As expected Myatt Snider (2) demonstrated his lack of skill and caused a big wreck on lap 26 of 100 turning Austin Cindric (22) into the wall and collecting Michael Annett (1), Sam Mayer (8), Daniel Hemric (18).
Michael Annett (1) brings out a debris caution on lap 35 of 100 as his left front tire explodes taking pieces of the quarter panel and front of the car and distributing them across the track.
Brandon Brown (68) leads on lap 42 of 100.
Dinger (16) freight trains the field past Brown (68) on lap 45 of 100.
Caution on lap 48 of 100 for debris from the Cesar Baccarella (90) car. Blaine Perkins (23) hit him from behind peeling away the left rear panel.
Landon Cassill (4) hit the debris getting some front end damage.
Restarting on lap 52 of 100.
Brandon Brown (68) takes the early lead.
Brandon Brown (68) is pitting on lap 56 of 100. They’re reporting he ran out of fuel Steve Post of MRN says there’s no fire under the hood.
The team Kaulig boys – Jeb Burton (10), Justin Haley (11), and AJ Allmendinger (16) are working together trying to stay up front.
Jeb Burton (10) wins stage two holding off his teammates who were both trying to position themselves to pass him at the line.
Alex Hayden again mentioned there’s no choose rule in super-speedway racing.
Postman said there was a fuel pick-up issue on the Brandon Brown (68) car. He’s now four laps down. His crew chief said the car took only 11 gallons.
Restarting on lap 64 of 100 with Christopher Bell (54) and Noah Gragson (9) up front followed by Justin Allgaier (7) and Harrison Burton (20).
Gragson (9) takes the lead on lap 66 of 100.
Caution on lap 72 of 100 due to a crash involving the Colby Howard (15) and Colin Garrett (26) who is stuck in the infield grass spinning his rear wheels. They’re trying to avoid his the hood being raised to hook a wrecker to the car which would end his day.
Noah Gragson (9) pulled up to the pace car under caution to clear his grill of debris. He had so much debris on the nose it looked like a paint scheme.
Restarting on lap 77 of 100 with Noah Gragson (9) and Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (54) up front followed by cousins Harrison Burton (20) and Jeb Burton (10) and Myatt Snider (2) and Justin Allgaier (2).
CBell (54) takes the early lead.
The field is single file on lap 80 of 100. NBCSN is bored so we’re stuck with a windscreen camera shot.
Caution on lap 82 of 100 for a crash involving Cesar Baccarella (90), Jade Buford (48), and Matt Mills (5). Cesar tried to wed himself up in front of Jordan Anderson (31), but instead turned into the outside wall, then turned across the field.
Joe Graf Jr (07) is on pit road, as the field approach the restart, due to his hood flying off.
Restarting on lap 86 of 100 with Christopher Bell (54), Jeb Burton (10), Noah Gragson (9), Justin Allgaier (7), Riley Herbst (98), AJ Allmendinger (16), Myatt Snider (2) and Harrison Burton (20) up front.
Jeb Burton (10) gets the early lead that was quickly taken away by CBell (54).
Some car on the apron is smoking around the track. That’s Joe Graf Jr (07) headed to the garage.
They’re single file on lap 90 of 100.
NBCSN is bored again on lap 92 of 100 doing the windscreen shot thing. Luckily they didn’t hold it too long.
Four cars have dropped to the inside line trying to make a move on lap 94 of 100. The line falls apart, back to single file before the end of the lap.
The Kauligs went to the bottom lane. Allgaier followed them. They dumped him and moved into formation on the top lane stranding Allgaier on the inside lane far ahead of his teammates.
The Kauligs push Allmendinger to the front past CBell on lap 96 of 100.
The Kauligs dumped Allmendinger on the final lap, both attempting to make the pass on either side of him. They came across the finish line three abreast.
Justin Haley was first across the finish line.
Unofficial Finish:
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- Justin Haley
- AJ Allmendinger
- Justin Allgaier
- Jeb Burton
- Daniel Hemric
- Christopher Bell
- Noah Gragson
- Myatt Snider
- Harrison Burton
- Riley Herbst
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Justin Haley (11) said he was trying to formulate his plan, but “you know, team orders”… “he was trying to relay to Kevin Hamlin that Jeb Burton needed to be the one to make the move, not (me)”.
Okay. That interview was….overly frank? I guess, for them, team orders are expected in a NASCAR Xfinity series race. I guess that explains so much of the disappointing ‘racing’ displayed in the series for the past few seasons.
The Kaulig boys tried to block anyone else from gaining position at the end by racing side-by-side. Allgaier made a smart move pushing the 16 of AJ Allmendinger and getting third as a result.
The race was okay. It had moments of interest. The team orders leave a bad taste in my mouth, but it is what it is.
Justin Allgaier (7) said he had an electrical issue today and had to shut off all the fans in order to run with everybody. He said he had a fast car but was just a little bit down on power.
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