Credit: 307278Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images. FONTANA, CA – MARCH 21: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #88 taxslayer.com Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive4Clots.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 21, 2015 in Fontana, California.
Starting from 6th place Car 88 Kevin Harvick TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet won the 17th Annual Drive4Clots.com 300, his 46th win in 319 NASCAR XFINITY Series races. This is Harvick’s 2nd win and 3rd Top 10 finish in 2015. This is his 1st win & 16th Top 10 finish in 19 races at Auto Club Speedway. Harvick has finished in the top 10 in 28 consecutive races. His last finish outside the top 10 was at Phoenix International Raceway on March 2, 2013, where he finished 33rd after an accident.
2nd Place Car 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet started from 8th place posted his 4th Top 10 finish in 8 races at Auto Club Speedway. It is his 3rd Top 10 finish in finish in 2015. 3rd Place Car 20 Erik Jones GameStop Toyota started from pole posted his 1st Top 10 finish in one races at Auto Club Speedway. 4th Place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet started from 13th place followed by 5th place Car 60 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford started from 14th place.
6th Place Car 2 Brian Scott Vons/Reser’s Chevrolet started from 2nd place followed by 7th place Car 42 Kyle Larson ENEOS Chevrolet started from 11th place. 8th Place Car 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Ford started from 4th place followed by 9th Place Car 7 Regan smith Suave Men Chevrolet started from 5th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford in 10 place who started from 10 place.
Car 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Roush Performance Products Ford 12th place was the highest finishing rookie. Ty Dillon leads the point standings by 5 points over Chris Buescher.
Credit: 307281Jerry Markland/NASCAR via Getty Images. FONTANA, CA – MARCH 21: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #88 taxslayer.com Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive4Clots.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 21, 2015 in Fontana, California.
The race had 3 Cautions for 12 Laps:1st Caution on lap 34 for Debris. 2nd Caution on lap 48 for Fluid on track. 3rd Caution on lap
118 for Debris.
Credit: 307275Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images. FONTANA, CA – MARCH 21: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #88 taxslayer.com chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive4Clots.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 21, 2015 in fontana, California.
The race had 13 Lead Changes among 8 drivers: E. Jones(i) 1-3; D. Hamlin(i) 4-33; B. Keselowski(i) 34; D. Hamlin(i) 35-37; K. Harvick(i) 38-51;E. Jones(i) 52; K. Harvick(i) 53; D. Wallace Jr. # 54; K. Harvick(i) 55-75; D. Wallace Jr. # 76-77; R. Smith 78-81; D. Starr 82-83; J. Earnhardt 84-86; K. Harvick(i) 87-150.
Credit: 307279Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images. FONTANA, CA – MARCH 21: Erik Jones, driver of the #20 Game Stop Toyota, and Brian Scott, driver of the #2 Vons / Reser’s Chevrolet, lead the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive4Clots.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 21, 2015 in Fontana, California.
Top 10 Driver Points: (1) T. Dillon 187;(2) C. Buescher 182;(3) C. Elliott 172;(4) R. Reed 168;(5) D. Wallace Jr. # 165;(6) B.
Gaughan 164;(7) R. Smith 157;(8) E. Sadler 148;(9) D. Starr 136;(10) B. Scott 134.
NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 5
Unofficial Race Results for the 17Th Annual Drive4clots.Com 300 – Saturday, March 21, 2015 Auto Club Speedway – Fontana, CA – 2 Mile Paved Total Race Length – 150 Laps – 300 Miles – Purse: $1,433,787
Finishing Position Starting Position Car # Driver Team Laps Status
1. 6. Car 88 Kevin Harvick(i) TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 150 Running
2. 8. Car 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 150 Running
3. 1. Car 20 Erik Jones(i) GameStop Toyota 150 Running
4. 13. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 150 Running
5. 14. Car 60 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 150 Running
6. 2. Car 2 Brian Scott Vons/Reser’s Chevrolet 150 Running
7. 11. Car 42 Kyle Larson(i) ENEOS Chevrolet 150 Running
8. 4. Car 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Ford 150 Running
9. 5. Car 7 Regan Smith Suave Men Chevrolet 150 Running
10. 10. Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 150 Running
11. 12. Car 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 150 Running
12. 17. Car 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Roush Performance Products Ford 150 Running
13. 9. Car 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 150 Running
14. 16. Car 3 Ty Dillon WESCO Chevrolet 150 Running
15. 25. Car 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 150 Running
16. 22. Car 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 150 Running
17. 28. Car 4 Ross Chastain # Shakey’s Pizza Parlor Chevrolet 150 Running
18. 3. Car 54 Denny Hamlin(i) Monster Energy Toyota 149 Running
19. 21. Car 8 Blake Koch AQUAhydrate Toyota 149 Running
20. 18. car 39 Ryan Sieg Vuzix Chevrolet 149 Running
21. 24. Car 01 Landon Cassill Bubba Burger Chevrolet 149 Running
22. 23. Car 28 JJ Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota 149 Running
23. 20. Car 25 John Wes Townley(i) Zaxby’s Chevrolet 148 Running
24. 29. Car 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 148 Running
25. 32. Car 0 Harrison Rhodes # G&K Services Chevrolet 147 Running
26. 30. Car 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 146 Running
27. 31. Car 90 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 146 Running
28. 27. Car 55 Jeffrey Earnhardt Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 146 Running
29. 36. Car 97 Peyton Sellers Obaika Racing Chevrolet 145 Running
30. 35. Car 52 Joey Gase elicitherbalchew.com/DB Sales Chevrolet 144 Running
31. 40. Car 70 Derrike Cope Charlie’s Soap/SWAE Watches Chevrolet 143 Running
32. 34. Car 15 Stanton Barrett 4caring.org/Bubba Burger Chevrolet 142 Running
33. 39. Car 13 Derek White Braille Battery Grafoid Toyota 140 Running
34. 26. Car 24 Eric McClure DoubleTree by Hilton/Hefty Toyota 114 Electrical
35. 37. Car 74 Mike Harmon The Weitz Company Dodge 108 Engine
36. 19. car 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 76 Suspension
37. 15. Car 98 Sam Hornish Jr.(i) Biagi Bros. Ford 47 Engine
38. 7. Car 33 Austin Dillon(i) Ruud Chevrolet 42 Engine
39. 38. Car 40 Carl Long Braille Battery Grafoid Dodge 18 Suspension
40. 33. Car 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 2 Brakes
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #70, 01 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: N/A Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 01 Mins, 51 Secs. Average Speed: 147.723 MPH Margin of Victory: 3.317 Seconds
3M Lap Leader: Kevin Harvick, #88 100 Laps Coors Light Pole Award: Erik Jones, #20 178.288 mph Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the
Race: Hendrick Engines, #88 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race : Chris Buescher, #60 Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Darrell Wallace Jr,
#6 (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: Apr. 10, 2015 – Texas Motor Speedway
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