2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series

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Tyler Reddick, the 2018 Xfinity Series champion as well as the Rookie of the Year.
Cole Custer finished second behind Reddick in the championship.
Daniel Hemric finished third in the championship.
Truck Series
champion, who moved up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2018, finished fourth in the championship.
Justin Allgaier, the regular season champion, finished seventh in the championship.
Chevy
won the manufacturer's championship.

The 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 37th season of the

Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste
won the owners' championship.

This was the third year that the Xfinity Series (and the

Homestead
. Both drivers did qualify for the postseason but did not advance to the last round of the playoffs as they had done the past two years.

The 2018 season was the first to feature the Regular Season Championship trophy, which is awarded at the final race before the

DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[2]

This was the final season of the Toyota Camry in the Xfinity Series, as it was replaced by the Supra in the 2019 season.[3] It was also the final season of Dodge as a manufacturer, as the new flange-fit composite body rules have made the former Team Penske Challengers (nicknamed "Zombie Dodges" due to their lack of factory support since 2013) used by smaller teams ineligible due to their welded steel bodies.[4][5] This was also the last year of 5-time Xfinity Champion Roush Racing in Xfinity. After this season, Roush continued only in the Cup Series.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Kyle Larson 6 Mike Shiplett 32
Nick Harvey 1
John Hunter Nemechek 18
Jamie McMurray 3
Justin Marks 3
Ross Chastain 3[N 1]
DGM Racing 36 Alex Labbé (R) Mario Gosselin
90 Josh Williams 20 John Holmes
Donald Theetge 2 Josh Williams
Andy Lally 3
Caesar Bacarella 1 Thomas Bear
Brandonbilt Motorsports Brandon Brown 5 Adam Brenner
Brian Henderson 1
Mason Diaz 1
GMS Racing 23 Spencer Gallagher 19 Chad Norris
Johnny Sauter 2
Chase Elliott 7
Alex Bowman 1
Justin Haley 1
Casey Roderick 1
A. J. Allmendinger 1
Bill Elliott 1
Go Green Racing with
SS-Green Light Racing 		35 Joey Gase Patrick Donahue
JD Motorsports 0 Garrett Smithley 30 Wayne Carroll 19
Paul Clapprood 2
Mark Setzer 12
Matt Mills (R) 2
Vinnie Miller (R) 1
01 Vinnie Miller (R) 26 Ryan Bell 1
Bryan Berry 28
Landon Cassill 2
Lawson Aschenbach 1
B. J. McLeod 4 Paul Clapprood
4 Ross Chastain 30[N 1] Robert Goodman 15
Rick Johnson 1
Evan Snider 17
Garrett Smithley 1
Landon Cassill 1
Quin Houff 1
15 Joe Nemechek 6 Ronald Drake 11
Tevin Bair 1
Paul Clapprood 17
Garrett Smithley 2
Matt Mills (R) 5
B. J. McLeod 10
Brandon Hightower 1
Mike Skeen 1
Katherine Legge 4
Quin Houff 4 Bryan Berry
Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Danny Gill
Jimmy Means Racing 52 David Starr Tim Brown
JR Motorsports 1 Elliott Sadler Kevin Meendering
5 Michael Annett Jason Stockert 19
Travis Mack 14
7 Justin Allgaier Jason Burdett 31
Bill Wilburn 2
9 Tyler Reddick (R) Dave Elenz 32
Mike Bumgarner 1
Kaulig Racing 11 Ryan Truex Chris Rice
Richard Childress Racing 2 Matt Tifft Randall Burnett
3 Austin Dillon 6 Danny Lawrence 1
Brandon Thomas 4
Nick Harrison 28
Ty Dillon 8
Shane Lee 13
Jeb Burton 3
Brendan Gaughan 3
21 Daniel Hemric Danny Stockman Jr.
Brandonbilt Motorsports 38 Brian Henderson 1 Adam Brenner 1
B. J. McLeod Motorsports Angela Ruch 1 R. B. Bracken 2
Tony Wilson 7
Kyle Johnson 1
Todd Myers 21
Kevin Starland 1
RSS Racing Jeff Green 6
J. J. Yeley 23
Ryan Sieg 2
39 J. J. Yeley 2 Rod Sieg 1
Kevin Starland 31
Todd Myers 1
Ryan Sieg 30
Angela Ruch 1
93 Ryan Sieg 1 Kyle Johnson 31
Tony Wilson 2
J. J. Yeley 5
Jeff Green 26
Stephen Leicht 1
SS-Green Light Racing 76 Spencer Boyd (R) Jason Miller
Ford
Roush Fenway Racing
 		16 Ryan Reed Phil Gould
60 Austin Cindric (R) 9 Mike Kelley
Chase Briscoe 12
Ty Majeski 12
Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste
 		00 Cole Custer Jeff Meendering 31
Bruce Schlicker 2
Team Penske 22 Joey Logano 5 Brian Wilson
Ryan Blaney 4
Brad Keselowski 4
Austin Cindric (R) 16
Paul Menard 4
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Daniel Suárez 2 Eric Phillips 32
Dustin Zacharyasz 1
Kyle Benjamin 3
Kyle Busch 7
Ryan Preece 15
Noah Gragson 3
Riley Herbst 1
James Davison 1
Denny Hamlin 1
19 Brandon Jones Chris Gabehart
20 Christopher Bell (R) Jason Ratcliff 32
Wesley Sherrill 1
JP Motorsports 45 Josh Bilicki (R) 32 Jason Houghtaling 2
David Jones 1
Rob Winfield 1
Chuck Herman 3
Brown Jen 1
Glenn Kania 1
William Whitley 2
Terry Elmore 18
Kase Kallenbach 1
Jerry Hattaway 2
Riley Higgins 1
Bayley Currey 1 [N 2]
Chevrolet 31
Toyota 2 		B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Caesar Bacarella 4 George Ingram 19
Keith Wolfe 12
Joe Lax 1
Adam Brooks 1
Tommy Joe Martins 12
Bayley Currey 1
Ray Black Jr. 7
Blake Jones 2
Angela Ruch 1
Scott Heckert 2
Cody Ware 1
Dylan Murcott 1
Matt Mills (R) 1
Jairo Avila Jr. 1
Chevrolet 29
Toyota 4 		78 Ryan Ellis 2 Joe Lax 1
George Ingram 14
Keith Wolfe 17
Adam Brooks 1
B. J. McLeod 10
Ray Black Jr. 1
Tommy Joe Martins 7
Scott Heckert 1
Blake Jones 2
Jairo Avila Jr. 1
Cody Ware 1
Cole Rouse 1
Matt Mills (R) 1
Vinnie Miller (R) 6
Toyota 30
Chevrolet 1
Dodge 2 		MBM Motorsports 40 Chad Finchum (R) 32 George Church 9
Mike Hillman 1
Robert Scott 2
James Blankenship 2
Brian Keselowski 14
Josh Reaume 5
Carl Long 1
Toyota 8
Dodge 19
Chevrolet 5
Ford 1 		66 Timmy Hill 18 Sebastian Laforge 24
Clintom Cram 2
Gary Showalter 1
Steven Idol 1
Robert Scott 5
Carl Long 6
Stan Mullis 2
John Jackson 1
Tim Cowen 1
Brandon Hightower 1
Bobby Dale Earnhardt 2
Akinori Ogata 1
Chad Finchum (R) 1
Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports 74 Ray Black Jr. 1 Robert Scott 6
Jason Houghtaling 8
Tim Goulet 18
Kyle Warner 1
Dodge 9
Chevrolet 23 		Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon 25
Cody Ware 1
B. J. McLeod 1
Stephen Leicht 4
Tim Viens 1

