2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series

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Tyler Reddick, the 2019 Xfinity Series and regular season champion.
Cole Custer finished second behind Reddick in the championship.
Christopher Bell finished third in the championship.
Justin Allgaier finished fourth in the championship.

The 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 38th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States.

Tyler Reddick entered as the defending champion, and won his second championship over Cole Custer and Christopher Bell, who were known as "the big three" over the course of the season as they dominated the vast majority of the races. Reddick also clinched the 2019 Regular Series Championship following the 2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[1] Reddick became the first back-to-back champion to drive for two different teams (JR Motorsports in 2018 and Richard Childress Racing in 2019).

The season marked the debut of the Toyota Supra, which replaced the Camry.[2]

Teams and drivers[]

Complete schedule[]

Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Brandonbilt Motorsports 86 Brandon Brown (R) 28 Adam Brenner 18
Jeff Stankiewicz 1
Doug Randolph 14
Mason Diaz 2
Will Rodgers 3
DGM Racing 36 Josh Williams 32 Mario Gosselin
Donald Theetge 1
90 Caesar Bacarella 3 Shannon Rursch 20
Nathan Kennedy 11
Kevin Boykin 2
Alex Labbé 10
Donald Theetge 1
Ronnie Bassett Jr. 11
Dillon Bassett 6
Chris Dyson 1
Dexter Bean 1
GMS Racing 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) Chad Norris
JD Motorsports 0 Garrett Smithley 32 Bryan Berry
Lawson Aschenbach 1
01 Stephen Leicht 28 Mark Setzer
Ryan Repko 3
B.J. McLeod 1
Landon Cassill 1
4 Scott Lagasse Jr. 1 Paul Clapprood
Ross Chastain 13
Landon Cassill 5
Stephen Leicht 4
B.J. McLeod 6
Lawson Aschenbach 1
Ryan Vargas 2
Garrett Smithley 1
15 B. J. McLeod 22 Ronald Drake 1
Wayne Carroll Jr. 32
Tyler Matthews 7
Landon Cassill 1
Ryan Vargas 1
Stephen Leicht 1
Stefan Parsons 1
Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Tony Clements 4
Danny Gill 1
Andrew Abbott 28
Jimmy Means Racing 52 David Starr Tim Brown
JR Motorsports 1 Michael Annett Travis Mack
7 Justin Allgaier Jason Burdett
8 Chase Elliott 1 Taylor Moyer
Ryan Preece 4
Zane Smith 10
Ryan Truex 6
Jeb Burton 7
Brett Moffitt 1
Sheldon Creed 1
Regan Smith 2
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1
9 Noah Gragson (R) Dave Elenz
Kaulig Racing 11 Justin Haley (R) Nick Harrison 18
Chris Rice / Alex Yontz 13 [N 1]
Lennie Chandler 2
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Mike Harmon 19 Alan Collins Jr. 3
Timothy Goulet 12
Ed Jewett 18
Camden Murphy 3
Kyle Weatherman 3
Dan Corcoran 1
Aaron Quine 1
Tyler Matthews 2
Nicolas Hammann 1
Joe Nemechek 2
Bayley Currey 1
Richard Childress Racing 2 Tyler Reddick Randall Burnett
RSS Racing 38 Josh Bilicki 3 Kevin Starland 3
Clifford Turner 11
Kevin Johnson 15
Tony Wilson 3
Sean Kenyon 1
Jeff Green 15
J.J. Yeley 11
Camden Murphy 1
C.J. McLaughlin 1
Bayley Currey 2
39 Ryan Sieg 32 Shane Wilson 32
Clinton Cram 1
C.J. McLaughlin 1
93 Jeff Green 2 Clifford Turner 2
Tony Wilson 11
Kevin Starland 1
Kevin Johnson 4
Shane Wilson 1
Clinton Cram 14
Josh Bilicki 18
Brandon Brown (R) 1
Scott Lagasse Jr. 1
Ryan Sieg 1
Camden Murphy 2
J.J. Yeley 2
C.J. McLaughlin 4
Hermie Sadler 1
Bayley Currey 1
SS-Green Light Racing 07 Ray Black Jr. Jason Miller
08 Gray Gaulding Patrick Donahue
Ford Stewart-Haas Racing with
Fred Biagi 		00 Cole Custer Mike Shiplett
98 Chase Briscoe (R) Richard Boswell
Team Penske 22 Austin Cindric Brian Wilson 32
Jefferson Hodges 1
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt 5 Ben Beshore
Kyle Busch 7
Harrison Burton 9
Riley Herbst 9
Jack Hawksworth 1
Matt DiBenedetto 1
Denny Hamlin 1
19 Brandon Jones Jeff Meendering
20 Christopher Bell Jason Ratcliff
MBM Motorsports 13 Max Tullman 1 Doug Richert 1
Sebastian Laforge 27
Brian Keselowski 1
Thomas Bear 3
Tim Goulet 1
John Jackson 6
Stan Mullis 4
Timmy Hill 8
Chad Finchum 7
Joe Nemechek 3
Carl Long 2
Tommy Joe Martins 2
35 Joey Gase Ryan Bell 23
Clinton Cram 1
Doug Richert 9
61 John Jackson 1 Brian Keselowski 14
Doug Richert 10
George Church 4
Daniel Johnson 5
Chad Finchum 23
Max Tullman 1
Stanton Barrett 1
Timmy Hill 2 [N 2]
Dick Karth 1
Austin Hill 1 [N 3]
Tommy Joe Martins 3
66 Timmy Hill 16 Clinton Cram 13
Mark Labretone 1
Ryan Bell 3
George Church 9
Doug Richert 7
Tyler Hill 3
Colin Garrett 1
Stan Mullis 2
Tommy Joe Martins 4
Chad Finchum 2
Mike Marlar 1
Bobby Dale Earnhardt 4
Chevrolet 28
Toyota 5 		B. J. McLeod Motorsports 5 Matt Mills 25 David Ingram Jr. 26
Keith Wolfe 7
Scott Heckert 1
Vinnie Miller 7
Chevrolet 26
Toyota 7 		78 Vinnie Miller 26 Keith Wolfe 26
David Ingram Jr. 5
Adam Brooks 2
Scott Heckert 1
Ryan Ellis 1
J.J. Yeley 2
Matt Mills 3
Chevrolet 10
Toyota 23 		99 D.J. Kennington 1 Kevyn Rebolledo 13
Adam Brooks 18
David Ingram Jr. 2
Tommy Joe Martins 9
Jairo Avila Jr. 5
B.J. McLeod 1
Cody Ware 3
Todd Peck 1
Ryan Ellis 1
Stefan Parsons 5
Patrick Gallagher 1
C.J. McLaughlin 1
Loris Hezemans 1
Matt Mills 1
Josh Bilicki 3

