The 2019 ROXOR 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on July 20, 2019, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 200 laps on the speedway, it was the 18th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.
Background
Track
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a road course, which includes much of the oval.
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 8 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 12 Paul Menard (i) Team Penske Ford 13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 Tyler Matthews JD Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 18 Harrison Burton (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 28 Shane Lee H2 Motorsports Toyota 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 38 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 C. J. McLaughlin RSS Racing Chevrolet 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 68 Dillon Bassett Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 74 Camden Murphy (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota
Practice
First practice Christopher Bell was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.736 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.736 128.087 2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 29.902 127.376 3 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.931 127.253
Final practice Justin Haley was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.638 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.638 128.511 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.676 128.346 3 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 29.800 127.812
Qualifying Cole Custer scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.180 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 29.180 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.256 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.328 4 12 Paul Menard (i) Team Penske Ford 29.349 5 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 29.379 6 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.477 7 18 Harrison Burton (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.501 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.504 9 8 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.519 10 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.527 11 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.539 12 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.570 13 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.573 14 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 29.635 15 93 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.635 16 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.665 17 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.908 18 4 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 29.926 19 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 29.949 20 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 29.960 21 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 30.075 22 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.079 23 13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.150 24 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 30.167 25 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.175 26 99 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 30.239 27 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 30.258 28 78 Ross Chastain B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.278 29 28 Shane Lee H2 Motorsports Toyota 30.351 30 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.363 31 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.377 32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 30.385 33 17 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.453 34 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.482 35 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.600 36 01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.672 37 39 C. J. McLaughlin RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.706 38 15 Tyler Matthews JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.846Did not qualify 39 68 Dillon Bassett Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 30.548 40 38 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.800 41 74 Camden Murphy (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 0.000 Ross Chastain qualified the No. 78 B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet for Vinnie Miller.
Race
Summary Cole Custer started on pole, but Christopher Bell overtook him before the first lap, causing Custer to ultimately not lead a single lap during the race. The first caution occurred on lap 33 when John Hunter Nemechek's car backed into the wall due to brake failure, causing heavy rear-end damage from which he couldn't recover. By the end of Stage 1, Tyler Reddick drove low under Brandon Jones in a desperate attempt to overtake him. They battled on the frontstretch, nearly allowing Bell to capture the win, but Jones managed to hang on and win the stage.
Stage 2 did not see any cautions, and Bell was able to win the stage ahead of Justin Allgaier. On lap 142, Noah Gragson spun and the caution was thrown for debris. The ensuing restart tightened the field, with Paul Menard and Harrison Burton racing each other particularly hard. On lap 155, Menard slammed Burton, who spun and made contact with the wall. Burton was not able to recover from the damage sustained. Menard stated after the race that Burton had run into him twice earlier in the race and Menard was "voicing his displeasure". Bell pulled away and continued his dominating lead, eventually holding off Custer and winning the race.
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 45
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 84 93 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 75 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 66 8 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 57 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 48 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 39 12 Paul Menard (i) Team Penske Ford 010 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 1
Stage Two Laps: 45
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 93 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 84 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 12 Paul Menard (i) Team Penske Ford 06 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 57 8 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 39 18 Harrison Burton (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 010 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 110
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 592 1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 200 473 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 494 11 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 485 4 12 Paul Menard (i) Team Penske Ford 200 06 5 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 200 377 9 8 Ryan Truex JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 398 15 93 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 369 6 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 3810 10 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2711 16 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2712 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 200 2813 13 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 2714 12 21 Kaz Grala Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 2315 14 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 200 2216 21 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2117 20 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 199 2018 25 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 199 1919 27 36 Josh Williams (R) DGM Racing Chevrolet 199 1820 31 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 198 1721 36 01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 198 1622 19 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 197 1523 18 4 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 197 1424 30 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 197 1325 26 99 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 197 1226 32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 196 1127 28 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 195 1028 37 39 C. J. McLaughlin (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 192 929 7 18 Harrison Burton (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 169 030 22 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 167 731 34 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 159 632 38 15 Tyler Matthews JD Motorsports Chevrolet 154 533 29 28 Shane Lee H2 Motorsports Toyota 112 434 35 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 92 335 33 17 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 51 036 17 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31 137 24 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 22 138 23 13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota 16 1
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