2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series

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2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
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William Byron, the 2017 Xfinity Series champion.
Elliott Sadler finished second behind Byron in the championship.
Justin Allgaier finished third in the championship.
Daniel Hemric finished fourth in the championship.

The 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 36th season of the Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by the NASCAR in the United States. The season began with the PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Daniel Suárez was the defending drivers' champion while Toyota was the defending manufacturer's champion, although Suárez couldn't defend his title due to him racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

During the season, races were broadcast by Fox Sports and NBC Sports for the third consecutive year.

William Byron of JR Motorsports won the driver's championship with a third-place finish in the season finale. Team Penske won the owner's championship while Chevrolet won the manufacturer's championship.

This was the second year that the Xfinity Series (and the Truck Series) had a playoff system. Two of the four "championship 4" drivers (who are shown below), were the same as last year's, the only differences being William Byron and Daniel Hemric were in it instead of Daniel Suárez and Erik Jones, who both moved up to the Cup Series full-time in 2017. Also, three of the four of them (Byron, Sadler, and Allgaier) all drove for JR Motorsports. As Hemric, the other driver in the "championship 4", drove for Richard Childress Racing, that meant that the "championship 4" was composed entirely of Chevrolet drivers. Also ironically, Sadler and Allgaier both ended up finishing in the same positions in the standings as they did in 2016, second and third, respectfully.

Teams and drivers[]

Complete schedule[]

Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief
Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
SS-Green Light Racing
99 David Starr Ken Evans
Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Tyler Reddick 18 Mike Shiplett
Kyle Larson 11[1]
Justin Marks 2
Alex Bowman 2
48 Brennan Poole Chad Norris
GMS Racing 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) Joey Cohen
JD Motorsports 0 Garrett Smithley 32 Wayne Setterington Jr. 30
Rick Johnson 1
Bryan Berry 1
Vinnie Miller 1
01 Harrison Rhodes 30 Patrick Magee 1
Rob Winfield 4
Tommy MacHek 28
Patrick Donahue 1
Sheldon Creed 2
Joe Nemechek 1
4 Ross Chastain Evan Snider
Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Tony Clements 32
Danny Gill 1
Jimmy Means Racing 52 Joey Gase Tim Brown
JR Motorsports 1 Elliott Sadler Kevin Meendering
5 Michael Annett Jason Stockert
7 Justin Allgaier Jason Burdett 32
Chad Knaus1
9 William Byron (R) Dave Elenz
Kaulig Racing 11 Blake Koch Chris Rice
DGM Racing 90 Mario Gosselin 8 Guy Caron 6
Mario Gosselin 5
Kevin Boykin 10
Martin Roy 4
Alex Labbé 2
Josh Williams 4
Dexter Bean 2
Matt Bell 1
Brandonbilt Motorsports Brandon Brown 11 Adam Brenner
Brian Henderson 1
Richard Childress Racing 2 Austin Dillon 17 Justin Alexander 8
Matt Borland 1
Randall Burnett 19
Nick Harrison 5
Paul Menard 7
Ben Kennedy (R) 9
3 Ty Dillon 27 Matt Swiderski
Scott Lagasse Jr. 4
Brian Scott 2
21 Daniel Hemric (R) Danny Stockman Jr. 27
Chad Walter 1
Randall Burnett 5
33 Brandon Jones Nick Harrison 28
Brandon Thomas 5
62 Brendan Gaughan Shane Wilson
RSS Racing 39 Ryan Sieg 32 Kevin Starland 31
Kevin Johnson 2
Stephen Leicht 1
SS-Green Light Racing 07 Ray Black Jr. 21 Jason Miller
Todd Bodine 1
Spencer Boyd 6
Korbin Forrister 2
Devin Jones 1
Andy Lally 1
Ryan Ellis 1
Ford Roush Fenway Racing 16 Ryan Reed Phil Gould
Stewart-Haas Racing 00 Cole Custer (R) Jeff Meendering
Team Penske 22 Brad Keselowski 9 Greg Erwin
Ryan Blaney 11
Joey Logano 7
Sam Hornish Jr. 5
Austin Cindric 1
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Daniel Suárez 12 Scott Graves 4
Matt Lucas 1
Eric Phillips 28
Kyle Busch 10
Christopher Bell 5
Kyle Benjamin 3
Regan Smith 1
Denny Hamlin 1
Ryan Preece 1
19 Matt Tifft (R) Matt Beckman
20 Erik Jones 18 Chris Gabehart 31
Jacob Canter 1
Matt Lucas 1
Denny Hamlin 3
Daniel Suárez 2
Kyle Benjamin 2
Christopher Bell 3
Ryan Preece 3
James Davison 2
TriStar Motorsports 14 J. J. Yeley Wally Rogers
Chevrolet 31
Toyota 2
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Jeff Green 8 David Ingram 1
George Ingram 23
Keith Wolfe 9
Matt Mills 2
B. J. McLeod 17
Josh Bilicki 3
Tommy Joe Martins 1
Caesar Bacarella 2
Chevrolet 31
Toyota 2
78 Clint King 2 Keith Wolfe 24
George Ingram 9
B. J. McLeod 9
Jeff Green 1
Jordan Anderson 1
Tommy Joe Martins 8
Angela Ruch 4
Stephen Young 3
John Graham 2
Josh Bilicki 2
Jennifer Jo Cobb 1
Toyota 14
Chevrolet 5
Dodge 14
MBM Motorsports 13 Mark Thompson 3 Jason Houghtaling 13
David Jones 7
Michael Rathje 2
George Church 1
Sebastian LaForge 10
Carl Long 11
Brandon Hightower 1
Timmy Hill 15
Bobby Dale Earnhardt 1
Enrique Baca 1[N 1]
Ernie Francis Jr. 1[N 1]
John Jackson 1
Toyota 7
Dodge 11
Chevrolet 14
Ford 1
40 Brandon Hightower 2 David Jones 11
Jason Houghtaling 10
George Church 11
Timmy Hill 1
Timmy Hill 14
Carl Long 1
Chad Finchum 7
Josh Bilicki 1
Stan Mullis 1
Enrique Baca 1[N 1]
Tim Cowen 2
Bobby Dale Earnhardt 2
Garrett Smithley 1
John Jackson 1
Dodge 32
Chevrolet 1
Mike Harmon Racing 32
Rick Ware Racing 1
74 Mike Harmon 28 R. B. Bracken 8
Joe Majenski 5
Robert Scott 14
Alan Collins Jr. 6
Jordan Anderson 1
Cody Ware 2
John Graham 2