Limited schedule[]

Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet ACG Motorsports 25 Chris Cockrum Jeff Spraker 1
17 2 [N 4]
Rick Ware Racing [N 5] Bayley Currey R. B. Bracken 10
Kyle Weatherman 4
Camden Murphy 2
Josh Bilicki 1
1
Joe Nemechek 6
Robby Lyons 1
Brandonbilt Motorsports 68 Brandon Brown (R) Jeff Stankiewicz 1
Brian Keselowski 4
Jordan Irving 1
Lance Elliott 1 		4
Dillon Bassett 1
Will Rodgers 1
Mason Diaz 1
DGM Racing 92 Josh Williams Shannon Rursch 1
Nathan Kennedy 2
Kevin Boykin 1 		1
Ronnie Bassett Jr. 1
Dillon Bassett 1
Dexter Bean 1
Jimmy Means Racing 53 Max Tullman Kevin Hall 1
Kyle Weatherman 1
Kaulig Racing 10 Austin Dillon Alex Yontz 9
Chad Kendrick 2
Justin Alexander 1
Lennie Chandler 1
Chris Rice 2 [N 6]
Byron Daley 2 		4
Elliott Sadler 2
A. J. Allmendinger 5
Joe Graf Jr. [N 7] 1
Ross Chastain 5
16 Alex Yontz 1
Pardus Racing Inc. 43 Preston Pardus Tony Furr 2
Richard Childress Racing 21 Kaz Grala Justin Alexander 8
Andy Street 1 		5
Joe Graf Jr. 4
Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Morgan Shepherd Nick Hoechst 7
Kase Kallenbach 19 		16
Landon Cassill 10
Ford Team Penske 12 Brad Keselowski Matt Swiderski 2
Paul Menard 2
Joey Logano 2
Ryan Blaney 2
Toyota H2 Motorsports 28 Shane Lee Pete Rondeau 7
Hattori Racing Enterprises [N 8] 61 Austin Hill Scott Zipadelli 1
Sam Hunt Racing 26 Colin Garrett Brian Keselowski 1
XCI Racing 81 Jeffrey Earnhardt Matthew Lucas 2
Erik Jones 1

Notes[]

  1. ^ Alex Yontz is listed as crew chief on the official entry lists for Races 19 and 20, although the team officially stated that Rice was actually serving as crew chief those two weeks.
  2. ^ Timmy Hill's entry at Bristol in August was fielded in a collaboration with Hattori Racing Enterprises.
  3. ^ Austin Hill's entry at Indianapolis was fielded in a collaboration with Hattori Racing Enterprises.
  4. ^ Entries were fielded by ACG Motorsports in a collaboration with Rick Ware Racing.
  5. ^ Since the race at Charlotte in May, Mike Harmon Racing and Rick Ware Racing have jointly fielded the No. 17 car.
  6. ^ Although Lennie Chandler is listed as the crew chief for the No. 10 on the entry list for the race at Las Vegas in September, Kaulig Racing said in a statement that Chris Rice would be the team's crew chief that weekend.[3] At the Charlotte Roval, when the team won the race, Chandler was again listed on the entry list as crew chief, but as per the interview of Rice on the TV broadcast, Rice was again the actual crew chief.
  7. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Richard Childress Racing.
  8. ^ The team's entries at Bristol in August with Timmy Hill as well as Indianapolis with Austin Hill were fielded in a collaboration with MBM Motorsports, and the MBM No. 42 car was renumbered to Hattori's No. 61.

Changes[]

Teams[]

  • On September 21, 2018, Brandonbilt Motorsports announced they would run the No. 86 car full-time for three part-time drivers. The only one announced at the time was Brandon Brown.[4]
  • On October 15, 2018, it was announced that longtime sponsor Lilly Diabetes will be pulling out of NASCAR, leaving the Roush Fenway Racing No. 16 car unsponsored for 2019.[5] On December 2, 2018, Ty Majeski said that RFR will not have an Xfinity program in 2019.[6]
  • On November 17, 2018, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that they would run a second full time car in 2019. On November 27, 2018, Chase Briscoe was announced as the driver of the No. 98 Ford.[7]
  • On December 21, 2018, Rick Ware Racing announced that they will field the No. 25 car full-time in 2019, beginning at Daytona in February. However, they showed up to Daytona with No. 17 and used that number instead.[8][9]
  • On January 4, 2019, Chip Ganassi Racing suspended operations in the Xfinity Series due to a lack of sponsorship.[10] The shutdown was announced after the home of the CEO of DC Solar, the team's primary sponsor, was raided by the FBI on December 18, 2018.[11][12]
  • On January 10, 2019, B. J. McLeod Motorsports announced they will field the Nos. 5, 78, and 99 full-time in 2019.[13][14]
  • On January 25, 2019, JR Motorsports announced that for the 2019 season, Michael Annett would transfer from the No. 5 to the No. 1 while Noah Gragson would drive the No. 9 car full-time and the No. 8 car would be driven by Zane Smith, Brett Moffitt, Ryan Preece, Ryan Truex, Jeb Burton, Chase Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sheldon Creed and Regan Smith.[14]
  • On February 14, 2019, Xtreme Concepts Inc. announced that it has formed XCI Racing and will field the No. 81 Toyota at Chicagoland, Daytona, Bristol, and Darlington. The team has a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing.[15]
  • In March 2019, it was confirmed that RSS Racing switched from Pro Motor Engines to Richard Childress Racing for their Chevrolet-based engines and chassis at the beginning of the season.[16][17]
  • On May 23, 2019, Matt Hurley created H2 Motorsports, fielding the No. 28 Toyota starting at Iowa in June for Shane Lee, with the intention of running the remainder of the Xfinity schedule.[18] The team ended up skipping the three road course races of Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, and Road America[19] and then again at Darlington, but ran the remainder of the schedule. Lee was later released as driver and the team withdrew before the race at Darlington.[20]
  • On May 30, 2019, it was reported that Hattori Racing Enterprises will field the No. 61 Toyota at the July Daytona race, marking the team's first Xfinity race since 2015.[21] but failed to qualify.
  • On August 23, 2019, it was announced that Preston Pardus, the son of former NASCAR driver Dan Pardus, would make his series debut at Road America with his own team, which was formed after purchasing a road course car from the closed Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 team.[22] Jayski.com also says the team plans to run at the Charlotte Roval in September.[23]

