|| *Comments on the 2017 Ford EcoBoost 300:* View the most recent comment <#224> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Anonymous posted: 11.14.2017 - 8:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There was a #12 Penske ford with Austin Cindric on the original entry list but it was withdrawn. 2. JR-TV posted: 11.14.2017 - 8:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Josh Berry will probably be back in the #55. 3. Ty posted: 11.14.2017 - 8:57 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) According to the rules, Corey Lajoie is not eligible to run the #24 in the Xfinity race since all drivers earning points in the cup series are banned. 4. Danish Pie posted: 11.14.2017 - 9:53 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) If the drivers aren't swapped before race day, this will be the first Xfinity race that Ryan Sieg doesn't drive the #39 car while driving for his fathers team. He has driven the #93 on four different occasions on the truck series side, most recently at Texas in November of 2013, where he finished 11th. The driver of the #39 that day was Ryan Lynch, who wound up finishing 25th. As with all of Lynch's six truck starts, he brought sponsorship from BlankHood.com, which is possibly the biggest oxymoron I've seen in all of racing. xP 5. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 11.14.2017 - 9:56 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) For the first time, Cup drivers will be banned from competing in the final race of the season. The following drivers are replacing their cup counterparts: Ben Kennedy will replace Austin Dillon in the #2 Scott Lagasse Jr. will replace Ty Dillon in the #3 Ryan Preece will replace Daniel Suarez in the #18 Christopher Bell will replace Erik Jones in the #20 Sam Hornish Jr. will replace Ryan Blaney in the #22 Next year no cup drivers will be allowed to compete in the playoffs. 6. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.14.2017 - 11:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unless there's a switch, Front Row Joe gets to go the distance 7. Anthony posted: 11.14.2017 - 11:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think there is a method to Johnny Davis putting Joe in the 01. He feels Joe gives the team the best shot at getting the 01 into the top 30 in owners points. Currently the 01 is -3 behind the 52 of Jimmy Means Racing. I am not sure on this but I think the top 30 earn bonus prize money for the year. 8. RaceFanX posted: 11.14.2017 - 12:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chevrolet got locked out of the Final 4 on the Cup side but this race will see an all-Bowtie brand shootout with the winner taking the crown. It's a 3-on-1 showdown as JR Motorsports' Cup-bound William Byron, old school series veteran Elliott Sadler, and former ARCA champion Justin Allgaier all go up against RCR's Xfinity Series rookie Daniel Hemric. If Hemric wins the title but doesn't win the race we could be in the weird position of a driver winning a championship without having won a race in ANY of NASCAR's top-3 positions. Sadler also hasn't won a race this season but his plenty of prior Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity series wins. 9. RaceFanX posted: 11.14.2017 - 12:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Allgaier and the #7 team are getting their title shot without their normal crew chief Jason Burdett. Burdett was suspended for the finale after the #7 Chevrolet failed post-race tech following the prior race at Phoenix with an unsealed brake cooling hose. 10. Willsome429 posted: 11.14.2017 - 1:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @4: RSS made a press release today confirming Sieg in the 93. I am not sure if this is some owner point thing, have not seen the standings, but with Jeff Green in the 39 RSS could have two cars go the distance. 11. JR-TV posted: 11.14.2017 - 2:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^Stephen Leicht will be in the #39 with Jeff Green in the #38. I think both will start and park. 12. Mike posted: 11.14.2017 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @3: Stephen Leicht is also eligible for Cup points and he's entered. 13. Jeg posted: 11.14.2017 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Though he's probably a start and park, it's cool to see Stephen Leicht get another opportunity to drive a car. He put up some solid finishes in '07-'09 driving for Yates and RCR. He will go down as one of the most underrated drivers in my book. 14. Dawson posted: 11.14.2017 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) I wish Penske would of put Briscole in the 12 instead of withdrawing, but briscoles dad isn't the president of Penske so I guess that's why. 15. LandonFandon34 posted: 11.14.2017 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #93 sponsor: Code Rum Twitter is the source. 16. Mike posted: 11.14.2017 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @14: Who the hell is "Briscole"? 17. Jonathan King posted: 11.14.2017 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @16 I think he meant Briscoe, he just added a L for some reason 18. Anthony posted: 11.14.2017 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Martin Truex, Jr. wins the race & championship. Chase Elliott will fail to win in the #24. But nonetheless he will finish 5th in points & be the first driver to finish both top5 & top10 without a win since Ricky Rudd in 2000. Chase Elliott won a race in the #24 in the Can-Am duel that counted for points, but not a career win. Guess NASCAR & its driver add insult to injury toward Chase regardless. 19. 924 posted: 11.14.2017 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @18 that's a cup series comment 20. 95McDowellFan posted: 11.14.2017 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is this the biggest entry list of the season? 45 (With 1 withdrawing) seems like a lot 21. Sandy posted: 11.14.2017 - 8:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There Was 46 Entered At Daytona In February in the Xfinity series 22. 95McDowellFan posted: 11.14.2017 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @21 Oh yeah, thanks 23. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.15.2017 - 11:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Last race for the Dodge Challenger as an eligible car 24. Canadianfan posted: 11.15.2017 - 11:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @23 Wow no more Zombie Dodge's in 2018. 25. JR-TV posted: 11.15.2017 - 12:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ^I don't think that's true. The composite bodies aren't mandated until 2019 so I would think some of the smallest teams like Harmon and Long will still run zombie Dodge steel bodies at least some next year. 26. 66LongFan posted: 11.15.2017 - 1:03 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I talked with Timmy Hill at Kansas, and he said that dodges are legal until the end of 2018 27. JR-TV posted: 11.15.2017 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ^That's what I thought. Thanks for clearing it up. 28. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.15.2017 - 2:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I couldn't remember exactly when they were going to be gone. I just remember Carl Long saying something about 2018 and no more Dodge bodied cars. Thanks for the clarification 29. JR-TV posted: 11.15.2017 - 3:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^I wonder if that means Carl's team will not use Dodges next year. I think I heard him mention on facebook or something about getting composite bodies for his xfinity cars for 2018 and composite bodies would not be Dodges. 30. Tyson posted: 11.15.2017 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @29 - The new composite bodies won't be used on plate tracks next year, IIRC, so any Dodges Carl has could be used there. 