2018 PowerShares QQQ 300

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2018 PowerShares QQQ 300
Race details
Race 1 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
PowerShares QQQ 300 logo.jpg
DateFebruary 17, 2018
Official name PowerShares QQQ 300
Location Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 143 laps, 357.5 mi (575.34 km)
Scheduled Distance 120 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed 119.1 miles per hour (191.7 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Richard Childress Racing
Time 47.541
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing
Laps 61
Winner
No. 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Brad Keselowski
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 2018 PowerShares QQQ 300 was the 1st stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the 37th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race was extended from the scheduled 120 laps to 143 laps due to five NASCAR overtime attempts. At race's end, Tyler Reddick of JR Motorsports would best out teammate Elliott Sadler in the closest finish in NASCAR history, beating Sadler out by only 0.0004 seconds. [1] To fill out the podium, Ryan Reed of Roush Fenway Racing would finish 3rd.

Contents

Background

The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Daytona International Speedway.png
The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. [2] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. [3]

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet Flex Tape
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Haas CNC
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial "Lending Done Human"
01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet Flex Glue
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Nexteer
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops
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 Caesar Bacarella B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota Alpha Prime Regimen
9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet BurgerFi
11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Bar Harbor
15 Joe Nemechek JD Motorsports Chevrolet D. A. B. Constructors, Inc., Fleetwing
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford DriveDownA1C.com [ permanent dead link ]
18 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Juniper Networks
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Rheem
21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Fitzgerald Glider Kits
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
24 Kaz Grala JGL Racing Ford Nettts
25 Chris Cockrum Chris Cockrum Racing Chevrolet Advanced Communications Group
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 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet Night Owl Contractors
39 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet Superior Essex
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota Smithbilt Homes
42 Kyle Larson 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
54 Gray Gaulding NXT Motorsports Toyota Earthwater, VS1 Racing
55 Stephen Leicht JP Motorsports Toyota Jani-King "The King of Clean"
60 Austin Cindric Roush Fenway Racing Ford Pirtek
66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota CrashClaimsR.Us [ permanent dead link ]
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge Shadow Warriors Project
76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
78 Ryan Ellis B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota Densify
86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet CONO.io, Coastal Carolina University
88 Chase Elliott JR Motorsports Chevrolet Hellmann's
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 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet Code Rum "Keep To The Code."
98 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford DenBeste Water Solutions, Smithfield
99 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota America's Donuts, Zomongo
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

First practice was held on Friday, February 16, at 12:05 PM EST. Tyler Reddick of JR Motorsports would set the fastest lap, with a 45.874 and an average speed of 196.190 miles per hour (315.737 km/h). [4]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
19 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 45.874196.190
218 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45.927195.963
323 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 45.973195.767
Full first practice results

Second practice

The second and final practice was held on Friday, February 16, at 2:05 PM EST. Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest lap, with a 47.041 and an average speed of 191.322 miles per hour (307.903 km/h). [4]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
121 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47.041191.322
23 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47.044191.310
31 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 47.231190.553
Full final practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying would take place on Saturday, February 17, at 9:35 AM EST. Since Daytona International Speedway is at least 2 miles (3.2 km), the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13-40. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12. [5]

Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would advance from Round 1 and set the fastest lap in Round 2, with a time of 47.541 and an average speed of 189.310 miles per hour (304.665 km/h), winning the pole for the race. [6]

The drivers that would fail to qualify would consist of: Ray Black Jr., Chris Cockrum, Timmy Hill, Morgan Shepherd, Josh Bilicki, and Mike Harmon. Originally, Timmy Hill was slated to qualify for the race after qualifying on owner's points, supposed to be starting in 36th. However, the times of Matt Tifft and Josh Williams were both disallowed after they both failed post-qualifying inspection. This would allow Gray Gaulding, previously a non-qualifier, to make the race and bump Hill out of the race. [7]

Full starting lineup

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)
121 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47.672188.79047.541189.310
242 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 47.839188.13147.624188.980
322 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 47.789188.32847.808188.253
423 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 47.914187.83747.839188.131
57 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 47.931187.77047.843188.115
611 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 47.976187.59447.846188.103
75 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 47.926187.79047.857188.060
888 Chase Elliott JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48.212186.67648.117187.044
99 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48.148186.92448.143186.943
1060 Austin Cindric Roush Fenway Racing Ford 48.149186.92048.188186.768
111 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48.044187.328
1298 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 48.242186.559
Eliminated in Round 1
1320 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48.294186.359
1400 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 48.328186.227
1516 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 48.410185.912
1615 Joe Nemechek JD Motorsports Chevrolet 48.450185.759
1718 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48.457185.732
1819 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48.459185.724
1935 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 48.594185.208
2028 Dylan Lupton JGL Racing Ford 48.710184.767
2193 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 48.723184.718
2236 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 48.738184.661
234 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 48.799184.430
2451 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 48.826184.328
250 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 48.861184.196
2601 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 49.016183.614
2724 Kaz Grala JGL Racing Ford 49.081183.370
2886 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 49.108183.270
2978 Ryan Ellis B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 49.116183.240
308 Caesar Bacarella B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 49.224182.838
3138 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 49.227182.826
3252 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 49.327182.456
3354 Gray Gaulding NXT Motorsports Toyota 49.453181.991
Qualified by owner's points
3476 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 49.505181.800
3555 Stephen Leicht JP Motorsports Toyota 50.192179.311
3640 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 51.453174.917
3739 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 51.660174.216
383 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Qualified by time
392 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47.708*188.648*47.640*188.917*
4090 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 48.937*183.910*
Failed to qualify
4199 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 49.467181.939
4225 Chris Cockrum Chris Cockrum Racing Chevrolet 49.475181.910
4366 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 49.511181.778
4489 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 49.805180.705
4545 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 50.681177.581
4674 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

*Times disallowed after Tifft and Williams both failed post-qualifying inspection. [7]

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 30

Fin#DriverTeamMakePts
142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
222 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 0
37 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8
49 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 7
51 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
621 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5
75 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
818 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
923 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 2
1000 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1

Stage 2 Laps: 30

Fin#DriverTeamMakePts
188 Chase Elliott JR Motorsports Chevrolet 0
298 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 0
342 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
418 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
523 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 6
611 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 5
73 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
89 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3
921 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2
107 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 83

Fin [8] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
199 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 14311running50
2111 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1432running41
31516 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1433running34
42724 Kaz Grala JGL Racing Ford 1430running33
5250 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1432running32
6423 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 1430running39
7611 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1433running35
81718 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1435running0
9234 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1430running28
101819 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1430running27
113138 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 1430running26
12888 Chase Elliott JR Motorsports Chevrolet 14317running0
13308 Caesar Bacarella B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 1430running24
141400 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1430running24
153555 Stephen Leicht JP Motorsports Toyota 1430running22
162451 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 1430running21
173252 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 1430running20
183739 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 1430running19
19392 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1430running18
202601 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1430running17
212193 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 1430running16
224090 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 1430running15
231615 Joe Nemechek JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1430running0
242236 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 1420running13
253476 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1420running12
26121 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1407running18
272028 Dylan Lupton JGL Racing Ford 1370crash10
283640 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 1360running9
29242 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 13461crash0
302978 Ryan Ellis B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 1330crash7
3157 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1240crash15
32383 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1220crash0
331935 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1220crash4
34322 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 12128crash0
351298 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1214crash0
362886 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 1210crash1
3775 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1060crash5
383354 Gray Gaulding NXT Motorsports Toyota 820rear gear0
391320 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110crash1
401060 Austin Cindric Roush Fenway Racing Ford 100crash1
Failed to qualify
4199 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota
4225 Chris Cockrum Chris Cockrum Racing Chevrolet
4366 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota
4489 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet
4545 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota
4674 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge
Official race results

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