Drivers[]

  • On August 15, 2018, Elliott Sadler announced his retirement from full-time competition, thus leaving the JR Motorsports No. 1 team open.[24] It was announced on September 25 that Noah Gragson would replace Sadler, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro SS full time in 2019.[25][26] On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Gragson would be driving the No. 9 car full-time in 2019.[14]
  • On September 22, 2018, B. J. McLeod Motorsports announced that Vinnie Miller would run the No. 78 with them full-time in 2019, and also run the final six races of the 2018 season with the team after securing his release from JD Motorsports.[27][26]
  • On October 15, 2018, Ryan Reed announced that, due to his sponsor Lilly Diabetes leaving the team, he would not return to the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Mustang GT in 2019, leaving him a free agent.[6]
  • On October 19, 2018, Spencer Gallagher announced that he would be retiring from racing at the end of the 2018 season and would take on a managerial role at GMS Racing. On December 6, 2018, it was announced that John Hunter Nemechek would replace Gallagher in the No. 23 Chevrolet.[28][29]
  • On October 29, 2018, it was announced that Gray Gaulding will drive for SS-Green Light Racing full-time in the No. 08 car.[26]
  • On October 31, 2018, it was announced that 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion Tyler Reddick will move from JR Motorsports to Richard Childress Racing in the 2019 season.[30][26] During RCR's 50th anniversary press conference on December 14, 2018, it was announced that Reddick will be the organization's only full-time Xfinity Series driver in 2019.[31]
  • On October 31, 2018, Dale Earnhardt Jr. tweeted, saying that he is working towards running the Darlington race in the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series. He had also tweeted a partial photo of a car a few weeks prior.[32] *On February 1, 2019, Earnhardt Jr. confirmed that he will race at the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 at Darlington Raceway on August 31.[33]
  • On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Austin Cindric would drive the No. 22 Team Penske Ford for the entire 2019 season. The No. 12 Team Penske Ford will run on a part-time basis with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, and Paul Menard.[34][26]
  • On November 9, 2018, it was announced that Ross Chastain would join Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 42 Chevrolet full-time in 2019.[35][26][10] However, following an FBI raid on DC Solar's headquarters in December 2018, it was announced on January 4, 2019, that Chip Ganassi Racing would withdraw from the Xfinity series before the start of the 2019 season. Chastain solidified his plans on January 31, 2019, when he joined Kaulig Racing for three races in the organization's No. 10 car and went back to his old ride at JD Motorsports for the other 30 races on the schedule.[36] However, beginning with the race at Michigan International Speedway in June, Chastain would no longer be earning points towards the championship, as he declared over the week to shift to running for the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series title instead.
  • On November 10, 2018, it was announced that Jeffrey Earnhardt would join Joe Gibbs Racing to drive the No. 18 Toyota Supra for nine races in 2019, including the season opener at Daytona.[37] On February 14, 2019, XCI Racing announced that Earnhardt will drive the No. 81 Toyota for four races in 2019.[15] On August 7, Earnhardt announced that he parted ways with sponsor and XCI affiliate iK9, as well as JGR, after five of the planned nine races.[38] On August 12, 2019, Erik Jones was announced to drive the No. 81 at the Bristol night race.[39]
  • On November 25, 2018, Morgan Shepherd announced that he will be back in 2019.[40]
  • On November 29, 2018, it was announced that Chase Briscoe would join Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste to drive the No. 98 Ford full-time in 2019, while also competing for Rookie of the Year honors. In 2018, Briscoe drove a part-time schedule in the Xfinity Series, splitting time between the No. 98 and the No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford.[41][26] With Briscoe taking over the 98 it marked the first time since 1998 that Kevin Harvick did not start a Xfinity Series race.
  • On December 1, 2018, it was announced that Justin Haley would join Kaulig Racing to replace Ryan Truex in the No. 11 Chevrolet. Haley will also compete for Rookie of the Year Honors. Truex has since moved to a part time ride in the No. 8 for JR Motorsports. In 2018, Haley drove the No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series while also making a few starts in the Xfinity series.[42][26]
  • On December 2, 2018, Ty Majeski announced that he will be returning to Super Late Model racing in 2019 after it was revealed that Roush Fenway Racing will shut down its Xfinity program.[6]
  • On December 4, 2018, it was announced that Blake Koch would make his Xfinity series return by driving the JD Motorsports No. 4 Chevrolet full-time in 2019.[43] On January 31, 2019, Koch announced that he would step away from racing to focus on his business Filter Time. Koch's seat was filled by Ross Chastain for the majority of the schedule.[36]
  • On December 18, 2018, it was announced that Zane Smith would join JR Motorsports for eight races in the organization's No. 9 car with additional drivers to be announced at a later date. Smith drove in the ARCA Racing Series in 2018, finishing 2nd in final points.[44] On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Smith would share the new No. 8 Chevrolet with Brett Moffitt, Ryan Preece, Ryan Truex, Chase Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sheldon Creed and Jeb Burton.[14][45]
  • On December 27, 2018, it was announced that Jeff Green and Ryan Sieg will return to RSS Racing full-time in 2019.[46] On June 11, 2019, it was announced that Green will miss the second half of the Xfinity season to undergo rotator cuff surgery. He is expected to return in July as a crew chief for RSS Racing at Iowa.[47]
  • On January 10, 2019, it was announced that Matt Mills will run the No. 8 for B. J. McLeod Motorsports on a full-time basis. In addition to that announcement, B. J. McLeod, Tommy Joe Martins and Jairo Avila Jr. will share the No. 99 entry that will run full-time in 2019.[48] On February 1, 2019, it was announced that after the No. 8 would be part of JR Motorsports, Mills would be driving the No. 5 car.
  • On January 16, 2019, MBM Motorsports announced that Joey Gase will run the No. 35 Toyota full-time in the 2019 season.[49]
  • On February 4, 2019, it was announced that Josh Bilicki would move to RSS Racing in 2019 to drive the organization's No. 38 entry full-time. Bilicki drove full-time in 2018 for JP Motorsports.[50]
  • On February 28, 2019, it was announced that Elliott Sadler will return to the Xfinity Series part-time, driving the Kaulig Racing No. 10 Chevrolet at Richmond and Las Vegas.[51]
  • On March 21, 2019, it was announced that A. J. Allmendinger would return to NASCAR competition by driving the No. 10 Kaulig Racing entry at Daytona, Road America, Watkins Glen, Mid Ohio, and Charlotte.[52] Allmendinger is set to make his final start at the Charlotte Roval.[53]
  • On June 16, 2019, it was announced that Austin Hill will make his Xfinity Series debut at the July Daytona race in the Hattori Racing Enterprises No. 61 Toyota.[54]
  • On July 27, 2019, Mark Meunier drove the Rick Ware Racing/Mike Harmon Racing No. 17 Chevrolet at Iowa, but ultimately failed to qualify for the race.[55]
  • On August 6, 2019, JD Motorsports announced that Lawson Aschenbach will drive the No. 4 Chevrolet at Mid-Ohio.[56]
  • On August 6, 2019, Brandonbilt Motorsports announced that Will Rodgers will drive the No. 86 Chevrolet at Mid-Ohio and the Charlotte Roval. Rodgers made his debut at the July Iowa race.[57]
  • On August 7, 2019, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Jack Hawksworth will drive the No. 18 Toyota at Mid-Ohio.[58]
  • On August 13, 2019, Matt DiBenedetto announced that he will drive the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota at Road America.[59]
  • On August 15, 2019, Bayley Currey was indefinitely suspended for violating NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy. He was set to drive the RWR/Harmon No. 17 at the Bristol Night Race.[60][61] Hours later, reporter Chris Knight tweeted that Kyle Weatherman would be his substitute replacement for that race, although team co-owner Mike Harmon said on Facebook the next day that Joe Nemechek would be subbing in the No. 17 instead. On September 18, Currey was reinstated by NASCAR after he successfully completed his Road to Recovery Program.[62]
  • On August 19, 2019, it was announced that Dexter Bean will drive the DGM Racing No. 90 Chevrolet at Road America.[63]
  • On August 28, 2019, RSS Racing announced that Camden Murphy will drive the No. 93 Chevrolet at Darlington.[64]

Crew chiefs[]

  • On October 10, 2018, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Kevin Meendering from the No. 1 JR Motorsports team will replace Chad Knaus as Jimmie Johnson's crew chief in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) in 2019.[65]
  • On November 17, 2018, it was announced that two-time defending series champion crew chief Dave Elenz will move to the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet with rookie Noah Gragson in 2019. On January 7, 2019, it was announced that his replacement for the No. 9 team will be Taylor Moyer.[66] On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Dave Elenz will be the crew chief for the No. 9 Chevrolet with Noah Gragson while Taylor Moyer will be the crew chief for the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.
  • On December 6, 2018, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Jeff Meendering will replace Chris Gabehart as crew chief of the No. 19 Toyota, as Gabehart has been promoted to Denny Hamlin's crew chief in the MENCS. Ben Beshore replaces Eric Phillips as crew chief of the No. 18 team, as Phillips moves to the MENCS as the No. 11 car chief.[67]
  • On December 14, 2018, Richard Childress Racing announced that Randall Burnett will be Tyler Reddick's crew chief in the No. 2 Chevrolet.[31]
  • On June 18, 2019, RSS Racing crew chief Clifford Turner was suspended for violating NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy.[68] On September 24, NASCAR reinstated Turner after he completed the Road to Recovery Program.[69]
  • On July 11, 2019, Team Penske No. 22 crew chief Brian Wilson was suspended for one race after the car scheduled to race at Kentucky was discovered to have an illegal body modification. The L1-level penalty also resulted in a deduction of 10 points for the team and driver Austin Cindric, and a $10,000 fine.[70]
  • On July 21, 2019, Kaulig Racing announced the passing of Nick Harrison who was crew chief of the No. 11 driven by Justin Haley. Harrison, who passed at age 37, led the No. 11 to a 13th place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway the previous day.[71] On July 24, Team President and former No. 11 crew chief Chris Rice was announced as Harrison's interim replacement starting with the Iowa race,[72] although for unknown reasons Alex Yontz is listed on paper as crew chief.

Manufacturers[]

  • For the 2019 season, Toyota will replace the Camry with the Supra.[2][73][26]
  • Before the 2018 Homestead race week, MBM Motorsports announced that they were selling their Chevrolet and Dodge Xfinity cars and intends to use Toyota bodies only for the 2019 season. They previously ran cars from all four manufacturers at some point throughout the 2018 season. It is unknown how many cars they will field, although Chad Finchum is expected to stay with the team for 2019.[74]
  • With the new flange-fit composite bodies being made mandatory in the 2019 season, Dodge left the Xfinity Series after the 2018 season, as the former Team Penske Challengers (nicknamed "Zombie Dodges" due to their lack of factory support since 2013) used by smaller teams were deemed ineligible due to their steel bodies. This also means that Dodge would have no representation in NASCAR's three major series for the first time since 1994.[75][74]

Rule changes[]

  • On August 23, 2018, NASCAR announced that Cup drivers competing in Xfinity Series events would no longer be eligible to earn playoff bonus points for the cars that they were driving.[76]
  • On the same day, a change in the number of cars in the field was changed, downgrading the field size from 40 cars to 38 cars.[76]
  • The flange-fit composite bodies, first introduced in 2018, will be made mandatory for all races in the 2019 season.[74][75]
  • On February 4, 2019, NASCAR announced a new post-race inspection rule in all three series, where race-winning teams found to be in violation of the rule book will automatically be disqualified. Following a race, the first-place and second-place teams, along with at least one randomly selected car, will undergo post-race inspection. The inspection should take between 90 minutes and two hours to complete before the race winner is officially declared. The car that fails the inspection will receive last-place points and will be stripped of playoff and stage points.[77]
    • At the 2019 Camping World 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 29, 2019, Christopher Bell became the first NXS driver to be disqualified under this rule after his car was discovered to be too low on the front during post-race inspection. As a result, his finish was demoted from third place to 38th place.[78] Bell became the first NXS driver to be disqualified since Dale Jarrett in 1995.[79]
    • At the 2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2019, A. J. Allmendinger became the second NXS driver to be disqualified after his third-place finishing car failed an engine vacuum check during post-race inspection.[80]
    • Allmendinger was once again disqualified at the 2019 Zippo 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 3, 2019 when his second-place finishing car was discovered to be too low on both rear corners during post-race inspection.[81]
    • At the 2019 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 at Darlington Raceway on August 31, 2019, Denny Hamlin was stripped of his win after his car failed to meet height requirements during post-race inspection. As a result, second-place finisher Cole Custer was declared the official race winner.[82][83]
    • At the 2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Ryan Sieg was disqualified after his 14th-place finishing car failed to meet height requirements during post-race inspection. The violation, however, did not affect Sieg's standing as one of the 12 qualifying drivers for the NXS Playoffs.[84]
  • On February 4, 2019, NASCAR announced a change in the qualifying schedule procedures for the majority of its tracks. For short tracks and intermediate speedways, the first round will be shortened from 15 minutes to 10 minutes, while the second and third rounds will remain at 10 and five minutes, respectively. The downtime intervals at all tracks will be reduced from seven minutes to five minutes. Superspeedway qualifications will retain their untimed two-round intervals of single-lap qualifying while road courses will continue to use two qualifying rounds: 25 minutes for the first round and 10 minutes for the final round.[85]
  • On May 1, 2019, following continued gamesmanship and other actions causing multi-car qualifying to become "untenable," NASCAR formally returned to single-car qualifying at all oval tracks. Knockout-Style qualifying would be kept at Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Road America, and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.[86]
    • At oval tracks 1.25 miles and larger, each car will get a single timed lap.
    • At oval tracks 1.25 miles and smaller, each car will get two timed laps with the faster lap counting as their official time.
    • The qualifying order draw will be determined in part by the previous race's starting lineup. The top 20 starters from the previous race will draw to take their qualifying lap in positions 21–40 (the second half of qualifying). The remainder of cars will draw to qualify in positions 1–20.
    • The next car will be sent once the preceding car takes the white flag. This should ensure qualifying is completed in roughly 40 minutes baring any interruptions for crashes, debris, or weather.
    • There will be two-minute TV breaks built into qualifying to ensure every car gets covered live during the session.
    • Broadcasters FOX and NBC have committed to using ghost car graphics and impose other technologies to make the session more exciting to TV viewers.
    • Each car must complete their lap for the session to be counted, otherwise all times will be erased and cars will start by owner points.

Schedule[]

The CTECH Manufacturing 180 at Road America in August

The schedule, consisting of 33 races, was announced on June 13, 2018.[87] Similar to the Monster Energy Cup Schedule, there are no changes from 2018 to 2019;[88] However, both the regular-season finale at Las Vegas and the playoff race at Texas will be night races.[89] The Charlotte Roval round, which was originally 200 kilometres (120 mi) long, was increased to 250 km (160 mi) for 2019.[90]

Bonus money Dash 4 Cash races indicated in BOLD. Qualifying race for first Dash 4 Cash race in Italics.

No. Race title Track Date
1 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 16
2 Rinnai 250 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton February 23
3 Boyd Gaming 300 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas March 2
4 iK9 Service Dog 200 ISM Raceway, Avondale March 9
5 Production Alliance Group 300 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana March 16
6 My Bariatric Solutions 300 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth March 30
7 Alsco 300 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol April 6
8 ToyotaCare 250 Richmond Raceway, Richmond April 12
9 MoneyLion 300 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln April 27
10 Allied Steel Buildings 200 Dover International Speedway, Dover May 4
11 Alsco 300 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord May 25
12 Pocono Green 250 recycled by J. P. Mascaro & Sons Pocono Raceway, Long Pond June 1
13 LTi Printing 250 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 8
14 CircuitCity.com 250 Iowa Speedway, Newton June 16
15 Camping World 300 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet June 29
16 Circle K Firecracker 250 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach July 5
17 Alsco 300 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta July 12
18 ROXOR 200 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 20
19 U.S. Cellular 250 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 27
20 Zippo 200 at The Glen Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen August 3
21 B&L Transport 170 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington August 10
22 Food City 300 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 16
23 CTECH Manufacturing 180 Road America, Elkhart Lake August 24
24 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 Darlington Raceway, Darlington August 31
25 Indiana 250 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway September 7
26 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas September 14
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Go Bowling 250 Richmond Raceway, Richmond September 20
28 Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Concord September 28
29 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 Dover International Speedway, Dover October 5
Round of 8
30 Kansas Lottery 300 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 19
31 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth November 2
32 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 ISM Raceway, Avondale November 9
Championship 4
33 Ford EcoBoost 300 Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead November 16

