The 2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on March 30, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the sixth race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.
Background
Track
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The reconfigured track measures with banked 20° in turns 1 and 2 and banked 24° in turns 3 and 4. Texas Motor Speedway is a quad-oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 8 Jeb Burton JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 12 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 66 Tyler Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 81 Jeffrey Earnhardt XCI Racing Toyota 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota
Practice
First practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.822 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.822 187.357 2 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.870 187.045 3 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.903 186.832
Final practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.752 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.752 187.813 2 12 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 28.895 186.884 3 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.895 186.884
Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.225 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.607 28.225 2 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.448 28.277 3 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.571 28.322 4 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 28.469 28.338 5 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.473 28.389 6 8 Jeb Burton JR Motorsports Chevrolet 28.621 28.460 7 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 28.667 28.483 8 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 28.551 28.487 9 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 28.510 28.618 10 12 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 28.552 28.649 11 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 28.667 28.655 12 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.565 28.685 13 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 28.677 — 14 81 Jeffrey Earnhardt XCI Racing Toyota 28.694 — 15 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 28.745 — 16 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 28.748 — 17 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 28.766 — 18 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 28.839 — 19 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.089 — 20 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 29.182 — 21 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 29.188 — 22 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 29.189 — 23 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 29.275 — 24 99 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 29.444 — 25 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 29.459 — 26 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.557 — 27 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.630 — 28 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 29.790 — 29 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.027 — 30 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.105 — 31 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 30.160 — 32 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.173 — 33 66 Tyler Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.233 — 34 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.401 — 35 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.734 — 36 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 31.182 — 37 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 31.249 — 38 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 —Did not qualify 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 32.469 — 40 17 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 0.000 — Garrett Smithley and Tommy Joe Martins started at the rear for unapproved adjustments to their cars after qualifying. Gray Gaulding, Timmy Hill, Josh Williams, Jeff Green, and Ronnie Bassett, Jr. were sent to the back of the field for missing the drivers meeting.
Race
Summary Christopher Bell led the field to the green flag, and would remain as the race leader until after Stage 1. Kyle Busch then took the lead from Bell while Tyler Hill and David Starr were involved in a minor accident. Both would continue the race. Busch lost the lead when a caution occurred after Brad Keselowski was tapped by Justin Haley and crashed into the wall. Noah Gragson took the lead afterwards, but Ryan Sieg took it under a caution caused by Ray Black Jr. Sieg would win Stage 2 afterwards. Tyler Reddick and Bell would later trade the lead while Brandon Jones and Cole Custer got into a crash and took each other out of the race. Busch took the lead from Bell with 9 laps to go and held off Reddick to earn his third victory in the series for the year.
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 45
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 03 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 84 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 75 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 57 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 48 12 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 09 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 210 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Stage Two Laps: 45
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 102 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 93 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 84 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 05 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 57 8 Jeb Burton JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 39 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 210 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 110
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 5 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 02 3 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 483 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 504 15 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 200 335 6 8 Jeb Burton JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 366 13 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 317 11 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 328 14 81 Jeffrey Earnhardt XCI Racing Toyota 200 299 8 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 200 3010 19 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 3711 9 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 200 3012 4 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 3313 16 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 3014 22 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 200 2315 23 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 199 2216 18 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 199 3017 21 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 199 2018 12 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 198 1919 24 99 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 198 1820 31 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 198 1721 20 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 198 1622 30 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 198 1523 35 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 197 1424 37 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 196 1325 34 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 196 1226 17 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 196 1127 29 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 194 1028 33 66 Tyler Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 191 029 36 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 189 830 26 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 184 731 38 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 160 632 28 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 138 533 2 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 133 1134 7 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 132 1335 25 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 79 236 10 12 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 68 037 32 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 20 138 27 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 16 1
. – Qualified for Dash 4 Cash prize money in the next race.
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