Limited schedule[]

Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet Chris Cockrum Racing 25 Chris Cockrum Jeff Spraker 5
P. J. Jones 1
GMS Racing 96 Ben Kennedy (R) Jeff Stankiewicz 7
Brett Moffitt 1
JD Motorsports 15 Reed Sorenson Wayne Setterington Jr. 10
Matt Mills 1
Joe Nemechek 1
Harrison Rhodes 1
JR Motorsports 88 Kasey Kahne Scott Radel 2
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2
DGM Racing 92 Josh Williams Kevin Boykin 3
Dexter Bean 2
Martins Motorsports 45 Tommy Joe Martins Kevin Eagle 1
Obaika Racing 77 Josh Bilicki Glenn Kania 1
Dan Stillman 1
97 Stephen Leicht Bruce Cook 1
Lauryn Scott 4
Dan Stillman 1
6
Precision Performance Motorsports 46 Anthony Kumpen Mark Setzer 2
Quin Houff 7
Parker Kligerman 1
RSS Racing 38 Gray Gaulding Rudy Wade 1
Jeff Green 5
93 Jordan Anderson Bruce Cook 6
Jeff Green 18
Stephen Leicht 1
Gray Gaulding 4
Ryan Sieg 1
Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Morgan Shepherd Nick Hoechst 27
Dodge Mike Harmon Racing 17 Nicolas Hammann Jeff Spraker 1
Ford Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Aric Almirola Jon Hanson 5
Casey Mears 14
Bubba Wallace 1
Roush Fenway Racing 6 Seth Barbour 12
60 Ty Majeski 3
Stewart-Haas Racing 41 Kevin Harvick Richard Boswell 6
Team Penske 12 Joey Logano Brian Wilson 3
Ryan Blaney 2
Sam Hornish Jr. 1
Toyota JGL Racing 24 Scott Lagasse Jr. Clinton Cram 2
Corey LaJoie 6
Drew Herring 2
Jeb Burton 6
Dylan Lupton 14
Cale Conley 1
26 Scott Lagasse Jr. Steven Gray 1
28 Dakoda Armstrong Steven Lane 27
NextGen Motorsports 55 Josh Berry Teddy Brown 1
Matt Mills 1
TriStar Motorsports 44 Benny Gordon Bryan Smith 1
Dodge MBM Motorsports 72 John Jackson Dave Jones 1
Toyota Carl Long George Church 1

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c Entry was fielded in a collaboration with NextGen Motorsports.

Changes[]

Teams[]

  • Stewart-Haas Racing fielded the No. 00 Ford Mustang for the 2017 season. Stewart-Haas Racing (as Haas CNC Racing) formerly competed in the Xfinity Series from 2003 to 2006.
  • B. J. McLeod Motorsports fielded 3 full-time teams. The team previously fielded a 1 full-time team and 2 part-time teams.
  • Rick Ware Racing shut down its No. 25 team and move to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the Camping World Truck Series. However, they returned at Road America.
  • Derrike Cope Racing announced on January 30 that it would shut down its No. 70 Chevrolet Camaro. Its owners' points were transferred to Stewart-Haas Racing.
  • Team Penske was originally planned to run a second full-time team for the season, but didn't due to sponsorship problems. The team once again started a part-time basis, that started at Las Vegas.
  • JGL Racing fielded 2 full-time teams. The team previously fielded 1 full-time team and 1 part-time team. However, at Chicagoland and Kentucky (fall) they entered only 1 team. On September 25, 2017, they announced that they would be releasing Dakoda Armstrong and would shut down the No. 28 Toyota Camry team effective immediately, due to a lack of funding. JGL also announced that they would focus their efforts on the No. 24 team for the remainder of the season.

