Christopher Bell Wins the 38th Annual Allied Steel Buildings 200
Christopher Bell takes the Checkered Flag to win the 38th Annual Allied Steel Buildings 200 at Dover International Speedway. Dean Patton Photo.
Dover, DE - RIS - Christopher Bell wins his third 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Cup Series event, and this one was hot, very hot. The weather looked early like it was going to win the day, but Dover International Speedway brings Mother Nature to her knees for just one day. After 200 laps, and with the Sun burning off the Mist and For from the morning the NASCAR Xfinity drivers take the Monster Mile and heat up the concrete, and the day.
For the 38th Annual Allied Steel Buildings 200 Christopher Bell brings home his Rheem Toyota home first followed by Justin Allgaier wheeling the #7 Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevrolet. With about ten to go there is a Restart and Allgaier beat Bell to the wire, but as they made their way into Turn 2 Allgaier slapped the outside wall almost ruining the day for his team, but he held it and finished second.
Third place finisher was #2 driven hard by Tyler Reddick in the Roland Chevrolet, Fourth went to #00 Cole Custer who appeared to be the man to beat, but no one told the remainder of the field as they beat and banged their way to a great finish. Fifth place finisher was the #98 Chase Briscoe, a rookie wheeling the Nutri Chomps Ford.
Finishing sixth was the #22 Austin Cindric. Seventh went to #19 Brandon Jone, followed by eighth place finisher #23 John Hunter Nemechek who tangled with the ninth place car #8 Zane Smith. Both banged and dented their rides after the winner had taken the Checkered Flag.
Rounding out the top ten was the #1 driven by Michael Annett.
Winning the Allied Steel Buildings 200 at Dover International would be Christopher Bell’s third win for the season and seventh top ten finish. In all this is Bell’s 11th win in just 51 Xfinity Series starts. Christopher sits just 23 series points behind Tyler Reddick so look for this standings to get tighter and tighter as the series progresses. Now NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers get two weeks to work on the rides and gather as much knowledge as they can before hitting the competition again.
See you at the track.
Unofficial Race Results for the 38th Annual Allied Steel Buildings 200: May 4, 2019: Dover International Speedway
Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps, St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1)4, Christopher Bell, No. 20 Rheem Toyota, 200, 2, 2, 2, 44, 5, 58, Running
2)2, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet, 200, 3, 4, 1, 1, , 50, Running
3)5, Tyler Reddick, No. 2 Roland Chevrolet, 200, 4, 3, , , , 49, Running
4)1, Cole Custer, No. 00 Haas Automation Ford, 200, 1, 1, 1, 155, 2, 53, Running
5)7, Chase Briscoe #, No. 98 Nutri Chomps Ford, 200, 7, 7, , , , 40, Running
6)3, Austin Cindric, No. 22 Menards/Richmond Ford, 200, 5, 6, , , , 42, Running
7)8, Brandon Jones, No. 19 1st Foundation Toyota, 200, 8, 8, , , , 36, Running
8)16, John Hunter Nemechek #, No. 23 Fire Alarm Services Inc Chevrolet, 200, , 10, , , , 30, Running
9)6, Zane Smith, No. 8 PatientPop Chevrolet, 200, 6, 5, , , , 39, Running
10)15, Michael Annett, No. 1 Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 27, Running
11)14, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Anglin Builders LLC Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 26, Running
12)10, Ross Chastain, No. 4 Protect Your Melon Chevrolet, 200, 9, , , , , 27, Running
13)17, Brandon Brown #, No. 86 Vector Security Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 24, Running
14)18, Kaz Grala, No. 21 HotScream Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 23, Running
15)12, Riley Herbst, No. 18 Monster Energy Toyota, 199, , , , , , 22, Running
16)19, Timmy Hill, No. 66 R.Anderson Mem/CrashClaimsR.USToyota, 199, , , , , , 21, Running
17)11, Justin Haley #, No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet, 198, 10, , , , , 21, Running
18)13, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet, 198, , , , , , 19, Running
19)9, Noah Gragson #, No. 9 Switch Chevrolet, 197, , 9, , , , 20, Running
20)21, Gray Gaulding, No. 08 World Wide Safety Consulting Chevrolet, 197, , , , , , 17, Running
21)24, Tommy Joe Martins, No. 99 Diamond Gusset Jeans Toyota, 197, , , , , , 16, Running
22)32, Josh Williams, No. 36 DGM Racing Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 15, Running
23)26, Garrett Smithley, No. 0 teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 14, Running
24)22, Ray Black II, No. 07 ISOKERN/Scuba Life Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 13, Running
25)25, Ronnie Bassett Jr, No. 90 Bassett Gutters & More Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 12, Running
26)23, Stephen Leicht, No. 01 teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 11, Running
27)20, BJ McLeod, No. 15 teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 10, Running
28)33, David Starr, No. 52 ATS Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 9, Running
29)36, Joey Gase, No. 35 Toyota, 195, , , , , , 8, Running
30)27, Chad Finchum, No. 42 Garrison Homes Toyota, 195, , , , , , 7, Running
31)35, Matt Mills, No. 5 J.F. Electric Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 6, Running
32)31, Vinnie Miller, No. 78 Koolbox Toyota, 194, , , , , , 5, Running
33)37, Mike Harmon, No. 74 JourneyHomeProject/CharlieDanielsChevrolet, 144, , , , , , 4, Running
34)28, Bayley Currey(i), No. 17 East Carolina University Chevrolet, 59, , , , , , 0, Engine
35)34, Morgan Shepherd, No. 89 Visone RV Chevrolet, 50, , , , , , 2, Overheating
36)29, Jeff Green, No. 38 RSS Racing Chevrolet, 15, , , , , , 1, Brakes
37)38, John Jackson, No. 13 R.Anderson Mem/CrashClaimsR.USToyota, 13, , , , , , 1, Vibration
38)30, Josh Bilicki, No. 93 Chevrolet, 10, , , , , , 1, Transmission
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie
Time of Race:1 hr, 48 min, 56 secs
Total Race Length: 200 Laps: 200. miles
Average Speed:110.159 mph
Margin of Victory:1.745 sec
Stage 1 Top 10:00, 20, 7, 2, 22, 8, 98, 19, 4, 11
Stage 2 Top 10:00, 20, 2, 7, 8, 22, 98, 19, 9, 23
Race Comments:Christopher Bell won the Allied Steel Buildings 200 at Dover International Speedway, his 11th victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 9 (unapproved adjustments) and 93 (unapproved adjustments).
Caution Flags:5 for 29 laps; Laps: 47-54 (Stage 1 Conclusion [86]); 92-99 (Stage 2 Conclusion [66]); 155-159 (No. 21, No. 23, Incident Turn 2 [4]); 177-180 (No. 18, Spin Frontstretch [39]); 183-186 (No. 08, No. 78 Incident Turn 1 [86]).
Lead Changes:3 among 3 drivers; C. Custer 1-155; C. Bell 156-185; J. Allgaier 186; C. Bell 187-200.
Mobil 1 Driver of the Race:Christopher Bell, No. 20
Dean Patton
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