The 2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on October 5, 2019, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 200 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 29th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, third race of the Playoffs, and the last race of the Round of 12.
Background
Track
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Ross Chastain (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 5 Matt Mills 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 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Joe Nemechek (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 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 38 Bayley Currey (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 53 Kyle Weatherman Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 61 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90 Dillon Bassett DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Stefan Parsons B. J. McLeod Motorsports ToyotaOfficial Entry List
Practice
First practice Chase Briscoe was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 23.623 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 23.623 152.394 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.738 151.656 3 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.739 151.649
Final practice Cole Custer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 23.795 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 23.795 151.292 2 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 23.911 150.558 3 18 Harrison Burton (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.917 150.521
Qualifying Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.894 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 22.894 2 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 22.969 3 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 22.976 4 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.009 5 18 Harrison Burton (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.097 6 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.098 7 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 23.116 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 23.129 9 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.143 10 8 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 23.158 11 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 23.209 12 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 23.337 13 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 23.348 14 4 Ross Chastain (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 23.386 15 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 23.405 16 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 23.423 17 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 23.491 18 90 Dillon Bassett DGM Racing Chevrolet 23.543 19 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 23.614 20 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 23.737 21 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 23.797 22 38 Bayley Currey (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 23.799 23 99 Stefan Parsons B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 23.810 24 17 Joe Nemechek Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 23.821 25 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 23.865 26 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 23.883 27 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 23.945 28 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 23.994 29 93 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 24.008 30 61 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 24.105 31 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 24.245 32 13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota 24.279 33 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 24.365 34 5 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 24.386 35 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 24.469 36 53 Kyle Weatherman Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 24.609 37 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 24.791 38 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 24.873 . – Playoffs driver
Race Chase Briscoe started at the rear of the field due to electrical issues, so Austin Cindric started on pole. On the second lap, Tyler Reddick slid on the frontstretch and Justin Allgaier followed, causing Harrison Burton and Brandon Jones to wreck behind them. This wreck caused Jones to be eliminated from the playoffs. On lap 22, John Hunter Nemechek spun Mike Harmon and brought out the second caution. Allgaier took the lead and won Stage 1.
Allgaier continued his lead to win Stage 2. Briscoe took the lead afterwards and dominated. Cole Custer, Michael Annett, and Justin Haley stayed out late in the pit cycle, which proved to be beneficial when Dillon Bassett caused a caution when he spun entering pit road. Allgaier got the free pass, while Briscoe and Cindric took the wave-around, causing only six cars to be on the lead lap during the restart.
Custer sped past Allgaier on the restart, then remained in the lead after the last one caused by Stephen Leicht, Matt Mills, and Ray Black Jr. being involved in an accident with seven laps left. Custer held off Allgaier to take the race win. With Jones eliminated in the opening laps, Nemechek needed Annett to struggle in order to pass him in points while Haley and Ryan Sieg needed to win the race to advance. Since Nemechek didn't gain 10 points more than Annett, he was eliminated from the playoffs alongside Haley and Sieg.
Summary
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 60
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 102 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 93 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 84 8 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 75 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 66 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 57 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 48 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 210 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Stage Two Laps: 60
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 102 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 93 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 84 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 75 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 66 8 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 57 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 48 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 39 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 210 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 80
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 3 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 200 552 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 553 2 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 200 514 11 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 425 1 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 200 446 16 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 347 7 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 428 17 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 199 359 10 8 Zane Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 199 4010 15 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 199 3111 21 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 198 2612 4 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 198 2513 14 4 Ross Chastain (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 198 014 18 90 Dillon Bassett DGM Racing Chevrolet 198 2315 35 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 198 2216 19 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 197 2117 28 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 197 2018 25 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 196 1919 23 99 Stefan Parsons B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 196 1820 26 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 196 1721 33 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 195 1622 37 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 194 1523 31 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 183 1424 34 5 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 183 1325 6 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 166 1226 20 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 104 1127 27 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 62 1028 32 13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota 56 929 12 89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 55 830 24 17 Joe Nemechek (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 53 031 30 61 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 33 632 29 93 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 27 533 22 38 Bayley Currey (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 23 034 38 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 19 335 36 53 Kyle Weatherman Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 12 236 13 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 9 137 9 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2 138 5 18 Harrison Burton (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2 0 . – Driver advanced to the next round of the playoffs.
. – Driver was eliminated from the playoffs.
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