NASCAR Xfinity Series: Kyle Busch wins 2019 Boyd Gaming 300

In his first start of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, Kyle Busch won the Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

After winning Friday night’s NASCAR Truck Series race, the Strat 200, at the track, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch has started the weekend two for two at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The 33-year-old Las Vegas, Nevada native earned his first victory of the 2019 Xfinity Series season in his first start of the season by winning the Boyd Gaming 300 at the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) high-banked Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Busch started this 213-lap race, which was scheduled to be a 200-lap race but went into overtime twice as a result of multiple late crashes, in eighth place in his #18 Toyota. He won it by 0.192 seconds over GMS Racing’s John Hunter Nemechek, who finished in second in his #23 Chevrolet.

This victory is Busch’s 93rd career Xfinity Series victory, which is an all-time record, and his 197th career victory across NASCAR’s top three series. He has also earned 51 career Cup Series victories and 53 career Truck Series victories and is just three victories behind Richard Petty’s all-time record of 200 career NASCAR victories.

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Busch fell back to 33rd place and one lap off the lead lap early in the race as a result of the fact that his car had a loose wheel that forced him to make an unscheduled pit stop. He ended up taking the wave around as a result of the caution flag period that took place shortly thereafter to get himself back on the lead lap, and from there, he worked his way back to the front of the field before taking the checkered flag.

Nemechek led a train of Chevrolet drivers from second through seventh place. JR Motorsports’ Noah Gragson, Kaulig Racing’s Austin Dillon, JR Motorsports’ Michael Annett, RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg and JD Motorsports’ Ross Chastain rounded out the top seven by finishing in third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh in their #9 Chevrolet, #10 Chevrolet, #1 Chevrolet, #39 Chevrolet and #4 Chevrolet, respectively.

Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Chase Briscoe and race polesitter Cole Custer were the highest finishing Ford drivers of the race. They finished in eighth and ninth place in their #98 Ford and #00 Ford, respectively. Kaulig Racing’s Justin Haley rounded out the top 10 by finishing in 10th in his #11 Chevrolet.

The race featured a total of 13 lead changes among six drivers. Aside of Busch, who led more laps than anybody else in the field with 98 laps led, five drivers led at least one lap of the race. These drivers were Custer, Gray Gaulding, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick and Austin Cindric. Custer won stage one and Reddick won stage two.

The race also featured a total of seven caution flag periods for 37 laps. Of these seven caution flag periods, five took place as a result of on-track incidents while the other two took place as a result of the endings of stages one and two. Of the 38 drivers who started the race, 26 finished it and nine finished it on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2019 Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Race Results
1st – Kyle Busch
2nd – John Hunter Nemechek
3rd – Noah Gragson
4th – Austin Dillon
5th – Michael Annett
6th – Ryan Sieg
7th – Ross Chastain
8th – Chase Briscoe
9th – Cole Custer
10th – Justin Haley
11th – Ray Black Jr.
12th – Gray Gaulding
13th – Christopher Bell
14th – Tyler Reddick
15th – Jeremy Clements
16th – Josh Williams
17th – Brandon Brown
18th – Garrett Smithley
19th – David Starr
20th – B.J. McLeod
21st – Chad Finchum
22nd – Austin Cindric
23rd – Timmy Hill
24th – Zane Smith
25th – Jairo Avila Jr.
26th – Vinnie Miller
27th – Stephen Leicht
28th – Brandon Jones
29th – Matt Mills
30th – Mike Harmon
31st – Justin Allgaier
32nd – Jeff Green
33rd – Morgan Shepherd
34th – Bayley Currey
35th – Stan Mullis
36th – Josh Bilicki
37th – Donald Theetge
38th – Joey Gase

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The next race on the 33-race 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is the season’s fourth race, the iK9 Service Dog 200, at ISM Raceway. This race is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 9. It is set to be broadcast live from the Avondale, Arizona track beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.

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