NASCAR Xfinity Series: Christopher Bell dominates 2019 ROXOR 200
By Asher Fair
Christopher Bell earned his series-high fifth victory of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season by dominating the season’s 18th race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the ROXOR 200.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell launched himself back into a tie atop the NASCAR Xfinity Series wins list with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer by dominating the 33-race season’s 18th race, the ROXOR 200, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This victory was Bell’s fifth victory of the season.
Bell started this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 1.058-mile (1.703-kilometer) New Hampshire Motor Speedway oval in Loudon, New Hampshire in second place in his #20 Toyota behind Custer, and he took the lead on lap one en route to a total domination of the race.
After leading all but 14 of the race’s 200 laps, Bell won the race by 4.068 seconds over Custer in second place in his #00 Ford. JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier was the highest finishing Chevrolet driver of the race. He finished in third in his #7 Chevrolet.
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Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick and Team Penske’s Paul Menard rounded out the top five by finishing in fourth and fifth place in their #2 Chevrolet and #12 Ford, respectively.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe, JR Motorsports’ Ryan Truex, RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones and JR Motorsports’ Noah Gragson rounded out the top 10 by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #98 Ford, #8 Chevrolet, #93 Chevrolet, #19 Toyota and #9 Chevrolet, respectively.
Aside of Bell, only two drivers led the race, and the race featured only four lead changes. Sieg led one lap while Jones led 13 laps and won stage one. Bell won stage two. Custer, despite the fact that he started the race from the pole position, did not lead any laps.
This race also featured a total of five caution flag periods, of which three took place as a result of on-track incidents and an additional two took place as a result of the endings of stages one and two, as usual. Of the 38 drivers who started this race, 31 finished it, and of the 31 drivers who finished this race, 16 finished on the lead lap.
Here are the full race results of the 2019 ROXOR 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Race Results
1st – Christopher Bell
2nd – Cole Custer
3rd – Justin Allgaier
4th – Tyler Reddick
5th – Paul Menard
6th – Chase Briscoe
7th – Ryan Truex
8th – Ryan Sieg
9th – Brandon Jones
10th – Noah Gragson
11th – Michael Annett
12th – Austin Cindric
13th – Justin Haley
14th – Kaz Grala
15th – Jeremy Clements
16th – Brandon Brown
17th – Gray Gaulding
18th – Ray Black Jr.
19th – Josh Williams
20th – Matt Mills
21st – B.J. McLeod
22nd – Alex Labbe
23rd – Stephen Leicht
24th – Garrett Smithley
25th – Tommy Joe Martins
26th – David Starr
27th – Vinnie Miller
28th – C.J. McLaughlin
29th – Harrison Burton
30th – Chad Finchum
31st – Joey Gase
32nd – Tyler Matthews
33rd – Shane Lee
34th – Timmy Hill
35th – Bayley Currey
36th – John Hunter Nemechek
37th – Landon Cassill
38th – Carl Long
The U.S. Cellular 250 is the next race on the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule. This race is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 27, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network from Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET.