2018 Rock N Roll Tequila 170

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2018 Rock N Roll Tequila 170
Race details
Race 21 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
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DateAugust 11, 2018
Official name 6th Annual Rock N Roll Tequila 170
Location Lexington, Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Course Permanent racing facility
2.258 mi (3.634 km)
Distance 75 laps, 169.35 mi (272.542 km)
Scheduled Distance 75 laps, 169.35 mi (272.542 km)
Average speed 73.312 miles per hour (117.984 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 1:23.972
Most laps led
Driver Austin Cindric Team Penske
Laps 59
Winner
No. 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Dave Burns, Dale Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 2018 Rock N Roll Tequila 170 presented by Amethyst Beverage was the 21st stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the sixth iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 11, 2018, in Lexington, Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a 2.258 miles (3.634 km) permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 75 laps to complete. At race's end, Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports would pass a dominating Austin Cindric from Team Penske with new tires to win his eighth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his third of the season. [1] To fill out the podium, Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would finish third.

Contents

Background

The track is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to the north of Columbus.

The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit run clockwise. The back portion of the track allows speeds approaching 180 mph (290 km/h). A separate starting line is located on the backstretch to allow for safer rolling starts. The regular start / finish line is located on the pit straight. There is grandstand seating for 10,000 spectators and three observation mounds alongside the track raise the capacity to over 75,000.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet Wheeling Nailers
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Haas Automation
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet Hunt Brothers Pizza
01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet JAS Expedited Trucking
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cleveland Indians, Fanatics
3 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, Beard Oil Distributing
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet SEM
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet Allstate Parts & Service
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Brandt Professional Agriculture
8 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet Nationwide Children's Hospital
11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
13 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Dodge CrashClaimsR.Us [ permanent dead link ]
15 Katherine Legge JD Motorsports Chevrolet Airtec
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford DriveDownA1C.com
18 Kyle Benjamin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Mobil 1, Toyota Service Centers
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Menards, Atlas Designer Shingles
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Rheem
21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford PPG
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Sparks Energy
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet La Rue Industrial Snowblowers
38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet Midstate Basement Authorities
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota Smithbilt Homes
42 Justin Marks Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Chevrolet Accessories
45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet BRT Extrustions
52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Extreme Kleaner
55 Dylan Murcott JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
60 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford Ford
61 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford DMB Financial
66 Tim Cowen MBM Motorsports Ford Cowen Logistics
74 Stephen Leicht Mike Harmon Racing Dodge Shadow Warriors Project, Horizon Transport
76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
78 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet Visone RV
90 Andy Lally DGM Racing Chevrolet Amethyst Beverage, Aase Sales
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

The first practice session would occur on Friday, August 10, at 1:35 PM EST and would last for one hour and 20 minutes. [2] Ryan Reed of Roush Fenway Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:25.829 and an average speed of 94.709 miles per hour (152.419 km/h). [3]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
116 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:25.82994.709
290 Andy Lally DGM Racing Chevrolet 1:26.02094.499
318 Kyle Benjamin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:26.13794.371
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, would occur on Friday, August 10, at 4:05 PM EST and would last for 50 minutes. [2] As rain would hinder the session, only five cars would make a lap. Brendan Gaughan of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:32.649 and an average speed of 87.738 miles per hour (141.201 km/h). [3]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
13 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:32.64987.738
242 Justin Marks Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1:33.79086.670
320 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:34.37186.137
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 11, at 11:30 AM EST. [2] Since the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course, the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included two rounds. The first round was 25 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 25 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 12 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Whoever set the fastest time in Round 2 would win the pole. [4]

Austin Cindric of Team Penske would win the pole, setting a time of 1:24.336 and an average speed of 96.386 miles per hour (155.118 km/h) in the second round. [5]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)
122 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:23.97296.8041:24.33696.386
21 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:25.00295.6311:24.85995.792
319 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:24.91295.7321:24.90595.740
400 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1:24.67296.0031:25.03395.596
52 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:25.11895.5001:25.07595.549
611 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:25.31195.2841:25.30195.295
77 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:24.98595.6501:25.32495.270
890 Andy Lally DGM Racing Chevrolet 1:25.32795.2661:25.34195.251
921 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:25.21995.3871:25.40695.178
1020 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:25.17095.4421:25.40895.176
1116 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:25.38495.2031:25.51395.059
1218 Kyle Benjamin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:25.29795.3001:25.70494.847
Eliminated in Round 1
1336 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 1:25.38895.198
144 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:25.51495.058
159 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:25.54695.023
163 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:25.69794.855
1751 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 1:25.70394.848
1860 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:25.76894.777
1961 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 1:25.80894.732
2023 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 1:26.01794.502
2139 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 1:26.24694.251
2215 Katherine Legge JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:26.26194.235
2342 Justin Marks Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1:26.38294.103
245 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:26.56593.904
2538 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 1:26.58193.887
268 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 1:27.61792.777
2735 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1:27.81892.564
2845 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 1:28.25292.109
2993 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 1:28.47891.874
3078 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 1:28.76791.575
310 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:28.76991.573
3252 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 1:28.86191.478
3366 Tim Cowen MBM Motorsports Ford 1:29.15491.177
Qualified by owner's points
3455 Dylan Murcott JP Motorsports Toyota 1:29.49890.827
3576 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1:30.45189.870
3640 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 1:31.08589.244
3774 Stephen Leicht Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 1:31.11889.212
3801 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:32.33888.033
3913 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Dodge 1:34.15286.337
4089 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 1:40.58280.818
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 20

Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
17 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10
21 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9
311 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 8
44 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 7
522 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 6
661 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 5
723 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
815 Katherine Legge JD Motorsports Chevrolet 3
960 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 2
102 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 20

Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
122 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 10
22 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9
320 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8
400 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 7
521 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 6
69 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
751 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 4
81 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3
93 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
107 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 35

Fin [6] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
177 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 758running51
2122 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 7559running51
3921 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 750running40
452 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 750running43
5611 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 750running40
621 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 750running43
7400 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 750running37
82023 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 750running33
91336 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 750running28
101116 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 750running27
111020 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 751running34
12163 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 750running0
131218 Kyle Benjamin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 750running24
141860 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 750running25
15890 Andy Lally DGM Racing Chevrolet 757running22
16144 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 750running28
171751 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 750running24
18245 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 750running19
193078 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 750running18
202845 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 750running17
213252 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 750running16
222342 Justin Marks Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 750running15
23319 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 750running14
242735 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 750running13
253576 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 750running12
263366 Tim Cowen MBM Motorsports Ford 750running11
271961 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 750running15
28310 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 750running9
293640 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 750running8
302215 Katherine Legge JD Motorsports Chevrolet 650engine10
31159 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 600crash11
322538 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 480rear gear5
33268 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 370crash0
342139 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 290transmission3
353913 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Dodge 230transmission2
363801 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 140brakes1
373774 Stephen Leicht Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 110clutch1
384089 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90overheating1
392993 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 60brakes1
403455 Dylan Murcott JP Motorsports Toyota 00crash1
Official race results

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