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The 2019 Pocono Green 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on June 1, 2019, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 103 laps (extended from 100 laps due to an overtime finish) on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) triangular racecourse, it was the 12th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

Background[edit]

Track[edit]

The race was held at Pocono Raceway which is located in the Pocono Mountains in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. It is the site of two annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races held several weeks apart in early June and late July, one NASCAR Xfinity Series event in early June, one NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series event in late July, and two ARCA Racing Series events, one in early June and the other in late July. From 1971 to 1989, and since 2013, the track has also hosted an Indy Car race, currently sanctioned by the IndyCar Series and run in August.

Entry list[edit]

  • Initially No. 5 from Matt Mills was a Chevrolet but he crashed the car in Practice, so they ran the backup car that was a Toyota.

Practice[edit]

First practice[edit]

Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 53.388 seconds and a speed of 168.577 mph (271.298 km/h).[4]

Final practice[edit]

Cole Custer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 53.134 seconds and a speed of 169.383 mph (272.596 km/h).[4]

Qualifying[edit]

Cole Custer scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.722 seconds and a speed of 170.707 mph (274.726 km/h).[5]

Qualifying results[edit]

  • Tyler Reddick and John Hunter Nemechek started from the rear due to transmission failure and starting on a backup car, respectively.

Summary[edit]

Cole Custer started on pole and led from green flag to the end of stage 1. Brandon Jones spun out early, slamming the back of his car into the fence on turn 1. Joey Gase, Chad Finchum, and Todd Peck all got together exiting the first turn afterwards, and Christopher Bell spun out but managed to save it.

Bell led for a few laps before Justin Allgaier passed him to win stage 2. Allgaier would later lose the lead after Custer passed him the same way he passed Bell in turn 1. Jeffrey Earnhardt spun out after being tapped by Austin Cindric.

Tyler Reddick passed Custer after the final restart, leading a lap. On the final turn, Custer managed to slip by Reddick (who got loose) and held him off to win the race.

Stage Results[edit]

Stage One
Laps: 25

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste
Ford 10
2 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9
3 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 8
4 10 Austin Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 0
5 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 6
6 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 5
7 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 3
9 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 2
10 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage Two
Laps: 25

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10
2 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9
3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8
4 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste
Ford 7
5 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste
Ford 6
6 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 5
7 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 3
9 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 2
10 8 Ryan Preece (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 0

Final Stage Results[edit]

Stage Three
Laps: 50

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste
Ford 103 56
2 6 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 103 52
3 12 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste
Ford 103 41
4 8 8 Ryan Preece (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 103 0
5 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 103 40
6 15 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 103 32
7 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 103 41
8 4 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 103 33
9 13 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 103 35
10 11 10 Austin Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 103 0
11 9 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 103 45
12 23 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 103 30
13 27 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 103 24
14 14 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 103 27
15 22 36 Josh Williams (R) DGM Racing Chevrolet 103 22
16 28 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 102 21
17 16 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 102 20
18 17 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 102 19
19 21 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 102 18
20 18 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 102 17
21 30 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 102 16
22 10 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 15
23 25 01 Stephen Leicht (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 102 14
24 31 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 101 13
25 33 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 101 12
26 5 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 100 14
27 32 99 Todd Peck (i) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0
28 35 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 99 9
29 34 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 86 8
30 38 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 65 7
31 36 13 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Toyota 36 6
32 29 17 Camden Murphy (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 36 0
33 19 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 34 4
34 20 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 33 3
35 37 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 31 2
36 24 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 22 1
37 26 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 10 1
38 7 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 6 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ “2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Schedule”. Official Site Of NASCAR. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  2. ^ “Pocono Raceway”. May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Cheek, Adam (May 28, 2019). “Entry List: Pocono Green 250”. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Albino, Dustin (May 31, 2019). “Tyler Reddick, Cole Custer Top Xfinity Practices at Pocono”. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Allaway, Phil (June 1, 2019). “Cole Custer Claims Pocono Green 250 Pole”. Retrieved June 1, 2019.