NASCAR Xfinity Series: 2018 Pocono Green 250 results – Kyle Busch wins
By Asher Fair
For the first time in the 2018 season and the 92nd time in his career, Kyle Busch claimed a victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and he did so at Pocono Raceway.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch ended a four-race win drought in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, which is pretty long by his standards, by winning the Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway for his first win of the 2018 Xfinity Series season. The four-race win drought that he ended was his longest since his eight-race win drought that took place in the middle of the 2014 season.
Busch’s victory is his 92nd career Xfinity Series win, which extends his all-time record to 43 wins ahead of the driver in second place on the all-time list. That driver is Mark Martin, who claimed 49 career victories in the Xfinity Series.
Busch, who was issued a pit road speeding penalty early on in the race, led 64 of the race’s 100 laps around the three-turn, 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway triangle in Long Pond, Pennsylvania in his #18 Toyota. He won the race by 2.852 seconds over the highest finishing Chevrolet driver, who was GMS Racing’s Chase Elliott in his #23 Chevrolet in second place.
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Team Penske’s Austin Cindric was the highest finishing Ford driver of the race. He finished in fourth place in his #12 Ford. Busch won stage one and Cindric’s teammate Paul Menard, who finished in eighth in his #22 Ford, won stage two before Busch went on to win the race.
The race featured a total of seven lead changes among six drivers. Aside of Busch, a total of six drivers led at least one lap of the race. Those drivers were Cindric, race polesitter Cole Custer, John Hunter Nemechek, Paul Menard and David Starr.
The race also featured a total of five caution flag periods for 18 laps. Of the 40 drivers who started the race, 33 finished it. Of the 33 drivers who finished the race, 19 did so on the lead lap.
Here are the full race results of the 2018 Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Manufacturer |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | #23, GMS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 3 | Daniel Hemric | #21, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 4 | Austin Cindric | #12, Team Penske, Ford |
| 5 | Cole Custer | #00, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 6 | Elliott Sadler | #1, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 7 | John Hunter Nemechek | #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet |
| 8 | Paul Menard | #22, Team Penske, Ford |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | #9, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Ryan Truex | #11, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | #4, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 12 | Shane Lee | #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Ryan Reed | #16, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 14 | Matt Tifft | #2, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Jeremy Clements | #51, Jeremy Clements Racing, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Kaz Grala | #61, Fury Race Cars LLC, Ford |
| 17 | Ryan Sieg | #39, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 18 | Alex Labbe | #36, DGM Racing, Chevrolet |
| 19 | Joey Gase | #35, Go Green Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | David Starr | #52, Jimmy Means Racing, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Josh Williams | #90, DGM Racing, Chevrolet |
| 22 | B.J. McLeod | #99, B.J. McLeod Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Dylan Lupton | #28, JGL Racing, Ford |
| 24 | Brandon Jones | #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 25 | Tommy Joe Martins | #8, B.J. McLeod Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 26 | Garrett Smithley | #0, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 27 | Matt Mills | #15, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 28 | Spencer Boyd | #76, SS-Green Light Racing, Chevrolet |
| 29 | Josh Bilicki | #45, JP Motorsports, Toyota |
| 30 | Chad Finchum | #40, MBM Motorsports, Toyota |
| 31 | Vinnie Miller | #01, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 32 | Brandon Hightower | #55, JP Motorsports, Toyota |
| 33 | Mike Harmon | #74, Mike Harmon Racing, Chevrolet |
| 34 | J.J. Yeley | #38, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 35 | Michael Annett | #5, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 36 | Christopher Bell | #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 37 | Justin Allgaier | #7, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 38 | Chase Briscoe | #60, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 39 | Timmy Hill | #66, MBM Motorsports, Dodge |
| 40 | Jeff Green | #93, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
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The next race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season is the LTi Printing 250, which is set to take place next Saturday, June 9. It is set to be broadcast live from Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan at 1:30 p.m. ET on Fox.