31. Ty posted: 11.15.2017 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chad Finchum will be in the #40 32. Willsome429 posted: 11.15.2017 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @2: It will be Matt Mills, not Berry in the 55. 33. 95McDowellFan posted: 11.16.2017 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The whole Leicht / Seig switch was done because they feel they have the best chance of getting all 3 cars into the race this way #38- Jeff Green can use his champion provisional if necessary #39- Stephen Leicht, hasn't been in a car much this year, team wasn't confident he could race the #93 into the race, so now he's locked in via owner points #93- Ryan Seig, the team is confident he can make it in the race on speed alone 34. JR-TV posted: 11.17.2017 - 8:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @32, Cool! Didn't see that coming. I like Matt Mills. He is from my hometown. 35. JR-TV posted: 11.17.2017 - 8:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joe Nemechek and the #01 will be sponsored by Fleetwing. 36. Willsome429 posted: 11.17.2017 - 9:16 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Yeah, it's cool to see a new team taking on drivers without funding, as Mills never mentioned Thompson Electric in the announcement. 37. 95McDowellFan posted: 11.17.2017 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #72 withdrew John Graham in the #74 38. Alexander Carabitses posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:12 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I wish that Penske wouldn't have withdrawn the 12 car and I hope that both Briscoe and Cindric can run a decent amount of the Xfinity schedule in 2017 in both the fulltime 22 and the part-time 12 car. It's also nice to see that Roush entered the 60 car. 39. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.18.2017 - 12:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only 2 former series champions in this race: Front Row Joe and Mean Jeff Green 40. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With what's happened in the playoffs I'm gonna go with William Byron to win the championship 41. SadlerMan2119 posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Imagine if Hemric wins the championship without even winning a race in ANY of the top 3 series. (I don't hate Hemric, I just find it interesting that he has never won a single race in any of the top 3 series.) 42. cjs3872 posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) One thing to keep in mind. With Justin Allgaier's crew chief suspended for this race, car owner Dale, Jr. has inserted this generation's greatest Cup crew chief, Chad Knaus, to man the pit box for the #7 team. This could be a BIG advantage for Allgaier as he hopes to finish what he couldn't last year, and win the XFinity series title. 43. Corey posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This might be good for Chad. Work with a different driver for this race and you might see him and Jimmie have a resurgence next year. 44. cjs3872 posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, note the stage lengths for the first two stages this race are 45 laps for the first stage and 38 or 39 laps for the second stage, not counting laps eaten by the caution at the end of the first stage. (Remember, subtract about 7 laps from the length of Stage 2 because of that caution at the end of Stage 1, because of the caution laps that are run.) Of course, this matters not for those battling for the championship, but these extra points are still invaluable for those further down the points list as they hope to move up, and of course, because of Cup driver participation in other key cars, while it's not significant for the championship drivers to be up front for the driver's championship, they still need to earn stage points for the owner's championship if they're not in top four owner's points cars. 45. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Xfinity finale is green 46. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Black flag for Ryan Reed for changing lanes on the start 47. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That big #88 Ford made on the backstretch doing donuts with a pair of Ford Mustangs yesterday is still in place for this race. 48. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Custer to the lead 49. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cole Custer speeds past polesitter Tyler Reddick into the lead on lap 3. 50. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Reed is penalized for changing lanes...except he did it to avoid smashing into Scott Lagasse, Jr. and setting off a big wreck when Lagasse spun his tires badly on the start. 51. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All four of the championship contenders today have Monster Energy Cup Series teams pitting their cars for this race. 52. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeley spins caution is out 53. jensenators posted: 11.18.2017 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) J.J. Yeley spins, caution out. 54. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) J.J. Yeley was running 30th when he looped the plain white #14 Toyota. 55. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Comment 3: I think Lajoie is able to run this race because he's not been full time this season, therefore ineligible for the playoffs in the cup series. 56. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 74 parked for being slow. 57. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Front Row Joe p11 58. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stage 1 complete Custer Reddick Gallagher Lagasse Jr. Preece Majeski Hemric Sadler Yeley Nemechek 59. JFM01 posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How did Gallagher get up front?!? When I saw him there I thought he was lapped. 60. Satchra posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Josh Williams passed Tifft, Allgaier, and Annett there towards the end of the stage 61. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron past Hemric for the championship position 62. Anthony posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) How about Joe Nemechek finishing 10th in stage 1? That's very impressive for the former Xfinity Series champion! Still getting it done at 54. And I know, he had new tires, but nonetheless, very impressed. 63. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Been some great racing today. That battle for the lead between Reddick and Custer earlier was fantastic. Just a series of crossover moves, one right after the other. Reddick seems to have the winning car today, while Byron is now coming on strong as the top championship contender. Byron currently fifth on lap 60, while Hemric sits right behind in sixth. 64. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hemric is having battery issues 65. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh no!! Hemric is on pit road with an electric issue! Lap 63 and Hemric is losing multiple laps as he sits on pit road with the hood up! This will most likely kill his championship chances! 66. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daniel Hemric is forced to the pits for a battery change and that likely will doom the #21 Chevrolet's title hopes. What a shame. Hemric had run up in the top-5 all day right in the championship spot before this. With RCR's lone hope out of the fight it looks like the JR Motorsports boys will settle it amongst themselves. William Byron is now fifth and in the title spot with Elliott Sadler right behind him in sixth and Justin Allgaier ninth. 67. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It might not totally be over for Hemric as long as they can get back on track and should something happen to Byron, Sadler and Allgaier he could still win the championship 68. jensenators posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With the new crashed car rule, i know it's a long shot, but if byron, sadler, and allgaier crash, and are forced to park, hemric can still win the championship. 69. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The No. 21 car seems to be back running with power, but Hemric is 11 laps behind, so he is relying on the other three title contenders to encounter big trouble. 70. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hemric is back out on track 12 laps down 71. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bell just blew a motor 72. jensenators posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Christopher Bell just blew up it looks like. 73. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lap 79, Christopher Bell (last night's Truck series champion) is slow down the backstretch and pulls onto pit road with a blown engine. It appears the No. 20 car is done. 74. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Christopher Bell blows the motor in the GameStop #20 Toyota. Bell won the Truck series title last night with a second place finish in the Ford EcoBoost 200 but he won't be posting a good finish today as his Camry goes behind the wall, done for the day. 75. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Will we see any sort of contact between JRM teammates for the title? 76. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Elliott Sadler and William Byron race side by side for fifth spot with the title on the line. Byron holds him off for now as the end of the second stage approaches. 77. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Custer wins stage 2 78. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jr, Rick Hendrick, Jeff Gordon on top of Byran's box. Chad Knaus on Allgier's box. Who's helping Elliot Sadler? Is he the red headed step child or what? 79. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sadler gets out ahead of Byron on pit road 80. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 4:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron back around Sadler 81. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Who's helping Elliot Sadler? Is he the red headed step child or what?" Has he got any help from Hermie Sadler? His bro almost won the inaugural running of this race back in 1995 before a wild crash at the end. 82. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They are racing together now. It's Byron-Sadler-Allgaier running 3-4-5. Cole Custer leads with Sam Hornish, Jr. second. 83. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So Chad Knaus is Allgaier's crew chief today 84. Archie posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "So Chad Knaus is Allgaier's crew chief today" Apparently he's not officially the cc, but you know who's calling the shots. 85. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 81 - Hermie's a good guy and does a good job as an announcer/reporter. 86. Corey posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @78 Sadler is the Brides maid. He'll finish second in the championship again. 87. jensenators posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @78. According to the MRN broadcast Dale Jr., and Kelly Earnhardt are in sdaler's pit. 88. Corey posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @88 NBCSN has been showing Jr. in Byron's pit. 89. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 87 - Okay, yeah I just saw that. Byran has Max Pappis coaching also. 90. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Elliott Sadler moved into the third and the title spot for a moment by Byron passes him back. 91. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Never knew Max Papis was a developmental coach at Jr Motorsports 92. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cole Custer has been flat out dominant today 93. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lap 136 and Custer has grown the lead to over seven seconds over Hornish! And Byron is third, over 12 seconds behind! 94. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Custer's lead now almost 11 seconds on lap 140. 95. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting 96. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through Custer now has a 12.5 second lead over Hornish. Byron still in the championship position 97. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron has just been schooling Sadler today with his on track moves. 98. anonymous posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If you don't know, the owners championship 4 is the 22, 20, 18, and 9, so currently, the 22 has it, but the 18 and 9 are right behind him. 99. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WOW! Sadler got into turn 3 hard and slid up into Byron with 38 laps to go! Looks like both guys stayed off the wall. Close shave! 100. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sadler finally pulls off the move for fourth place, sliding in front of Byron in turn two with 36 laps to go. 101. TeamDCR fan posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Jeff Burton: the next Marty Reid 102. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Meanwhile Custer is on a rail and leading this one by 13.5 seconds seeking what could be career Xfinity win #1. 103. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's a random thought but I wonder if Buckshot Jones is watching today? One hopes he'd be happy seeing a #00 out front and cooking, he had a lot of success in this series with that number. 104. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron is still within striking distance of Sadler for the title, but he's running a ridiculous line around the track, literally an inch from the wall! 105. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron scrapes the turn four wall with 22 laps to go! 106. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron's high line bites him! He's got the wall with 22 to go while running fifth. Sadler is fourth. Justin Allgaier is now 11th and a lap down. It looks like it's Sadler against Byron now; the ultimate showdown of Experience vs. Youth! 107. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Cole Custer were any further away from the rest of the field he'd be in the Florida Keys. 108. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Custer has lapped everyone up to ninth place. Allgaier is now 12th. 109. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 10 to go and we have a legit championship battle on our hands! Sadler vs Byron! 110. I posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The last race of the season is fast becoming Custer's last stand. 111. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) William Byron passes Elliott Sadler with nine to go and runs his teammate right up to the wall in the process as the pair run up on third place Ryan Preece, the modified ace. 112. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 9 to go, Byron dives to the bottom in turn three and slides up, Sadler gets into the wall! Byron now in the catbirds seat for the title! 113. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sadler fell back and is now charging right back. Byron now having trouble passing Preece just like Sadler did. 114. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 5 to go, Sadler nearly crashed Ryan Preece with a move into turn three!! Preece saves it, Sadler hits the wall again! Sadler is all but done, he thinks he has a flat! 115. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron passes Preece for third. Sadler tries the same move and turns Preece in the process by mistake. Preece makes an incredible save. Sadler has a flat tire now. It's over. Byron has this barring something insane. 116. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) White flag is out. Custer is leading by 15.5 seconds. 117. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wow. Custer wins the race in dominating fashion, his first career Xfinity win. William Byron is the 2017 Xfinity champ! 118. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Custer gets his first career win and William Byron is champion 119. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's a day for the new blood. Cole Custer pulls it off and wins his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race. William Byron will finish third and win his first series championship. 120. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Custer's win is the first in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for his Stewart-Haas Racing team. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins a series championship as an owner on the weekend he'll retire from the sport. 121. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man, ya gotta feel bad for Elliott Sadler. Comes up short of a title yet again. 122. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Custer and Byron are producing enough smoke to kill every mosquito in South Florida right now on the front stretch. 123. anonymous posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow! the #1 went into the wall! I was wrong! 124. anonymous posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Finally, they mentioned the owner's championship! Told you. 125. anonymous posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Byron hit the wall. Elliot Sadler is probably winning the championship, and the #22 is in great position for the owner's championship. 126. anonymous posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #1, who isn't in the owners championship, passed the #9, who is in it, and the #18 is about 5 seconds back of the #22,so barring another caution, Roger Penske is your 2017 XFINITY owners champion. 127. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sadler having a verbal conversation with Preece 128. anonymous posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) What a race! When he hit the wall, I thought he was out. Looks like I was wrong! 129. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh man, Sadler is pissed at Preece for that incident with five laps to go. Those two are having a furious discussion on pit road with officials trying to keep them separate. 130. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sadler can't be serious he's the reason why he didn't win the championship he was surprisingly over aggressive in the clutch Ryan Preece didn't do anything wrong. 131. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sam Hornish, Jr. runs his first NASCAR Xfinity race at Homestead since 2013 and finishes second. Shouldn't be too much of a surprise he knows how to handle this place though, he won three IndyCar races at this track. 132. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Byron had to pass Preece too. And he did. 133. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) I've lost respect for Sadler 134. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sadler blames Preece for losing the title. Preece notes in return he is racing for the owner championship out there and had to run as hard as he could. 135. Archie posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sucks for Sadler to come that close and lose again, but I'm still waiting to see what Preece did wrong (answer: nothing at all). 136. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) I think it was Sadler's fault. He dove in there trying to get to Byron Preece who is trying to make the best of the opportunity racing for JGR and he (Preece) raced Byron the same way 137. Bancupinvaders posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I just lost a ton of respect for Elliott Sadler...racing for a championship or not Ryan Preece did not have to simply move over, his job is to get the best finish he can and thats what he did, Elliott is the fool who ran into him and cost himself a shot at getting back by William. Then to have a childish hissy fit after the race...you are 42 Elliott...act your age. 138. Corey posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:16 pm Rate this comment: (3) (2) Sadler and Byron are racing for a driver championship, Preece is not. Sadler doesn't care about the car owners championship and the 22 was so far out in front that the battle between the 9 and the 18 was irrelevant. Preece was essentially in the way by racing them hard. This is what Sadler thinks he did wrong. Keep in mind Tyler Reddick caught Byron and made no attempt to pass him, respecting the fact that Byron was racing for a championship. This is what Sadler was hoping Preece would show. 139. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) William Byron is just the second rookie to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. The first: Chase Elliott in 2014, who also won the crown in that #9 Chevrolet. I'm going to put an * on the above note though. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. also won the title in 1998 in his first full season, he ran just one race too many as a warm up in 1997 to be officially classed as a rookie when he won the title then. 140. JG24ChasElliottFan posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fastest Xfinity/Nationwide/Busch/Grand National race ever run at Homestead-Miami Speedway (136.140 MPH average speed). This breaks a record set by the 2001 GNC Live Well 300 (132.191 MPH average speed) that stood for 16 years prior to this race. 141. Lucstar88 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I don't have a problem with the 18 running it's own race, owner's title, never know if a caution could come out. You always have to give your 100%, any of these drivers careers could end just like that, if anything bad happened (and I hope to god no). He raced the 9 and the 1 the same. Sadler couldn't make the pass work, while Byron could, it also doesn't help then the 1 almost wrecked Preece, and not the other way around. Emotions running high, it's happened before, it will happen again. 142. Lucstar88 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @138, I don't think Reddick had the car to pass Byron. That's just me though. 143. RaceFanX posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Roger Penske wins the owners championship with the #22 team and Rick Hendrick of all people hands him the trophy before they trade hats just for kicks. 144. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 138 - Did Preece move over for the 9 to get by? 145. Sam posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why can't Green not finish last? 146. Lucstar88 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Enough with that little rant, congrats Byron on his title! Being a Custer fan, I'm really happy he won! Waited a while for #1 147. joey2448 posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Seems like all the Cup championship contenders in Sunday's race have been involved with the weekend's celebrations. Chase Briscoe won the Truck race Friday night for team owner Brad Keselowski, and Christopher Bell won the Truck title for owner Kyle Busch. Saturday, Cole Custer won the race for owners Gene Haas and Tony Stewart (Harvick's in the title hunt for Cup), and William Byron wins the Xfinity title for owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick, which don't have any title contenders but nevertheless, this is Junior's final weekend as a driver. 