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet Brandonbilt Motorsports 86 Brandon Brown Adam Brenner 2
Cody Lane Racing 27 Cody Lane Timmy Sliva 1
Chris Cockrum Racing
 		25 Chris Cockrum Jeff Spraker 1
King Autosport 92 Dexter Bean Thomas Bear 1
Josh Williams John Holmes 1
GMS Racing 24 Justin Haley Kevin Bellicourt 2
JR Motorsports 88 Chase Elliott Scott Radel 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Mike Bumgarner 1
Jimmy Means Racing 79 Josh Reaume Jordy Braden 1
Kaulig Racing 10 Austin Dillon Chad Kendrick 1
Niece Motorsports 17 Victor Gonzalez Jr. Adam Crigger 1
Obaika Racing 97 Tanner Berryhill Dan Stillman 1
RSS Racing 37 J. J. Yeley Justen Kraemer 1
Jeff Green 1
Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Morgan Shepherd Nick Hoechst 27
Landon Cassill 1
Ford Fury Race Cars 61 Kaz Grala (R) Shane Wilson 19
Rick Markle 1 		12
JGL Racing 24 10
28 Dylan Lupton Rick Markle 6
Steven Lane 6 		11
Tony Mrakovich 1
Roush Fenway Racing
 		6 Conor Daly Kevin Kidd 1
Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste
 		98 Aric Almirola Richard Boswell 2
Kevin Harvick 5
Chase Briscoe 5
Team Penske 12 Austin Cindric (R) Matt Swiderski 8
Brad Keselowski 1
Tullman-Walker Racing 26 Max Tullman Doug Richert 4
Toyota JP Motorsports 55 Stephen Leicht David Jones 4
Jason Houghtaling 1
Jerry Hattaway 1
Tim Silva 5
Chuck Herman 5
Terry Elmore 1
Kase Kallenbach 12
R.B. Bracken 2 		9
Jennifer Jo Cobb 1
Brandon Hightower 7
Bayley Currey 12
Peter Shepherd III 1
Dylan Murcott 1
James French 1
MBM Motorsports 72 Timmy Hill Josh Reaume 1
John Jackson 1
NXT Motorsports 54 Gray Gaulding Rick Bourgeois 1
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 6 		B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Ray Black Jr. Keith Wolfe 1
Joe Lax 2 		2
B. J. McLeod 1
Stephen Leicht Robbie Freeman 5
Toyota 12
Dodge 4 		MBM Motorsports 13 Timmy Hill Sebastian Laforge 2
Brandon Mosley 10
Robert Scott 3 		11
John Jackson 1
Stan Mullis 1
Landon Cassill 1
Carl Long 1
Tyler Hill 1
Notes
  1. ^ a b Chastain ran the full season split between the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 and the JD Motorsports No. 4.
  2. ^ Josh Bilicki was originally scheduled to drive the No. 45 in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 but crashed his only car in Practice. So Currey scheduled to drive the No. 55 car, that was renumbered to No. 45 since the No. 45 was better in Owners' Standings and the No. 55 entry withdrew.

