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27th race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series

Motor car race

The 2018 Go Bowling 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on September 21, 2018 at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 250 laps on the .75-mile (1.21 km) D-shaped short track, it was the 27th race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the first race of the Playoffs. This was also the last race for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who had already retired from full-time racing in the previous year.

Entry list[edit]

Practice[edit]

First practice[edit]

Christopher Bell was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.341 seconds and a speed of 120.854 mph (194.496 km/h).[4]

Final practice[edit]

Cole Custer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.538 seconds and a speed of 119.798 mph (192.796 km/h).[4]

Qualifying[edit]

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.691 seconds and a speed of 118.990 mph (191.496 km/h).[5]

Qualifying results[edit]

Stage Results[edit]

Stage 1

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 10
2 20 Christopher Bell (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8
4 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7
5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 4
8 9 Tyler Reddick (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3
9 22 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 2
10 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10
2 20 Christopher Bell (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
3 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 8
4 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 7
5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5
7 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 9 Tyler Reddick (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3
9 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		 Ford 2
10 22 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 1

Final Stage Results[edit]

Stage 3

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 1 20 Christopher Bell (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 58
2 3 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 250 43
3 6 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 52
4 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports Chevrolet 250 51
5 10 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 44
6 13 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 250 40
7 14 9 Tyler Reddick (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 250 36
8 9 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 29
9 8 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 28
10 21 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 27
11 7 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 250 30
12 16 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 250 25
13 11 22 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 250 27
14 17 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 250 23
15 4 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		 Ford 250 24
16 20 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 250 21
17 18 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 250 20
18 12 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 19
19 22 90 Mason Diaz DGM Racing Chevrolet 250 18
20 27 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 249 17
21 19 36 Alex Labbé (R) DGM Racing Chevrolet 248 16
22 23 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing Chevrolet 248 15
23 26 8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 248 14
24 29 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 248 13
25 28 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 246 12
26 34 40 Chad Finchum (R) MBM Motorsports Toyota 245 11
27 25 78 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 244 10
28 22 15 Katherine Legge JD Motorsports Chevrolet 242 9
29 31 55 Bayley Currey (i) JP Motorsports Toyota 242 0
30 39 45 Josh Bilicki (R) JP Motorsports Toyota 242 7
31 24 4 Quin Houff JD Motorsports Chevrolet 231 6
32 5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 226 17
33 30 76 Spencer Boyd (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 160 4
34 15 60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford 145 3
35 38 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 122 2
36 40 66 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Dodge 98 1
37 37 01 Vinnie Miller (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 91 1
38 36 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 85 1
39 35 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 28 1
40 33 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 22 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Archived copy” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Marks, Brendan (September 19, 2018). “Dale Jr.’s final NASCAR race could be this weekend: How should fans feel about that?”. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  3. ^ Utter, Jim (September 21, 2018). “Christopher Bell beats Chastain for Xfinity win at Richmond”. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Long, Dustin (September 21, 2018). “NASCAR Xfinity practice report at Richmond”. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  5. ^ McFadin, Daniel (September 21, 2018). “Christopher Bell wins Xfinity Richmond pole; Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualifies 2nd”. Retrieved September 21, 2018.