{"id":1287,"date":"2018-07-21T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2018-07-22T00:47:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T04:47:11","slug":"2018-nascar-xfinity-series-race-eighteen-loudon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/2018-nascar-xfinity-series-race-eighteen-loudon\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Eighteen Loudon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stages for the race are 45-45- 110. Beautiful blue skies over the race track. The PRN crew are busy talking about what Brad &#8216;It&#8217; Keselowski is doing like he&#8217;s a star of the Xfinity series or something. I hope they&#8217;re aware this is the Xfinity series and it would be great if they would highlight the Xfinity regulars. Christopher Bell is battling with Ryan Preece at the front of the field. The PRN guys mention they don&#8217;t understand why Ryan Preece doesn&#8217;t get more opportunities in the car with his talent.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR has moved up the start time for tomorrow&#8217;s Cup race due to rain in the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Bell wins stage one. <!-- 04:40:05 PM --><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217; leads the field to green with Ryan Preece also on the front row as they restart on lap 55.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Preece takes over the lead before the lap is completed!<\/p>\n<p>Caution on lap 70. &#8216;It&#8217; will lead the field to green on lap 75 of 200.<\/p>\n<p>Ross Chastain (4) brings out the caution on lap 79 as he slams the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Restarting on lap 84 of 200.<\/p>\n<p>Caution is out again on lap 84 as the 11 of Ryan Truex goes for a spin after getting tapped by the 16 of Ryan Reed &#8211; the menace. Justin &#8216;Dewy Alligator&#8217; Allgaier tapped the back of the 16 of Ryan Reed when Reed checked up.<\/p>\n<p>Restarting on lap 88 of 200.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217; crosses the finish line first for stage two. <!--05:14:23 PM--><\/p>\n<p>Restarting on lap 98 of 200 with Elliott Sadler leading the field to green.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Sauter is in the field today in the 23 car.<\/p>\n<p>Caution on 166 of 200 during green flag pit stops. Jeremy Clements in the 51 hit the water barrels at the end of pit road attempting to come in for his green flag stop.<\/p>\n<p>Restarting on lap 173 of 200.<\/p>\n<p>Caution on lap 178 of 200 as Chad Finchum (40) slams the wall. The 0 of Garrett Smithley also has some damage.<\/p>\n<p>Restarting on lap 182 of 200.<\/p>\n<p>Nice group of laps as Ryan Preece, Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek battling for second, third and fourth positions. They blocked off &#8216;It&#8221;s run for a bit which was nice. Christopher Bell was in the lead off the restart during the action.<\/p>\n<p><!--06:31:03 PM-->Christopher Bell wins.<\/p>\n<p>The 60 of Austin Cindric is completely wrecked as the checkered flag falls.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Bell gave the checkered flag to a fan at the fence.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NASCAR News:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nascar\/news\/nascar-at-eldora-results-dirt-derby-race-truck-series-chase-briscoe-grant-enfinger-tony-stewart\/1ve8uh526bdp91lkvsllwh2lhw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR Truck Series results at Eldora: Chase Briscoe edges Grant Enfinger on last lap<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ftw\/2018\/07\/19\/nascars-ryan-blaney-proves-hes-the-guy-to-be-with-for-a-zombie-apocalypse\/111187766\/?src=rss?src=rss?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR&#8217;s Ryan Blaney proves he&#8217;d be great during zombie apocalypse<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/kurt-busch-wins-pole-new-hampshire-214348545.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurt Busch captures pole at New Hampshire<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/bell-holds-off-keselowski-xfinity-224706680.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bell holds off Keselowski for Xfinity win at New Hampshire<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/wires\/ap\/article-5978233\/NASCAR-stars-push-new-improve-state-racing.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ito=1490&amp;ns_campaign=1490?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR stars push for &#8216;new&#8217; to improve state of racing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/jayski\/cup\/2018\/story\/_\/id\/24159347\/dale-jr-foundation-sets-2018-gloves-program?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dale Jr. Foundation sets 2018 Gloves Program<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/daniel-suarez-going-full-throttle-165327837.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Suarez going full throttle to turn around his 2018 fortunes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sports-ak.espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/24151330\/nascar-cup-series-2018-ty-dillon-remains-committed-germain-racing-struggles?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ty Dillon remains committed to Germain Racing despite struggles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/busch-edges-truex-pole-hampshire-035940911--spt.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Busch edges Truex for pole at New Hampshire<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/kurt-busch-contract-status-beyond-230921756.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurt Busch on contract status beyond 2018: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcwe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see how it all comes together\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/full-list-nascar-winners-best-151636930.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full list of NASCAR winners in Best Driver category at the ESPY Awards<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/sports\/john-probst-penn-state-alum-nascar-racing-development-kyle-busch-20180719.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penn State alum John Probst is guiding NASCAR&#8217;s innovation program<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Next Race: Iowa<\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>GO JRM!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stages for the race are 45-45- 110. Beautiful blue skies over the race track. The PRN crew are busy talking about what Brad &#8216;It&#8217; Keselowski is doing like he&#8217;s a star of the Xfinity series or something. I hope they&#8217;re aware this is the Xfinity series and it would be great if they would &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/2018-nascar-xfinity-series-race-eighteen-loudon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Eighteen Loudon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","category-sports","category-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}