Changes

Teams

  • On October 23, 2017, it was announced that
    Darrell Wallace Jr.
  • With their switch from Toyota to Ford, it was also announced that
    Roush Fenway Racing
    .
  • Richard Childress Racing shut down two teams: the No. 33 and the No. 62.
  • Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.[6]
  • JGL Racing reopened the No. 28 entry for at least 21 races for Dylan Lupton, after shutting down this car at the end of 2017 because of a lack of sponsorship (with Dakoda Armstrong). They also tried to expand the schedule to the full season.
  • Go Green Racing returned to the Xfinity Series full-time, fielding the No. 35 entry with Joey Gase as their driver. This was Go Green's first season in the Xfinity Series since 2013 and their first in NASCAR following their merger with FAS Lane Racing to create Go Fas Racing in December 2013.
  • JD Motorsports announced a fourth full-time ride, the No. 15 entry initially to be split by veteran drivers including Joe Nemechek and Reed Sorenson. However, this plan was cancelled because Matt Mills was expected to drive the No. 15 car full-time, except the inaugural Daytona race, which had Nemechek behind the wheel.
  • JP Motorsports purchased cars from TriStar Motorsports and announced their intentions to run a full season in the No. 55 Toyota Camry on January 18, 2018. At the time of the announcement, Jason Houghtaling was named as crew chief but other information like drivers and sponsors was not immediately released, however Stephen Leicht was later revealed as the full-time driver.[7] On February 5, it was announced that they had acquired an additional Joe Gibbs Racing chassis and would field another full-time team, the No. 45, with Josh Bilicki as the driver.
  • B. J. McLeod Motorsports announced that the partnership with SS-Green Light Racing to field the No. 99 full-time was finished. As a consequence, the No. 99 car would likely return to part-time racing.
  • NextGen Motorsports
    increased their 2018 schedule as they would fielding for multiple drivers. The car number is TBA, due to JP Motorsports taking their No. 55.
  • NASCAR Pinty's Series champion with the No. 32 car for Go Fas Racing
    .
  • New team NXT Motorsports announced that Gray Gaulding will drive the season-opener at Daytona with a Toyota. The team has acquired cars from Joe Gibbs Racing.
  • RSS Racing used three cars in the season-opener: The No. 38 for Jeff Green, No. 39 for J. J. Yeley and No. 93 for owner Ryan Sieg without start-and-park for any of them. It looks that the team will use these three cars full-time in 2018. Last year, Sieg drove the No. 39 Chevrolet full-time, while the Nos. 38 and 93 were a part-time start-and-park team, driven by Green, Gray Gaulding and Stephen Leicht.

Drivers

Crew chiefs

Manufacturers

2018 was the final year with Dodge participation. For the season finale, Carl Long placed a tribute decal on his "Zombie Dodge" car.
  • JGL Racing would switch from Toyota to Ford this season. JGL Racing had been running Toyota cars from 2015 to 2017.
  • This was the final season of the Toyota Camry, which was replaced by the Supra in 2019.
  • This was also the final season of Dodge as a manufacturer. In the 2013 season, Dodge stopped factory support after Penske Racing switched to Ford. Because of this, the former Penske Challengers used by smaller teams were nicknamed "Zombie Dodges". The new flange-fit composite body rules have made the welded steel-bodied Challengers ineligible to compete in 2019.[4][5]

Rule changes

  • On July 31, 2017, NASCAR announced that drivers with more than five years of full-time racing on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup level and registered as Monster Energy NASCAR Cup drivers for the 2018 season for points purposes may drive a maximum of seven Xfinity Series races. In addition, all full-time registered Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers were ineligible to drive in the Dash 4 Cash races as well as the final eight races of the season (the final race before the playoffs and the playoffs). Drivers who have declared eligibility for Xfinity Series points, regardless of Cup experience, can compete in those races.
  • On November 1, 2017, NASCAR announced a series of Xfinity Series rule changes for 2018.
  • Starting from this season, drivers that declared eligibility to the Xfinity Series will have their last name featured in the front windshield of the car, with the Xfinity logo being reduced into two smaller logos in the upper corner area of the front windshield between the driver's name. Those who didn't declared eligibility to the series will only feature the Xfinity logo in the front windshield of their car.

Schedule

The OneMain Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway in May
The Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway in June
The Drive for the Cure 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in September
The Bar Harbor 200 at Dover International Speedway in October

The final schedule – comprising 33 races – was released on May 23, 2017.[9] Key changes from 2017 include:

No. Race title Track Date
1
PowerShares QQQ 300
 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 17
2
Rinnai 250
 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton February 24
3
Boyd Gaming 300
Las Vegas
 March 3
4
DC Solar 200
ISM Raceway, Avondale
 March 10
5
Roseanne 300
 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana March 17
6
My Bariatric Solutions 300
 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth April 7
7
Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300
 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol April 14
8 ToyotaCare 250 Richmond Raceway, Richmond April 20
9
Sparks Energy 300
 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln April 28
10
OneMain Financial 200
Dover International Speedway, Dover
 May 5
11
Alsco 300[10]
 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord May 26
12
Pocono Green 250
 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond June 2
13
LTi Printing 250[11]
 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 9
14
Iowa 250
 Iowa Speedway, Newton June 17
15
Overton's 300[12]
 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet June 30
16
Coca-Cola Firecracker 250
 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach July 6
17 Alsco 300 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta July 13
18
Lakes Region 200
 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 21
19 U.S. Cellular 250 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 28
20
Zippo 200 at The Glen
 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen August 4
21
Rock N Roll Tequila 170
 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington August 11
22 Food City 300 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 17
23
Johnsonville 180
 Road America, Elkhart Lake August 25
24
Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200
 Darlington Raceway, Darlington September 1
25
Lilly Diabetes 250
 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway September 10[13]
26
DC Solar 300[14]
Las Vegas
 September 15
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Go Bowling 250[15] Richmond Raceway, Richmond September 21
28
Drive for the Cure 200
 Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Concord September 29
29
Bar Harbor 200
Dover International Speedway, Dover
 October 6
Round of 8
30 Kansas Lottery 300 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 20
31
O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth November 3
32
Whelen Trusted to Perform 200[16]
ISM Raceway, Avondale
 November 10
Championship 4
33
Ford EcoBoost 300
Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead
 November 17

Schedule changes

In 2015, NASCAR and 24

Overton's 300, will move from September to June to become the 15th race of the season instead of the 26th.[9][19]

A few other minor schedule changes were also announced with the release of the schedule. Unlike the 2017 season, the

Drive for the Cure 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The Drive for the Cure 200 will also utilize Charlotte Motor Speedway's 2.28-mile (3.67 km) road course instead of its oval. Road America will also move back to a Saturday afternoon.[9][19]

On August 25, NASCAR announced the tracks that will compose the Dash 4 Cash incentive program: The four Dash 4 Cash races will be run consecutively on the overall series schedule, starting at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 14. From there, the bonus program rolls on to Richmond Raceway (April 20) and Talladega (April 28) before concluding at Dover International Speedway on May 5. Drivers eligible for driver championship points in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series are ineligible to participate in either Dash 4 Cash, the second Las Vegas race, or the playoff races. Drivers such as Elliott Sadler (13 years) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (18 years), who are expected to register as Xfinity drivers, will be eligible since they are registering as Xfinity drivers.