148. Tyler Bonenfant posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I'm glad to see that Preece held his ground, fifth place is still a great finish. I hope he does even better next year than what he did this year. 149. Nucl3ar Wa4le posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #22 - Fleetwood RV / Rev Group #33 - Jeld Wen / Menards 150. Random Facts posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) All time winning cars numbers in the Xfinity Series following the 2017 season. #60 - 94 wins #18 - 69 wins #22 - 54 wins #20 - 47 wins #21 - 41 wins #17 - 39 wins #8 - 38 wins #6 - 36 wins #7 - 35 wins #00 - 34 wins #9 - 34 wins #11 - 33 wins #2 - 32 wins #3 - 32 wins #5 - 31 wins #54 - 28 wins #12 - 25 wins #1 - 22 wins #33 - 20 wins #25 - 19 wins #87 - 19 wins #29 - 19 wins #32 - 18 wins #34 - 15 wins #10 - 15 wins #74 - 14 wins #99 - 13 wins #31 - 13 wins #59 - 13 wins #42 - 13 wins #44 - 12 wins #88 - 12 wins #63 - 11 wins #23 - 11 wins #15 - 10 wins #57 - 10 wins #39 - 9 wins #30 - 9 wins #36 - 8 wins #14 - 8 wins #16 - 8 wins #27 - 7 wins #4 - 7 wins #01 - 6 wins #77 - 6 wins #47 - 6 wins #75 - 5 wins #41 - 5 wins #92 - 5 wins #66 - 5 wins #98 - 4 wins #97 - 4 wins #38 - 4 wins #19 - 4 wins #37 - 4 wins #84 - 3 wins #81 - 3 wins #52 - 3 wins #48 - 3 wins #24 - 3 wins #28 - 2 wins #08 - 2 wins #72 - 2 wins #82 - 2 wins #55 - 2 wins #95 - 2 wins #64 - 2 wins #09 - 2 wins #62 - 2 wins #67 - 1 win #04 - 1 win #06 - 1 win #0 - 1 win #56 - 1 win #94 - 1 win #40 - 1 win #02 - 1 win #43 - 1 win #90 - 1 win #80 - 1 win #51 - 1 win 151. Altracing posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First win for the #00 since Jason Leffler at Nashville in 2004 152. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 146 - But you know they'll be talking about that little rant all week. And whatever little rant happens on Sunday. 153. Random Facts posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With Cole Custer winning this is now 13 Xfinity Series races in a row without a repeat winner. We will have to wait till next season to see if the streak continues. 154. Pancakes posted: 11.18.2017 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) I don't feel bad for Sadler for losing the championship. I do kind of feel bad that he is so upset about it especially when it was his fault. Again I say Sadler is the Senior "leader" on the JV team because he wasn't good enough for varsity. And this time he fumbled on 3rd and 1 but he wants to blame the rest of the team for losing the JV championship. Pah. Happy for Cole Custer and William Byron. I thought this sport was soon to be dead not that long ago. I see a lot of positives and youth that the sport can build on moving forward with Larson, Blaney, and Elliott already in Cup and these young guys here today. I believe they have less abrasive personalities and entitlement issues than Kyle, Denny, Brad and Joey of recent. I believe they will represent the sport well and bring it back to a respectable level(will never get back to the hayday with Earnhardt, Rusty, Rudd, Terry and that era). 155. Random Facts posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) First career top ten finish for Ty Majeski. 156. Random Facts posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) 7 first time winners in the 2017 season. William Byron Ryan Preece Jeremy Clements Tyler Reddick Alex Bowman Christopher Bell Cole Custer 157. Dylan posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) Hahaha. Elliott Sadler is the biggest choke artist in NASCAR history. Hot garbage. 158. JSPorts posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wouldn't say that. Byron had the faster car, but Elliott still probably would've won the race if he didn't get stuck behind first the 98 and then the 18. 159. Talon64 posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #1 was the faster long run car for most of the race but Byron was able to stay ahead for so long and then stay close when Sadler passed him. And then Sadler wasn't able to get by Preece, let Byron pass him and Byron had not much trouble getting by Preece. Byron showed a lot more patience and composure than Sadler tonight and that's what made him the better driver and the champion. 160. 1995z71 posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Sadler blamed Preece for racing him clean, got mad and damn near wrecked Preece. It was Sadler's fault (not Preece) for him losing the championship. 161. cjs3872 posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) You mean the championship, @158, because Cole Custer dominated the race and won by half a lap with the battle for third place another quarter of a lap behind. But Elliott Sadler blew it and then got mad at a driver he had no reason to be mad at, because Ryan Preece did absolutely nothing wrong. Preece was battling on the same lap for third place with Sadler, Willian Byron, and Tyler Reddick, who was also part of that battle, but was never mentioned. Sadler tried a dive bomb move on Preece that was never going to work because he started it from too far behind, and Byron took advantage by passing Sadler, and Sadler brushed the wall and was nearly passed by Reddick. Then a couple of laps later, Byron tries the exact same move that Sadler tried, but was three or four car lengths closer to Preece, so he was able to make it without much of a problem. Then Sadler nearly spins Preece out as he was making his move on Preece at the same moment Preece tried to counterattack on Byron, allowing Byron and Reddick to battle for third place, which I'm a bit surprised Byron didn't concede, because any contact could have cost Byron the championship. But the manner in which Custer dominated and Sam Hornish, Jr. dominated everyone else (he was more than a quarter lap ahead of third place himself, despite being half a lap behind the winner) should put to bed the question of whether or not Cup drivers should be allowed, because without them, it was one of the most one-sided races in any NASCAR division in recent memory, even more one-sided than Martin Truex, Jr.'s annihilation of the field at the Cup race at Kentucky earlier this season, when he would have won by half a lap if not for Kurt Busch's engine failure at the end. 162. Pancakes posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @ JSPorts I would have won the race in 3rd grade on field day if I hadn't got stock behind the fat kid too. Sadler has no excuses he flat out got out driven by a far less experience kid. Sadler ran out of talent years ago but instead of looking into a career change he decided he could try to win against kids and he yet again ran out of talent. 163. Rob posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sadler is just jealous that Preece and Byron are young and talented and he is a cup hack who can barely win in NXS with Hendrick equipment.. 164. Sector posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) The two championship races saw a first time winner this weekend so far, with Truck Series winner Chase Briscoe scoring his first win for Brad Keselowski Racing's final race. Today Cole Cluster wins his first career win in the Xfinity Series for Stewart Haas Racing's first Xfinity Series win. Congratulations to William Byron for finally becoming a NASCAR championship in the national series. He was so close for the Truck championship last year (had he not blown an engine at Phoenix, he won Homestead and would have resulting him winning the championship anyway). Elliott Sadler literally just shows he doesn't have the talent to seal the deal. Disappointing 100% for Sadler. Respect has been lost. 165. Talon64 posted: 11.18.2017 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "it was one of the most one-sided races in any NASCAR division in recent memory" and it was awesome because it was a huge showcase moment for Custer. Just like it was for Reddick when he got his first win by almost 15 seconds. The Xfinity Series is far better off when it's their own drivers dominating races than when it's either Cup drivers doing the same or just Cup drivers racing for position all in the top 4-5. 166. Incognito posted: 11.18.2017 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @154: I was thinking of a way to describe my thoughts about Elliott Sadler, but I can stop now because your description is perfect. 167. Sector posted: 11.18.2017 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I mentioned this on the truck page as well, but NASCAR; Why do you provide stage racing at Homestead? It continues to prove no point. 