Drivers[]

  • Cole Custer drove the No. 00 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing full-time in 2017. Custer drove the No. 00 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for JR Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series and part-time in the Xfinity series, driving the No. 5 and No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro in 2016.
  • William Byron drove the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for JR Motorsports in 2017. Byron drove the No. 9 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports full-time in the Camping World Truck Series in 2016.
  • Daniel Hemric drove the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for Richard Childress Racing in 2017. Hemric drove the No. 19 Ford F-150 for Brad Keselowski Racing in the Truck Series.
  • Michael Annett drove the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for JR Motorsports in 2017. His sponsor from the last couple years in Xfinty and Cup Pilot Flying J came up with him. Annett drove the No. 46 Chevrolet SS for HScott Motorsports from 2015 to 2016.
  • Matt Tifft drove the No. 19 Toyota full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2017, replacing Daniel Suarez who is moving to the Monster Energy Cup Series to drive for JGR. Tifft shared the No. 18 Toyota with Kyle Busch and other drivers in 2016.
  • Tyler Reddick joined Chip Ganassi Racing, sharing the No. 42 Chevrolet with Kyle Larson. Reddick drove for Brad Keselowski Racing in the Camping World Truck Series for the previous three seasons. On August 1, it was announced that Justin Marks, who had driven part-time for Ganassi in 2016, would be returning to the No. 42 for the 2 races at Mid-Ohio and Road America. On September 29, it was announced that Alex Bowman would drive the No. 42 for 2 races at Charlotte in October and Phoenix in November. In 2016, Bowman drove part-time, driving the No. 88 car for both Hendrick Motorsports in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and JR Motorsports in the Xfinity series and earlier in 2017 he drove 1 race in the No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
  • Spencer Gallagher moved up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2017 with GMS Racing. Gallagher drove a partial Xfinity schedule and a full-time Truck schedule in 2015 and 2016.
  • Ryan Preece departed from JD Motorsports to return to the Whelen Modified Tour. On July 5, it was announced that Preece would return to the Xfinity Series to drive the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing for 2 races at New Hampshire and Iowa in July. On August 3, following Preece's win at Iowa, it was announced that JGR would add another race to Preece's slate with him running the No. 20 at Kentucky in September. Preece also drove the No. 18 car for JGR at Homestead in November.
  • Kevin Harvick drove the No. 41 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing in 6 races with sponsorship from for Atlanta, Hunt Brothers Pizza for other 4 races and FIELDS Inc. for Watkins Glen. Harvick drove the No. 88 car last year for JR Motorsports.
  • Jeff Green drove the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for B.J. McLeod Motorsports. Green had previously start and parked for TriStar Motorsports and ran 3 races with B. J. in the No. 99 car. After failing to qualify at Charlotte Green was released from the team. Green now start and parks for RSS Racing. However, he returned to the No. 8 for Daytona.
  • Casey Mears drove the No. 98 Ford Mustang in 12 races for Biagi-DenBeste Racing. His last race in this series was in 2010. Mears also replaced the injured Aric Almirola at Pocono and Daytona increasing his races to 14.
  • Ty Majeski made his first Xfinity Series start at Iowa in June in the No. 60 car for Roush Fenway Racing and drove at Iowa in July. On November 9, 2017, it was announced that Majeski would run the No. 60 Ford Mustang in the season finale at Homestead-Miami.
  • Scott Lagasse Jr. drove the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing at Iowa in June, Road America, Mid-Ohio, and Homestead sharing the ride with Ty Dillon, who drove the car for 27 races. On July 3, it was announced that Brian Scott would come out of retirement to drive the car at Iowa in July and Kentucky in September. Scott had previously competed for RCR in the Xfinity Series from 2013–2015. In 2016, Scott drove the No. 44 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Fusion in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series before retiring at the end of the season.
  • Kyle Benjamin drove the No. 18 Toyota Camry and the No. 20 Toyota Camry for 5 races for Joe Gibbs Racing. Benjamin drove the No. 20 at Richmond in April and Pocono. He drove the No. 18 at both of the Iowa races and Kentucky in September.
  • Ben Kennedy drove the No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing for 9 races beginning with Talladega in May, sharing the ride with Austin Dillon and Paul Menard. On April 17, it was announced that Kennedy would also drive the No. 96 Chevrolet Camaro for GMS Racing for 12 races beginning at Charlotte in May. However, the No. 96 skipped some scheduled races such as Pocono in June, Richmond, Chicagoland, and Dover in September, and Charlotte in October. The reason is mainly they didn't have sponsorship for the race.
  • Christopher Bell drove the No. 18 Toyota Camry and the No. 20 Toyota Camry for 7 races for Joe Gibbs Racing. Bell drove the No. 18 at Charlotte in May, and the fall races at Kansas, Texas, and Phoenix. He drove the No. 20 at Iowa in June, Richmond in September, and Homestead in November. On August 5, it was announced that Bell would run another race in the No. 18 at Road America in August. Bell currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 4 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
  • Cale Conley returned to NASCAR for one-race deal at Charlotte after almost 3 years absence.
  • On June 5, it was announced that after the race at Pocono, the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Mustang team would be shut down. Bubba Wallace moved over to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series to drive the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Fusion, filling in for the injured Aric Almirola. Wallace returned to the Xfinity Series in September at Chicagoland, driving the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Biagi-DenBeste Racing.
  • Sam Hornish Jr. drove the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Team Penske for 3 races with the possibility of more races being added. Hornish drove the No. 22 at both Iowa races as well as at Mid-Ohio. Hornish had previously competed for Team Penske in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series from 2008–2010 and in the Xfinity Series from 2011–2013. In 2016, Hornish drove part-time in the Xfinity Series driving the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing and the No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing. After his win at Mid-Ohio, Hornish returned to No. 22 at Kentucky (fall). Hornish also drove the No. 12 car at Charlotte in the fall, and the No. 22 car at Homestead in November.
  • Angela Ruch-Cope returned to NASCAR at Kentucky after almost 5 years hiatus.
  • Brett Moffitt drove the No. 96 Chevrolet Camaro for GMS Racing at the July Iowa Race. Moffitt has only 1 Xfinity Start back in 2012 driving the No. 99 Toyota Camry for RAB Racing, finishing 9th in the July Iowa Race. Earlier this season, Moffitt had planned to run the full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule, driving the No. 7 Toyota Tundra for Red Horse Racing, before the team shut down in late May.
  • P. J. Jones returned to NASCAR at Watkins Glen. His last race in NASCAR was in 2011. Enrique Baca, Brian Henderson, Devin Jones and Stephen Young all of them made their Xfinity Series debut at Watkins Glen.
  • On August 5, it was announced that Regan Smith drove the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in August. Smith currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 92 Ford F-150 for RBR Racing and also made a few starts in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, subbing for Aric Almirola in the No. 43 Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports. In 2016, Smith drove full-time in Cup, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro for Tommy Baldwin Racing, and also made a few starts in the Xfinity series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports.
  • On August 8, it was announced that Open Wheel and Sports Car driver James Davison, would be driving the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry for 2 races, at Mid-Ohio and Road America. Davison previously made 1 start in the Xfinity series in 2016, driving the No. 90 King Autosport Chevrolet Camaro to a 19th-place finish at Road America. Earlier this year, Davison replaced an injured Sébastien Bourdais in the Indianapolis 500, finishing 20th.
  • Matt Bell returned to NASCAR at Mid-Ohio. His last race in NASCAR was in 2012. Earlier this year, he compete in the 24 Hours of Daytona. Sheldon Creed made his Xfinity Series debut at Mid-Ohio.
  • On August 19, it was announced that Austin Cindric would be making his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut driving the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Team Penske at Road America. Cindric currently competes full-time in the Camping World Truck Series driving the No. 19 Ford F-150 for Brad Keselowski Racing.
  • John Graham returned to NASCAR at Road America. His last race in NASCAR was in 2007.
  • On September 25, 2017, JGL Racing announced that they would releasing Dakoda Armstrong and that they would be shutting down the No. 28 Toyota Camry race team immediately due to a lack of funding.