Results and standings

Race results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1
PowerShares QQQ 300
 Daniel Hemric Kyle Larson Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 9 JR Motorsports
2
Rinnai 250
 Christopher Bell Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Ford 98
Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste
3
Boyd Gaming 300
 Christopher Bell Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
4
DC Solar 200
 Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Brad Keselowski Ford 22 Team Penske
5
Roseanne 300
 Christopher Bell Joey Logano Joey Logano Ford 22 Team Penske
6
My Bariatric Solutions 300
 Ryan Blaney Ryan Blaney Ryan Blaney Ford 22 Team Penske
7
Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300
 Cole Custer Brandon Jones Ryan Preece Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
8 ToyotaCare 250 Cole Custer Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
9
Sparks Energy 300
 Daniel Hemric Daniel Hemric Spencer Gallagher Chevrolet 23 GMS Racing
10
OneMain Financial 200
 Brandon Jones Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 7 JR Motorsports
11
Alsco 300
 Brad Keselowski Kyle Busch Brad Keselowski Ford 22 Team Penske
12
Pocono Green 250
 Cole Custer Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
13
LTi Printing 250
 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Austin Dillon Chevrolet 3 Richard Childress Racing
14
Iowa 250
 Austin Cindric Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 7 JR Motorsports
15
Overton's 300
 Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
16
Coca-Cola Firecracker 250
 Ryan Preece Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
17 Alsco 300 Cole Custer Kyle Busch Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
18
Lakes Region 200
 Brad Keselowski Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
19 U.S. Cellular 250 Elliott Sadler Cole Custer Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
20
Zippo 200 at The Glen
 Joey Logano Joey Logano Joey Logano Ford 22 Team Penske
21
Rock N Roll Tequila 170
 Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 7 JR Motorsports
22 Food City 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
23
Johnsonville 180
 Matt Tifft Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 7 JR Motorsports
24
Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200
 Ross Chastain Ross Chastain Brad Keselowski Ford 22 Team Penske
25
Lilly Diabetes 250
 Ryan Blaney Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 7 JR Motorsports
26
DC Solar 300
 Cole Custer Ross Chastain Ross Chastain Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Go Bowling 250 Christopher Bell Dale Earnhardt Jr. Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
28
Drive for the Cure 200
 Austin Cindric Chase Briscoe Chase Briscoe Ford 98
Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste
29
Bar Harbor 200
 Daniel Hemric Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
Round of 8
30 Kansas Lottery 300 Daniel Hemric Daniel Hemric John Hunter Nemechek Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
31
O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
 Christopher Bell Tyler Reddick Cole Custer Ford 00
Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste
32
Whelen Trusted to Perform 200
 John Hunter Nemechek Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
Championship 4
33
Ford EcoBoost 300
 Cole Custer Cole Custer Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 9 JR Motorsports