168. Corey posted: 11.18.2017 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @167 No point for the championship, but every one else is still racing for points. Taking away the stages would make this race worth less then all of the others. 169. cjs3872 posted: 11.18.2017 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The problem was the quality of racing, or lack thereof, for most of the race, Talon64 (#165). When one driver put a half lap on second place and three-quarters of a lap on third place in less than 100 laps on a 1.5 mile track, which is exactly what Cole Custer did in this race, that tells me that there's a lack of competition. The biggest problem in this series when it comes to Cup drivers has always been Cup drivers racing for Cup teams, not simply having Cup drivers in the races. Remember that before the Cup teams started to become involved to get an advantage on Cup teams that did not run the lower series, the Cup drivers either ran self-owned cars or for existing teams (such as when Harry Gant raced for Ed Whitaker), so the heavy financial edge the Cup teams would have over teams running just the lower series did not exist. I'm not saying that there's a problem with too many Cup drivers dominating this series, because that's always been a problem. But this race shows the folly of not having ANY Cup drivers, because except for the racing between William Byron, Elliott Sadler, Ryan Preece, and Tyler Reddick at the end of the race, the racing was just terrible for most of the event because the field got too spread out because of a lack of quality cars and drivers in the race. 170. Alexander Carabitses posted: 11.18.2017 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Ty Majeski outran Ryan Reed, but guess which one of the two has a full-time ride with Roush next year? It's cool to see Ford dominate during Ford Championship weekend again, winning 2/3 races so far. It brings back memories of when Roush's drivers smoked the field at this track across all three series. That could bode well for Keselowski tomorrow, but also potentially for Joey and Clint who could each use a win to end their disappointing seasons on a high note. Oh, by the way, I believe that NBC mentioned that Elliot Sadler had expressed concern about racing a lot of drivers that he wasn't used to racing with this season (like Ryan Preece, Ben Kennedy, etc.). Maybe during those standalone NXS events where all of those guys ran against one-another, he should have been paying more attention to their driving style so he would have been better prepared for this weekend. 171. Sector posted: 11.18.2017 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "@167 No point for the championship, but every one else is still racing for points. Taking away the stages would make this race worth less then all of the others." Not necessarily. This race should be considered a "classic" and scrap points racing altogether. If it's a championship race, let them battle it out from start to finish without any beneficiary cautions. They don't NEED stage racing here. Tell me why they do, since it's primary objective is through carrying throughout the Playoffs and accumulated toward a common goal: Making the final 4. 172. Sector posted: 11.18.2017 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Points racing altogether" should have been "stage racing altogether" from my previous post. 173. Alexander Carabitses posted: 11.18.2017 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 169- I get where you are coming from, but I think there was a fairly decent spread in the ruck race too. I did not watch all of the races (so correct me if I'm wrong), but wouldn't Byron have won the majority of the races had the cup drivers not participated at all this season? 174. Stewart14Rocks posted: 11.18.2017 - 9:14 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Can't say preece did anything wrong. He raced his line, it isn't his fault Sadler can't find a way around him. 175. cjs3872 posted: 11.18.2017 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Exactly, @173. Third place was nearly a half lap behind the winner in that one after just 47 laps of racing in that final stage of that one (the first seven laps were eaten up by the caution at the end of Stage 2), though it must be said that Johnny Sauter inherited third place when the second place truck of Ben Rhodes ran out of fuel because his crew didn't give him a full load on the final stop. That kind of thing happens more frequently in the Truck Series, and had the stages and race length been the same, the margins might have been as big, if not bigger than in the XFinity Series finale. But what happened in the XFinity Series finale really showed the competition depth problem when there's no participation from Cup drivers even more because of the huge margins between the winner and second AND second and third place (15.5 seconds from first to second and another 10 seconds from second to third for a whopping 25.5 second interval from first to third). And the overall quality of racing has been lacking in both the Truck and XFinity Series finales. Take out the caution periods for the end of stages and there has been ONE caution period in 500 combined racing miles in the two finales, and that was for a minor spin off turn two. To me, that's an indication that the teams and drivers just want to get things over with for this season. 176. anonymous posted: 11.18.2017 - 10:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Preece should not have made that move. He was only racing for the owners title, which the #22, who was 10 second ahead of him. As there is now way he could have made 10 seconds of in 10-or-so laps. 177. Dion posted: 11.18.2017 - 10:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So far this week: Trucks- 1st time winner: Chase Briscoe 1st time champ: Christopher Bell Xfinity- 1st time winner: Cole Custer 1st time champ: William Byron Cup- ? 178. Corey posted: 11.18.2017 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @171. The Final four don't need the stages, but you can't just change the rules and completely disregard what the other thirty-six drivers are racing for. Their spot in the standings are still being determined by the number points they accumulate and by eliminating the stages, you make Homestead worth less than any other race on the circuit. 179. Scott B posted: 11.18.2017 - 11:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Having a chase with a points reset, then adding an elimination playoff system with additional resets has obliterated any notion of all races being the same in all three of the top NASCAR series already. 180. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 11.18.2017 - 11:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Final Top 20 in owners 1. 22 Penske 2. 9 JR Motorsports 3. 18 JGR 4. 20 JGR 5. 42 Chip Ganassi 6. 1 JR Motorsports 7. 7 JR Motorsports 8. 21 RCR 9. 48 Chip Ganassi 10. 2 RCR 11. 3 RCR 12. 16 Roush 13. 00 SHR 14. 19 JGR 15. 11 Kaulig 16. 5 JR Motorsports 17. 62 RCR 18. 24 James Whitener 19. 4 JD Motorsports 20. 14 Tri-Star 23. 51 Jeremy Clements Final Playoff points tally 1. 22 Penske 48 points 2. 20 JGR 43 points 3. 18 JGR 38 points 4. 42 Chip Ganassi 34 points 5. 9 JR Motorsports 27 points 6. 7 JR Motorsports 18 points 7. 1 JR Motorsports 13 points 8. 12 Penske 12 points 9. 00 SHR 9 points 10. 98 Biagi 6 points 11. 16 Roush 5 points 12. 51 Jeremy Clements 5 points 13. 41 SHR 4 points 14. 21 RCR 3 points 15. 2 RCR 2 points 16. 11 Kaulig 2 points 17. 3 RCR 1 point 18. 62 RCR 1 point 19. 60 Roush 1 point Penske has now won 4 out of the last 5 owner titles in NXS 181. Anonymous posted: 11.19.2017 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 175. I can't do anything but agree with you. See? This is what happens when you remove all the Cup drivers from one race... The level of competition goes down and the same drivers will win all the races. Which means people will start complaining the series is boring, will take no interest in future races and no interest = no money and that's a problem. Cole freakin' Custer, who was unable to win the whole season, just won by nearly 16 seconds over 2nd place car with ELITE equipment! 16 seconds!!! No fuel mileage, just a regular race, where equipment matters. The old good Winston Cup times from the 70's and 80's, when this was normal, are back or what? 177. I'm really starting to think Chase Elliott or Kyle Larson will win at Homestead and for the first time there won't be a champion that won the final race of the season. 182. Mile501 posted: 11.19.2017 - 6:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #177 - Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr. would finish out that pattern perfectly. 183. Sector posted: 11.19.2017 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "@171. The Final four don't need the stages, but you can't just change the rules and completely disregard what the other thirty-six drivers are racing for. Their spot in the standings are still being determined by the number points they accumulate and by eliminating the stages, you make Homestead worth less than any other race on the circuit." How would it be worthless? Everyone would still be running for the same amount of points. That's like saying every single IndyCar race is worthless because they are not the Indy 500 or the finale race due to double points. Regardless, Homestead should be the one race without stage racing. 184. Corey posted: 11.19.2017 - 2:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @183 The stages give out actual points in the standings. With stages, a driver can earn up to 60 points in a race. Without them and the total drops to 40. With drivers battling for spots in the final standings, it makes sense that the stages remain for the final race. 185. Z posted: 11.19.2017 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @184 (and others) They Should Just Make Homestead An "Unofficial" Stage Race. Give Out The Bonus Points At The Checkpoint Laps, But Without Throwing The Cautions. 186. RaceFanX posted: 11.19.2017 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Every pit crew member from every team is out to send Junior well wishes as he starts his final race. I think he actually missed the first pace lap because there are so many people giving him a high five through the window as he inches out. 187. RaceFanX posted: 11.19.2017 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @186 Oops, that should be the Cup race. Sorry. 188. RaceFanX posted: 11.19.2017 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Matt Kenseth started off from the pit road at the back of the pack alongside Junior before moving up to his fourth-place starting position. 189. RaceFanX posted: 11.19.2017 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @188 Again, Cup race. Oui. 190. Sector posted: 11.19.2017 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "@183 The stages give out actual points in the standings. With stages, a driver can earn up to 60 points in a race. Without them and the total drops to 40. With drivers battling for spots in the final standings, it makes sense that the stages remain for the final race." I understand that, however as I have said, I don't agree with it. :) 191. Jimmie4life posted: 11.21.2017 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Manufacturers championship goes to Chevrolet, Ford 2nd, Toyota 3rd, and Dodge 4th. 192. 9ByronMan9 posted: 11.21.2017 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) After the race at Homestead, and after the Sadler deal, I have lost all respect for Sadler and he is now one of my least favorite drivers. -Formally "SadlerMan2119" 193. Willsome429 posted: 11.21.2017 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @192: You are blind if you say that. Sadler and Byron were racing hard and Sadler was simply exercising his constitutional right to free speech. I guess you hate Dale Sr. too, huh? 194. Jonathan King posted: 11.21.2017 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @192 Before you say stuff, you got to understand the situation. Sadler has been trying to win a championship for his entire career and he had a shot, but the air was being disturbed by the 18 of Ryan Preece, a driver not competing for a championship, and Sadler couldn't pull away from Byron and he lost the championship because of it. That is why he was upset. In a normal situation, I would agree with you, but with Sadler's past, I am not surprised that he got upset at Preece. If I was Sadler, I would do the exact same thing, and maybe even worse. 195. oldschoolracing519 posted: 11.22.2017 - 7:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crew Chief update #7 Chad Knaus this is per the race broadcast 196. NazRacePhan posted: 11.28.2017 - 11:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most first-time winners in a single season (7) in series history (not counting 14 winners in 1982, which was the debut season) 197. Sandy posted: 12.03.2017 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) 2018 XFINITY rides 0 Garrett smithley 00 Cole custer 01 vinnie miller 1 Elliott Sadler 2 Kennedy/Dilion 3 Lagasse/dilion/scott 4 Ross Chastain 5 Michael annett 7 Justin Allgaier 8 Bacarella/Mcleod/Blicki 9 Tyler Reddick 11 Blake Koch 13 Hill/long/jackson 14 JJ Yeley 16 Ryan Reed 18 busch/preese/hamlin/suarez 19 Brandon jones 20 Christopher Bell 21 Daniel hemric 22 Hornish/Keslowski/logano 23 Spencer gallagher 24 LaJoie/Lagasse/Burton/lupton 33 Matt TIfft 39 Sieg/Leicht 40 Chad Finchum 51 Jeremy Clements 60 Briscoe/cindric 74 Harmon/Graham 78 McLeod/young/Graham/ruch 93 Gaulding/leicht/green?sieg 99 David starr Part Time Teams 89 Morgan Shepherd 15 Sorenson/nemechek/rhodes 198. Mike posted: 12.03.2017 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sandy: You got a whole lot wrong here. - Kaz Grala has been confirmed as the driver of the #24 next year. - RCR is only running one star car, with the Dillons and probably Gaughan driving. That car will be the #3, Tifft will drive the #2 and the #33 and #62 will go away. - Ty Majeski is also running races in the #60. - McLeod hasn't confirmed drivers at all. Neither has TriStar, or JD Motorsports for the #0. - SS-Green Light is running the #76 full-time with Spencer Boyd driving. 199. Sandy posted: 12.04.2017 - 6:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Correction 24 kaz grala 76 spencer boyd 60 cindric/majeski/briscoe 200. RedBeard2229 posted: 12.12.2017 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does Anybody know the #55 team name 201. JSPorts posted: 12.12.2017 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @200, it's NextGen Motorsports I believe 202. oldschoolracing519 posted: 12.14.2017 - 7:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Xfinity Awards will air Sunday night 9-11pm EST on NBCSN 203. Tide1732 posted: 01.12.2018 - 6:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Final Full-time Xfinity race for Brendan Gaughan. 204. Ak47 posted: 01.24.2018 - 10:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2018 Xfinity Series 01 Vinnie Miller 00 Custer 0 TBA 1 Sadler 2 Tifft 3 Dillon/Dillon/TBA 4 Chastain 5 Annett 7 Allgaier 9 Reddick 11 Ryan Truex 16 Reed 18 Preece/KyBusch/others 19 Brandon Jones 20 Chris Bell 21 Hemric 22 Logano/Kes/Blaney/Menard/Cindric 23 Gallagher 24 Grala 28 Lupton (21 races)/TBA 35 Gase 39 Sieg 42 JH Nemechek/Larson/McMurray 51 Clements 55 Leicht 60 Briscoe/Majeski/Cindric 76 Spencer Boyd 90 Brandon Brown/Gosselin/Labbe? 8 BJ McLeod car 52 Means Racing - no driver announced 78 BJ McLeod car 98 Harvick/Almirola/Briscoe (likely part-time) Didn't include MBM, Shepherd, Harmon, and other small teams with no plans announced. 