Credit: 353981(Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) Tyler Reddick, driver of the #9 BurgerFi Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Starting from 9th Place Car 9 Tyler Reddick BurgerFi Chevrolet won the 37th Annual PowerShares QQQ 300, his 2nd win in 19 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 2018. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at Daytona International Speedway. Reddick was the highest finishing rookie. 2nd Place Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet, started from 11th place posted his 9th Top 10 finish in 18 races at Daytona International Speedway. 3rd Place Car 16 Ryan Reed Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes Ford, started from 15th place posted his 5th Top 10 finish in 9 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Credit: 353984(Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) Tyler Reddick, driver of the #9 BurgerFi Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag in front of Elliott Sadler, driver of the #1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet, to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
4th Place Car 24 Kaz Grala NETTTS Ford, started from 27th place followed by 5th place Car 0 Garrett Smithley Flex Tape Chevrolet, started from 25th place. 6th Place Car 23 Spencer Gallagher Allegiant Chevrolet, started from 4th place followed by 7th place Car 11 Ryan Truex Bar Harbor/Sea Watch International Chevrolet, started from 6th place. 8th Place Car 18 Daniel Suarez(i) Interstate Batteries Toyota, started from 17th place followed by 9th place Car 4 Ross Chastain Flex Seal Chevrolet, started from 23rd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 19 Brandon Jones Juniper Toyota, in 10th place, started from 18th place. Tyler Reddick # leads the point standings by 9 points over Elliott Sadler. The Margin of Victory of 0.000 in today’s race is the closest MOV in NASCAR national series history. The previous record was held by the 1995 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held at Colorado National Speedway with a MOV of 0.001. Today’s race was the 100th race with Xfinity as the primary sponsor of the series.
Credit: 353976(Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) Daniel Hemric, driver of the #21 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet, takes the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The race had lots of 12 Cautions for 49 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 11 for #60, 16, 19, 18, 9, 20, 90, 86 Incident Frontstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 32 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 62 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 83 for Possible Fluid On Track From #54. 5th Caution on lap 100 for #21, 38, 76, 35, 11, 00, 16, 5 Crash in Turns 3 and 4. 6th Caution on lap 107 for #11, 5, 01 Crash on the Frontstretch. 7th Caution on lap 112 for #90, 01 Crash on the Frontstretch. 8th Caution on lap 119 for #1 Spin Backstretch. 9th Caution on lap 123 for #42,2,22,51,98,00,28,86,18,7,19,3,88,15,52,38,9,8 for the Big Crash on the Backstretch. 10th Caution on lap 131 for #23 Spin Backstretch. 11th Caution on lap 134 for #78, 42, Crash on the Backstretch Frontstretch. 12th Caution on lap 139 for #28 Crash on the Backstretch Backstretch [Red Flag 5:27}.
Credit: 353983(Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) Elliott Sadler, driver of the #1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The race had 19 Lead Changes among 11 drivers: D. Hemric 1-2; K. Larson(i) 3; D. Hemric 4-8; K. Larson(i) 9-32; G. Smithley 33; E. Sadler 34-35; K. Larson(i) 36-46; C. Elliott(i) 47-63; G. Smithley 64; A. Almirola(i) 65-68; J. Logano(i) 69-74; K. Larson(i) 75; J. Logano(i) 76-96; K. Larson(i) 97-103; J. Logano(i) 104; K. Larson(i) 105-121; D. Suarez(i) 122-126; R. Reed 127-129; R. Truex 130-132; T. Reddick # 133-143.