Drivers' Championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

Pos Driver
DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
 RCH
TAL
DOV
CLT
POC
MCH
IOW
CHI
DAY
 KEN
NHA
 IOW
GLN
MOH
 BRI ROA DAR IND
LVS
 RCH
ROV
DOV
 KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
 Pts. Stage Bonus
1 Tyler Reddick (R) 1 19 8 10 7 23 7 11 8 5 23 9 7 8 331 31 6 25 22 11 31 9 34 3 2 28 7 9 14 5 2* 6 1 4040 – 157
2 Cole Custer 14 39 9 8 6 4 8 6 9 13 2 5 3 4 3 25 5 9 9*1 6 7 4 4 2 29 3 15 7 2 26 12 8 2*12 4035 – 132
3 Daniel Hemric 26 11 6 6 5 3 3 291 23*1 3 7 3 2 3 5 8 2 11 11 16 3 24 32 11 52 29 31 101 72 2*1 101 2 4 4033 – 135
4 Christopher Bell (R) 39 3 21 4 21 2 291 1* 12 4 3 36 11 2 12 3 1 1*1 12 9 11 2 23 34 9 4 1 52 1*1 37 32 1* 11 4026 – 443
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs cut-off
Pos Driver
DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
 RCH
TAL
DOV
CLT
POC
MCH
IOW
CHI
DAY
 KEN
NHA
 IOW
GLN
MOH
 BRI ROA DAR IND
LVS
 RCH
ROV
DOV
 KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
 Pts. Stage Bonus
5 Elliott Sadler 2 5 5 9 3 8 4 32 52 21 5 6 302 28 6 2 12 8 6 12 6 6 5 5 35 5 6 14 11 3 8 11 14 2255 28 114
6 Matt Tifft 19 12 11 7 8 6 35 4 25 8 9 14 16 9 16 20 11 5 26 37 4 10 21 8 6 36 5 6 15 6 7 3 10 2254 26 39
7 Justin Allgaier 31 6 3 2*1 2 35 2 14 3 1*2 32 37 9 1*12 7 9 4 7 2 3 11 3 1* 7 1* 2 32 15 3 38 5 2412 7 2251 45 391
8 Austin Cindric (R) 40 7 34 16 28 8 12 5 30 9 16 4 23 11 14 33 10 17 18 13 2*2 14 37 40 34 9 13 3 8 39 3 4 5 2231 25 1
9 Brandon Jones 10 17 7 11 13 332 6* 10 2 10 15 24 18 5 11 12 36 6 12 7 23 29 9 12 10 7 8 22 6 36 6 7 8 2186 14 66
10 Ross Chastain 9 16 18 19 10 28 9 18 34 16 26 11 14 19 13 10 17 26 4 20 16 12 7 25*12 12 1*12 2 12 13 25 11 15 16 2184 9 1010
11 Ryan Reed 3 10 19 18 17 14 18 9 22 19 29 13 4 17 32 26 8 12 7 8 10 17 39 13 11 35 10 11 16 7 29 12 12 2170 8 –
12 Ryan Truex 7 9 15 15 12 13 10 7 38 11 6 10 10 14 15 13 13 13 8 18 5 22 25 15 22 8 11 16 10 11 33 13 15 2160 7 38
13 John Hunter Nemechek 4 29 13 13 7 14 7 13 15 72 4 5 251 9 12 4 9 3 643 165 8
14 Michael Annett 37 20 13 17 18 15 21 20 14 15 12 35 17 13 30 11 15 16 14 17 18 7 12 10 31 40 14 20 12 40 16 16 9 632 17 –
15 Jeremy Clements 16 27 22 20 15 16 40 8 35 18 35 15 15 20 17 34 18 18 20 14 17 13 13 16 14 13 16 18 20 10 14 17 19 619 9 –
16 Ryan Sieg 21 22 29 25 20 18 15 21 6 17 13 17 19 18 20 27 16 15 34 26 34 11 26 17 13 12 17 36 18 9 12 19 22 589 12 –
17 Alex Labbé (R) 24 18 17 22 19 32 11 16 24 21 34 18 37 23 21 15 32 23 16 19 9 23 16 19 19 16 21 13 21 12 30 20 21 540 – –
18 Spencer Gallagher 6 14 10 14 11 10 5 17 1 20 8 10 12 19 5 33 9 10 17 524 48 5
19 Garrett Smithley 5 25 23 28 23 27 17 26 10 32 14 26 26 25 19 28 19 32 25 23 28 16 15 20 20 18 24 25 23 13 20 26 27 496 4 –
20 Joey Gase 33 26 20 24 16 20 16 22 21 20 17 19 39 21 22 32 33 22 17 22 24 18 19 21 15 15 22 23 30 15 22 22 23 495 – –
21 Ryan Preece 9 5 12 39 3 4 28 6 18 4 4 21 32 5 6 483 106 6
22 Kaz Grala (R) 4 23 16 12 14 26 38 30 20 37 10 16 12 10 40 5 14 15 27 11 8 18 439 24 –
23 David Starr 17 28 35 39 26 21 24 35 32 26 20 20 33 24 23 35 23 28 19 33 21 21 36 36 18 32 20 27 24 17 24 27 28 352 – –
24 Chase Briscoe 15 11 23 26 16 11 38 9 10 14 34 9 31 1* 19 30 13 334 9 5
25 Shane Lee 14 15 12 16 6 13 30 9 17 4 23 14 20 315 25 –
26 Spencer Boyd (R) 25 29 36 30 30 25 25 28 40 30 21 28 22 22 29 17 24 24 23 24 25 25 21 31 36 22 34 29 32 19 25 28 30 302 – –
27 Vinnie Miller (R) 20 31 24 33 27 39 33 31 17 22 28 31 25 31 27 19 29 27 29 35 36 32 27 37 17 26 37 31 25 22 27 36 40 279 – –
28 J. J. Yeley 18 37 38 21 34 31 37 15 11 36 36 34 20 40 18 16 34 36 34 32 40 30 30 11 25 40 33 35 15 21 36 276 7 –
29 B. J. McLeod 30 26 26 22 29 20 32 19 23 40 22 28 29 25 36 21 35 19 23 16 19 37 23 36 23 32 276 – –
30 Chad Finchum (R) 28 35 32 36 36 34 36 34 39 25 DNQ 30 29 26 38 14 31 21 37 29 29 30 22 32 21 25 26 28 34 16 17 37 31 253 – –
31 Tommy Joe Martins 33 25 27 24 26 23 18 24 25 24 32 20 21 40 19 22 27 35 26 216 – –
32 Josh Williams 22 24 21 29 25 30 22 26 38 21 32 34 31 24 35 24 28 Wth 24 20 24 DNQ 208 – –
33 Josh Bilicki (R) DNQ DNQ 28 32 32 24 32 33 28 29 25 29 27 36 35 40 28 34 40 32 20 35 30 28 38 27 30 24 31 20 Wth 34 DNQ 202 – –
34 Ty Majeski 34 37 34 22 7 27 28 34 34 8 13 18 155 6 –
35 Ray Black Jr. DNQ 27 19 22 22 28 37 17 23 26 19 131 – –
36 Timmy Hill DNQ 34 33 34 35 36 27 38 27 35 30 39 31 37 37 7 37 38 36 38 35 35 DNQ 34 38 32 27 31 35 35 119 – –
37 Jeff Green 11 40 39 40 39 40 39 40 13 40 39 40 40 35 39 23 40 40 35 39 39 26 40 39 40 39 39 39 39 34 38 40 39 108 – –
38 Mike Harmon DNQ DNQ 31 35 40 DNQ 36 33 DNQ DNQ 33 38 DNQ 21 30 31 32 27 26 33 35 35 28 28 32 105 – –
39 Dylan Lupton 27 21 40 23 33 17 31 36 24 33 23 Wth 103 – –
40 Kyle Benjamin 8 3 13 102 15 –
41 Justin Marks 22 6 2 99 18 –
42 Brandon Brown 36 19 28 Wth 18 22 18 24 94 – –
43 Stephen Leicht 15 32 30 31 31 37 28 37 33 39 DNQ 37 31 33 40 32 37 38 DNQ 81 – –
44 Brendan Gaughan 12 24 17 71 13 –
45 Brandon Hightower 27 32 35 30 26 30 26 27 37 64 – –
46 Andy Lally 15 10 37 60 10 –
47 Jeb Burton 12 12 34 60 7 –
48 Landon Cassill 14 14 38 26 38 59 – –
49 Quin Houff 31 14 26 29 29 56 – –
50 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4*2 51 18 1
51 Katherine Legge 30 14 28 33 46 3 –
52 Caesar Bacarella 13 34 38 23 34 45 – –
53 Matt Mills (R) 36 27 38 37 DNQ 27 36 27 28 43 – –
54 Jairo Avila Jr. 20 18 36 – –
55 Brian Henderson 21 18 35 – –
56 James Davison 8 29 – –
57 Ryan Ellis 30 17 27 – –
58 Max Tullman 30† 23 DNQ 25 26 – –
59 Scott Heckert 28 30 29 24 – –
60 Morgan Shepherd DNQ 38 37 37 38 38 DNQ 39 DNQ 38 DNQ DNQ 38 39 DNQ Wth 38 39 38 Wth 38 39 38 32 40 38 DNQ 39 39 24 – –
61 Casey Roderick 15 22 – –
62 Carl Long 39 37 Wth 33 32 33 36 36 33 21 – –
63 Mason Diaz 19 18 – –
64 Bill Elliott 20 17 – –
65 Lawson Aschenbach 21 17 1 –
66 Cole Rouse 21 16 – –
67 Donald Theetge 33 25 16 – –
68 Angela Ruch 30 29 37 16 – –
69 Tony Mrakovich EX 24 13 – –
70 Bobby Dale Earnhardt 27 34 13 – –
71 Tim Cowen 26 11 – –
72 Mike Skeen 28 9 – –
73 Stan Mullis 33 33 37 9 – –
74 Dylan Murcott 40 30 8 – –
75 Peter Shepherd III 31 6 – –
76 Victor Gonzalez Jr. 31 6 – –
77 Conor Daly 31 6 – –
78 Tyler Hill 31 6 – –
79 Akinori Ogata 33 4 – –
80 John Jackson 36 35 38 4 – –
81 Dexter Bean 36 1 – –
82 James French 38 1 – –
Chris Cockrum DNQ 0 – –
Tanner Berryhill DNQ 0 – –
Tim Viens DNQ 0 – –
Cody Lane Wth 0 – –
Ineligible for Xfinity Series driver points
Pos Driver
DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
 RCH
TAL
DOV
CLT
POC
MCH
IOW
CHI
DAY
 KEN
NHA
 IOW
GLN
MOH
 BRI ROA DAR IND
LVS
 RCH
ROV
DOV
 KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
 Pts. Stage Bonus
Kyle Larson 29*1 1*2 1*2 1*12 27 1*12
Brad Keselowski 1 1 22 10 1
Joey Logano 34 2 1*12 1*1 5
Kevin Harvick 1*12 19 8 2 29
Ryan Blaney 4 1*1 4* 3
Kyle Busch 14 32 8*12 1*1 6*1 3*1 36
Austin Dillon 32 12 4 1 10 25 8
Chase Elliott 122 37 2 10 29 8 6 4
Noah Gragson 2 4 7
A. J. Allmendinger 22
Daniel Suárez 8 4
Ty Dillon 13 13 12 4 14 15 9 33
Denny Hamlin 4
Jamie McMurray 5 7 31
Paul Menard 82 5 8 9
Aric Almirola 35 5
Johnny Sauter 6 19
Riley Herbst 6
Justin Haley 12 18 38
Joe Nemechek 23 19 25 31 31 18
Bayley Currey 22 29 27 26 39 24 29 35 29 DNQ 21 30 DNQ
Alex Bowman 21
Blake Jones 27 24 37 25
Cody Ware 30 33 24
Jennifer Jo Cobb 29
Gray Gaulding 38
Josh Reaume 39
Pos Driver
DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
 RCH
TAL
DOV
CLT
POC
MCH
IOW
CHI
DAY
 KEN
NHA
 IOW
GLN
MOH
 BRI ROA DAR IND
LVS
 RCH
ROV
DOV
 KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
 Pts. Stage Bonus
† – Max Tullman started receiving points at Las Vegas 2.

