Cars in field: 38
Pole: Parker Retzlaff (31)
Outside Pole: Anthony Alfredo (5)
Stages: 60-60-130
Weather: Sunny, 70°F, Feels like (sun) 72°, Feels Like (shade) 68°, Wind ENE 3 mph, Wind Gusts 4 mph
Caution on lap 11 of 250 for AJ Allmendinger (16) tagging the wall after losing a tire to contact with Cole Custer (00).
MRN is calling an exciting race. NBC/CW is showing nothing of interest.
On lap 17 of 250 MRN reports AJ Allmendinger’s (16) day is done; too much damage on the front of the car.
Restarting on lap 18 of 250 with Parker Retzlaff (31) and Chandler Smith (81) on the front row. Smith takes the early lead.
Restarting on lap 43 of 250 with Parker Retzlaff (31), Cole Custer (00), Sam Mayer (1), Shane Van Gisbergen (97), Brennan Poole (44), Parker Kligerman (48), Josh Williams, (11), Leland Honeyman, (42), Blaine Perkins (29) up front after staying out on this pit cycle.
Caution on lap 46 of 250 for a spin by Garrett Smithley (45).
Restarting on lap 53 of 250 with Cole Custer (00) and Parker Retzlaff (31) up front.
Caution on lap 53 of 250 for Parker Retzlaff (31) hitting the wall with lots of help from Sam Mayer (1) who had assistance from Josh Williams (11).
Restarting on lap 59 of 250 with Cole Custer (00), Aric Almirola (20), Justin Allgaier (7), Jesse Love (2), Josh Williams (11), Chandler Smith (81) up front.
Cole Custer (00) wins stage one by 0.001 seconds.
Caution on lap 103 of 250 for a spin by Mason Maggio (53).
Restarting on lap 110 of 250 with Ryan Sieg (28), Myatt Snider (91), Brennan Poole (44), Garrett Smithley (45) who stayed out at the front of the field.
Aric Almirola (20) wins stage two.
Caution on lap 133 of 250 for a spin by William Sawalich (19).
On lap 166 of 250 the television broadcast is showing Logan Bearden (74) slowly heading to pit road with fire shooting from his right front tire. He makes it to the garage turn-in without bringing out the caution.
On lap 170 of 250 MRN reports the crew is pushing Bubba Pollard () back to the garage area.
Caution on lap 173 of 250 for a spin by Preston Pardus (50).
Sheldon Creed (18) will start
Aric Almirola (20), and Cole Custer (00) who won the race off pit road, will lead the field to the green flag on lap 181 of 250. Justin Allgaier (7) and Riley Herbst (98) are on row two.
Caution on lap 182 of 250 for a spin by Dawson Cram (92).
Restarting on lap 190 of 250 with Aric ‘Afterburner’ Almirola (20), Cole Custer (00), Justin Allgaier (7), Riley Herbst (98), Chandler Smith (81), Jeb Burton (27) up front. Afterburner gets the early lead.
Caution on 196 of 250 for a spin by Josh Williams (11) due to Sheldon Creed taking Blaine Perkins (29) and Josh Williams (11) three-wide.
Restarting on lap 202 of 250 with Aric Almirola (20), Cole Custer (00), Justin Allgaier (7), Chandler Smith (81), Jeb Burton (27), Sam Mayer (1) up front.
Caution on lap 219 of 250 for a spin by Brandon Jones (9) with help from Sheldon Creed (18).
Restarting on lap 22 of 250 with Aric Almirola (20), Chandler Smith (81), Cole Custer (00), Justin Allgaier (7), Sam Mayer (1), Jeb Burton (27) up front. The field gets clogged up, Sam Mayer (1) has damage and is smoking heavily, after Aric Almirola didn’t get a good start. The team is pushing the 1 car to the garage area.
Caution on lap 227 of 250 for Ryan Sieg (28) spinning with help from Shane ‘SVG’ Van Gisbergen (97).
Restarting on lap 234 of 250 with Aric Almirola (20), Justin Allgaier (7), Sammy Smith (8), Riley Herbst (98), Chandler Smith (81), Cole Custer (00) up front.
White flag
Aric Almirola (20) wins after leading 150 of 250 laps.
Chander Smith took a swing at Cole Custer after they had words while Aric Almirola was doing his burnout. During his radio interview Smith said he was upset because he was in a must-win situation and Custer was not at that time, though he was running for the owner’s championship. Smith said he knows Custer’s father is a high up at SHG and he guesses he values that, but ‘I’m a driver too’. Smith admits he sent Custer up the track earlier, but Smith felt Custer didn’t even try to make the corner.
During his television interview Cole said, “He put us in the wall several times this year and his mistakes caught up with him. What goes around comes around in this deal. He used the bumper on me, I used the bumper on him, I don’t see how we’re not even after this. It kinda is what it is.” Custer said, “Chandler took the win away from us in Kansas.” He also said, “Then he punched me in the face. I don’t know if he really punched me it was so soft.”
During Chandler’s tv interview they managed to blank out the audio of his calling something ‘Bullshit’. I guess they got some heat for the language during last night’s altercation in the truck race and tried to do better today. Chandler said Custer may think they’re even, but he’s got more to lose in this thing than I do.
Eliminated from the Playoffs
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- Sam Mayer (1)
- Sammy Smith (8)
- Chandler Smith (81)
- Jesse Love (2)
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Final Four Play-Off Contenders
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- Justin Allgaier (7)
- Cole Custer (00)
- AJ Allmendinger (16)
- Austin Hill (21)
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The race was not as boring as the Truck race, but was not a great race. There was some battling, but the cars seemed very unevenly matched and therefore it wasn’t much of a race for the win. The race definitely had more action, but the television coverage seemed to miss much of it.
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