boris Said	185.895	51.513	-0.829	23
18	55	Jeffrey Earnhardt	185.823	51.533	-0.881	20
19	24	Eric McClure	185.635	51.585	-0.956	17
20	22	Joey Logano(i)	185.366	51.660	-1.044	21
21	26	Kenny Wallace	185.051	51.748	-2.022	21
22	8	Blake Koch	181.618	52.726	-2.026	33
23	14	Cale Conley #	181.604	52.730	-2.029	26
24	51	Jeremy Clements	181.594	52.733	-0.043	28
25	44	David Starr	181.446	52.776	-2.240	25
26	3	Ty Dillon	181.069	52.886	-2.743	23
27	33	Austin Dillon(i)	180.870	52.944	-2.804	23
28	90	Mario Gosselin	179.168	53.447	-2.805	15
29	13	Mark Thompson	178.964	53.508	-2.930	24
30	17	Benny Gordon	178.961	53.509	-3.512	25
31	35	Chris Cockrum	178.543	53.634	-3.520	29
32	84	Chad Boat	176.627	54.216	-3.544	21
33	39	Ryan Sieg	176.601	54.224	-3.697	20
34	19	Mike Bliss	176.523	54.248	-3.719	12
35	85	Bobby Gerhart	176.026	54.401	-3.779	26
36	40	Derek White	175.955	54.423	-3.719	12
37	10	Jeff Green	175.761	54.483	-3.779	17
38	01	Landon Cassill	175.080	54.695	-3.991	6
39	97	Peyton Sellers	174.499	54.877	-4.173	13
40	0	Harrison Rhodes	174.328	54.931	-4.227	8
41	70	Derrike Cope	174.258	54.953	-4.249	18
42	74	Mike Harmon	173.945	55.052	-4.348	17
43	4	Ross Chastain #	173.929	55.057	-4.353	7
44	52	Joey Gase	173.724	55.122	-4.418	10
45	15	Carlos Contreras	172.864	55.396	-4.692	23

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series

Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average
Pos	Car	Driver	From Lap	To Lap	Avg. Speed	Gap
1	60	Chris Buescher	8	17	179.246	Leader
2	25	John Wes Townley (i)	14	23	169.106	-10.140
3	13	Mark Thompson	9	18	162.614	-16.632
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on track to be included in the above chart.

 

 

Denny Hamlin wins Xfinity Series’ ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway

It was all Denny Hamlin in Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) ToyotaCare 250, as Hamlin goes from the pole to victory lane and leads all but 2 laps to win at his home track of Richmond International Raceway (RIR).

From nearby Chesterfield, VA, Hamlin led 248 laps out of 250 to win his first series race of the 2015 season, his 12th series career race and his third series race at RIR.

Following Hamlin to the drop of the checkered flag was the outside pole-sitter, Joey Logano, finishing second – by 3.719 seconds, Regan Smith third, Erik Jones fourth and Chase Elliott finished fifth.

Series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Daniel Suarez brought home sixth-place, while Brian Scott finished seventh, Austin Dillon eighth, Ty Dillon ninth and Landon Cassill rounding out the top-10 finishing positions.

With his ninth-place finish, Ty Dillon reclaims the points lead and leaves Richmond with a 8-point lead over Chase Elliott, while Chris Buescher (who came into the race the points leader) falls to third and 11-points behind Dillon .

RACE NOTES:
Average Speed: 101.550 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 50 Mins, 47 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 3.719 Seconds
Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 24 laps

Next Up: The Talladega Superspeedway with the Winn-Dixie 300 on Saturday, May 2nd, with an estimated starting time of 3:20 p.m. (ET), and television coverage provided by FOX.

ToyotaCare 250 Race Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Laps	Status	Laps Lead	Points	Bonus Points
1	20	Denny Hamlin (i)	250	Running	248	0	0
2	22	Joey Logano(i)	250	Running	0	0	0
3	7	Regan Smith	250	Running	0	41	0
4	54	Erik Jones(i)	250	Running	0	0	0
5	9	Chase Elliott	250	Running	0	39	0
6	18	Daniel Suarez #	250	Running	0	38	0
7	2	Brian Scott	250	Running	1	38	1
8	33	Austin Dillon(i)	250	Running	0	0	0
9	3	Ty Dillon	249	Running	0	35	0
10	01	Landon Cassill	249	Running	0	34	0
11	62	Brendan Gaughan	249	Running	0	33	0
12	6	Darrell Wallace Jr #	249	Running	0	32	0
13	42	Brennan Poole	249	Running	0	31	0
14	51	Jeremy Clements	249	Running	0	30	0
15	98	Aric Almirola (i)	249	Running	0	0	0
16	1	Elliot Sadler	249	Running	1	29	1
17	4	Ross Chastain #	248	Running	0	27	0
18	88	Kevin Harvick (i)	248	Running	0	0	0
19	28	J.J. Yeley	248	Running	0	25	0
20	60	Chris Buescher	247	Running	0	24	0
21	16	Ryan Reed	247	Running	0	23	0
22	0	Harrison Rhodes	246	Running	0	22	0
23	19	Mike Bliss	246	Running	0	21	0
24	8	Blake Koch	246	Running	0	20	0
25	14	Cale Conley #	246	Running	0	19	0
26	52	Joey Gase	246	Running	0	18	0
27	43	Dakoda Armstrong	246	Running	0	17	0
28	25	Dylan Lupton	246	Running	0	16	0
29	44	David Starr	245	Running	0	15	0
30	55	Brandon Gdovic	245	Running	0	14	0
31	39	Ryan Sieg	244	Running	0	13	0
32	97	Peyton Sellers	241	Running	0	12	0
33	90	Jimmy Weller	240	Running	0	11	0
34	15	Carlos Contreras	238	Running	0	10	0
35	70	Derrike Cope	234	Running	0	9	0
36	24	Eric McClure	205	Fuel Pump	0	8	0
37	40	Derek White	43	Brakes	0	7	0
38	10	Jeff Green	31	Engine	0	0	0
39	74	Mike Harmon	3	Engine	0	5	0
40	13	Timmy Hill (i)	2	Rear Gear	0	4	0

