Credit: 357807Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images. Ross Chastain celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Starting from 5th place Car 42 Ross Chastain DC Solar Chevrolet won the Inaugural DC Solar 300, his 1st win in 132 NASCAR XFINITY Series races. This is his 1st win & 7th Top 10 finish in 2018. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 5 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet, started from 8th place posted his 8th Top 10 finish in nine races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 21st Top 10 finish in 2018. 3rd Place Car 00 Cole Custer Code 3 Associates Ford, started from pole posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Credit: 357806Matt Sullivan/Getty Images. Ross Chastain, driver of the #42 DC Solar Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
4th Place Car 20 Christopher Bell GameStop Tomb Raider Toyota, started from 4th place was the highest finishing rookie. 5th Place Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet, started from 3rd place. 6th Place Car 18 Ryan Preece Rheem Toyota, started from 34th place followed by 7th place Car 19 Brandon Jones Menards Mastercraft Doors Toyota, started from 36th place. 8th Place Car 11 Ryan Truex LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet, started from 38th place followed by 9th place Car 22 Austin Cindric MoneyLion Ford, started from 2nd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 23 Spencer Gallagher Allegiant Chevrolet in 10th place, started from 14th place. Canadian finished in 16th place Car 36 Alex Labbe # Sticky-stuff.com/James Carter Attorney Chevrolet, started from 15th place.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 44 points over Cole Custer.
Credit: 357801Matt Sullivan/Getty Images. Polesitter Cole Custer takes the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The race had 8 Cautions for 40 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 7 for #5, 18 Incident Frontstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 47 for End of Stage 1. 3rd Caution on lap 66 for #2, 16 Incident Turn 4. 4th Caution on lap 92 for End of Stage 2. 5th Caution on lap 125 for #18 Spin Turn 2. 6th Caution on lap 177 for #01 Spin Turn 3. 7th Caution on lap 183 for #60, 9 Incident Backstretch. 8th Caution on lap 190 for #3, 21, 9 Incident Turn 1.
Credit: 357802Chris Graythen/Getty Images. Daniel Hemric, driver of the #21 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet, surged to third place on Lap 86 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The race had 11 Lead Changes among 4 drivers: C. Custer 1-2; R. Chastain 3-11; C. Custer 12; R. Chastain 13-70; D. Hemric 71; R. Chastain 72-130; J. Allgaier 131; R. Chastain 132-134; J. Allgaier 135-148; R. Chastain 149-179; J. Allgaier 180; R. Chastain 181-200.
Credit: 357803Chris Graythen/Getty Images. Ross Chastain, driver of the #42 DC Solar Chevrolet, led 42 laps to win Stage 1 of the NASCAR Xfinity Series DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Stages:
Stage 1: 42,20,1,00,21,22,7,11,60,19
Stage 2: 42,00,21,20,7,1,19,22,9,60
Credit: 357804Sam Wasson/Getty Images. Justin Allgaier clinched the regular season championship following Stage 2 and charged to the lead with 58 laps remaining in the NASCAR Xfinity Series DCÂ Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Credit: 357808Sam Wasson/Getty Images. Ross Chastain, driver of the #42 DC Solar Chevrolet, leads on the final restart during the NASCAR Xfinity Series DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Credit: 357810Sam Wasson/Getty Images. Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Reed, Austin Cindric, Ross Chastain, Cole Custer, Matt Tifft, Ryan Truex, Daniel Hemric, Tyler Reddick, Brandon Jones and Christopher Bell pose after making the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 26
Unofficial Race Results for the Inaugural Dc Solar 300 – Saturday, September 15, 2018
Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV – 1.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 300 Miles
Finish Start Car Driver Team Laps Status
1. 5. Car 42 Ross Chastain DC Solar Chevrolet 200 Running
2. 8. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 200 Running
3. 1. Car 00 Cole Custer Code 3 Associates Ford 200 Running
4. 4. Car 20 Christopher Bell # GameStop Tomb Raider Toyota 200 Running
5. 3. Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 Running
6. 34. Car 18 Ryan Preece Rheem Toyota 200 Running
7. 36. Car 19 Brandon Jones Menards Mastercraft Doors Toyota 200 Running
8. 38. Car 11 Ryan Truex LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 200 Running
9. 2. Car 22 Austin Cindric # MoneyLion Ford 200 Running
10. 14. Car 23 Spencer Gallagher Allegiant Chevrolet 200 Running
11. 18. Car 38 JJ Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 Running
12. 10. Car 39 Ryan Sieg Big Valley Towing Chevrolet 200 Running
13. 12. Car 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicales.com Chevrolet 200 Running
14. 16. Car 4 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 200 Running
15. 17. Car 35 Joey Gase Sparks Chevrolet 200 Running
16. 15. Car 36 Alex Labbe # Sticky-stuff.com/James Carter Attorney Chevrolet 200 Running – Canadian
17. 21. Car 8 Ray Black II Chevrolet 198 Running
18. 39. Car 0 Garrett Smithley FAME-USA.com Chevrolet 197 Running
19. 23. Car 15 BJ McLeod teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 197 Running
20. 31. Car 90 Josh Williams Sleep Well/Star Tron Chevrolet 196 Running
21. 22. Car 78 Cole Rouse Chevrolet 194 Running
22. 27. Car 76 Spencer Boyd # Grunt Style Chevrolet 194 Running
23. 20. Car 26 Max Tullman Yurpal.com Ford 192 Running
24. 19. Car 55 Bayley Currey(i) Prevagen Toyota 191 Running
25. 29. Car 40 Chad Finchum # Smithbilt Homes Chevrolet 191 Running
26. 33. Car 01 Vinnie Miller # JAS Expedited Trucking Chevrolet 191 Running
27. 26. Car 45 Josh Bilicki # Prevagen Toyota 190 Running
28. 7. Car 9 Tyler Reddick # Nationwide Children’s Chevrolet 188 Accident
29. 35. Car 21 Daniel Hemric South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 188 Accident
30. 6. Car 3 Shane Lee Childress Vineyards Chevrolet 188 Accident
31. 13. Car 60 Chase Briscoe Ford Ford 181 Accident
32. 24. Car 52 David Starr Chevrolet 145 Engine
33. 28. Car 74 Mike Harmon Shadow Warriors Project Chevrolet 93 Clutch
34. 25. Car 66 Timmy Hill CrashClaimsR.Us Dodge 74 Suspension
35. 11. Car 16 Ryan Reed Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes Ford 64 Accident
36. 37. Car 2 Matt Tifft KCMG Chevrolet 63 Accident
37. 40. Car 13 Stan Mullis OCR Gaz Bar Dodge 51 Vibration
38. 32. Car 72 John Jackson CrashClaimsR.Us/James Carter Attorney Toyota 30 Vibration
39. 30. Car 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 18 Vibration
40. 9. Car 5 Michael Annett Allstate Parts & Service Group Chevrolet 5 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: No. 0 (backup car), No. 2 (failed inspection three times). Failed to Qualify: N/A. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 30 Mins, 56 Secs. Average Speed: 119.258 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.629 Seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 40 laps. Lead Changes: 11 among 4 drivers.
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Hendrick Engines, #42. Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Justin Allgaier, #7. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Christopher Bell, #20.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: Sep. 21, 2018 – Richmond Raceway
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