Owners' championship (Top 15)

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1–10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

Pos. No. Car Owner
DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
 RCH
TAL
DOV
CLT
POC
MCH
IOW
CHI
DAY
 KEN
NHA
 IOW
GLN
MOH
 BRI ROA DAR IND
LVS
 RCH
ROV
DOV
 KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
 Points Bonus
1 00
Gene Haas
 14 39 9 8 6 4 8 6 9 13 2 5 3 4 3 25 5 9 9*1 6 7 4 4 2 29 3 15 7 2 26 12 8 2*12 4035 104
2 42 Chip Ganassi 29*1 4 1*2 5 29 7 13 13 7 14 31 7 13 15 1*2 1*12 72 4 5 27 22 1*12 6 25*12 251 1*12 2 2 9 12 4 9 3 4034 463
3 21 Richard Childress 26 11 6 6 5 3 3 291 23*1 3 7 3 2 3 5 8 2 11 11 16 3 24 32 11 52 29 31 101 72 2*1 101 2 4 4033 108
4 20 Joe Gibbs 39 3 21 4 21 2 291 1* 12 4 3 36 11 2 12 3 1 1*1 12 9 11 2 23 34 9 4 1 52 1*1 37 32 1* 11 4026 425
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs cut-off
5 9 Rick Hendrick 1 19 8 10 7 23 7 11 8 5 23 9 7 8 331 31 6 25 22 11 31 9 34 3 2 28 7 9 14 5 2* 6 1 2281 6
6 22 Roger Penske 34 2 4 1 1*12 1*1 12 5 30 9 1 82 5 11 8 4* 9 22 18 1*1 2*2 5 37 1 3 9 13 3 8 39 3 4 5 2274 521
7 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2 5 5 9 3 8 4 32 51 21 5 6 302 28 6 2 12 8 6 12 6 6 5 5 35 5 6 14 11 3 8 11 14 2248 87
8 7 Kelley Earnhardt-Miller 31 6 3 2*1 2 35 2 14 3 1*2 32 37 9 1*12 7 9 4 7 2 3 11 3 1* 7 1* 2 32 15 3 38 5 2412 7 2234 342
9 18 J. D. Gibbs 8 8 14 32 9 5 12 2 4 7 8*12 1*1 6*1 6 4 39 3*1 3 3 4 13 36 8 4 28 6 18 4 4 21 31 5 6 2227 166
10 19 Joe Gibbs 10 17 7 11 13 332 6* 10 2 10 15 24 18 5 11 12 36 6 12 7 23 29 9 12 10 7 8 22 6 36 6 7 8 2181 210
11 23 Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. 6 14 10 14 11 10 5 17 1 6 37 2 21 12 10 29 20 19 15 22 8 8 20 6 4 10 12 19 5 33 9 10 17 2178 89
12 3 Richard Childress 32 13 12 13 4 12 14 12 15 12 4 12 1 16 34 6 14 10 13 25 12 15 24 9 33 30 9 17 17 4 23 14 20 2175 5
13 2 Richard Childress 19 12 11 7 8 6 35 4 25 8 9 14 16 9 16 20 11 5 26 37 4 10 21 8 6 36 5 6 15 6 7 3 10 942 1
14 11 Matt Kaulig 7 9 15 15 12 11 10 7 38 11 6 10 10 14 15 13 13 13 8 18 5 22 25 15 22 8 11 16 10 11 33 13 15 868 –
15 16
Jack Roush
 3 10 19 18 17 14 18 9 22 19 29 13 4 17 32 26 8 12 7 8 10 17 39 13 11 35 10 11 16 7 29 12 12 757 –
Pos. No. Car Owner
DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
 RCH
TAL
DOV
CLT
POC
MCH
IOW
CHI
DAY
 KEN
NHA
 IOW
GLN
MOH
 BRI ROA DAR IND
LVS
 RCH
ROV
DOV
 KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
 Points Bonus

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 15 1214
2 Ford 9 1138
3 Toyota 9 1110
4 Dodge 0 85

See also

References

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