NASCAR Xfinity Series: Cole Custer wins 2019 Production Alliance Group 300

Cole Custer earned his first victory of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season by winning the season’s fifth race, the Production Alliance Group 300, at Auto Club Speedway.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch has competed in just three of the first five races of the 33-race 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series. Entering the third of these three races, the Production Alliance Group 300, at Auto Club Speedway, he was undefeated, as he won the season’s third and fourth races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and ISM Raceway, respectively.

But Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer prevented the 2015 Cup Series champion from going three for three to start the season and from earning what would have been a record-tying 200th win across the Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Truck Series.

Custer, who started the 150-lap race around the four-turn, 2.0-mile (3.219-kilometer) Auto Club Speedway oval in Fontana, California in third place in his #00 Ford, won it by 1.927 seconds over Busch, who finished in second in his #18 Toyota. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell finished in third in his #20 Toyota.

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Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick, who started the race from the pole position, was the highest finishing Chevrolet driver. He finished in fourth place in his #2 Chevrolet. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe rounded out the top five by finishing in fifth in his #98 Ford.

Team Penske’s Austin Cindric, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones, JR Motorsports’ teammates Ryan Preece and Justin Allgaier and Kaulig Racing’s Justin Haley rounded out the top 10 by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #22 Ford, #19 Toyota, #8 Chevrolet, #7 Chevrolet and #11 Chevrolet, respectively.

The race featured a total of lead 13 changes among six drivers. Aside of Custer, who led 29 laps, five other drivers led at least one lap of the race. Those drivers were Busch, Bell, Reddick and JR Motorsports teammates Noah Gragson and Michael Annett. Busch, who won both stages one and two, led more laps than anybody else in the field with 98 laps led.

The race also featured a total of five caution flag periods for 28 laps. Of these caution flag periods, three took place as a result of on-track incidents while the other two took place as a result of the usual endings of stages one and two. Of the 37 drivers who started the race, 27 finished it and 16 finished it on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2019 Production Alliance 300 at Auto Club Speedway.

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

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The next race on the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is the season’s sixth race, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 30 at Texas Motor Speedway. This race, the My Bariatric Solutions 300, is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET, so be sure to tune in to it.

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