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Unofficial Point Standings
After Race 8 at Richmond International Raceway
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	DNF
1	3	Ty Dillon	293	Leader	8	0	3	6	0
2	9	Chase Elliott	285	-8	8	0	4	7	1
3	60	Chris Buescher	282	-11	8	0	4	5	0
4	6	Darrell Wallace Jr#	268	-25	8	0	0	2	0
5	7	Regan Smith	252	-41	8	0	3	6	1
6	62	Brendan Gaughan	244	-49	8	0	1	4	2
7	1	Elliot Sadler	244	-49	8	0	0	2	0
8	16	Ryan Reed	243	-50	8	1	1	1	0
9	2	Brian Scott	243	-50	8	0	0	6	2
10	18	Daniel Suarez #	240	-53	8	0	1	3	1
11	51	Jeremy Clements	206	-87	8	0	0	0	0
12	44	David Starr	198	-95	8	0	0	1	0
13	4	Ross Chastain #	192	-101	8	0	0	1	1
14	28	J.J. Yeley	173	-120	8	0	0	0	2
15	43	Dakoda Armstrong	172	-121	8	0	0	0	2
16	39	Ryan Sieg	165	-128	8	0	0	0	1
17	01	Landon Cassill	163	-130	8	0	0	1	2
18	8	Blake Koch	153	-140	8	0	0	0	1
19	42	Brennan Poole	149	-144	5	0	0	1	0
20	14	Cale Conley #	146	-147	8	0	0	0	3
21	19	Mike Bliss	131	-162	7	0	0	0	1
22	24	Eric McClure	130	-163	8	0	0	0	2
23	0	Harrison Rhodes #	122	-171	7	0	0	0	0
24	52	Joey Gase	120	-173	8	0	0	0	0
25	55	Jeffrey Earnhardt	86	-207	4	0	0	0	0
26	90	Mario Gosselin	80	-213	5	0	0	0	2
27	74	Mike Harmon	76	-217	8	0	0	0	6
28	70	Derrike Cope	67	-226	7	0	0	0	2
29	40	Derek White	63	-230	6	0	0	0	3
30	97	Peyton Sellers	61	-232	5	0	0	0	2
31	22	Ryan Blaney	43	-250	1	0	1	1	0
32	25	Dylan Lupton	41	-252	2	0	0	0	0
33	13	Chris Cockrum	38	-255	2	0	0	0	0
34	40	Carl Long	37	-256	5	0	0	0	4
35	55	Jamie Dick	36	-257	2	0	0	0	0
36	55	Brandon Gdovic	32	-261	2	0	0	0	0
37	97	Josh Reaume #	27	-266	2	0	0	0	1
38	10	Jeff Green	27	-266	6	0	0	0	6
39	90	Jimmy Weller	22	-271	2	0	0	0	0
40	90	Todd Bodine	20	-273	1	0	0	0	0
41	15	Stanton Barrett	19	-274	2	0	0	0	1
42	15	Carlos Contreras	18	-275	2	0	0	0	1
43	89	Morgan Shepherd	17	-276	3	0	0	0	3
44	56	Charles Lewandoski	14	-279	1	0	0	0	0
45	29	Justin Marks	10	-283	1	0	0	0	1
46	15	Enrique Contreras	10	-283	1	0	0	0	0
47	19	Scott Lagasse Jr.	7	-286	1	0	0	0	1
48	92	Dextor Bean	4	-289	1	0	0	0	1

# – Rookie

2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Owner Standing
After Race 8 at Richmond International Raceway
Pos.	Owner	Car #	Wins	Points	Behind	Attempts
1	Roger Penske	22	2	344	Leader	8
2	Rick Hendrick	88	2	308	-36	8
3	Joe Gibbs	20	2	300	-44	8
4	Richard Childress	3	0	293	-51	8
5	Dale Earnhardt Jr	9	0	285	-59	8
6	Jack Roush	60	0	282	-62	8
7	Richard Childress	33	1	278	-66	8
8	Jack Roush	6	0	268	-76	8
9	Harry Scott Jr.	42	0	257	-87	8
10	Kelly Earnhardt-Miller	7	0	252	-92	8
11	JD Gibbs	54	0	248	-96	8
12	Richard Childress	62	0	244	-100	8
13	Jack Roush	1	0	244	-100	8
14	Jack Roush	16	1	243	-101	8
15	Richard Childress	2	0	243	-101	8
16	Joe Gibbs	18	0	240	-104	8
17	Tony Clements	51	0	206	-138	8
18	Mark Smith	44	0	198	-146	8
19	Gary Keller	4	0	192	-152	8
20	Gregg Mixon	28	0	173	-171	8
21	Richard Petty	43	0	172	-172	8
22	Tony Townley	25	0	172	-172	6
23	Fred Biagi	98	0	165	-179	8
24	Rod Sieg	39	0	165	-179	8
25	Johnny Davis	01	0	163	-181	8
26	Jamie Dick	55	0	154	-190	8
27	Joseph Walsh	8	0	153	-191	8
28	Mark Smith	14	0	146	-198	8
29	Mark Smith	19	0	131	-213	8
30	James Whitener	24	0	130	-214	8
31	Michelle Gosselin	90	0	122	-222	8
32	Andrea Nemechek	0	0	122	-222	8
33	Jimmy Means	52	0	120	-224	8
34	Derek White	13	0	100	-244	8
35	Victor Obaika	97	0	88	-256	8
36	Mike Harmon	74	0	76	-268	8
37	Rick Ware	15	0	72	-272	8
38	Mary Louise Miller	70	0	67	-277	8
39	Derek White	40	0	61	-283	8
40	Mark Smith	10	0	34	-310	7
41	Maria Genzalez Hernandez	26	0	31	-313	1
42	Morgan Shepherd	89	0	17	-327	5
43	Thom Kapusta	156	0	14	-330	1
44	Robby Benton	29	0	10	-334	1
45	Billy Boat	84	0	8	-336	1
46	Bobby Dotter	192	0	4	-340	2
47	Andrea Nemechek	87	0	0	-344	1
48	William Gerhart	85	0	0	-344	1
49	Michael Affarano	03	0	0	-344	1
50	Adrian Berryhill	17	0	0	-344	1

 

2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Manufacturer Standings
After Race 8 at Richmond International Raceway
Pos.	Manufacturer	Wins	Points	Behind
1	Ford	3	353	Leader
2	Chevrolet	3	349	-4
3	Toyota	2	339	-14
4	Dodge	0	94	-259

 

 

 

 

 

Denny Hamlin wins pole for Xfinity Series’ ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway

Denny Hamlin, with a qualifying lap speed of 124.069 MPH, captured the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) pole for tonight’s ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway (RIR).

This was Hamlin’s first series pole of the 2015 season, his 17th series career pole and his third series pole at “America’s Premier Short Track.”

Starting second on the outside pole with a qualifying lap speed of 124.018 MPH will be Joey Logano; followed by Erik Jones (122.984 MPH) starting third, Aric Almirola (122.912) fourth and Brian Scott (122.783) starts fifth.

Rounding out the top-10 starting positions will be Kevin Harvick (122.705 MPH) starting sixth, defending series champion, Chase Elliott (122.633) seventh, Regan Smith (122.460) eighth, series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) contender, Daniel Suarez (122.266) ninth and Brennan Poole (122.089) starting 10th.

Two drivers failed to make the 40-car starting lineup, which were Morgan Shepherd and Johanna Long.

The 28th annual ToyotaCare 250 is scheduled to get underway around 7:50 p.m. (ET) tonight, and FOX Sports 1 will be providing television coverage of the event.

