The 2019 B&L Transport 170 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on August 10, 2019, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Contested over 75 laps on the road course, it was the 21st race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.
Background
Track
The track is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to the north of Columbus.
The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit run clockwise. The back portion of the track allows speeds approaching . A separate starting line is located on the backstretch to allow for safer rolling starts. The regular start / finish line is located on the pit straight. There is grandstand seating for 10,000 spectators and three observation mounds alongside the track raise the capacity to over 75,000.
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 Lawson Aschenbach JD Motorsports Chevrolet 5 Vinnie Miller 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 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 18 Jack Hawksworth 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 J. J. Yeley (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 42 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 53 Max Tullman Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 68 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 74 Aaron Quine Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Scott Heckert B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 86 Will Rodgers Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 90 Chris Dyson (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Patrick Gallagher B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota
Practice
First practice Justin Haley was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 85.386 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 85.386 95.201 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 85.831 94.707 3 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 85.969 94.555
Final practice Jack Hawksworth was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 85.383 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Jack Hawksworth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 85.383 95.204 2 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 85.609 94.953 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 85.613 94.948
Qualifying Austin Cindric scored the pole for the race with a time of 84.231 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 84.231 2 18 Jack Hawksworth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84.526 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84.862 4 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 84.869 5 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 84.872 6 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 84.927 7 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 85.089 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 85.324 9 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 85.546 10 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 85.650 11 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 85.653 12 8 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 85.141 13 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 85.456 14 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 85.537 15 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 85.690 16 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 85.925 17 78 Scott Heckert B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 86.007 18 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 86.036 19 4 Lawson Aschenbach JD Motorsports Chevrolet 86.069 20 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 86.079 21 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 86.315 22 86 Will Rodgers Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 86.346 23 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 86.897 24 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 86.946 25 42 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 86.984 26 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 87.216 27 90 Chris Dyson (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 87.429 28 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 87.598 29 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 87.730 30 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 88.585 31 74 Aaron Quine Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 88.615 32 68 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 88.846 33 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 89.439 34 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 92.285 35 5 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 92.667 36 38 J. J. Yeley (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 92.756 37 99 Patrick Gallagher B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 0.000 38 53 Max Tullman Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 0.000
Race
Summary Austin Cindric started on pole and dominated Stage 1 despite Ray Black Jr. causing a caution on lap 4 for stalling and Jack Hawksworth spinning on the frontstretch. Cindric pitted with two laps remaining in the stage, giving the Stage 1 win to Chase Briscoe. On lap 28, Brandon Brown spun into a sand pit and got stuck. In the restart, Chris Dyson ran into Cole Custer, heavily damaging Dyson's car and forcing him to leave the race. For the next restart, Justin Allgaier and Noah Gragson spun simultaneously and collected numerous cars before Stephen Leicht lost a wheel and ended up ripping the door off David Starr's car. Hawksworth managed to win Stage 2 in his first NASCAR start.
Scott Heckert went off-course and crashed into the tire wall with 19 laps remaining. Briscoe, Regan Smith, and Will Rodgers stayed out while the leaders pitted. When the green flag waved, Briscoe quickly passed Smith but was soon caught by Cindric and Christopher Bell. Cindric soon pulled away, and ultimately took the win with a 3 second lead over Bell.
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 102 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 93 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 84 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 66 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 57 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48 4 Lawson Aschenbach JD Motorsports Chevrolet 39 78 Scott Heckert B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 210 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 1
Stage Two Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 18 Jack Hawksworth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 84 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 66 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 57 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 48 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 39 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 210 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 35
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 75 482 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 443 6 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 75 404 10 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 405 7 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 75 416 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 75 317 5 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 75 408 4 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 75 349 13 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 75 3110 9 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 3411 11 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 75 3412 22 86 Will Rodgers Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 75 2513 21 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 75 2814 16 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 75 2815 2 18 Jack Hawksworth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 3216 14 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 75 3117 20 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 75 2118 18 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 75 2019 26 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 75 1820 28 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 75 1721 12 8 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 75 1622 23 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 75 1523 37 99 Patrick Gallagher B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 74 1424 32 68 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 74 1325 35 5 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 74 1226 33 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 73 1127 25 42 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 65 1028 19 4 Lawson Aschenbach JD Motorsports Chevrolet 63 1229 17 78 Scott Heckert B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 57 1030 31 74 Aaron Quine Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 42 731 15 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 41 832 24 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 36 533 29 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 36 434 27 90 Chris Dyson (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 31 035 34 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 13 236 30 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 8 137 36 38 J. J. Yeley (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 2 038 38 53 Max Tullman Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 2 1
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