205. TeamDCR fan posted: 01.24.2018 - 11:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ Johnny Davis Motorsports is planning on running the 15 car full time with Joe Nemechek, Sorenson and a couple other cup vets 206. Danish Pie posted: 01.27.2018 - 1:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2018 Season as of 1/27/18 _________________________ CONFIRMED FULL-TIME TEAMS(32) #0- #00-Cole Custer #01-Vinnie Miller #1-Elliott Sadler #2-Matt Tifft #3-Jeb Burton/Austin Dillon/Ty Dillon/Brendan Gaughan/Shane Lee #4-Ross Chastain #5-Michael Annett #7-Justin Allgaier #8-Caesar Bacarella/Tommy Joe Martins/B.J. McLeod/? #9?-Tyler Reddick #11-Ryan Truex #15-Joe Nemechek/Reed Sorenson/? #16-Ryan Reed #18-Kyle Busch/Denny Hamlin/Erik Jones/Ryan Preece/Daniel Suarez/? #19-Brandon Jones #20-Christopher Bell #21-Daniel Hemric #22-Ryan Blaney/Sam Hornish Jr./Brad Keselowski/Joey Logano/Paul Menard/? #23-Spencer Gallagher #24-Kaz Grala #35-Joey Gase #39-Ryan Sieg/? #40-Chad Finchum #42-Kyle Larson/Justin Marks/Jamie McMurray/John Hunter Nemechek #51-Jeremy Clements #52- #55-Stephen Leicht #60-Chase Briscoe/Austin Cindric/Ty Majeski #76-Spencer Boyd #78-Ryan Ellis/Tommy Joe Martins/B.J. McLeod/? #90-Brandon Brown/Mario Gosselin PROBABLY FULL-TIME(5) #13- #28-Dylan Lupton/? #38-Jeff Green #74-Mike Harmon #99-Ray Black Jr./? PART-TIME TEAMS(7) #Nextgen-Enrique Baca/Marcos Gomes/Landon Huffman #66-(Was the MBM 72 Last Year - Carl Confirmed Number Change on Facebook) #86-Brandon Brown #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. #89-Morgan Shepherd #93-Ryan Sieg/? #98-Kevin Harvick UNKNOWN PLANS(7) #12- #25- #48- #77- #92- #96- #97- 207. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 01.27.2018 - 11:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sadler's still mad at Preece? Really? You know, if Sadler (with ZERO wins, Byron with 4) had won the championship - I would have been really hacked off. Sadler needs to look up the meaning of "deserve" 208. Ak47 posted: 02.08.2018 - 11:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Banning Cup drivers from earning points and competing in many of the events seems to have had a great effect on Xfinity Series racing. By my count, 26 drivers are attempting a full schedule this season, which would be the most in many, many years. Full-time Drivers/Teams: 01 Miller 0 Smithley 00 Custer 1 Sadler 2 Tifft 4 Chastain 5 Annett 7 Allgaier 9 Reddick 11 Truex 15 Mills (supposedly full-time beginning at Atlanta) 16 Reed 19 B. Jones 20 Bell 21 Tifft 23 Gallagher 24 Grala 35 Gase 39 Sieg 40 Finchum (supposedly full-time for MBM) 45 Bilicki 51 Clements 52 Starr 55 Leicht 76 Boyd 90 Labbé Dylan Lupton in the #28 has 21 races scheduled and could be full-time as well. Also, the #3, #18, #22, #42, and #60 will be full-time entries. 209. Jonathan King posted: 02.08.2018 - 11:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^also Austin Cindric will be full-time with Penske and Roush this season. 210. Ak47 posted: 02.08.2018 - 12:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That Cindric will be full-time is a total game changer. I hate to say it but..... 4 JRM cars 2 JGR cars 2 RCR cars Ryan Reed Ryan Truex Cole Custer and now Cindric..... That adds up to 12. I don't think there will be any room for an outsider in this year's playoffs barring a total shock win like Clements had in 2017. Gonna be a lull of a regular season, I have to believe. 211. The Other Anonymous posted: 02.08.2018 - 12:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Someone in that group could be a total dud and not points race their way in. All signs point to Ryan Truex being the weak link, but I would keep an eye on Brandon Jones again this season. He can't possibly miss the playoffs in a JGR car.....or could he?? 212. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 02.08.2018 - 2:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Reed or Michael Annette will be on the edge i think Truex has to much to race for basically his career and Brandon Jones will surprise a few people this year. Also let's not Forget Matt Tift May be be a weak link 213. JR-TV posted: 02.08.2018 - 2:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm going to guess Ryan Reed is the weak leak unless he can pick up a plate win. 214. Ak47 posted: 02.08.2018 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just being realistic, without a win it's going to take an average finish of no worse than ~17-18th to make the playoffs on points. Chastain, Sieg, and maybe Grala could come close with a really consistent season, but even then, do you really expect any of those other drivers to have such a low average in their top equipment? Not to mention the stage point buffer that comes from having a fast car. Custer - will be a weekly top five threat. Playoff lock Sadler - " " Tifft - Could realistically be on the bubble, but with RCR cutting back to 3 cars and Tifft being a conservative driver, I can't see him having an average worse than about 16th. Annett - Not good at all, but riding around in a JRM car is basically a lock to average 15th place or better Allgaier - Put him in the "lock" category Reddick - Likely to win. Even if not, I'd call him a lock. Truex - Better driver than Blake Koch who easily made playoffs on points last two years. Bold prediction: Truex finishes the regular season in the top 8. Near-lock Reed - Not a great driver, but good enough to usually finish in the top 15, and fast enough to earn a lot of stage points. Very unlikely to have an avg. finish worse than about 16th Brandon Jones - It's an RCR car. I don't care how bad he is--Lock. Chris Bell - LOL. Playoff Lock. Hemric - We saw his talent last year. AI expect the same or better. Lock. Cindric - running 17/26 regular season races in a Penske car. He'll be in the playoffs. The only drivers I'd consider at any risk are Tifft, Annett, and Reed, but can you realistically see any of those guys missing the Playoffs to a JDM car? I can't. 215. Ak47 posted: 02.08.2018 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry, meant "JGR car" for Jones. No way he doesn't run better than in seasons past. 216. Tide1732 posted: 02.08.2018 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) My first career win prediction: Matt Tifft (Good ride, Is a weak season in #19) Tyler Reddick Brennan Poole Spencer Gallagher My runner-up predictions Ross Chastain (Probably Talladega) Jeremy Clements (Probably Daytona 2) 217. Mike posted: 02.08.2018 - 6:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My first career win prediction: Matt Tifft (Good ride, Is a weak season in #19) Tyler Reddick Brennan Poole Spencer Gallagher My runner-up predictions Ross Chastain (Probably Talladega) Jeremy Clements (Probably Daytona 2) ----- What? Reddick and Clements both won last year, in case you forgot, and Poole doesn't have a ride. 218. TeamDCR fan posted: 02.12.2018 - 12:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It looks like that there is going to be 39 full time Xfinity teams, with 7 part time teams. 219. TeamDCR fan posted: 02.12.2018 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 46 cars entered for Daytona 220. Brandon posted: 04.03.2018 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A total of 4 manufacturers raced in the 33 races in 2017, here is how many races each showed up to. Chevrolet: 33 Ford: 33 Dodge: 29 Toyota: 33 221. Brandon posted: 04.03.2018 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A total of 8 manufacturers raced in the 1141 races from 1982-2017, here is how many races each showed up to. Buick: 268 Chevrolet: 1129 Dodge: 543 Ford: 1071 Mercury: 7 Oldsmobile: 372 Pontiac: 694 Toyota: 372 222. Sandy posted: 08.02.2018 - 11:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last time Rick Gdovic ran xfinity race as an owner unfortunately DNQ'd with Quin Houff 223. JFM01 posted: 11.10.2018 - 11:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner of the #55 was NextGen Motorsports. 224. JFM01 posted: 02.18.2019 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner of the #55 is Vizion Motorsports ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: