The 2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on September 14, 2019, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 200 laps on the asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the 26th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the final race of the regular season before the playoffs.
Background
Track
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 5 Matt Mills 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 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Elliott Sadler Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 13 Stan Mullis MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 Tyler Matthews JD Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Joe Nemechek (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 18 Riley Herbst (i) 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 RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 61 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 66 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 74 Kyle Weatherman Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 C. J. McLaughlin RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota
Practice
First practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.659 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.659 176.131 2 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 30.720 175.781 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 30.812 175.256
Final practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.744 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.744 175.644 2 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.836 175.120 3 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.929 174.593
Qualifying Cole Custer scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.773 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 29.773 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.825 3 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.840 4 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.909 5 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.924 6 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.948 7 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 30.096 8 10 Elliott Sadler Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.143 9 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 30.169 10 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.289 11 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.312 12 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 30.478 13 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.490 14 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.538 15 18 Riley Herbst (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.577 16 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.725 17 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 30.762 18 61 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.827 19 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.842 20 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.011 21 4 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.083 22 8 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 31.101 23 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.157 24 5 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.170 25 74 Kyle Weatherman Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 31.218 26 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.272 27 17 Joe Nemechek (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 31.399 28 15 Tyler Matthews JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.486 29 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 31.670 30 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 31.691 31 93 C. J. McLaughlin RSS Racing Chevrolet 31.828 32 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 31.918 33 66 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 32.364 34 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 32.595 35 13 Stan Mullis MBM Motorsports Toyota 33.330 36 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 37 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 0.000 38 99 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 0.000
Race
Summary Cole Custer started on pole, but Christopher Bell overtook him and proved to have the fastest car of the night. Bell won both stages and was able to prevent contenders Custer, Justin Allgaier, and Chase Briscoe from passing him on a straightaway. Tyler Reddick clinched the regular season championship after Stage 2.
A caution was thrown on lap 128 after C. J. McLaughlin slammed the turn 3 wall. Reddick pit as his car needed repairs while the leaders stayed out. Reddick went out front when the leaders made green-flag stops between laps 165 and 175 as no cautions occurred afterwards. With 25 laps remaining, Reddick's lead increased to 10 seconds, prompting him to save fuel. Bell began catching up to Reddick, closing in the gap. Ultimately, Reddick (despite his car sputtering over the last three laps) was able to hold off Bell to win the race. For the playoffs, John Hunter Nemechek and Ryan Sieg took the final two spots on points over Gray Gaulding and Jeremy Clements.
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 45
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 93 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 84 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 75 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 66 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 48 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 39 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 210 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1
Stage Two Laps: 45
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 93 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 84 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 75 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 66 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 48 8 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 39 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 210 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 110
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 4 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 542 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 553 6 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 444 1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 200 475 3 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 506 36 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 317 16 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 199 308 13 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 199 359 15 18 Riley Herbst (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 199 010 8 10 Elliott Sadler Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 199 2711 7 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 199 3612 5 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 199 3613 11 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 199 2714 22 8 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 199 2615 10 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 199 2316 17 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 198 2117 37 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 198 2018 29 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 198 1919 20 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 197 1820 12 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 197 1721 23 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 197 1622 21 4 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 196 1523 26 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 196 1424 24 5 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 195 1325 18 61 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 194 1226 30 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 194 1127 38 99 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 193 1028 28 15 Tyler Matthews JD Motorsports Chevrolet 191 929 32 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 187 830 34 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 186 731 31 93 C. J. McLaughlin RSS Racing Chevrolet 121 632 25 74 Kyle Weatherman Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 66 533 27 17 Joe Nemechek (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 56 034 33 66 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 52 335 35 13 Stan Mullis MBM Motorsports Toyota 22 236 9 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 20 137 14 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 2 138 19 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 199 1 O. – Driver made the playoffs cut.
Ryan Sieg was disqualified for technical infringements, but he still made the playoffs on points.
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