The 2019 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on November 9, 2019, at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 200 laps on the oval, it was the 32nd race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, sixth race of the Playoffs, and the final race of the Round of 8.
Background
Track
ISM Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. ISM Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
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 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 13 Chad Finchum 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 Bobby Dale Earnhardt MBM Motorsports Toyota 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 Dexter Bean DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 Bayley Currey (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Josh Bilicki B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota
Practice
First practice Christopher Bell was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.736 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.736 129.795 2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 27.753 129.716 3 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.754 129.711
Final practice Christopher Bell was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.661 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.661 130.147 2 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.690 130.011 3 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 27.774 129.618
Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.180 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.180 2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 27.252 3 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 27.317 4 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.328 5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 27.347 6 8 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 27.447 7 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 27.478 8 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.531 9 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 27.554 10 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 27.595 11 18 Riley Herbst (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.605 12 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 27.612 13 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 27.703 14 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 27.721 15 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 27.731 16 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 27.738 17 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 27.940 18 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 27.957 19 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 27.998 20 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 28.123 21 78 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 28.131 22 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 28.171 23 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 28.186 24 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 28.215 25 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 28.284 26 93 Bayley Currey (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 28.336 27 61 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 28.337 28 92 Dexter Bean DGM Racing Chevrolet 28.346 29 4 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports Chevrolet 28.421 30 17 Joe Nemechek (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 28.488 31 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 28.508 32 99 Josh Bilicki B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 28.520 33 15 Tyler Matthews JD Motorsports Chevrolet 28.646 34 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 28.731 35 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 28.758 36 5 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 28.877 37 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 29.046 38 66 Bobby Dale Earnhardt MBM Motorsports Toyota 29.203 . – Playoffs driver
Race
Summary Christopher Bell started on pole and led for the first 48 laps. The first caution occurred when Michael Annett and Riley Herbst tangled. Bell lost the lead to Tyler Reddick for one lap, but quickly took it back and won Stage 1. Bell and Austin Cindric were tagged for speeding on pit road. Cole Custer and Justin Allgaier exchanged the lead afterwards. Bell also won Stage 2 after briefly taking the lead.
Bell lost his chance of winning the race after a spin on lap 117 caused him to go one lap down. However, Bell was already locked into the finale from his win at the previous week's race. Chase Briscoe took the lead on the restart, but lost it to Allgaier as Briscoe only took fuel on the last caution (he had hoped for another caution to occur). Allgaier held onto the lead, holding off a charging Custer to take the victory and advance to the final 4.
Reddick and Custer also made the championship 4 on points, eliminating Cindric, Briscoe, Annett, and Noah Gragson.
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 60
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 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 66 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 57 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 8 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 39 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 210 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1
Stage Two Laps: 60
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 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 66 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 57 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 48 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 39 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 210 8 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 80
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 582 2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 200 513 4 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 484 13 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 200 385 6 8 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 366 7 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 200 367 14 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 308 3 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 200 409 9 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 3910 12 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2911 8 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 199 3012 15 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 199 2513 16 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 199 2414 19 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 199 2315 23 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 199 2216 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 199 4117 27 61 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 199 2018 10 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 198 1919 21 78 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 198 1820 17 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 198 1721 25 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 198 1622 33 15 Tyler Matthews JD Motorsports Chevrolet 197 1523 32 99 Josh Bilicki B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 197 1424 22 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 196 1325 31 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 196 1226 29 4 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports Chevrolet 195 1127 35 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 195 1028 38 66 Bobby Dale Earnhardt MBM Motorsports Toyota 193 929 37 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 193 830 11 18 Riley Herbst (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 163 031 36 5 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 58 632 34 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 58 533 24 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr. DGM Racing Chevrolet 55 434 30 17 Joe Nemechek (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 55 035 28 92 Dexter Bean DGM Racing Chevrolet 39 236 26 93 Bayley Currey (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 34 037 20 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 32 138 18 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 27 1 . – Driver advanced to the Championship 4.
. – Driver was eliminated from the playoffs.
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