ToyotaCare 250 Qualifying Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Gap
1	20	Denny Hamlin (i)	21.592	21.691	21.762	Leader
2	22	Joey Logano(i)	21.964	22.010	21.771	-0.009
3	54	Erik Jones(i)	21.968	21.861	21.954	-0.183
4	98	Aric Almirola (i)	22.063	21.983	21.967	-0.013
5	2	Brian Scott	22.032	22.022	21.99	-0.023
6	88	Kevin Harvick (i)	21.919	21.898	22.004	-0.014
7	9	Chase Elliott	21.761	21.914	22.017	-0.013
8	7	Regan Smith	22.036	22.076	22.048	-0.031
9	18	Daniel Suarez #	22.067	22.078	22.083	-0.035
10	42	Brennan Poole	22.072	22.070	22.115	-0.032
11	6	Darrell Wallace Jr #	22.043	22.073	22.181	-0.066
12	60	Chris Buescher	22.082	21.958	22.24	-0.059
Eliminated From Round 2
13	33	Austin Dillon(i)	22.018	22.081	Eliminated	-0.123
14	16	Ryan Reed	22.021	22.091	Eliminated	-0.010
15	3	Ty Dillon	22.014	22.115	Eliminated	-0.024
16	62	Brendan Gaughan	22.099	22.139	Eliminated	-0.024
17	1	Elliot Sadler	21.659	22.143	Eliminated	-0.004
18	43	Dakoda Armstrong	22.127	22.155	Eliminated	-0.012
19	39	Ryan Sieg	22.118	22.269	Eliminated	-0.114
20	19	Mike Bliss	22.058	22.300	Eliminated	-0.031
21	01	Landon Cassill	22.007	22.347	Eliminated	-0.047
22	25	Dylan Lupton	22.159	22.436	Eliminated	-0.089
23	0	Harrison Rhodes	22.080	0.000	Eliminated	22.436
24	10	Jeff Green	22.140	0.000	Eliminated	0.000
Eliminated From Round 1
25	8	Blake Koch	22.197	Eliminated		-0.057
26	51	Jeremy Clements	22.224	Eliminated		-0.027
27	13	Timmy Hill (i)	22.284	Eliminated		-0.060
28	4	Ross Chastain #	22.285	Eliminated		-0.001
29	55	Brandon Gdovic	22.289	Eliminated		-0.004
30	14	Cale Conley #	22.310	Eliminated		-0.021
31	40	Derek White	22.344	Eliminated		-0.034
32	28	J.J. Yeley	22.372	Eliminated		-0.028
33	44	David Starr	22.387	Eliminated		-0.015
34	90	Jimmy Weller	22.398	Eliminated		-0.011
35	24	Eric McClure	22.481	Eliminated		-0.083
36	52	Joey Gase	22.610	Eliminated		-0.129
37	97	Peyton Sellers	22.774	Eliminated		-0.164
38	15	Carlos Contreras	22.789	Eliminated		-0.015
39	70	Derrike Cope	22.874	Eliminated		-0.085
40	74	Mike Harmon	0.000	Eliminated		22.874
Did Not Qualify
41	89	Morgan Shepherd	22.455	Eliminated		-22.455
42	03	Johanna Long	24.505	Eliminated		-2.050

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series

Joey Logano is picture of perfection: Leads all 300 laps en route to Xfinity Series win at Bristol

There was no stopping Joey Logano Saturday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS), as Logano dominated his way to victory lane and winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 trophy.

Logano, who led all 300 laps, received his second series win of the 2015 season, his 23rd series career win and his second series win at Bristol.

Series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Daniel Suarez finished 1.172 seconds behind Logano to finish in second, and they were followed by Chris Buescher taking third, pole-sitter Erik Jones fourth and Ty Dillon finishing in fifth.

Reigning series champion, Chase Elliott claimed sixth-place, while Kevin Harvick finished seventh, Brian Scott eighth, Brendan Gaughan ninth and Elliott Sadler rounding out the top-10 finishing positions.

Ty Dillon (5th) and Chris Buescher (3rd) leave Bristol tied in points, but with the better stats going to Buescher, places Buescher at the top of the point standings

RACE NOTES:
Average Speed: 87.218 MPH
Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 50 Mins, 00 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.172 Seconds
Lead Changes: 1 among 1 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 48 laps

Next Up: The ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway on Friday, April 24th, with an approximate starting time of 7:50 p.m. (ET), and television coverage of the event will be provided by FOX Sports 1.

Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 Race Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Laps	Status	Laps Lead	Points	Bonus Points
1	22	Joey Logano(i)	300	Running	300	0	0
2	18	Daniel Suarez #	300	Running	0	42	0
3	60	Chris Buescher	300	Running	0	41	0
4	20	Erik Jones(i)	300	Running	0	0	0
5	3	Ty Dillon	300	Running	0	39	0
6	9	Chase Elliott	300	Running	0	38	0
7	88	Kevin Harvick (i)	300	Running	0	0	0
8	2	Brian Scott	300	Running	0	36	0
9	62	Brendan Gaughan	300	Running	0	35	0
10	1	Elliot Sadler	300	Running	0	34	0
11	42	Brennan Poole	300	Running	0	33	0
12	6	Darrell Wallace Jr #	300	Running	0	32	0
13	51	Jeremy Clements	299	Running	0	31	0
14	25	John Wes Townley (i)	297	Running	0	0	0
15	55	Jeffrey Earnhardt	297	Running	0	29	0
16	33	Austin Dillon(i)	297	Running	0	0	0
17	39	Ryan Sieg	296	Running	0	27	0
18	44	David Starr	296	Running	0	26	0
19	14	Cale Conley #	296	Running	0	25	0
20	19	Mike Bliss	295	Running	0	24	0
21	16	Ryan Reed	294	Running	0	23	0
22	8	Blake Koch	294	Running	0	22	0
23	43	Dakoda Armstrong	294	Running	0	21	0
24	90	Mario Gosselin	293	Running	0	20	0
25	52	Joey Gase	293	Running	0	19	0
26	24	Eric McClure	291	Running	0	18	0
27	4	Ross Chastain #	273	Engine	0	17	0
28	01	Landon Cassill	268	Brakes	0	16	0
29	0	Harrison Rhodes	260	Running	0	15	0
30	7	Regan Smith	252	Running	0	14	0
31	54	Denny Hamlin (i)	229	Running	0	0	0
32	97	Peyton Sellers	227	Electrical	0	12	0
33	28	J.J. Yeley	206	Accident	0	11	0
34	13	Derek White	198	Engine	0	0	0
35	74	Mike Harmon	106	Suspension	0	9	0
36	15	Carlos Contreras	60	Brakes	0	8	0
37	70	Derrike Cope	55	Fuel Pump	0	7	0
38	89	Morgan Shepherd	41	Brakes	0	6	0
39	10	Jeff Green	28	Vibration	0	5	0
40	40	Carl Long	11	Electrical	0	4	0