Crew chiefs[]

  • Matt Beckman served as crew chief of the car driven by Matt Tifft in 2017. Beckman was an engineer of the No. 11 Cup team in 2016.
  • Jeff Meendering arrived as crew chief of the No. 00 car driven by Cole Custer in 2017. Meendering was the car chief of the No. 20 car driven by Matt Kenseth for the Cup Series in 2016.
  • Matt Swiderski served as crew chief for Ty Dillon in 2017. Swiderski was the head of vehicle development in 2016.
  • Scott Graves served as crew chief for Kyle Busch and others in the No. 18 in 2017 as announced January 26. Graves was the No. 19 crew chief for Daniel Suarez in 2016.
  • On May 22, it was announced that Justin Alexander, crew chief for the Richard Childress Racing No. 2 team, would be moving up to be the crew chief of the No. 3 team driven by Austin Dillon in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, replacing former crew chief Slugger Labbe who left the team to pursue other opportunities. Randall Burnett, who previously was the crew chief for A. J. Allmendinger in the Cup Series for JTG Daugherty Racing, replaced Alexander.

Manufacturers[]

  • B. J. McLeod Motorsports switched from Ford to Chevrolet. Before the race at Talladega, they switched to Toyota for superspeedways races, except for no. 99 for David Starr which he used his Chevrolet.

Rule changes[]

  • On October 26, NASCAR announced that drivers with more than five years of full-time racing on the Cup level may drive a maximum of 10 Xfinity Series races.[2] They are also ineligible to drive in the Xfinity Dash4Cash races as well as the final eight races of the season. Exceptions were be given to drivers with more than five years of full-time racing on the Cup level if they declared to run points in Xfinity Series.[3]
  • On February 8, 2017, NASCAR announced a new damaged vehicle policy for all three national series. Body panels can no longer be replaced after a wreck, and a team has five minutes on pit road to fix the damage before they are eliminated.[4]
  • Like the NASCAR Cup Series, all Xfinity Series races were split into three segments. Top 10 drivers in the first two segments were awarded points. The final stage awarded full points as usual. The first segment finish was about a quarter of the full distance, and the second segment finish was about half of the full distance.
  • All races except Indianapolis saw the rear spoiler size significantly reduced to reduce downforce. The Indianapolis race featured a restrictor plate package including front air ducts provided by NASCAR that could not be covered with tape and a return to the 2016 rear spoiler.

