NASCAR Xfinity Series: Justin Allgaier wins 2018 Rock N Roll Tequila 170

Justin Allgaier earned his third victory of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season in the season’s 21st race, the Rock N Roll Tequila 170.

JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier earned his third victory of the 33-race 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series in the season’s 21st race, the Rock N Roll Tequila 170, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Allgaier won the 75-lap race around the 13-turn, 2.258-mile (3.634-kilometer) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio in his #7 Chevrolet by 2.095 seconds over second place finisher Austin Cindric of Team Penske.

Cindric was the highest finishing Ford driver of the race in his #22 Ford. With four laps to go, Allgaier passed Cindric, who had dominated the race, for the lead before going on to win it.

Richard Childress Racing teammates Daniel Hemric and Matt Tifft and Kaulig Racing’s Ryan Truex rounded out the top five in third, fourth and fifth place in their #21 Chevrolet, #2 Chevrolet and #11 Chevrolet, respectively.

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JR Motorsports’ Elliott Sadler, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer, GMS Racing’s Spencer Gallagher, DGM Racing’s Alex Labbe and Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Reed rounded out the top 10 in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #1 Chevrolet, #00 Ford, #23 Chevrolet, #36 Chevrolet and #16 Ford, respectively.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell was the highest finishing Toyota driver of the race. He finished in 11th place in his #20 Toyota. He was on pace for at least a podium finish until Sadler spun him out following a late restart. Bell, who was running in second at the time, fell to the back of the field, came into the pits for new tires under the next caution flag period, and rallied to finish in 11th.

The race featured a total of seven lead changes among four drivers. Aside of Allgaier, who led eight laps of the race, three other drivers led at least one lap of the race. Those drivers were Cindric, Bell and Andy Lally. Cindric led more laps than anybody else in the field with 59 laps led. Allgaier won stage one and Cindric won stage two.

The race also featured a total of six caution flag periods, of which four took place as a result of on-track incidents and two took place as a result of the endings of stages one and two like usual. Of the 40 drivers who started the race, 29 finished it, and of the 29 drivers who finished it, all 29 finished it on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2018 Rock N Roll Tequila 170 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Race Results

1st – Justin Allgaier

2nd – Austin Cindric

3rd – Daniel Hemric

4th – Matt Tifft

5th – Ryan Truex

6th – Elliott Sadler

7th – Cole Custer

8th – Spencer Gallagher

9th – Alex Labbe

10th – Ryan Reed

11th – Christopher Bell

12th – Brendan Gaughan

13th – Kyle Benjamin

14th – Chase Briscoe

15th – Andy Lally

16th – Ross Chastain

17th – Jeremy Clements

18th – Michael Annett

19th – Tommy Joe Martins

20th – Josh Bilicki

21st – David Starr

22nd – Justin Marks

23rd – Brandon Jones

24th – Joey Gase

25th – Spencer Boyd

26th – Tim Cowen

27th – Kaz Grala

28th – Garrett Smithley

29th – Chad Finchum

30th – Katherine Legge

31st – Tyler Reddick

32nd – J.J. Yeley

33rd – Cody Ware

34th – Ryan Sieg

35th – John Jackson

36th – Vinnie Miller

37th – Stephen Leicht

38th – Morgan Shepherd

39th – Jeff Green

40th – Dylan Murcott

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The next race on the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is the Food City 300. That race is scheduled to take place next Friday, August 17, and it is scheduled to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network starting at 7:30 p.m. ET from Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

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