NASCAR Xfinity Series: 2018 American Ethanol E15 250 results – Justin Allgaier dominates
By Asher Fair
Justin Allgaier won for the second time in 14 races so far in the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season by winning at Iowa Speedway.
JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier won for the seventh time in his NASCAR Xfinity Series career by winning the American Ethanol E15 250 at the four-turn, 0.875-mile Iowa Speedway oval in Newton, Iowa on Sunday evening.
Allgaier’s victory in his #7 Chevrolet was his second victory of the 2018 Xfinity Series season, and it was his second victory in the last five Xfinity Series races, as he also won the OneMain Financial 200 at the four-turn, 1.0-mile Dover international Speedway in Dover, Delaware in early May.
Allgaier, who started the American Ethanol E15 250 in 11th place, won both stage one and stage two of it, and he led 182 of its 250 laps in a dominant performance. The 32-year-old held off second place finisher Christopher Bell, the rookie who drives the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, by 0.745 seconds to take the victory.
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Richard Childress Racing’s Daniel Hemric rounded out the top three finishing positions by finishing the race in third place in his #21 Chevrolet. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer was the highest finishing Ford driver in his #00 Ford. He finished in fourth.
The race featured a total of 13 lead changes among five drivers. Aside of Allgaier, a total of four other drivers led at least one lap of the race. Those drivers were the rest of the top four finishes, including Bell, Hemric and Custer, as well as race polesitter Austin Cindric, who finished in 11th place.
The race also featured a total of five caution flag periods for 31 laps, with three taking place as a result of on-track incidents and two taking place as a result of the endings of stage one and stage two. Of the 40 drivers who started the race, 31 finished it. Of the 31 drivers who finished the race, 18 did so on the lead lap.
Here are the full race results of the 2018 American Ethanol E15 250 at Iowa Speedway.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Manufacturer |
| 1 | Justin Allgaier | #7, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 3 | Daniel Hemric | #21, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 4 | Cole Custer | #00, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 5 | Brandon Jones | #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 6 | Riley Herbst | #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 7 | Ty Majeski | #60, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 8 | Tyler Reddick | #9, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 9 | Matt Tifft | #2, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Kaz Grala | #61, Fury Race Cars LLC, Ford |
| 11 | Austin Cindric | #22, Team Penske, Ford |
| 12 | Justin Haley | #23, GMS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Michael Annett | #5, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Ryan Truex | #11, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet |
| 15 | John Hunter Nemechek | #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Shane Lee | #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Ryan Reed | #16, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 18 | Ryan Sieg | #39, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 19 | Ross Chastain | #4, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Jeremy Clements | #51, Jeremy Clements Racing, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Joey Gase | #35, Go Green Racing, Chevrolet |
| 22 | Spencer Boyd | #76, SS-Green Light Racing, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Alex Labbe | #36, DGM Racing, Chevrolet |
| 24 | David Starr | #52, Jimmy Means Racing, Chevrolet |
| 25 | Garrett Smithley | #0, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 26 | Chad Finchum | #40, MBM Motorsports, Toyota |
| 27 | Blake Jones | #8, B.J. McLeod Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 28 | Elliott Sadler | #1, JR Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 29 | B.J. McLeod | #74, Mike Harmon Racing, Chevrolet |
| 30 | Brandon Hightower | #55, JP Motorsports, Toyota |
| 31 | Vinnie Miller | #01, JD Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 32 | Tommy Joe Martins | #8, B.J. McLeod Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 33 | Stan Mullis | #66, MBM Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 34 | Josh Williams | #90, DGM Racing, Chevrolet |
| 35 | Jeff Green | #38, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
| 36 | Josh Bilicki | #45, JP Motorsports, Toyota |
| 37 | Timmy Hill | #13, MBM Motorsports, Toyota |
| 38 | Mike Harmon | #74, Mike Harmon Racing, Chevrolet |
| 39 | Morgan Shepherd | #89, Shepherd Racing Ventures, Chevrolet |
| 40 | J.J. Yeley | #93, RSS Racing, Chevrolet |
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The next NASCAR Xfinity Series race is not for almost another two weeks. That race is the 2018 Overton’s 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Tune in to NBC Sports Network for the live broadcast of that race at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 30.