Credit: 353979(Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images) Daniel Hemric, driver of the #21 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet, and Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 DC Solar Chevrolet, lead the field to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Stages:
Stage 1: 42,22,7,9,1,21,5,18,23,00
Stage 2: 88,98,42,18,23,11,3,9,21,7
Credit: 353975(Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images) Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks to Rick Hendrick in Victory Lane after the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Credit: 353974arkland/Getty Images) Josh Williams, driver of the #90 StarTronStarBrite/StaySkyHotel Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jerry M
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Unofficial Race Results for the 37Th Annual Powershares Qqq 300 – Saturday, February 17, 2018
Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, FL – 2.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length – 143 Laps – 357.5 Miles
Finish Start Car Driver Team Laps Status
1. 9. Car 9 Tyler Reddick # BurgerFi Chevrolet 143 Running
2. 11. Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 143 Running
3. 15. Car 16 Ryan Reed Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes Ford 143 Running
4. 27. Car 24 Kaz Grala # NETTTS Ford 143 Running
5. 25. Car 0 Garrett Smithley Flex Tape Chevrolet 143 Running
6. 4. Car 23 Spencer Gallagher Allegiant Chevrolet 143 Running
7. 6. Car 11 Ryan Truex Bar Harbor/Sea Watch International Chevrolet 143 Running
8. 17. Car 18 Daniel Suarez(i) Interstate Batteries Toyota 143 Running
9. 23. Car 4 Ross Chastain Flex Seal Chevrolet 143 Running
10. 18. Car 19 Brandon Jones Juniper Toyota 143 Running
11. 31. Car 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 143 Running
12. 8. Car 88 Chase Elliott(i) Hellmann’s Chevrolet 143 Running
13. 30. Car 8 Caesar Bacarella Alpha Prime Toyota 143 Running
14. 14. Car 00 Cole Custer Haas Automation Ford 143 Running
15. 35. Car 55 Stephen Leicht Janiking Toyota 143 Running
16. 24. Car 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 143 Running
17. 32. Car 52 David Starr Whataburger Chevrolet 143 Running
18. 37. Car 39 JJ Yeley Superior Essex Chevrolet 143 Running
19. 39. Car 2 Matt Tifft Nexteer Chevrolet 143 Running
20. 26. Car 01 Vinnie Miller # Flex Glue Chevrolet 143 Running
21. 21. Car 93 Ryan Sieg Code Rum Chevrolet 143 Running
22. 40. Car 90 Josh Williams Star Tron Star Brite/Stay Sky Hotel & Resorts Chevrolet 143 Running
23. 16. Car 15 Joe Nemechek(i) Fleetwing Corporation Chevrolet 143 Running
24. 22. Car 36 Alex Labbe # Can-Am/Wholey/Cyclops Gear Chevrolet 142 Running
25. 34. Car 76 Spencer Boyd # Grunt Style Chevrolet 142 Running
26. 1. Car 21 Daniel Hemric South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 140 Running
27. 20. Car 28 Dylan Lupton thinQ Technology Partners Ford 137 Accident
28. 36. Car 40 Chad Finchum # Smithbilt Homes/Buddy Gregg RV’s Toyota 136 Running
29. 2. Car 42 Kyle Larson(i) DC Solar Chevrolet 134 Accident
30. 29. Car 78 Ryan Ellis Densify Toyota 133 Accident
31. 5. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 124 Accident
32. 38. Car 3 Austin Dillon(i) Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Chevrolet 122 Accident
33. 19. Car 35 Joey Gase Sparks Chevrolet 122 Accident
34. 3. Car 22 Joey Logano(i) Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford 121 Accident
35. 12. Car 98 Aric Almirola(i) Smithfield/DenBeste Water Solutions Ford 121 Accident
36. 28. Car 86 Brandon Brown CONO.io Chevrolet 121 Accident
37. 7. Car 5 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 106 Accident
38. 33. Car 54 Gray Gaulding VSI Racing Toyota 82 Rear Gear
39. 13. Car 20 Christopher Bell # Rheem Toyota 11 Accident
40. 10. Car 60 Austin Cindric # Pirtek Ford 10 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following trucks dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: Nos. 22, 40 (unapproved adjustments); No. 01 (engines change). Failed to Qualify: (6) 99 Ray Black II, 25 Chris Cockrum, 66 Timmy Hill, 89 Morgan Shepherd, 45 Josh Bilicki #, 74 Mike Harmon. Caution Flags: 12 for 49 laps. Lead Changes: 19 among 11 drivers.
Time of Race: 03 Hrs, 00 Mins, 06 Secs. Average Speed: 119.100 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.000 Seconds.
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Hendrick Engines, #9. Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Tyler Reddick, #9. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Tyler Reddick, #9.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: Feb. 24, 2018 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
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