Credit: 308105Sean Gardner/NASCAR via Getty Images. Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 18, 2015 in Bristol, Tennessee.
Starting from 2nd place Car 22 Joey Logano Discount Tire Ford won his 23rd race in 138 NASCAR XFINITY Series. This is his 2nd win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 2015. This is his 2nd win & 7th Top 10 finish in 9 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. He led all 300 laps – a Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR XFINITY Series race record. It was also an XFINITY Series record for most laps led in a race. Logano’s win was the 2nd straight win for Car 22 Ford at Bristol Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 18 Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota starting from 9th place posted a 2nd place finish in his 1st Bristol Motor Speedway start. It is his best career finish and second Top 10 finish in 2015 & Suarez was the highest-finishing rookie. 3rd Place Car 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Products Ford starting from 14th place Chris Buescher and Ty Dillon are tied for the points standings lead.
4th Place Car 20 Erik Jones GameStop Toyota starting from pole followed by 5th place Car 3 Ty Dillon Yuengling Light Chevrolet starting from 16th place. 6th Place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet starting from 13th place followed by 7th place Car 88 Kevin Harvick Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet starting from 6th place. 8th Place Car 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet starting from 4th place followed by 9th Place Car 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet starting from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford in 10th place, starting from 12th place.
Credit: 308102Sarah Glenn/NASCAR via Getty Images. Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop Toyota, and Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, lead the field through the green flag to start the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 18, 2015 in Bristol, Tennessee.
The race had 8 Cautions for 48 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 3 for Car 24 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota crash in Turn 4. 2nd Caution on lap 57 for Debris in Turn 2. 3rd Caution on lap 120 for Fluid on the track. 4th Caution on lap 174 for Car 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/RprbleVhcls.com Chev crash in Turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 182 for Car 18 Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota & Car 20 Erik Jones GameStop Toyota crash on the backstretch. 6th Caution on lap 195 for Car 44 David Starr Zachry/BuildYourFuture.org Toyota crash & Car 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/RprbleVhcls.com Chev spin on the backstretch. 7th Caution on lap 207 for Car 28 JJ Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota Accident in Turn 3 [Red 10:08]. 8th Caution on lap 281 for Car 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/RprbleVhcls.com Chev crash in Turn 2.
Car 22 Joey Logano Discount Tire Ford had the most perfect race day, grabbing the lead on the 1st lap & keeping it until the checkered flag. “I’ve never led every single lap in a race before—what a fast Discount Tire Ford!” Logano said in Victory Lane. “Gosh, that’s amazing. You’re waiting for something to go wrong. It’s such a fast car, and with late cautions and all that stuff, you’re like ‘All right, where am I going to blow this thing?’
Credit: 308108Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images. Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, poses in victory lane with his crew chief Greg Erwin after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 18, 2015 in Bristol, Tennessee.
“Those are the ones you’re just nervous throughout the whole race—but what a fast car. (Crew chief) Greg Erwin and all this team here … it was a perfect day. I can’t ask for any more out of them.”
“At one point in that run I was thinking, ‘Man, maybe I can take it,’” said Suarez, whose finish was the highest ever by a Mexican- born driver in the XFINITY Series. “I just started thinking about the big picture, and it looked like at one point of that run that maybe for 20 laps or after 10 laps, we were a little bit faster than him (Joey Logano).
“Later in the run we started getting a little too tight in the center, so we killed a little of the momentum off the corner, and it looked like he kept the same speed. Maybe he wasn’t super faster than us, but he was a little bit faster. Really, he had a lot of experience and he was able to pass traffic a little faster and with more confidence than me, and at that point he made a good gap between us.”
Credit: 308097Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images. Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop Toyota, celebrates with the 21 Means 21 Pole Award after qualifying for the pole position for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 18, 2015 in Bristol, Tennessee.
Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher – 258; T. Dillon – 258; C. Elliott – 246; D. Wallace Jr. # – 236; R. Reed – 220; E. Sadler – 215; B. Gaughan – 211; R. Smith – 211; B. Scott – 205; D. Suarez # – 202.
NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 7
Unofficial Race Results for the 33Rd Annual Drive To Stop Diabetes 300
– Saturday, April 18, 2015
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN – .533 Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 300 Laps – 159.9 Miles – Purse: $1,458,884
Finishing Position Starting Position Car # Driver Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 22 Joey Logano(i) Discount Tire Ford 300 Running
2. 9. Car 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 300 Running
3. 14. Car 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Products Ford 300 Running
4. 1. Car 20 Erik Jones(i) GameStop Toyota 300 Running
5. 16. Car 3 Ty Dillon Yuengling Light Chevrolet 300 Running
6. 13. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 300 Running
7. 6. Car 88 Kevin Harvick(i) Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet 300 Running
8. 4. Car 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 300 Running
9. 8. Car 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 300 Running
10. 12. Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 300 Running
11. 17. Car 42 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 300 Running
12. 7. Car 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Ford EcoBoost Ford 300 Running
13. 21. Car 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/RprbleVhcls.com Chev 299 Running
14. 11. Car 25 John Wes Townley(i) Zaxby’s Chevrolet 297 Running
15. 20. Car 55 Jeffrey Earnhardt Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 297 Running
16. 3. Car 33 Austin Dillon(i) Rheem Chevrolet 297 Running
17. 23. Car 39 Ryan Sieg Uncle Bob’s Self Storage Chevrolet 296 Running
18. 29. Car 44 David Starr Zachry/BuildYourFuture.org Toyota 296 Running
19. 33. Car 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 296 Running
20. 25. Car 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 295 Running
21. 24. Car 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 294 Running
22. 32. Car 8 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota 294 Running
23. 22. Car 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 294 Running
24. 28. Car 90 Todd Bodine BigRig12.com Chevrolet 293 Running
25. 27. Car 52 Joey Gase Donate Life/DB Sales Company Chevrolet 293 Running
26. 26. Car 24 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 291 Running
27. 18. Car 4 Ross Chastain # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 273 Engine
28. 19. Car 01 Landon Cassill Flex Seal Chevrolet 268 Brakes
29. 31. Car 0 Harrison Rhodes # Flex Seal Chevrolet 260 Running
30. 10. Car 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 252 Running
31. 5. Car 54 Denny Hamlin(i) Monster Energy Toyota 229 Running
32. 35. Car 97 Peyton Sellers # Obaika Racing Chevrolet 227 Electrical
33. 15. Car 28 JJ Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota 206 Accident
34. 37. Car 13 Timmy Hill(i) Braille Battery Grafoid Toyota 198 Engine
35. 39. Car 74 Mike Harmon Absolute Machines Dodge 106 Suspension
36. 38. Car 15 Carlos Contreras BYB/Dawg-Fight.com Chevrolet 60 Brakes
37. 36. Car 70 Derrike Cope Nature Nate’s Honey Company Chevrolet 55 Fuel Pump
38. 30. Car 89 Morgan Shepherd King’s Tire Chevrolet 41 Brakes
39. 34. Car 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 28 Vibration
40. 40. Car 40 Derek White Braille Battery Grafoid Dodge 11 Electrical
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no cars dropped to the rear of the field.
Failed to Qualify: N/A. Average Speed of Race Winner: 87.218 mph. Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 50 Mins, 00 Secs. Margin of Victory: 1.172 Seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 48 laps. Lead Changes: 1 among 1 drivers. Lap Leaders: 0; J. Logano(i) 1-300. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): J. Logano(i) 1 time for 300 laps. Pole Award: Erik Jones, #20 125.158 mph 3M Lap Leader: Erik Jones, #20 Duralast Brakes “Brake in the Race”: Joey Logano, #22 Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Roush-Yates Engines, #22 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Elliott Sadler, #1 Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Daniel Suarez, #18
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: Apr. 24, 2015 – Richmond International Raceway
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