XFINITY Series Iowa Speedway

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U.S. Cellular 250 presented by The Rasmussen Group

Saturday, July 28th, 2018

Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA

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  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 5 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Iowa Speedway
  • 10th Annual U.S. Cellular 250 Presented by The Rasmussen Group
  • Pole Winner: Elliott Sadler
  • Age: 43
  • Team : No. 1 - US Cellular Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Kevin Meendering
  • Elliott Sadler won the Pole Award for the 10th Annual U.S. Cellular 250 Presented by The Rasmussen Group with a lap of 23.576 seconds, 133.610 mph.
  • This is his 18th pole in 381 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
  • This is his first pole and 13th top-10 start in 2018.
  • This is his fourth pole in 16 races at Iowa Speedway.
  • Cole Custer (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2018 and his third in four races at Iowa Speedway.
  • Christopher Bell (third) posted his second top-10 start at Iowa Speedway. It is his 12th in 19 races this season.
  • Christopher Bell (third) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Laps Actual: 257 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.421 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 18 Minutes 0 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 97.772
  • Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,367 (6.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Iowa Speedway
  • 10th Annual U.S. Cellular 250 Presented by The Rasmussen Group
  • Race Winner: Christopher Bell
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 20 - Ruud Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
  • Christopher Bell won the 10th Annual U.S. Cellular 250 Presented by The Rasmussen Group, his fifth victory in 27 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 12th top-10 finish in 2018.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Iowa Speedway.
  • Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 14 races at Iowa Speedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2018.
  • Kyle Benjamin (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Iowa Speedway.
  • Christopher Bell (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Christopher Bell leads the point standings by 16 points overElliott Sadler.
Cole Custer celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 4, 2023 : Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.
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U.S. Cellular 250 presented by The Rasmussen Group at Iowa Speedway Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Christopher Bell 3 2 1 1 1 16 2.3 2 33 28 5 31 93.94 50 99.6 94 36.6 257 135.10 58
Justin Allgaier 7 3 3 2 1 17 4.4 5 67 63 4 55 82.09 8 99.6 6 2.3 257 115.40 48
Kyle Benjamin 4 11 6 3 1 13 6.0 1 42 33 9 37 88.10 18 100.0 5 2.0 257 108.50 44
Ross Chastain 18 12 10 4 4 26 13.3 14 63 44 19 35 55.56 0 66.2 0 0.0 257 89.30 33
John Hunter Nemechek 11 5 5 5 3 17 7.2 6 56 47 9 54 96.43 5 99.6 0 0.0 257 100.50 40
Elliott Sadler 1 8 7 6 1 12 5.6 -5 41 48 -7 38 92.68 11 100.0 41 16.0 257 108.00 43
Ryan Reed 19 7 11 7 7 20 11.3 12 47 43 4 37 78.72 1 92.2 0 0.0 257 92.20 32
Ryan Truex 14 13 9 8 7 19 11.5 6 65 58 7 56 86.15 0 98.4 0 0.0 257 89.80 29
Cole Custer 2 1 2 9 1 18 2.6 -7 33 41 -8 23 69.70 49 98.8 104 40.5 257 132.90 47
Chase Briscoe 12 19 12 10 8 20 13.4 2 62 60 2 41 66.13 1 75.5 0 0.0 257 85.10 27
Daniel Hemric 10 9 8 11 4 25 8.5 -1 63 49 14 48 76.19 1 95.7 0 0.0 257 93.60 29
Brandon Jones 9 6 4 12 1 12 5.5 -3 42 38 4 41 97.62 22 100.0 1 0.4 257 106.50 36
Shane Lee 8 14 16 13 1 18 12.1 -5 52 63 -11 44 84.62 2 80.2 6 2.3 256 84.10 25
Michael Annett 17 15 15 14 2 20 15.9 3 47 50 -3 19 40.43 1 28.4 0 0.0 256 76.60 23
Casey Roderick 15 16 14 15 10 20 14.7 0 50 50 0 36 72.00 0 79.4 0 0.0 256 78.20 22
Alex Labbe 21 20 17 16 4 22 18.6 5 41 42 -1 8 19.51 0 3.1 0 0.0 255 69.30 21
Joey Gase 22 17 18 17 12 23 19.6 5 38 40 -2 3 7.89 0 0.4 0 0.0 255 67.80 20
Austin Cindric 6 4 19 18 3 24 9.7 -12 47 63 -16 25 53.19 30 67.3 0 0.0 254 100.50 32
David Starr 23 23 23 19 15 25 21.7 4 42 46 -4 0 0.00 0 0.4 0 0.0 253 60.70 18
Jeremy Clements 13 18 22 20 11 24 19.2 -7 38 44 -6 11 28.95 5 10.9 0 0.0 253 67.70 17
Tommy Joe Martins 25 24 24 21 21 27 23.7 4 24 21 3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 253 56.60 16
Tyler Reddick 5 29 20 22 5 39 26.3 -17 40 46 -6 14 35.00 4 6.6 0 0.0 252 58.00 15
Spencer Boyd 27 26 25 23 23 29 26.1 4 21 21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 252 51.00 14
Josh Williams 31 28 27 24 24 33 28.4 7 23 23 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 251 46.20 13
Garrett Smithley 24 25 26 25 19 27 22.5 -1 30 28 2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 250 58.80 12
Matt Tifft 16 10 13 26 6 16 12.2 -10 48 49 -1 47 97.92 1 96.1 0 0.0 249 82.20 11
Brandon Hightower 28 27 28 27 23 31 28.0 1 22 26 -4 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 47.70 10
Ray Black II 30 30 29 28 25 39 29.5 2 14 15 -1 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 42.80 9
Vinnie Miller 34 31 30 29 27 34 30.4 5 20 18 2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 247 43.70 8
Max Tullman 26 21 21 30 17 29 22.4 -4 41 44 -3 0 0.00 4 0.0 0 0.0 245 58.50 0
Peter Shepherd III 36 33 31 31 31 39 33.5 5 11 12 -1 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 242 33.70 6
Mike Harmon 35 32 32 32 31 38 32.8 3 11 5 6 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 241 35.90 5
Stan Mullis 37 34 33 33 32 39 34.1 4 8 6 2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 236 30.50 4
Ryan Sieg 20 35 34 34 14 35 30.4 -14 23 33 -10 1 4.35 0 0.8 0 0.0 206 58.90 3
Jeff Green 32 22 35 35 3 33 29.1 -3 19 26 -7 0 0.00 0 0.8 0 0.0 140 49.30 2
Dexter Bean 40 36 36 36 32 40 35.1 4 9 8 1 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 73 28.80 1
Chad Finchum 29 37 37 37 27 33 34.2 -8 11 5 6 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 56 37.50 1
Morgan Shepherd 33 38 38 38 30 39 36.3 -5 13 20 -7 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 46 32.00 1
Stephen Leicht 39 39 39 39 30 39 37.2 0 8 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 36 29.50 1
Josh Bilicki 38 40 40 40 38 40 38.9 -2 2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 23.20 1