2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300

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2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300
Race details
Race 6 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
DateApril 7, 2018
Official name My Bariatric Solutions 300
Location Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 200 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed 124.986 miles per hour (201.145 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 28.439
Most laps led
Driver Ryan Blaney Team Penske
Laps 132
Winner
No. 22 Ryan Blaney Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Clint Bowyer
Radio in the United States
Radio Performance Racing Network

The 2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300 was the 6th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, April 7, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas, at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Ryan Blaney of Team Penske would dominate and win his 7th and so far final career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first and only of his part-time season. [1] To fill out the podium, Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing and Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Texas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. TexasMotorSpeedway.svg
The layout of Texas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet Trophy Tractor, KY FAME
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Thompson Pipe Group
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial "Lending Done Human"
01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet JAS Expedited Trucking
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Surface Sunscreen, Fanatics
3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Wrangler, FTS International
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet Flex Seal
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pilot Flying J
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Brandt Professional Agriculture
8 Bayley Currey B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Chasco
9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet BurgerFi
11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Bar Harbor
12 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford Mazak
15 Matt Mills JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford DriveDownA1C.com
18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Ruud, RTP Imagineering Plastics
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Toyota Service Centers
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota GameStop, Hello Neighbor
21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
22 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford Fitzgerald Glider Kits
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
24 Kaz Grala JGL Racing Ford Nettts
28 Dylan Lupton JGL Racing Ford ThinQ Technology Partners
35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Sparks Energy
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet Wholey's, Can-Am
38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet RV General Store
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota "TLC" Resorts Vacation Club, Smithbilt Homes
42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet DC Solar
45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet RepairableVehicles.com
52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Whataburger
55 Stephen Leicht JP Motorsports Toyota Jani-King "The King of Clean"
60 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford NutriChomps
66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Dodge CrashClaimsR.Us [ permanent dead link ], Chris Kyle Memorial Benefit
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Shadow Warriors Project
76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
78 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet Visone RV Motorhome Parts, Racing with Jesus
90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet Star Tron, Sleep Well Sleep Disorder Specialists
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
98 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Hunt Brothers Pizza
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

The first practice was held on Friday, April 6 at 1:05 PM CST. Ryan Truex would set the fastest lap in the session with a time of 28.836 and an average speed of 187.266 miles per hour (301.375 km/h). [2]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
111 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 28.836187.266
221 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.884186.955
322 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.894186.890
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

The second and final practice was held on Friday, April 6 at 3:05 PM CST. Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest lap in the session with a time of 28.963 and an average speed of 186.445 miles per hour (300.054 km/h). [2]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
121 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.963186.445
222 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.995186.239
319 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.075185.727
Full final practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying would take place on Saturday, April 7, at 11:10 AM CST. Since Texas Motor Speedway is under 2 miles (3.2 km), the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole. [3]

However, qualifying would be rained out midway through the first round. NASCAR would decide to cancel qualifying and decide that every driver who ran a time before the red flag would have their times retained. Then, the drivers who didn't run a time would qualify based on owner's points. As a result, Ryan Blaney of Team Penske would win the pole after setting a time of 28.439 and an average speed of 189.880 miles per hour (305.582 km/h). [4]

Two drivers would fail to qualify: Mike Harmon and Matt Mills.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
122 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.439189.880
211 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 28.524189.314
319 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.608188.758
416 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.641188.541
542 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.679188.291
69 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 28.716188.048
73 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.723188.003
87 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 28.742187.878
938 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 28.762187.748
1000 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 28.842187.227
1139 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 28.868187.058
1251 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 28.901186.845
1318 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.958186.477
1423 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 28.994186.245
154 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 28.998186.220
1612 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.004186.181
1778 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 29.195184.963
1820 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.297184.319
190 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 29.299184.307
205 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.328184.124
2160 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.338184.062
2236 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 29.367183.880
2366 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Dodge 29.507183.007
2428 Dylan Lupton JGL Racing Ford 29.559182.685
2555 Stephen Leicht JP Motorsports Toyota 29.607182.389
2640 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 29.631182.242
2735 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 29.662182.051
2876 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 29.723181.677
2993 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.753181.494
3045 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 29.924180.457
3189 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 30.174178.962
3252 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 30.199178.814
3301 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.416177.538
Qualified by owner's points
341 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet
3521 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
362 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
3724 Kaz Grala JGL Racing Ford
3890 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet
398 Bayley Currey B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet
Champion's Provisional
4098 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford
Failed to qualify
4174 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 31.003174.177
4215 Matt Mills JD Motorsports Chevrolet
Official qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45

Fin#DriverTeamMakePts
122 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 0
219 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
39 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8
418 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7
511 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 6
616 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 5
700 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 4
898 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 0
92 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2
1020 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Fin#DriverTeamMakePts
119 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10
211 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 9
339 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 8
44 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 7
516 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 6
638 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 5
723 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
80 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 3
95 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
1051 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Fin [5] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1122 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 200132running0
21820 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20010running36
33521 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20039running34
41000 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 2000running37
51318 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2000running39
6362 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2000running33
7542 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2000running0
8341 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2000running29
91612 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 2000running28
101423 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 2000running31
112160 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1990running26
1273 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1990running0
13211 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1991running39
14416 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1990running34
15205 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1995running24
161251 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 1981running22
172428 Dylan Lupton JGL Racing Ford 1980running20
181139 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 1980running27
194098 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1980running0
202735 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1960running17
213252 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 1960running16
22398 Bayley Currey B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 1960running0
2369 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1950running22
243045 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 1930running13
252876 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1930running12
263724 Kaz Grala JGL Racing Ford 1890running11
27190 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1890fuel pump13
28154 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1472rear end16
291778 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 1370clutch8
303890 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 1120suspension7
31938 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 1091engine11
322236 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 1040accident5
33319 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 999accident23
342640 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 770accident3
3587 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 700engine2
362366 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Dodge 540fuel pump1
372555 Stephen Leicht JP Motorsports Toyota 530electrical1
383189 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 330suspension1
393301 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 150accident1
402993 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 130electrical1
Failed to qualify
4174 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet
4215 Matt Mills JD Motorsports Chevrolet
Official race results

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