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Unofficial Point Standings
After Race 7 of the 2015 season at Bristol Motor Speedway
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	DNF
1	60	Chris Buescher	258	Leader	7	0	4	5	0
2	3	Ty Dillon	258	0	7	0	3	5	0
3	9	Chase Elliott	246	-12	7	0	3	6	1
4	6	Darrell Wallace Jr#	236	-22	7	0	0	2	0
5	16	Ryan Reed	220	-38	7	1	1	1	0
6	1	Elliot Sadler	215	-43	7	0	0	2	0
7	62	Brendan Gaughan	211	-47	7	0	1	4	2
8	7	Regan Smith	211	-47	7	0	2	5	1
9	2	Brian Scott	205	-53	7	0	0	5	2
10	18	Daniel Suarez #	202	-56	7	0	1	2	1
11	44	David Starr	183	-75	7	0	0	1	0
12	51	Jeremy Clements	176	-82	7	0	0	0	0
13	4	Ross Chastain #	165	-93	7	0	0	1	1
14	43	Dakoda Armstrong	155	-103	7	0	0	0	2
15	39	Ryan Sieg	152	-106	7	0	0	0	1
16	28	J.J. Yeley	148	-110	7	0	0	0	2
17	8	Blake Koch	133	-125	7	0	0	0	1
18	01	Landon Cassill	129	-129	7	0	0	0	2
19	14	Cale Conley #	127	-131	7	0	0	0	3
20	24	Eric McClure	122	-136	7	0	0	0	1
21	42	Brennan Poole	118	-140	4	0	0	1	0
22	19	Mike Bliss	110	-148	6	0	0	0	1
23	52	Joey Gase	102	-156	7	0	0	0	0
24	0	Harrison Rhodes #	100	-158	6	0	0	0	0
25	55	Jeffrey Earnhardt	86	-172	4	0	0	0	0
26	90	Mario Gosselin	80	-178	5	0	0	0	2
27	74	Mike Harmon	71	-187	7	0	0	0	5
28	40	Derek White	63	-195	6	0	0	0	3
29	70	Derrike Cope	58	-200	6	0	0	0	2
30	97	Peyton Sellers	49	-209	4	0	0	0	2
31	22	Ryan Blaney	43	-215	1	0	1	1	0
32	13	Chris Cockrum	38	-220	2	0	0	0	0
33	55	Jamie Dick	36	-222	2	0	0	0	0
34	40	Carl Long	30	-228	4	0	0	0	3
35	97	Josh Reaume #	27	-231	2	0	0	0	1
36	25	Dylan Lupton	25	-233	1	0	0	0	0
37	10	Jeff Green	23	-235	5	0	0	0	5
38	90	Todd Bodine	20	-238	1	0	0	0	0
39	15	Stanton Barrett	19	-239	2	0	0	0	1
40	55	Brandon Gdovic	18	-240	1	0	0	0	0
41	89	Morgan Shepherd	17	-241	3	0	0	0	3
42	56	Charles Lewandoski	14	-244	1	0	0	0	0
43	90	Jimmy Weller	11	-247	1	0	0	0	0
44	29	Justin Marks	10	-248	1	0	0	0	1
45	15	Enrique Contreras	10	-248	1	0	0	0	0
46	15	Carlos Contreras	8	-250	1	0	0	0	1
47	19	Scott Lagasse Jr.	7	-251	1	0	0	0	1
48	92	Dextor Bean	4	-254	1	0	0	0	1

# – Rookie

 

 

 

Perfect restart leads Joey Logano to first career Truck win

After a green-white-checkered (flags) dash to the finish, pole-sitter Joey Logano on Saturday, held off the reigning NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) champion, Matt Crafton – by 0.431 seconds – to win the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway.

Logano, who led the most laps – 150 out of 258, received his first series career victory and gave Brad Keselowski Racing their second victory of the season. And with his victory, Logano also became the 26th driver to win a race in all three of NASCAR’s national series.

Following Logano and Crafton to the drop of the checkered flag were series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) contender, Erik Jones finishing third, Johnny Sauter fourth and Tyler Reddick finished fifth.

Rounding out the top-10 finishing positions were Daniel Suarez claiming sixth, James Buescher seventh, John Wes Townley eighth, Matt Tifft ninth and ROTY contender Justin Boston bringing home 10th-place.

With his second-place finish, Matt Crafton leaves Martinsville with a two-point lead over Tyler Reddick.

RACE NOTES:
Average Speed: 68.214 MPH
Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 59 Mins, 22 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.431 Seconds
Lead Changes: 14 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 61 laps

Next Up: The series takes the month of April off and returns to action on May 8th at Kansas Speedway (Kansas 250 – no entitlement sponsor at this time), with an approximate starting time of 8:50 pm (ET – On FOX Sports 1).

Kroger 250 Race Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Laps	Status	Laps Led	Points	Bonus Points
1	29	Joey Logano (i)	258	Running	150	0	0
2	88	Matt Crafton	258	Running	100	43	1
3	4	Erik Jones #	258	Running	2	42	1
4	98	Johnny Sauter	258	Running	0	40	0
5	19	Tyler Reddick	258	Running	0	39	0
6	51	Daniel Suarez (i)	258	Running	0	0	0
7	31	James Buescher	258	Running	0	37	0
8	05	John Wes Townley	258	Running	0	36	0
9	25	Matt Tifft	258	Running	0	35	0
10	54	Justin Boston #	258	Running	0	34	0
11	13	Cameron Hayley #	258	Running	0	33	0
12	14	Daniel Hemric #	258	Running	0	32	0
13	07	Ray Black Jr. #	258	Running	0	31	0
14	23	Spencer Gallagher #	258	Running	0	30	0
15	33	Brandon Jones #	258	Running	0	29	0
16	00	Cole Custer	258	Running	2	29	1
17	7	Gray Gaulding	257	Running	0	27	0
18	17	Timothy Peters	257	Running	0	26	0
19	11	Ben Kennedy	257	Running	0	25	0
20	02	Tyler Young	257	Running	0	24	0
21	75	Caleb Holman	257	Running	0	23	0
22	15	Mason Mingus	256	Running	4	23	1
23	08	Korbin Forrester #	255	Running	0	21	0
24	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	250	Running	0	20	0
25	35	Tommy Regan	248	Running	0	19	0
26	63	Jake Griffin	218	Handling	0	18	0
27	50	Cody Ware #	216	Vibration	0	17	0
28	6	Norm Benning	174	Rear Gear	0	16	0
29	8	John Hunter Nemechek #	173	Transmission	0	15	0
30	92	David Gilliland (i)	132	Brakes	0	0	0
31	99	Bryan Silas	120	Overheating	0	13	0
32	1	Travis Kvapil	83	Rear Gear	0	12	0

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Driver Standing
After Race 3 of the 2015 season at Martinsville Speedway
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	DNF
1	88	Matt Crafton	128	Leader	3	1	2	3	0
2	19	Tyler Reddick	126	-2	3	1	3	3	0
3	4	Erik Jones #	122	-6	3	0	2	3	0
4	98	Johnny Sauter	112	-16	3	0	1	3	0
5	31	James Buescher	100	-28	3	0	0	2	0
6	05	John Wes Townley	90	-38	3	0	0	1	1
7	07	Ray Black Jr. #	89	-39	3	0	1	1	0
8	13	Cameron Hayley #	84	-44	3	0	0	0	1
9	23	Spencer Gallagher #	84	-44	3	0	0	0	0
10	11	Ben Kennedy	83	-45	3	0	1	1	1
11	17	Timothy Peters	81	-47	3	0	0	1	1
12	02	Tyler Young	78	-50	3	0	0	0	0
13	54	Justin Boston #	77	-51	3	0	0	1	1
14	08	Korbin Forrester #	77	-51	3	0	0	0	0
15	14	Daniel Hemric #	75	-53	3	0	0	0	1
16	99	Bryan Silas	73	-55	3	0	0	1	1
17	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	64	-64	3	0	0	0	0
18	25	Matt Tifft	60	-68	2	0	0	1	1
19	6	Norm Benning	59	-69	3	0	0	0	2
20	8	Joe Nemechek	58	-70	2	0	0	1	0
21	75	Caleb Holman	50	-78	2	0	0	0	0
22	94	Travis Kvapil	41	-87	2	0	0	0	1
23	15	Mason Mingus	39	-89	2	0	0	0	1
24	29	Austin Theriault	31	-97	1	0	1	1	0
25	50	Cody Ware #	31	-97	2	0	0	0	2
26	33	Brandon Jones #	29	-99	1	0	0	0	0
27	00	Cole Custer	29	-99	1	0	0	0	0
28	7	Gray Gaulding	27	-101	1	0	0	0	0
29	63	Garrett Smithley	26	-102	1	0	0	0	0
30	74	Jordan Anderson	21	-107	1	0	0	0	0
31	94	Wendell Chavous	20	-108	1	0	0	0	0
32	35	Tommy Regan	19	-109	1	0	0	0	0
33	63	Jake Griffin	18	-110	1	0	0	0	1
34	40	Todd Peck	17	-111	1	0	0	0	1
35	86	Brandon Brown	15	-113	1	0	0	0	1
36	8	John H. Nemechek #	15	-113	1	0	0	0	1
37	1	Donnie Neuenberger	13	-115	1	0	0	0	1

