NASCAR Xfinity Series: 2018 LTi Printing 250 results – Austin Dillon wins
By Asher Fair
Austin Dillon won a rain-shortened LTi Printing 250 at Michigan International Speedway to claim his first victory of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.
In his fourth race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon claimed his first Xfinity Series victory of the season and his ninth career Xfinity Series victory by winning the rain-shortened LTi Printing 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
Dillon won the race, which was scheduled to last for 125 laps but only lasted for 91 laps around the four-turn, 2.0-mile Michigan International Speedway oval in Brooklyn, Michigan as a result of rain, in his #3 Chevrolet under caution after he started back in 13th place. He led 18 laps of the race.
The race featured a total of 14 lead changes among nine drivers. Aside of Dillon, eight other drivers led at least one lap of the race. Those drivers were Daniel Hemric, Ryan Reed, Paul Menard, race polesitter Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Kaz Grala and Alex Bowman and Elliott Sadler.
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Busch led more laps of the race than anybody else in the field, as he led 29 laps after starting from the pole position. He also won the stage one, but he could only manage to finish in sixth place. Sadler won stage two, but he could only manage to finish in 30th.
The race also featured a total of 10 caution flag periods for 37 laps, meaning only 54 of the race’s 91 laps (59.34%) were run under green flag conditions. Of the 40 drivers who started the race, 31 finished it. Of the 31 drivers who finished it, 30 did so on the lead lap.
The LTi Printing 250 was the 13th race of the 26-race 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series regular season and the 33-race season, and it was the ninth race in which full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers were able to drive. Of those nine races, eight of them have now been won by full-time Cup Series drivers. Seven different full-time Cup Series drivers have accounted for those eight victories.
Here are the full race results of the 2018 LTi Printing 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Manufacturer |
| 1 | Austin Dillon | #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 2 | Daniel Hemric | #21, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 3 | Cole Custer | #00, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 4 | Ryan Reed | #16, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 5 | Paul Menard | #22, Team Penske, Ford |
| 6 | Kyle Busch | #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 7 | Tyler Reddick | #9, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 8 | Kevin Harvick | #98, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 9 | Justin Allgaier | #7, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Ryan Truex | #11, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet |
| 11 | Christopher Bell | #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 12 | Kaz Grala | #61, Fury Race Cars LLC, Ford |
| 13 | John Hunter Nemechek | #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Ross Chastain | #4, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Jeremy Clements | #51, Jeremy Clements Racing, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Matt Tifft | #2, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Michael Annett | #5, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 18 | Brandon Jones | #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 19 | Ryan Sieg | #39, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | J.J. Yeley | #38, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Alex Bowman | #23, GMS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 22 | Spencer Boyd | #76, SS-Green Light Racing, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Austin Cindric | #60, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 24 | Tommy Joe Martins | #8, B.J. McLeod Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 25 | Vinnie Miller | #01, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 26 | Garrett Smithley | #0, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 27 | Josh Bilicki | #45, JP Motorsports, Toyota |
| 28 | B.J. McLeod | #74, Mike Harmon Racing, Chevrolet |
| 29 | Chad Finchum | #40, MBM Motorsports, Toyota |
| 30 | Elliott Sadler | #1, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 31 | Timmy Hill | #66, MBM Motorsports, Dodge |
| 32 | Josh Williams | #90, DGM Racing, Chevrolet |
| 33 | David Starr | #52, Jimmy Means Racing, Chevrolet |
| 34 | Caesar Bacarella | #8, B.J. McLeod Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 35 | Brandon Hightower | #55, JP Motorsports, Toyota |
| 36 | Matt Mills | #15, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 37 | Alex Labbe | #36, DGM Racing, Chevrolet |
| 38 | Morgan Shepherd | #89, Shepherd Racing Ventures, Chevrolet |
| 39 | Joey Gase | #35, Go Green Racing, Chevrolet |
| 40 | Jeff Green | #93, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
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Be sure to tine in to the next NASCAR Xfinity Series race. That race is the American Ethanol E15 250, and it is set to be broadcast live from Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa on Fox Sports 1 at 5:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 17.