Results and standings[]

Race results[]

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team Report
1 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 Tyler Reddick Michael Annett Michael Annett Chevrolet 1 JR Motorsports Report
2 Rinnai 250 Cole Custer Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
3 Boyd Gaming 300 Cole Custer Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
4 iK9 Service Dog 200 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
5 Production Alliance Group 300 Tyler Reddick Kyle Busch Cole Custer Ford 00 Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi Report
6 My Bariatric Solutions 300 Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
7 Alsco 300 Cole Custer Justin Allgaier Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
8 ToyotaCare 250 Riley Herbst Cole Custer Cole Custer Ford 00 Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi Report
9 MoneyLion 300 Michael Annett Tyler Reddick Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing Report
10 Allied Steel Buildings 200 Cole Custer Cole Custer Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
11 Alsco 300 Christopher Bell Tyler Reddick Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing Report
12 Pocono Green 250 Cole Custer Cole Custer Cole Custer Ford 00 Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi Report
13 LTi Printing 250 Paul Menard Paul Menard Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing Report
14 CircuitCity.com 250 Cole Custer Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
15 Camping World 300 Joey Logano Cole Custer Cole Custer Ford 00 Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi Report
16 Circle K Firecracker 250 Tyler Reddick Ross Chastain Ross Chastain Chevrolet 16 Kaulig Racing Report
17 Alsco 300 Austin Cindric Cole Custer Cole Custer Ford 00 Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi Report
18 ROXOR 200 Cole Custer Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
19 U.S. Cellular 250 Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Chase Briscoe Ford 98 Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi Report
20 Zippo 200 at The Glen Kyle Busch A. J. Allmendinger Austin Cindric Ford 22 Team Penske Report
21 B&L Transport 170 Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Ford 22 Team Penske Report
22 Food City 300 Austin Cindric Kyle Busch Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing Report
23 CTECH Manufacturing 180 A. J. Allmendinger Matt DiBenedetto Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
24 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 Ryan Blaney Tyler Reddick Cole Custer[N 1] Ford 00 Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi Report
25 Indiana 250 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
26 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 Cole Custer Christopher Bell Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing Report
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Go Bowling 250 Austin Cindric Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
28 Drive for the Cure 250 Chase Briscoe Chase Briscoe A. J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 10 Kaulig Racing Report
29 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 Chase Briscoe Chase Briscoe Cole Custer Ford 00 Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi Report
Round of 8
30 Kansas Lottery 300 Christopher Bell Cole Custer Brandon Jones Toyota 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
31 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Tyler Reddick Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
32 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 Christopher Bell Christopher Bell Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 7 JR Motorsports Report
Championship 4
33 Ford EcoBoost 300 Tyler Reddick Tyler Reddick Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing Report
  1. ^ Custer initially finished second in the race behind Denny Hamlin, but was awarded the victory after Hamlin's car failed post-race inspection which stripped him of the win.