# – Rookie

2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner Standing
After Race 3 of the 2015 season at Martinsville Speedway
Pos.	Owner	Car #	Points	Behind	Attempts
1	Rhonda Thorson	88	128	Leader	3
2	Brad Keselowski	19	126	-2	3
3	Kyle Busch	4	122	-6	3
4	Kyle Busch	51	115	-13	3
5	Mike Curb	98	112	-16	3
6	Brad Keselowski	29	109	-19	3
7	Maurice Gallagher	33	105	-23	3
8	Bob Newberry	31	100	-28	3
9	Tony Townley	05	90	-38	3
10	Bobby Dotter	07	89	-39	3
11	Duke Thorson	13	84	-44	3
12	Maurice Gallagher	23	84	-44	3
13	Tom Deloach	11	83	-45	3
14	Tom Deloach	17	81	-47	3
15	Randy Young	02	78	-50	3
16	Kyle Busch	54	77	-51	3
17	Ken Smith	08	77	-51	3
18	Bob Newberry	14	75	-53	3
19	Chris Baluch	99	73	-55	3
20	Sidney Mauldin	8	73	-55	3
21	Jennifer Jo Cobb	10	64	-64	3
22	William Venturini	125	60	-68	2
23	Norm Benning	6	59	-69	3
24	Ricky Benton	92	53	-75	2
25	Charles Henderson	175	50	-78	2
26	Jay Robinson	94	49	-79	3
27	Michael Mittler	63	44	-84	3
28	Tracy Lowe	1	42	-86	3
29	Billy Boat	115	39	-89	3
30	Susan Bates	39	33	-95	1
31	Bob Newberry	20	31	-97	1
32	Kevin Cywinski	35	31	-97	2
33	Mark Beaver	50	31	-97	3
34	Dale Earnhardt	00	29	-99	1
35	Jim Rosenblum	28	28	-100	1
36	Tom Deloach	7	27	-101	1
37	Mike Harmon	74	21	-107	3
38	Michael Peck	40	17	-111	1
39	Jerry Brown	186	15	-113	2
40	Chris Fontaine	184	0	-128	1
41	John Corr	182	0	-128	1
42	Clay Greenfield	68	0	-128	1
43	Charles Buchanan	187	0	-128	1

 

2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Manufacturer Standings
After Race 3 of the 2015 season at Martinsville Speedway
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points	Behind	Wins
1	Ford	135	Leader	2
2	Toyota	133	-2	1
3	Chevrolet	120	-15	0
4	Ram	0	-135	0

 

 

 

 

 

Erik Jones earns pole for today’s Xfinity Series race at Fontana

Erik Jones, with a qualifying lap speed of 178.288 MPH, captured his first NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) career pole for this afternoon’s Drive4Clots.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway (ACS).

Jones, who is making his eighth NXS start and has two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) poles, received his 4th top-10 starting position of the 2015 season.

Sharing the front row with Jones to start second with a qualifying lap speed of 177.686 MPH, will be Brian Scott, and they will be followed by Denny Hamlin (177.480 MPH) starting third, Brad Keselowski (177.205) fourth and Regan Smith (177.130) starts fifth.

Rounding out the top-10 starting positions will be Kevin Harvick (176.717 MPH) claiming the sixth starting spot, Austin Dillon (176.535) seventh, Brendan Gaughan (176.354) eighth, series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Daniel Suarez (176.332) ninth and Elliott Sadler (175.593) will start from 10th.

With only 40-drivers attempting to fill the 40-car field, there was no one failing to make the starting lineup.

The 17th annual Drive4Clots.com 300 is set to begin around 4:20 p.m. (ET) this afternoon, and FOX Sports 1 will provide television coverage of the race.

Drive4Clots.com 300 Qualifying Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Best Speed	Best Time	Gap
1	20	Erik Jones(i)	178.288	40.384	Leader
2	2	Brian Scott	177.686	40.521	-0.137
3	54	Denny Hamlin (i)	177.480	40.568	-0.047
4	22	Brad Keselowski (i)	177.205	40.631	-0.063
5	7	Regan Smith	177.130	40.648	-0.017
6	88	Kevin Harvick (i)	176.717	40.743	-0.095
7	33	Austin Dillon(i)	176.535	40.785	-0.042
8	62	Brendan Gaughan	176.354	40.827	-0.042
9	18	Daniel Suarez #	176.332	40.832	-0.005
10	1	Elliot Sadler	175.593	41.004	-0.172
11	42	Kyle Larson(i)	175.050	41.131	-0.127
12	16	Ryan Reed	175.016	41.139	-0.008
Eliminated From Round 2
13	9	Chase Elliott	176.069	40.893	0.246
14	60	Chris Buescher	176.052	40.897	-0.004
15	98	Sam Hornish, Jr. (i)	175.850	40.944	-0.047
16	3	Ty Dillon	175.520	41.021	-0.077
17	6	Darrell Wallace Jr #	175.421	41.044	-0.023
18	39	Ryan Sieg	174.923	41.161	-0.117
19	43	Dakoda Armstrong	174.014	41.376	-0.215
20	25	John Wes Townley (i)	173.963	41.388	-0.012
21	8	Blake Koch	172.969	41.626	-0.238
22	14	Cale Conley #	172.948	41.631	-0.005
23	28	J.J. Yeley	172.476	41.745	-0.114
24	01	Landon Cassill	173.766	41.435	0.310
Eliminated From Round 1
25	44	David Starr	173.098	41.595	-0.160
26	24	Eric McClure	172.674	41.697	-0.102
27	55	Jeffrey Earnhardt	172.666	41.699	-0.002
28	4	Ross Chastain #	172.654	41.702	-0.003
29	51	Jeremy Clements	172.406	41.762	-0.060
30	19	Mike Bliss	171.985	41.864	-0.102
31	90	Mario Gosselin	171.674	41.940	-0.076
32	0	Harrison Rhodes	171.629	41.951	-0.011
33	10	Jeff Green	171.127	42.074	-0.123
34	15	Stanton Barrett	169.607	42.451	-0.377
35	52	Joey Gase	168.330	42.773	-0.322
36	97	Peyton Sellers	166.155	43.333	-0.560
37	74	Mike Harmon	165.899	43.400	-0.067
38	40	Carl Long	165.673	43.459	-0.059
39	13	Derek White	160.453	44.873	-1.414
40	70	Derrike Cope	0.000	0.000	44.873

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series
 

 

 

 

 

 

Regan Smith, Chase Elliott among top 3 fastest in second Xfinity practice at Phoenix

NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) driver, Regan Smith, with a lap speed of 133.680 MPH, showed the fastest way around Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) Friday evening during the final Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter 200 practice session.

Ty Dillon was second fastest with a lap speed of 133.650 MPH, and he was followed by the series defending champion Chase Elliott (133.650 MPH) who was third, Rookie of the Year (ROTY) contender Daniel Suarez (132.734) fourth and Austin Dillon (132.626 MPH) was fifth fastest.

Rounding out the top-10 fastest drivers in the “Happy Hour” (final) practive were  Joey Logano (132.416 MPH) who was sixth, Chris Buescher (132.280) seventh, Erik Jones (132.062) eighth, Brendan Gaughan (131.921) ninth and Kevin Harvick (131.916) posting the 10th fastest lap speed.

