The 2019 Alsco 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on May 25, 2019, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

Background

Track

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a quad-oval track, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR, as many race teams are based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI), with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.

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 SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 8 Jeb Burton JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Austin Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 13 Joe Nemechek (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 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 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 68 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 74 Camden Murphy (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 86 Mason Diaz (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90 Dillon Bassett DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 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 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet

Practice

First practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.000 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.000 180.000 2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 30.082 179.509 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 30.152 179.093

Final practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.911 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.911 180.536 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.009 179.946 3 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.086 179.485

Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.298 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.298 2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 29.478 3 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.639 4 10 Austin Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.726 5 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.734 6 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.784 7 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.789 8 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.814 9 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.863 10 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.868 11 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 29.917 12 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.925 13 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 30.003 14 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.132 15 17 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.191 16 8 Jeb Burton JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.195 17 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 30.219 18 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.380 19 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.444 20 74 Camden Murphy (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 30.529 21 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.667 22 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 30.687 23 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.700 24 92 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 30.711 25 68 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 30.828 26 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.879 27 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.980 28 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.065 29 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 31.072 30 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.119 31 13 Joe Nemechek (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 31.140 32 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.144 33 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.152 34 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.162 35 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 31.629 36 86 Mason Diaz (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 31.731 37 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 38 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 0.000Did not qualify 39 99 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.542 40 90 Dillon Bassett DGM Racing Chevrolet 0.000

Race

Summary

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 45

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 93 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 84 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 75 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 57 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 39 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 210 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage Two Laps: 45

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 102 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 93 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 84 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 75 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 66 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 57 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 48 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 39 10 Austin Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 010 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 110

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 3 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 582 6 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 463 9 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 354 10 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 455 35 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 326 8 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 377 16 8 Jeb Burton JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 308 12 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 319 7 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 200 3310 5 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 3311 37 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2612 14 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 200 3313 17 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 200 2414 19 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 200 2315 32 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2216 28 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 200 2117 30 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2018 21 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 199 1919 11 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 199 3420 25 68 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 198 1721 26 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 198 1622 29 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 198 1523 34 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 197 1424 2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 196 2625 24 92 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 195 1226 33 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 194 1127 22 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 187 1028 4 10 Daniel Hemric (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 186 029 20 74 Camden Murphy (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 173 030 36 86 Mason Diaz (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 100 731 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 1632 31 13 Joe Nemechek (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 58 033 15 17 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 35 034 13 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 31 335 18 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 17 236 23 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 10 137 27 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 6 138 38 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 5 1 Due to extreme heat, Austin Dillon was unable to complete the race and was replaced by Daniel Hemric during a caution period. Because Dillon started the race, he is officially credited with the 28th-place finish, while Hemric is not credited with a finishing position.

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