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 CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
1 Tyler Reddick 9 5 142 3 4 2 2 4 1*1 3 1*2 2 1 15 9 16 3 4 5 5 4 1 3 2*1 30 1 10 2 12 2 29 3 1* 4040 – 441
2 Cole Custer 14 2 91 4 1 34 3 1*2 32 4*12 24 1*1 12 2 1*1 26 1* 2 29 7 8 22 10 1 7 4 3 82 1 11*2 8 2 2 4035 – 503
3 Christopher Bell 6 1*12 13 302 3 3*1 1 16 3 1 311 5 132 1*12 38 3 212 1*2 2*12 2 2 14 1 4 29 2*12 1*12 12 25 121 1*12 16*12 5 4032 – 622
4 Justin Allgaier 2 3 31 14 9 12 30*12 31 28 2 2 112 5 3 32 17 7 3 6 3 6 8 9 9 22 5 4 4 212 5 6 1 14 4023 – 144
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 CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
5 Chase Briscoe (R) 12 15 8 6 5 4 4 8 4 5 19 3 7 7 15 35 5 6 1 6 71 2 72 6 8 11 5 9*1 5* 3 22 8 31 2302 48 136
6 Austin Cindric 5 10 22 51 6 11 6 2 5 6 9 7 11 10 5 4 14 12 37 1 1* 5 2 10 27 12 2 3 3 25 3 6 72 2294 24 175
7 John Hunter Nemechek (R) 8 20 2 9 28 9 5 7 6 8 12 12 8 8 11 22 12 36 3 12 31 3 26 21 31 8 15 7 8 8 5 4 6 2253 47 –
8 Noah Gragson (R) 11 9 3 11 12 13 9 22 112 19 4 6 2 6 6 15 6 10 4 9 5 17 4 8 3 6 7 5 7 13 30 10 4 2246 25 57
9 Michael Annett 1* 12 5 8 13 6 8 13 31 10 6 8 3 9 3 252 4 11 10 8 13 9 12 13 12 13 9 15 6 4 11 9 11 2239 19 98
10 Brandon Jones 3 4 28 7 7 33 14 33 18 7 10 38 6 11 4 30 30 91 33 17 10 111 16 7 61 3 11 16 37 1 4 11 8 2207 28 410
11 Ryan Sieg 4 11 6 10 11 102 12 5 16 11 8 26 17 30 12 24 9 8 12 30 16 25 11 14 10 38 12 30 10 9 10 13 12 2171 7 1
12 Justin Haley (R) 171 8 10 12 10 7 7 10 7 17 5 9 10 13 7 2 10 13 8 14 9 34 6 11 5 15 17 31 4 7 32 7 33 2155 23 39
13 Gray Gaulding 34 16 12 16 16 21 15 17 2 20 14 20 16 14 14 8 15 17 14 15 14 6 29 15 13 7 22 29 18 17 13 12 17 713 20 –
14 Jeremy Clements 36 18 15 13 14 26 13 35 27 18 13 16 15 12 13 9 13 15 30 11 11 4 8 12 11 20 16 11 36 6 28 18 16 699 37 –
15 Brandon Brown (R) 18 13 17 15 15 17 23 20 15 13 20 13 26 31 22 6 17 16 27 18 24 12 37 33 28 16 34 17 11 18 25 20 13 574 2 –
16 Ray Black Jr. 30 23 11 18 17 35 16 21 34 24 16 18 30 16 20 13 35 18 11 22 19 15 14 16 20 19 18 32 17 14 12 14 38 547 – –
17 Josh Williams 22 21 16 29 33 14 19 DNQ 8 22 27 15 23 17 26 28 18 19 15 19 22 30 31 24 17 18 23 20 15 21 14 15 19 527 3 –
18 Stephen Leicht 38 25 27 31 22 22 32 18 24 26 15 23 20 25 21 5 24 23 16 20 32 19 34 26 23 21 29 19 23 27 19 21 24 449 – –
19 Garrett Smithley 24 17 18 22 19 31 22 19 12 23 17 29 27 29 25 14 19 24 22 24 20 28 33 29 14 23 27 33 26 33 17 27 32 443 1 –
20 B. J. McLeod 27 24 20 21 24 32 18 30 22 27 18 17 19 23 33 20 21 27 26 26 23 19 22 22 30 23 16 19 16 20 425 – –
21 Matt Mills 26 30 29 28 23 27 21 28 17 31 26 30 24 26 27 10 23 20 18 18 31 25 24 28 24 20 18 19 30 372 – –
22 David Starr 20 27 19 27 21 20 25 29 14 28 22 24 25 34 36 32 21 26 31 29 33 24 17 27 37 26 25 34 21 23 33 25 23 364 – –
23 Vinnie Miller 25 32 26 23 25 25 24 27 19 32 23 25 28 32 29 11 25 27 20 36 25 21 28 28 26 30 35 25 20 30 24 31 26 358 – –
24 Joey Gase 16 29 38 24 27 24 27 23 37 29 21 33 29 33 33 DNQ 22 31 19 34 36 20 19 25 18 29 20 21 22 32 26 24 27 339 – –
25 Zane Smith 24 11 6 9 5 17 9 8 9 5 322 55 –
26 Chad Finchum 26 21 19 32 23 20 34 36 30 38 37 22 21 24 27 28 30 32 32 35 DNQ 35 30 33 34 26 36 31 26 15 32 35 250 – –
27 Timmy Hill 19 28 23 34 37 17 37 29 16 35 19 31 36 34 20 37 34 35 27 7 23 18 27 DNQ 35 34 242 6 –
28 Tommy Joe Martins 31 35 20 19 26 21 18 28 25 28 18 31 25 35 24 25 35 17 206 1 –
29 Jeb Burton 5 7 9 32 4 9 9 201 17 –
30 Alex Labbé 19 31 25 22 16 17 17 6 15 18 195 11 –
31 Jeffrey Earnhardt 15 6 8 26 3 22 16 187 24 –
32 Landon Cassill 9 34 32 19 37 26 37 10 18 16 36 36 29 36 36 38 15 175 6 –
33 Ryan Truex 2 8 7 14 10 38 169 24 –
34 Shane Lee 18 18 21 16 33 7 13 133 – –
35 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 32 15 25 25 21 24 30 29 33 15 31 33 131 – –
36 Mike Harmon 35 33 30 25 26 29 29 31 23 33 28 27 DNQ 27 34 32 32 34 29 129 – –
37 Kaz Grala 18 14 14 14 5 120 – –
38 Stefan Parsons 12 21 22 19 19 23 106 – –
39 A. J. Allmendinger 38 37* 3 241 1 105 16 6
40 Dillon Bassett 15 DNQ 38 DNQ 26 13 14 16 102 – –
41 Jeff Green 7 36 32 33 36 38 34 38 35 36 37 36 36 37 37 7 36 85 – –
42 Tyler Matthews 24 20 32 27 28 33 28 22 37 83 – –
43 Will Rodgers 28 12 28 22 58 – –
44 Joe Graf Jr. DNQ 19 23 DNQ 14 55 – –
45 C. J. McLaughlin 28± 23 31 31 24 27 31 55 – –
46 Elliott Sadler 12 10 52 – –
47 Chris Cockrum 31 10 19 51 – –
48 Ryan Vargas 17 18 26 50 – –
49 Regan Smith 21 13 48 8 –
50 Ryan Repko 22 25 19 45 – –
51 Cody Ware 21 21 24§ 45 – –
52 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 41 9 –
53 Lawson Aschenbach 28 14 35 3 –
54 Kyle Weatherman 28† 32 34 35 32 35 22 34 35 – –
55 Jairo Avila Jr. 25 DNQ 38 27 25 35 – –
56 Scott Heckert 13 29 34 2 –
57 Jack Hawksworth 152 32 10 1
58 J. J. Yeley 38¤ 35¤ 37¤ 16¤ 38 36 38 37 21 38 32 37 38 37 36 30 – –
59 Ryan Ellis 23 21 30 – –
60 Stan Mullis 35 36 28 23 35 37 29 – –
61 Morgan Shepherd 35 33 34 31 DNQ 35 Wth 35 35 35 DNQ 34 36 DNQ 37 36 29 – –
62 Max Tullman 28 20 38 27 – –
63 Colin Garrett 26 21 27 – –
64 John Jackson 32 37 30 37 37 31 31 27 – –
65 Nicolas Hammann 15 22 – –
66 Scott Lagasse Jr. 21 31 22 – –
67 Caesar Bacarella 29 37 29 17 – –
68 Bobby Dale Earnhardt 31 37 28 DNQ 16 – –
69 Loris Hezemans 22 15 – –
70 Patrick Gallagher 23 14 – –
71 Hermie Sadler 24 13 – –
72 Donald Theetge 37 25 13 – –
73 Preston Pardus 36 27 11 – –
74 Carl Long 38 28 10 – –
75 Mason Diaz 36 30 38 9 – –
76 Aaron Quine 30 7 – –
77 Dick Karth 30 7 – –
78 Dexter Bean 32 35 7 – –
Mark Meunier DNQ 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 CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
Kyle Busch 1* 1* 2*12 1 311 29*2 1*
Ross Chastain 132 14 7 17 18 16 33 11 30 12 11 14 14 8 1*1 QL 33 13 10 2
Joey Logano 22 36
Ryan Blaney 42 32
Paul Menard 4*1 5
Harrison Burton 10 4 29 6 13 38 34 7 10
Ryan Preece 7 8 4 10
Austin Dillon 4 28‡ 10 34
Riley Herbst 9 15 37 10 18 11 13 9 30
Austin Hill DNQ 9
Chase Elliott 10
Brett Moffitt 13
Josh Bilicki 23 34 36 26 29 30 36 33 38 36 34 21 38 35 32 DNQ 26 17 20 21 26 29 21 23
Bayley Currey 22 34 37 35 DNQ 34 33 33 QL 35 37 33 35 20 36
Camden Murphy 29 32 31 33 DNQ 24 DNQ 20
Tyler Hill 20 28 35
Joe Nemechek 32 DNQ 36 35 34 33 32 22 30 34 29
Stanton Barrett 23
Dan Corcoran 25
Todd Peck 27
Matt DiBenedetto 27*
Robby Lyons 28
D. J. Kennington 33
Sheldon Creed 34
Chris Dyson 34
Brad Keselowski 37 36
Erik Jones 37
Denny Hamlin 38
Mike Marlar 38
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 CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
† – Kyle Weatherman started receiving points at Richmond 1.
‡ – Due to the extreme heat, Austin Dillon did not complete the race and during a caution, he was replaced by Daniel Hemric. Since Dillon started the race, he is officially credited with the 28th-place finish.
± – C. J. McLaughlin started receiving points at Bristol 2.
– After being lapped and struggling early on in the race in his Xfinity Series debut, Dick Karth did not complete the race and around lap 15, he was replaced by Timmy Hill. Since Karth started the race, he is officially credited with the 30th-place finish.
¤ – J. J. Yeley started receiving points at Road America.
§ – Due to feeling sick, Cody Ware did not complete the race and was replaced during the race by Stefan Parsons. Since Ware started the race, he is officially credited with the 24th-place finish.