Schedule[]

The OneMain Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway in June
The Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway in June
The Johnsonville 180 at Road America in August
The Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond Raceway in September
The Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway in September

The initial schedule, comprising 33 races, was released on May 5, 2016.[5] A final schedule with some modifications made in conjunction with broadcast partners Fox and NBC was released on July 27, 2016.

Changes from 2016 include:

  • The May Dover race moved to June, after the Charlotte race weekend.
  • The June Iowa race moved from a Sunday afternoon to a Saturday night.
  • The July Iowa race moved from night to mid-afternoon.
  • Road America moved from a Saturday afternoon to a Sunday afternoon.
  • The playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway moved from a Saturday afternoon to a Saturday night.
  • The playoff race at Phoenix International Raceway moved back to a Saturday afternoon. It was a night race in 2016.
  • The October Charlotte race was originally scheduled for Friday night. But on April 20, NASCAR moved the race to Saturday afternoon.

The Fox and NBC broadcast networks aired four races each, where the rest aired on pay channels FS1 and NBCSN.

No Race title Track Date
1 PowerShares QQQ 300 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 25
2 Rinnai 250 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton March 4
3 Boyd Gaming 300 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas March 11
4 DC Solar 200 Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale March 18
5 Service King 300 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana March 25
6 My Bariatric Solutions 300 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth April 8
7 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol April 22
8 ToyotaCare 250 Richmond International Raceway, Richmond April 29
9 Sparks Energy 300 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln May 6
10 Hisense 4K TV 300 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord May 27
11 OneMain Financial 200 Dover International Speedway, Dover June 3
12 Pocono Green 250 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond June 10
13 Irish Hills 250 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 17
14 American Ethanol E15 250 Iowa Speedway, Newton June 24
15 Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach June 30
July 1*
16 Alsco 300 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta July 8*
17 Overton's 200 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 15
18 Lilly Diabetes 250 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway July 22
19 U.S. Cellular 250 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 29
20 Zippo 200 at The Glen Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen August 5
21 Mid-Ohio Challenge Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington August 12
22 Food City 300 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 18
23 Johnsonville 180 Road America, Elkhart Lake August 27
24 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 Darlington Raceway, Darlington September 2
25 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Richmond Raceway, Richmond September 8
26 TheHouse.com 300 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet September 16
NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs
Round of 12
27 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta September 23
28 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 Dover International Speedway, Dover September 30
29 Drive for the Cure 300 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord October 7
Round of 8
30 Kansas Lottery 300 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 21
31 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth November 4
32 Ticket Galaxy 200 Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale November 11
Championship 4
33 Ford EcoBoost 300 Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead November 18
  • The Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 started on June 30 but the rest of the race was postponed to July 1 due to persistent rain.
  • The Alsco 300 was postponed from July 7 to July 8 because of inclement weather.

Results and standings[]

Race results[]

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 PowerShares QQQ 300 Brandon Jones Elliott Sadler Ryan Reed Ford 16 Roush Fenway Racing
2 Rinnai 250 Kyle Busch Kevin Harvick Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
3 Boyd Gaming 300 Kyle Busch Joey Logano Joey Logano Ford 12 Team Penske
4 DC Solar 200 William Byron Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 7 JR Motorsports
5 Service King 300 Joey Logano Joey Logano Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
6 My Bariatric Solutions 300 Joey Logano Erik Jones Erik Jones Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
7 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Erik Jones Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
8 ToyotaCare 250 Daniel Hemric Justin Allgaier Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
9 Sparks Energy 300 Blake Koch Justin Allgaier Aric Almirola Ford 98 Biagi-DenBeste Racing
10 Hisense 4K TV 300 Justin Allgaier Ryan Blaney Ryan Blaney Ford 12 Team Penske
11 OneMain Financial 200 Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
12 Pocono Green 250 Kyle Benjamin Brad Keselowski Brad Keselowski Ford 22 Team Penske
13 Irish Hills 250 Kyle Busch Brad Keselowski Denny Hamlin Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
14 American Ethanol E15 250 Christopher Bell Christopher Bell William Byron Chevrolet 9 JR Motorsports
15 Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 Brennan Poole William Byron William Byron Chevrolet 9 JR Motorsports
16 Alsco 300 Kyle Busch Erik Jones Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
17 Overton's 200 Kyle Busch Brad Keselowski Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
18 Lilly Diabetes 250 Elliott Sadler Kyle Busch William Byron Chevrolet 9 JR Motorsports
19 U.S. Cellular 250 Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
20 Zippo 200 at The Glen Joey Logano Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
21 Mid-Ohio Challenge Sam Hornish Jr. Sam Hornish Jr. Sam Hornish Jr. Ford 22 Team Penske
22 Food City 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
23 Johnsonville 180 Austin Cindric James Davison Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Racing
24 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 Denny Hamlin Joey Logano Denny Hamlin Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
25 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Brad Keselowski Ford 22 Team Penske
26 TheHouse.com 300 Erik Jones Erik Jones Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 7 JR Motorsports
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 Kyle Benjamin Tyler Reddick Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
28 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 William Byron Ryan Blaney Ryan Blaney Ford 22 Team Penske
29 Drive for the Cure 300 Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Alex Bowman Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
Round of 8
30 Kansas Lottery 300 Tyler Reddick Erik Jones Christopher Bell Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
31 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Erik Jones Erik Jones Erik Jones Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
32 Ticket Galaxy 200 Erik Jones Ryan Blaney William Byron Chevrolet 9 JR Motorsports
Championship 4
33 Ford EcoBoost 300 Tyler Reddick Cole Custer Cole Custer Ford 00 Stewart-Haas Racing

Drivers' Championship[]

(keyBold – 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 CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
1 William Byron (R) 9 7 14 4 5 72 12 30 36 14 6 12 2 1 1* 7 3 11 9 10 25 22 6 5 7 33 18 31 16 4 9 1 3 4034 263
2 Elliott Sadler 2412 5 8 5 7 10 4 7 2 35 7 4 32 8 22 12 7 42 12 18 6 3 14 33 5 3 6 9 10 7 4 18 8 4029 201
3 Justin Allgaier 30 30 4 1* 9 13 14 2*2 8*2 12 11 2 16 9 30 8 32 35 202 4 31 5 11 8 8 1 3 2 33 5 11 10 12 4025 232
4 Daniel Hemric (R) 31 9 13 7 11 32 52 3 38 13 13 9 12 21 32 9 12 8 7 11 2 7 152 18 4 4 7 4 7 18 14 5 34 4003 94
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs cut-off
Pos Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
5 Cole Custer (R) 37 10 11 21 35 5 32 13 26 7 4 7 10 24 22 11 9 5 5 12 35 10 8 9 14 7 512 8 6 19 5 7 1*12 2288 69 76
6 Brennan Poole 26 11 16 8 8 37 8 22 24 8 12 15 11 27 7 21 10 7 4 17 8 6 31 6 10 11 2 5 5 12 7 38 6 2223 31 65
7 Matt Tifft (R) 11 12 34 12 17 9 16 14 6 26 9 10 26 22 18 14 11 11 19 13 3 17 3 40 13 6 9 6 9 8 8 11 7 2211 16 47
8 Ryan Reed 1 18 9 11 15 11 38 23 29 11 5 14 8 19 31 36 14 6 21 15 33 37 35 15 12 17 10 16 12 10 23 14 20 2161 2 5
9 Michael Annett 14 15 21 9 13 20 10 8 7 36 14 13 37 6 33 16 16 25 33 16 19 12 2 17 15 15 16 11 27 14 12 16 9 2155 110
10 Brendan Gaughan 5 13 35 27 33 19 35 35 30 9 20 6 14 262 9 39 17 13 13 9 7 30 5 13 21 13 14 10 11 13 17 32 13 2153 1 39
11 Blake Koch 15 40 12 13 12 16 9 11 31 19 32 27 17 25 381 23 13 17 8 22 111 14 7 11 11 9 17 19 25 23 13 6 16 2138 3 58
12 Jeremy Clements 35 37 26 19 22 21 17 15 27 17 23 17 23 7 15 22 21 31 28 35 37 18 1 21 16 20 22 22 20 25 22 23 23 2107 5
13 Ross Chastain 16 25 25 22 37 23 31 38 19 15 21 24 19 4 6 20 19 16 18 19 15 15 13 14 28 23 21 12 14 17 19 19 17 595 11
14 J. J. Yeley 25 36 22 16 16 22 11 39 11 22 15 19 38 13 13 25 15 15 6 39 13 16 17 19 20 21 19 17 19 20 18 20 22 588 18
15 Ryan Sieg 21 22 18 34 21 18 21 26 12 27 16 23 15 2 35 18 20 14 14 27 12 32 20 22 26 24 20 14 18 26 20 21 26 551 15
16 Brandon Jones 29 14 15 15 32 15 20 33 37 16 29 36 9 23 19 40 34 9 10 14 14 20 25 23 23 12 13 39 13 11 35 15 14 549 26
17 Dakoda Armstrong 12 21 20 17 20 17 19 16 23 20 19 20 20 5 3 17 24 20 17 21 10 24 22 29 18 16 23 521 15
18 Tyler Reddick 20 14 33 20 10 13 3 27 10 37 36 11 16 17 1* 26 2 4 484 113 5
19 Spencer Gallagher (R) 36 28 23 18 19 14 18 10 39 37 31 18 18 30 24 13 35 28 37 32 36 23 24 34 22 14 15 24 34 21 15 17 19 433 13
20 Bubba Wallace 33 6 6 6 6 6 33 6 13 28 82 11 10 348 39 1
21 Garrett Smithley 8 27 29 24 26 30 34 29 21 24 27 35 29 10 28 26 23 21 35 24 30 34 27 26 32 37 25 29 23 28 24 25 24 348
22 Joey Gase 7 31 30 35 28 26 28 20 16 23 36 32 25 18 10 33 25 30 24 29 21 27 32 28 36 27 30 28 31 30 27 33 29 336
23 Ben Kennedy (R) 4 25 18 36 20 16 32 6 18 23 26 19 18 12 11 18 326 47
24 Harrison Rhodes 10 24 27 23 31 35 23 24 22 34 37 37 22 36 36 28 18 22 15 23 31 24 30 25 24 37 22 24 25 27 39 321 3
25 David Starr 40 32 28 32 24 24 36 17 18 31 33 25 21 14 5 31 30 29 26 30 17 40 28 36 35 22 29 38 26 27 31 29 32 315
26 B. J. McLeod 37 25 23 27 29 37 DNQ 29 22 26 30 17 11 24 26 33 22 26 27 35 28 27 28 32 26 33 247
27 Ray Black Jr. 18 29 31 29 27 25 37 18 40 24 29 12 27 24 30 21 25 21 21 24 25 245
28 Casey Mears 14 38 9 21 21 34 15 25 32 9 25 18 12 11 242 6
29 Ryan Preece 2 1*1 4 5 202 62 6
30 Dylan Lupton 12 30 22 24 15 22 25 20 27 33 30 24 16 21 197
31 Sam Hornish Jr. 37 34 1*2 31 2 2 169 56 6
32 Timmy Hill 33 33 26 30 31 24 28 17 38 39 30 39 28 17 38 28 36 37 36 32 38 36 36 33 35 36 30 28 37 158
33 Kyle Benjamin 32 16 31 2 12 152 60
34 Scott Lagasse Jr. 6 34 32 14 22 23 21 117 10
35 Mike Harmon DNQ DNQ DNQ 31 34 DNQ 30 36 25 25 34 32 35 23 35 31 34 31 35 35 33 32 34 31 32 DNQ 32 39 115
36 Brandon Brown 23 25 17 33 37 DNQ 29 25 20 27 25 110
37 Jeff Green 39 26 36 29 36 25 40 10 DNQ 40 40 35 40 20 37 38 40 40 38 39 39 40 39 40 39 40 40 40 40 37 37 40 102
38 Jeb Burton 29 26 4 19 19 29 99 3
39 Tommy Joe Martins DNQ 29 28 11 29 26 27 33 31 29 90
40 Mario Gosselin 17 28 27 31 24 29 28 26 90 4
41 Quin Houff 15 27 12 DNQ 27 22 DNQ 82
42 Justin Marks 9 4 75 14
43 Brian Scott 3 8 70 7
44 Josh Bilicki DNQ 27 28 29 12 34 30 63 1
45 Ty Majeski 34 16 10 61 10
46 Josh Williams 22 28 34 40 26 34 28 53 2
47 James Davison 4 37*1 52 18 1
48 Spencer Boyd 33 27 31 28 33 29 41
49 Chad Finchum 34 29 32 28 36 29 30 41
50 Andy Lally 5 38 6
51 Anthony Kumpen 22 16 36
52 Drew Herring 19 20 35
53 Chris Cockrum 28 34 33 26 30 34
53 Brandon Hightower 13 38 38 26
55 Martin Roy 32 25 32 33 26
56 Morgan Shepherd DNQ DNQ DNQ 36 39 DNQ 35 38 38 40 39 DNQ 37 39 38 40 DNQ 37 DNQ 38 37 32 38 37 39 34 DNQ 26
57 Enrique Baca 31 18 25
58 Corey LaJoie 16 18 15 17 22 15 23 1
59 Carl Long DNQ 38 39 27 34 39 39 38 36 38 39 36 22
60 Tim Cowen 20 36 18
61 Stephen Young 36 24 34 17
62 Mark Thompson DNQ 28 29 17
63 Ryan Ellis 21 16
64 Dexter Bean 33 26 38 DNQ 16
65 John Graham 30 37 31 38 15
66 Angela Ruch 30 32 36 38 14
67 Alex Labbé 28 33 13
68 Caesar Bacarella 30 31 13
69 Devin Jones 26 11
70 Benny Gordon 27 10
71 Bobby Dale Earnhardt DNQ 34 31 9
72 Nicolas Hammann 29 8
73 Vinnie Miller 29 8
74 Todd Bodine 30 7
75 Cale Conley 32 5
76 Stan Mullis 32 5
77 Sheldon Creed 34 38 5 1
78 Brian Henderson 33 4
79 John Jackson 40 35 40 4
80 Josh Berry 34 3
81 Clint King 38 35 3
82 Stephen Leicht DNQ 38 39 37 39 DNQ 40 35 2
83 Matt Bell 38 1
84 Ernie Francis Jr. 39 1
P. J. Jones DNQ 0
Wth 0
Ineligible for Xfinity Series driver points
Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
Kyle Busch 1 71 312 5 1 1 12* 1* 1*12 2*
Kyle Larson 3 2 1 7*1 1 1*1 3 41 40 2 3
Erik Jones 32 31 4 1*1 1 5 35 25 3*1 23 8 4 18*12 20 301 15*12 1*12 3
Ryan Blaney 22 2 2 5 1*2 2 22 26 1*2 3 3 2 2*12
Brad Keselowski 4 21 102 6 1*12 4*1 5*2 31 12
Joey Logano 1* 2* 34 3 8 6 3 2 9 2*
Christopher Bell 4 16*1 19 6 1 6 4 36
Alex Bowman 1 8
Aric Almirola 23 19 17 11 38
Daniel Suárez 34 3 39 12 3 21 9 3 5 39 2 19 7 8*2
Kevin Harvick 4*2 3 21 4 6 312
Paul Menard 36 31 7 34 2 52 19
Kasey Kahne 2 15
Austin Dillon 3 8 5 33 4 13 41 3 28 8 10 5 23 4 6 10 9
Ty Dillon 19 17 24 10 10 8 6 19 14 18 10 8 6 21 5 8 10 7 4 7 31 8 13 15 9 16 13
Denny Hamlin 20 5 1 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 13 9
Parker Kligerman 10
Brett Moffitt 11
Austin Cindric 16
Cody Ware 34 23
Jordan Anderson 39 40 40 40 40 40 DNQ 26
Joe Nemechek 35 27
Regan Smith 28
Matt Mills 30 31 40 DNQ
Korbin Forrister 31 33
Gray Gaulding 34 39 39 33 40
Reed Sorenson 39 38 39 DNQ DNQ 39 35 37 38 36
Jennifer Jo Cobb 35
Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
– Corey LaJoie and Stephen Leicht started receiving Xfinity Series points at Homestead-Miami.
– Both Denny Hamlin's wins were encumbered so his best finish (excluding his two wins) was 5th so for that reason he is scored behind Ty Dillon in the championship. For purposes of the owners championship, both Hamlin wins were penalized with points penalties.

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 CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Points Bonus
1 22 Roger Penske 4 21 102 2 2 2 2 5 3 6 2 1*12 4*1 37 8 6 5*2 3 34 31 1*2 9 16 2* 12 26 31 1*2 3 3 2 2*12 2 4035 431
2 9 Rick Hendrick 9 7 14 4 5 72 12 30 36 14 6 12 2 1 1* 7 3 11 9 10 25 22 6 5 7 33 18 31 16 4 9 1 3 4034 277
3 18 J. D. Gibbs 34 1 71 39 312 12 3 21 9 4 3 5 5 31 39 1 1 12* 2 1* 28 1*12 19 1 2* 19 12 7 8*2 1 6 4 5 4032 424
4 20 Joe Gibbs 32 20 3 31 4 1*1 1 32 5 5 35 16 1 16*1 25 3*1 2 23 1*1 8 4 2 37*1 4 6 18*12 4 20 301 15*12 1*12 3 36 4001 422
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs cut-off
5 42 Chip Ganassi 20 3 2 14 1 33 7*1 1 20 10 1*1 3 6 3 27 10 41 37 36 40 9 11 4 16 17 2 1* 26 1 2 3 8 4 2351 335
6 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2412 5 8 5 7 10 4 7 2 35 7 4 32 8 22 12 7 42 12 18 6 3 14 33 5 3 6 9 10 7 4 18 8 2255 133
7 7 Kelley Earnhardt-Miller 30 30 4 1* 9 13 14 2*2 8*2 12 11 2 16 9 30 8 32 35 202 4 31 5 11 8 8 1 3 2 33 5 11 10 12 2241 176
8 21 Richard Childress 31 9 13 7 11 32 52 3 38 13 13 9 12 21 32 9 12 8 7 11 2 7 152 18 4 4 7 4 7 18 14 5 34 2231 310
9 48 Chip Ganassi 26 11 16 8 8 37 8 22 24 8 12 15 11 27 7 21 10 7 4 17 8 6 31 6 10 11 2 5 5 11 7 38 6 2217
10 2 Richard Childress 3 8 5 33 36 4 13 41 4 3 28 31 7 20 16 34 6 2 23 52 26 8 18 10 19 5 11 23 4 6 10 9 18 2193 58
11 3 Richard Childress 19 17 24 10 10 8 6 19 14 18 10 8 6 32 21 5 8 10 3 7 22 4 23 7 31 8 8 13 15 9 16 13 21 2182 39
12 16 Jack Roush 1 18 9 11 15 11 38 23 29 11 5 14 8 19 31 36 14 6 21 15 33 37 35 15 12 17 10 16 12 10 23 14 20 2161 5
13 00 Gene Haas 37 10 11 21 35 5 32 13 26 7 4 7 10 24 22 11 9 5 5 12 35 10 8 9 14 7 512 8 6 19 5 7 1*12 945 9
14 19 Joe Gibbs 11 12 34 12 17 9 16 14 6 26 9 10 26 22 18 14 11 11 19 13 3 17 3 40 13 6 9 6 9 8 8 11 7 824
15 11 Matt Kaulig 15 40 12 13 12 16 9 11 31 19 32 27 17 25 381 23 13 17 8 22 111 14 7 11 11 9 17 19 25 23 13 6 16 698 2
Pos. No. Car Owner DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Points Bonus

Manufacturers' Championship[]

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 12 1195
2 Ford 9 1132
3 Toyota 12 1129
4 Dodge 0 190

See also[]

References[]

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