Saturday afternoon at 12:45 p.m. (ET – On FOX Sports 1) the teams return for qualifying to determine the starting lineup for that afternoon’s race. The current series qualifying track record at PIR is 134.298 MPH, which was set on February 26, 2011 by Kyle Busch.

The 11th annual Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter 200 is set to get underway around 4:20 p.m. (ET) Saturday afternoon, and FOX will provide television coverage of the event.

Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 Final Practice Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Best Speed	Best Time	Behind	# Laps
1	7	Regan Smith	133.680	26.930	Leader	41
2	3	Ty Dillon	133.650	26.939	-0.009	42
3	9	Chase Elliott	133.185	27.030	-0.100	47
4	18	Daniel Suarez #	132.734	27.122	-0.192	37
5	33	Austin Dillon(i)	132.626	27.144	-0.214	28
6	22	Joey Logano(i)	132.416	27.187	-0.257	53
7	60	Chris Buescher	132.280	27.215	-0.285	46
8	54	Erik Jones(i)	132.062	27.260	-0.330	49
9	62	Brendan Gaughan	131.921	27.289	-0.359	34
10	88	Kevin Harvick (i)	131.916	27.290	-0.360	52
11	2	Brian Scott	131.887	27.296	-0.366	58
12	20	Matt Kenseth (i)	131.728	27.329	-0.399	47
13	39	Ryan Sieg	131.666	27.342	-0.416	40
14	25	Dylan Lupton	131.646	27.346	-0.478	46
15	43	Dakoda Armstrong	131.349	27.408	-0.491	53
16	42	Brennan Poole	131.286	27.421	-0.545	56
17	1	Elliot Sadler	131.028	27.475	-0.606	48
18	6	Darrell Wallace Jr #	130.738	27.536	-0.719	30
19	14	Cale Conley	130.204	27.649	-0.765	43
20	19	Mike Bliss	129.987	27.695	-0.790	11
21	44	David Starr	129.870	27.720	-0.816	23
22	28	J.J. Yeley	129.748	27.746	-0.837	18
23	51	Jeremy Clements	129.650	27.767	-0.858	27
24	16	Ryan Reed	129.552	27.788	-0.009	36
25	01	Landon Cassill	129.510	27.797	-0.999	25
26	55	Jamie Dick	128.940	27.920	-1.003	35
27	8	Blake Koch	128.898	27.929	-1.103	18
28	24	Eric McClure	128.880	27.933	-1.220	17
29	4	Ross Chastain	128.420	28.033	-1.276	3
30	0	Harrison Rhodes	127.886	28.150	-1.321	22
31	56	Charles Lewandoski	107.632	28.206	-1.357	23
32	90	Mario Gosselin	127.429	28.251	-1.428	23
33	40	Carl Long	127.267	28.287	-1.430	7
34	70	Derrike Cope	126.948	28.358	-1.444	17
35	97	Peyton Sellers	126.939	28.360	-1.510	36
36	89	Morgan Shepherd	126.877	28.374	-1.444	9
37	10	Jeff Green	126.582	28.440	-1.510	15
38	52	Joey Gase	126.267	28.511	-1.581	25
39	15	Enrique Contreras	125.252	28.742	-1.812	46
40	74	Mike Harmon	124.507	28.914	-1.984	12
41	13	Derek White	124.503	28.915	-1.985	64

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series

Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average
Pos	Car	Driver	From Lap	To Lap	Avg. Speed	Gap
1	22	Joey Logano(i)	17	26	131.624	Leader
2	20	Matt Kenseth (i)	37	46	131.381	-0.243
3	88	Kevin Harvick (i)	40	49	131.276	-0.348
4	54	Erik Jones(i)	36	45	131.014	-0.610
5	2	Brian Scott	32	41	130.996	-0.628
6	3	Ty Dillon	27	36	130.467	-1.157
7	9	Chase Elliott	1	10	130.361	-1.263
8	62	Brendan Gaughan	15	24	129.851	-1.773
9	43	Dakoda Armstrong	6	15	129.419	-2.205
10	42	Brennan Poole	38	47	128.527	-3.097
11	25	Dylan Lupton	25	34	128.14	-3.484
12	15	Enrique Contreras	26	35	122.903	-8.721
13	13	Derek White	16	25	122.369	-9.255
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on track to be included in the above chart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austin Dillon caps off perfect Xfinity weekend with Las Vegas win, Erik Jones hits wall head-on

From the pole to victory lane and in dominant fashion, Austin Dillon wins Saturday in the 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS).

Dillon, who led the most laps – 183 out of 200, received his first NXS win of the 2015 season, his third NXS career win and his first NXS win at LVMS.

Taking the checkered flag 0.664 seconds behind Dillon to finish second was Ryan Blaney, and they were followed by Regan Smith taking third, Denny Hamlin fourth and Chase Elliott finishing fifth.

Rounding out the top-10 finishing positions were Brendan Gaughan claiming sixth-place, series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Darrell Wallace Jr. seventh, Ty Dillon eighth, Brennan Poole ninth and ROTY candidate Daniel Suarez bringing home 10th.

With his eighth-place finish, Ty Dillon leaves Vegas with a 6-point lead over Chris Buescher (finished 14th) in the series point standings.

RACE NOTES:
Average Speed: 126.021 MPH
Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 22 Mins, 50 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.664 Seconds
Lead Changes: 13 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 34 laps

Next Up: The Axalta 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday, March 14th, with an approximate starting time of 4:20 pm (ET), and television coverage of the event will be provided by FOX.

Boyd Gaming 300 Race Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Laps	Status	Laps Lead	Points	Bonus Points
1	33	Austin Dillon(i)	200	Running	183	0	0
2	22	Ryan Blaney	200	Running	2	43	1
3	7	Regan Smith	200	Running	0	41	0
4	54	Denny Hamlin (i)	200	Running	1	0	0
5	9	Chase Elliott	200	Running	1	40	1
6	62	Brendan Gaughan	200	Running	3	39	1
7	6	Darrell Wallace Jr #	200	Running	0	37	0
8	3	Ty Dillon	200	Running	0	36	0
9	42	Brennan Poole	200	Running	0	35	0
10	18	Daniel Suarez #	200	Running	3	35	1
11	98	Aric Almirola (i)	200	Running	0	0	0
12	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr(i)	199	Running	0	0	0
13	1	Elliot Sadler	199	Running	0	31	0
14	60	Chris Buescher	199	Running	0	30	0
15	16	Ryan Reed	199	Running	0	29	0
16	28	J.J. Yeley	199	Running	0	28	0
17	44	David Starr	198	Running	0	27	0
18	4	Ross Chastain #	198	Running	0	26	0
19	25	John Wes Townley (i)	198	Running	0	0	0
20	01	Landon Cassill	198	Running	0	24	0
21	39	Ryan Sieg	197	Running	0	23	0
22	51	Jeremy Clements	197	Running	0	22	0
23	24	Eric McClure	196	Running	0	21	0
24	55	Jamie Dick	195	Running	0	20	0
25	14	Cale Conley #	195	Running	0	19	0
26	0	Harrison Rhodes #	193	Running	0	18	0
27	52	Joey Gase	192	Running	0	17	0
28	13	Derek White	175	Running	0	16	0
29	20	Erik Jones(i)	172	Accident	7	0	0
30	43	Dakoda Armstrong	164	Accident	0	14	0
31	74	Mike Harmon	164	Running	0	13	0
32	90	Mario Gosselin	154	Accident	0	12	0
33	70	Derrike Cope	113	Running	0	11	0
34	15	Cody Ware(i)	80	Suspension	0	0	0
35	8	Blake Koch	52	Accident	0	9	0
36	40	Carl Long	34	Electrical	0	8	0
37	89	Morgan Shepherd	15	Suspension	0	7	0
38	2	Brian Scott	14	Egine	0	6	0
39	19	Mike Bliss	12	Accident	0	5	0
40	10	Jeff Green	3	Vibration	0	4	0

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Unofficial Point Standings after Daytona
After Race 3 of the 2015 season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	DNF
1	3	Ty Dillon	119	Leader	3	0	2	3	0
2	60	Chris Buescher	113	-6	3	0	2	2	0
3	16	Ryan Reed	104	-15	3	1	1	1	0
4	6	Darrell Wallace Jr#	103	-16	3	0	0	1	0
5	9	Chase Elliott	95	-24	3	0	2	2	1
6	7	Regan Smith	86	-33	3	0	1	2	1
7	62	Brendan Gaughan	86	-33	3	0	0	1	1
8	44	David Starr	83	-36	3	0	0	1	0
9	1	Elliot Sadler	82	-37	3	0	0	0	0
10	4	Ross Chastain #	81	-38	3	0	0	1	0
11	51	Jeremy Clements	75	-44	3	0	0	0	0
12	43	Dakoda Armstrong	71	-48	3	0	0	0	1
13	18	Daniel Suarez #	70	-49	3	0	0	1	1
14	28	J.J. Yeley	70	-49	3	0	0	0	1
15	01	Landon Cassill	64	-55	3	0	0	0	0
16	24	Eric McClure	64	-55	3	0	0	0	0
17	2	Brian Scott	62	-57	3	0	0	1	2
18	8	Blake Koch	55	-64	3	0	0	0	1
19	39	Ryan Sieg	50	-69	3	0	0	0	1
20	22	Ryan Blaney	43	-76	1	0	1	1	0
21	52	Joey Gase	43	-76	3	0	0	0	0
22	14	Cale Conley #	42	-77	3	0	0	0	2
23	90	Mario Gosselin	41	-78	2	0	0	0	1
24	55	Jeffrey Earnhardt	40	-79	2	0	0	0	0
25	74	Mike Harmon	40	-79	3	0	0	0	1
26	13	Chris Cockrum	38	-81	2	0	0	0	0
27	40	Derek White	38	-81	2	0	0	0	0
28	42	Brennan Poole	35	-84	1	0	0	1	0
29	0	Harrison Rhodes #	28	-91	2	0	0	0	0
30	97	Josh Reaume #	27	-92	2	0	0	0	1
31	19	Mike Bliss	24	-95	2	0	0	0	1
32	55	Jamie Dick	20	-99	1	0	0	0	0
33	70	Derrike Cope	19	-100	2	0	0	0	0
34	40	Carl Long	13	-106	2	0	0	0	2
35	90	Jimmy Weller	11	-108	1	0	0	0	0
36	89	Morgan Shepherd	11	-108	2	0	0	0	2
37	29	Justin Marks	10	-109	1	0	0	0	1
38	19	Scott Lagasse Jr.	7	-112	1	0	0	0	1
39	92	Dextor Bean	4	-115	1	0	0	0	1
40	10	Jeff Green	4	-115	1	0	0	0	1

# – Rookie

2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Owner Standing
After Race 3 of the 2015 season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Pos.	Owner	Car #	Points	Behind	Attempts
1	Richard Childress	33	127	Leader	3
2	Roger Penske	22	126	-1	3
3	Richard Childress	3	119	-8	3
4	Rick Hendrick	88	114	-13	3
5	Jack Roush	60	113	-14	3
6	Harry Scott Jr.	42	106	-21	3
7	Jack Roush	16	104	-23	3
8	Jack Roush	6	103	-24	3
9	Fred Biagi	98	99	-28	3
10	Dale Earnhardt Jr	9	95	-32	3
11	JD Gibbs	54	92	-35	3
12	Kelly Earnhardt-Miller	7	86	-41	3
13	Richard Childress	62	86	-41	3
14	Mark Smith	44	83	-44	3
15	Jack Roush	1	82	-45	3
16	Gary Keller	4	81	-46	3
17	Joe Gibbs	20	79	-48	3
18	Tony Clements	51	75	-52	3
19	Richard Petty	43	71	-56	3
20	Joe Gibbs	18	70	-57	3
21	Gregg Mixon	28	70	-57	3
22	Johnny Davis	01	64	-63	3
23	James Whitener	24	64	-63	3
24	Richard Childress	2	62	-65	3
25	Jamie Dick	55	60	-67	3
26	Joseph Walsh	8	55	-72	3
27	Tony Townley	25	53	-74	3
28	Michelle Gosselin	90	52	-75	3
29	Derek White	13	52	-75	3
30	Rod Sieg	39	50	-77	3
31	Jimmy Means	52	43	-84	3
32	Mark Smith	14	42	-85	3
33	Mike Harmon	74	40	-87	3
34	Derek White	40	35	-92	3
35	Maria Genzalez Hernandez	26	31	-96	1
36	Andrea Nemechek	0	28	-99	3
37	Victor Obaika	97	27	-100	3
38	Rick Ware	15	25	-102	3
39	Mark Smith	19	24	-103	3
40	Mary Louise Miller	70	19	-108	3
41	Mark Smith	10	11	-116	2
42	Morgan Shepherd	89	11	-116	2
43	Robby Benton	29	10	-117	1
44	Billy Boat	84	8	-119	1
45	Bobby Dotter	192	4	-123	2
46	Andrea Nemechek	87	0	-127	1
47	William Gerhart	85	0	-127	1
48	Adrian Berryhill	17	0	-127	1

 

2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Manufacturer Standings
After Race 3 of the 2015 season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points	Behind	Wins
1	Chevrolet	138	Leader	2
2	Ford	133	-5	1
3	Toyota	116	-22	0
4	Dodge	48	-90	0

 

 

Matt Crafton pulls away, wins Truck Series race at Atlanta

The defending 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) champion, Matt Crafton, took charge Saturday night in the Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS), and finished with a comfortable 8.752 second lead over Ty Dillon for the victory.

Crafton, who led the most laps – 85 out 130, received his sixth series career victory and his first series victory at AMS.

Following Crafton and Dillon to the drop of the checkered flag were Ben Kennedy finishing third, Daniel Suarez fourth and Tyler Reddick finished fifth.

Rounding out the top-10 finishing positions were Johnny Sauter who brought home sixth, series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Erik Jones seventh, James Buescher eighth, Timothy Peters ninth and Joe Nemechek claimed 10th-place.

With his fifth-place finish, Tyler Reddick leaves Atlanta with a 2-point lead over tonight’s winner, Matt Crafton.

RACE NOTES:
Average Speed: 140.711 MPH
Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 25 Mins, 22 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 8.752 Seconds
Lead Changes: 6 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 13 laps

Next Up: The series takes the next couple of weeks off and return to action for the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, March 28th, with an approximate starting time of 2:50 pm (ET – On FOX Sports 1).

Next ERA Energy Resources 250 Race Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Laps	Status	Laps Led	Points	Bonus Points
1	88	Matt Crafton	130	Running	85	48	5
2	33	Ty Dillon (i)	130	Running	0	0	0
3	11	Ben Kennedy	130	Running	1	42	1
4	51	Daniel Suarez (i)	130	Running	1	0	0
5	19	Tyler Reddick	130	Running	0	39	0
6	98	Johnny Sauter	130	Running	0	38	0
7	4	Erik Jones	130	Running	37	38	1
8	31	James Buescher	129	Running	0	36	0
9	17	Timothy Peters	129	Running	0	35	0
10	8	Joe Nemechek	129	Running	0	34	0
11	39	Ryan Sieg (i)	129	Running	0	0	0
12	05	John Wes Townley	129	Running	0	32	0
13	23	Spencer Gallagher #	129	Running	0	31	0
14	13	Cameron Hayley #	129	Running	0	30	0
15	29	Brad Keselowski (i)	129	Running	6	0	0
16	54	Justin Boston #	129	Running	0	28	0
17	75	Caleb Roark	127	Running	0	27	0
18	63	Garrett Smithley	126	Running	0	26	0
19	14	Daniel Hemric #	126	Running	0	25	0
20	08	Korbin Forrester #	125	Running	0	24	0
21	99	Bryan Silas	123	Running	0	23	0
22	02	Tyler Young	123	Running	0	22	0
23	74	Jordan Anderson	123	Running	0	21	0
24	94	Wendell Chavous #	120	Running	0	20	0
25	07	Ray Black Jr. #	119	Running	0	19	0
26	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	118	Running	0	18	0
27	1	Morgan Shepherd (i)	118	Running	0	0	0
28	15	Mason Mingus	110	Accident	0	16	0
29	86	Brandon Brown	91	Oil Line	0	15	0
30	50	Cody Ware #	48	Accident	0	14	0
31	6	Norm Benning	12	Rear Gear	0	13	0

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Driver Standing
After Race 2 of the 2015 season at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	DNF
1	19	Tyler Reddick	87	Leader	2	1	2	2	0
2	88	Matt Crafton	85	-2	2	1	1	2	0
3	4	Erik Jones #	80	-7	2	0	1	2	0
4	98	Johnny Sauter	72	-15	2	0	0	2	0
5	31	James Buescher	63	-24	2	0	0	1	0
6	99	Bryan Silas	60	-27	2	0	0	1	0
7	11	Ben Kennedy	58	-29	2	0	1	1	1
8	07	Ray Black Jr. #	58	-29	2	0	1	1	0
9	8	Joe Nemechek	58	-29	2	0	0	1	0
10	08	Korbin Forrester	56	-31	2	0	0	0	0
11	17	Timothy Peters	55	-32	2	0	0	1	1
12	05	John Wes Townley	54	-33	2	0	0	0	1
13	23	Spencer Gallagher #	54	-33	2	0	0	0	0
14	02	Tyler Young	54	-33	2	0	0	0	0
15	13	Cameron Hayley	51	-36	2	0	0	0	1
16	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	44	-43	2	0	0	0	0
17	6	Norm Benning	43	-44	2	0	0	0	1
18	54	Justin Boston #	43	-44	2	0	0	0	1
19	14	Daniel Hemric #	43	-44	2	0	0	0	1
20	29	Austin Theriault #	31	-56	1	0	1	1	0
21	94	Travis Kvapil	29	-58	1	0	0	0	0
22	75	Caleb Holman	27	-60	1	0	0	0	0
23	63	Garrett Smithley	26	-61	1	0	0	0	0
24	25	Matt Tifft	25	-62	1	0	0	0	1
25	74	Jordan Anderson	21	-66	1	0	0	0	0
26	94	Wendell Chavous	20	-67	1	0	0	0	0
27	40	Todd Peck	17	-70	1	0	0	0	1
28	15	Mason Mingus	16	-71	1	0	0	0	1
29	86	Brandon Brown	15	-72	1	0	0	0	1
30	50	Cody Ware #	14	-73	1	0	0	0	1
31	1	Donnie Neuenberger	13	-74	1	0	0	0	1

# – Rookie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Kennedy elevated to Atlanta Truck pole after Keselowski’s qualifying time is disallowed

Update 2:50pm ET: NASCAR has announced that Brad Keselowski has lost the pole for Saturday’s Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 after it was found that he didn’t cross the start/finish line in time to complete his pole-winning lap in the final round of qualifying.

With Keselowski deemed to have not beaten the clock, that makes a total of 11 trucks in the final 12-truck qualifying round that failed to get a lap in under the allotted time and did not have a lap recorded.

Ben Kennedy, with a qualifying lap speed of 176.684 MPH, won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) pole for this evening’s Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Only Ben Kennedy starting positions was settled in the final round of qualifying, as he was the only one to participate.

Sharing the front row with Kennedy will be Erik Jones, and they will be followed by the top-8 fastest drivers from round 2 of qualifying. That list includes Cameron Hayley starting third, Daniel Suarez fourth, and John Wes Townley starts from fifth.

While ROTY candidate Justin Boston will start from the sixth position, Joe Nemechek starts seventh, James Buescher eighth, ROTY candidate Spencer Gallagher ninth and Brad Keselowski will start 10th.

With only 31-drivers attempting to fill the 32-truck field, there was no one failing to make the starting lineup.

The 7th annual Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 is scheduled to get started around 5:50 pm (ET) this evening, and FOX Sports 1 will be providing television coverage of the race.

Next ERA Energy Resources 250 Qualifying Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Best Speed	Best Time	Gap
1	11	Ben Kennedy	176.684	31.378	Leader
2	4	Erik Jones	179.557	30.876	0.502
3	13	Cameron Hayley #	179.447	30.895	-0.019
4	51	Daniel Suarez (i)	179.209	30.936	-0.041
5	05	John Wes Townley	179.110	30.953	-0.017
6	54	Justin Boston #	178.971	30.977	-0.024
7	8	Joe Nemechek	178.816	31.004	-0.027
8	31	James Buescher	178.677	31.028	-0.024
9	23	Spencer Gallagher #	178.626	31.037	-0.009
10	29	Brad Keselowski (i)	178.620	37.038	-6.001
11	19	Tyler Reddick	178.585	31.044	5.994
12	14	Daniel Hemric #	178.574	31.046	-0.002
Eliminated From Round 2
13	98	Johnny Sauter	178.499	31.059	-0.013
14	33	Ty Dillon (i)	178.052	31.137	-0.078
15	88	Matt Crafton	178.040	31.139	-0.002
16	17	Timothy Peters	176.910	31.338	-0.199
17	15	Mason Mingus	176.780	31.361	-0.023
18	39	Ryan Sieg (i)	176.639	31.386	-0.025
19	99	Bryan Silas	176.006	31.499	-0.113
20	75	Caleb Roark	175.939	31.511	-0.012
21	02	Tyler Young	175.310	31.624	-0.113
22	07	Ray Black Jr. #	173.434	31.966	-0.342
23	50	Cody Ware (i)	172.656	32.110	-0.144
24	94	Wendell Chavous #	174.104	31.843	0.267
Eliminated From Round 1
25	86	Brandon Brown	171.934	32.245	-0.402
26	08	Korbin Forrester #	171.923	32.247	-0.002
27	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	170.858	32.448	-0.201
28	74	Jordan Anderson	170.349	32.545	-0.097
29	63	Garrett Smithley	169.936	32.624	-0.079
30	1	Timmy Hill (i)	164.286	33.746	-1.122
31	6	Norm Benning	0.000	0.000	33.746

# – Rookie
(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series