NASCAR: Rinnai 250 results from Atlanta Motor Speedway
The second race for the NASCAR Xfinity Series is in the books. The race was dominated by Kevin Harvick, who earned his fifth win at Atlanta.
Christopher Bell led the NASCAR Xfinity Series field to green on Saturday. It was his second career Xfinity Series pole. While Bell and Joey Logano battled for the lead, Cole Custer crashed and brought out a caution.
Once the race went green again, Kevin Harvick passed Logano and Bell going into turn one. After he got the lead, he never looked back. A caution came out before the end of stage one. Harvick pitted, although many decided to stay out. That didn’t stop Harvick, as he passed all of them and won the first stage.
Harvick led at the start of the second stage, and he drove away from the field. While he went on to win the second stage, the other teams couldn’t find a way to stop him.
More from NASCAR
- NASCAR Cup Series: New team set to compete in 2024
- NASCAR: Will Kevin Harvick’s major record ever be broken?
- NASCAR: Surprising name continuously linked to new seat
- NASCAR driver at risk of missing the Daytona 500?
- NASCAR set for rare appearance last seen 13 years ago
The third stage was more of the same. Harvick led from the start of the final stage and got out to a big lead. All the teams had to make a pit stop in the final stage.
Harvick entered the pits with a five-second advantage over Bell in second place. Bell closed the gap with Harvick to 1.4 seconds.
That was as close as anyone got to Harvick. While he extended his lead, Logano passed Bell for second. Here are the full results from today’s Xfinity Series race.
| Position | Driver | Car, Team, Manufacturer |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | #98, Biagi DenBeste, Ford |
| 2 | Joey Logano | #22, Penske Racing, Ford |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | #20, Joe Gibbs, Toyota |
| 4 | John Hunter Nemecheck | #42, Ginassi Racing, Chevrolet |
| 5 | Elliott Sadler | #1, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 6 | Justin Allgiaer | #7, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 7 | Austin Cindric | #12, Penske Racing, Ford |
| 8 | Kyle Benjamin | #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 9 | Ryan Truex | #11,Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Ryan Reed | #16, Lilly Diabetes, Ford |
| 11 | Daniel Hemric | #21, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 12 | Matt Tifft | #2, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Ty Dillion | #3, Richad Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Spensor Gallager | #23, GMS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Chase Briscoe | #60, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 16 | Ross Chastain | #4, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Brandon Jones | #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 18 | Alex Labbe | #36, DGM Racing, Chevrolet |
| 19 | Tyler Reddick | #9, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Michael Annett | #5, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Dylan Lupton | #28, JGL Racing, Ford |
| 22 | Ryan Sieg | #39, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Kaz Grala | #24, JGL Racing, Ford |
| 24 | Josh Williams | #90, King Autosports, Chevrolet |
| 25 | Garrett Smithley | #15, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 26 | Joey Gase | #35, Go Green Racing, Chevrolet |
| 27 | Jeremy Clements | #51, Jeremy Clements Racing, Chevrolet |
| 28 | David Starr | #52, Jimmy Means Racing, Chevrolet |
| 29 | Spenser Boyd | #76, SS Green Light Racing, Chevrolet |
| 30 | B.J. McLeod | #78, B.J McLeod Racing, Toyota |
| 31 | Vinnie Miller | #01, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 32 | Stephen Leicht | #55, JP Motorsports, Toyota |
| 33 | Tommy Joe Martins | #8, B.J. McLeod Racing, Toyota |
| 34 | Timmy Hill | #66, Motorsport Business Management, Toyota |
| 35 | Chad Finchum | #40, Motorsport Business Management, Toyota |
| 36 | Matt Mills | #0, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 37 | J.J. Yeley | #93, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 38 | Morgan Shepard | #89, Shepard Racing Ventures, Chevrolet |
| 39 | Cole Custer | #00, Stewart Hass Racing, Ford |
| 40 | Jeff Green | #38, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
Next: Top 10 most unbreakable records across Formula One, NASCAR and IndyCar
Kevin Harvick went on to win the Rinnai 250 at Atlanta Motorspeedway. This was his fifth Xfinity Series win at Atlanta. It was his first win of the 2018 season and the 47th of his Xfinity Series career.