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 CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM Points Bonus
1 2 Richard Childress 9 5 142 3 4 2 2 4 1*1 3 1*2 2 1 15 9 16 3 4 5 5 4 1 3 2*1 30 1 10 2 12 2 29 3 1* 4040 441
2 00 Gene Haas 14 2 91 4 1 34 3 1*2 32 4*12 24 1*1 12 2 1*1 26 1* 2 29 7 8 22 10 1 7 4 3 82 1 11*2 8 2 2 4035 503
3 20 Joe Gibbs 6 1*12 13 302 3 3*1 1 16 3 1 311 5 132 1*12 38 3 212 1*2 2*12 2 2 14 1 4 29 2*12 1*12 12 25 121 1*12 16*12 5 4032 622
4 7 Kelley Earnhardt-Miller 2 3 31 14 9 12 30*12 31 28 2 2 112 5 3 32 17 7 3 6 3 6 8 9 9 22 5 4 4 212 5 6 1 14 4023 144
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs cut-off
5 98 Fred Biagi 12 15 8 6 5 4 4 8 4 5 19 3 7 7 15 35 5 6 1 6 71 2 72 6 8 11 5 9*1 5* 3 22 8 31 2302 136
6 22 Roger Penske 5 10 22 51 6 11 6 2 5 6 9 7 11 10 5 4 14 12 37 1 1* 5 2 10 27 12 2 3 3 25 3 6 72 2294 175
7 9 Rick Hendrick 11 9 3 11 12 13 9 22 112 19 4 6 2 6 6 15 6 10 4 9 5 17 4 8 3 6 7 5 7 13 30 10 4 2246 57
8 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1* 12 5 8 13 6 8 13 31 10 6 8 3 9 3 252 4 11 10 8 13 9 12 13 12 13 9 15 6 4 11 9 11 2239 98
9 19 Joe Gibbs 3 4 28 7 7 33 14 33 18 7 10 38 6 11 4 30 30 91 33 17 10 111 16 7 61 3 11 16 37 1 4 11 8 2206 3
10 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10 7 24 2 8 5 11 6 13 9 7 4 9 5 17 34 8 7 9 10 21 32 13 5 4 14 8 10 9 38 9 5 9 2200 110
11 11 Matt Kaulig 171 8 10 12 10 7 7 10 7 17 5 9 10 13 7 2 10 13 8 14 9 34 6 11 5 15 17 31 4 7 32 7 33 2155 39
12 18 Joe Gibbs 15 6 1* 1* 2*12 1 10 9 26 15 3 22 37 4 10 18 11 29 13 311 152 29*2 27* 38 1* 9 6 13 38 34 7 30 10 2132 1
13 23 Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. 8 20 2 9 28 9 5 7 6 8 12 12 8 8 11 22 12 36 3 12 31 3 26 21 31 8 15 7 8 8 5 4 6 976 –
14 39 Rod Sieg 4 11 6 10 11 102 12 5 16 11 8 26 17 30 12 24 9 28 12 30 16 25 11 14 10 38 12 30 10 9 10 13 12 820 1
15 08 Bobby Dotter 34 16 12 16 16 21 15 17 2 20 14 20 16 14 14 8 15 17 14 15 14 6 29 15 13 7 22 29 18 17 13 12 17 713 –
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 CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM Points Bonus

Manufacturers' Championship[]

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 10 1191
2 Ford 10 1166
3 Toyota 13 1154

See also[]

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