The 2019 CTECH Manufacturing 180 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on August 24, 2019, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Contested over 45 laps on the 4.048-mile (6.515 km) road course, it was the 23rd race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

Background

Track

Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NTT Indycar Series, NTTWeatherTech SportsCar Championship, SCCA Pirelli World Challenge, ASRA, AMA Superbike series, IndyCar Series, and SCCA Pro Racing's Trans-Am Series.

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 Ryan Vargas 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 Matt DiBenedetto (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 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 43 Preston Pardus Pardus Racing Inc. Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 61 Dick Karth MBM Motorsports Toyota 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 74 Nicolas Hammann Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Ryan Ellis B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90 Dexter Bean DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Loris Hezemans B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet

Practice

First practice Christopher Bell was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 134.239 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2:14.239 108.559 2 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2:14.274 108.530 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 2:14.503 108.346

Final practice Christopher Bell was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 134.235 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2:14.235 108.562 2 18 Matt DiBenedetto (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2:14.801 108.106 3 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 2:14.820 108.091

Qualifying A. J. Allmendinger scored the pole for the race with a time of 132.731 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 2:12.731 2 18 Matt DiBenedetto (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2:13.229 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 2:13.286 4 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 2:13.648 5 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2:13.907 6 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2:13.948 7 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 2:14.117 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2:14.203 9 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 2:14.411 10 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 2:14.551 11 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2:14.573 12 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2:15.881 13 8 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2:14.624 14 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 2:14.843 15 43 Preston Pardus Pardus Racing Inc. Chevrolet 2:14.940 16 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 2:15.069 17 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 2:15.138 18 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2:15.384 19 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 2:15.577 20 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2:15.797 21 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 2:16.048 22 78 Ryan Ellis B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 2:16.464 23 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 2:17.023 24 99 Loris Hezemans B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 2:17.062 25 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 2:17.389 26 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 2:18.131 27 74 Nicolas Hammann Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 2:18.135 28 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 2:18.380 29 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 2:18.526 30 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 2:19.522 31 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 2:19.647 32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 2:20.102 33 4 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports Chevrolet 2:20.694 34 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 2:22.713 35 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 2:22.894 36 90 Dexter Bean DGM Racing Chevrolet 2:24.424 37 5 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 2:27.801 38 61 Dick Karth MBM Motorsports Toyota 2:30.590

Race

Summary A. J. Allmendinger started on pole and remained in the lead until Stage 1, where he won the stage. Justin Allgaier had locked up the brakes in turn 1 in the gravel, but kept his car away from the tire barrier. The team had to make lengthy repairs to the vehicle. Cole Custer's car took some damage after he mowed down some banners, and Chase Briscoe took the stage 2 win when the leaders pitted.

Brandon Jones, who had to start the race at the rear in a backup car, blew a tire and damaged his right front. With 2 laps left, Gray Gaulding lost his brakes and spun out of control in the gravel. His rear-end got damaged, but track officials towed him out and his team made repairs to return to the race. Matt DiBenedetto (who led the most laps) lost control on the final turn while running second and ultimately finished one lap down. Christopher Bell (who struggled with handling issues during Stage 1) took the lead and managed to hold off Austin Cindric (who weaved his way through from 20th to second) to win the race.

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 10

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 102 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 93 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 84 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 66 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 57 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 39 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 210 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage Two Laps: 10

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 102 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 93 8 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 84 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 75 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 66 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 57 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 48 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 210 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 1

Final stage results

Stage Three Laps: 25

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 12 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45 402 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 45 443 6 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45 414 5 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 45 435 11 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45 326 7 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 45 467 10 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 45 458 9 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 45 399 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 45 2810 4 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 45 3511 17 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 45 3312 18 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 45 2613 13 8 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 45 3214 29 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 45 2315 27 74 Nicolas Hammann Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 45 2216 20 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45 2417 32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 45 2018 33 4 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports Chevrolet 45 1919 31 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 45 1820 16 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 45 1821 22 78 Ryan Ellis B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 45 1622 24 99 Loris Hezemans B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 45 1523 34 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 45 1424 1 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 45 2325 23 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 45 1226 14 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 45 1327 2 18 Matt DiBenedetto (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 44 028 37 5 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 44 929 19 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 44 1230 38 61 Dick Karth MBM Motorsports Toyota 43 731 28 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 41 632 36 90 Dexter Bean DGM Racing Chevrolet 39 533 21 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 37 434 25 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 36 335 35 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 236 15 43 Preston Pardus Pardus Racing Inc. Chevrolet 14 137 26 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 10 138 30 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 2 1 After being lapped and struggling early on in the race in his Xfinity Series debut, Dick Karth did not complete the race and around lap 15, he was replaced by Timmy Hill. Since Karth started the race, he is officially credited with the 30th-place finish.

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