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The post-race loop data for the 2018 DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway includes in-depth driver stats, average speeds, and key performance metrics from the NASCAR XFINITY Series race.

DC Solar 300

Saturday, September 15th, 2018

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV

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  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 2 Dodge
  • 6 Toyota
  • 5 Ford

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Inaugural DC Solar 300
  • Pole Winner: Cole Custer
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No. 00 - Code 3 Associates Ford
  • Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the Inaugural DC Solar 300 with a lap of 30.118 seconds, 179.295 mph.
  • This is his fifth pole in 64 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
  • This is his fifth pole and 21st top-10 start in 2018.
  • This is his first pole in three races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2018 and his first in two races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Elliott Sadler (third) posted his seventh top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 18th in 26 races this season.
  • Austin Cindric (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 01.629 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 30 Minutes 56 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 119.258
  • Cautions: 8 for 40 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,097 (6.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Inaugural DC Solar 300
  • Race Winner: Ross Chastain
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 42 - DC Solar Chevrolet
  • Owner: Chip Ganassi Racing
  • Crew Chief: Mike Shiplett
  • Ross Chastain won the Inaugural DC Solar 300, his first victory in 132 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
  • This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2018.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in five races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Justin Allgaier (second) posted his eighth top-10 finish in nine races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 21st top-10 finish in 2018.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Christopher Bell (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 44 points overCole Custer.
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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DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor 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
Ross Chastain 5 1 2 1 1 5 1.1 4 18 12 6 18 100.00 63 100.0 180 90.0 200 150.00 60
Justin Allgaier 8 3 1 2 1 9 4.0 6 31 28 3 31 100.00 16 100.0 16 8.0 200 119.60 45
Cole Custer 1 12 3 3 1 17 4.0 -2 42 37 5 39 92.86 21 99.0 3 1.5 200 118.50 50
Christopher Bell 4 5 5 4 2 12 4.2 0 37 35 2 37 100.00 20 100.0 0 0.0 200 114.90 49
Elliott Sadler 3 6 9 5 1 13 5.6 -2 46 50 -4 46 100.00 15 100.0 0 0.0 200 109.20 45
Ryan Preece 34 15 15 6 6 39 19.9 28 59 25 34 21 35.59 3 28.5 0 0.0 200 91.40 31
Brandon Jones 36 7 8 7 6 36 10.1 29 84 53 31 66 78.57 0 93.5 0 0.0 200 93.80 35
Ryan Truex 38 8 11 8 5 38 9.9 30 54 32 22 33 61.11 0 97.5 0 0.0 200 94.50 32
Austin Cindric 2 9 10 9 2 13 8.3 -7 42 49 -7 39 92.86 0 100.0 0 0.0 200 96.10 36
Spencer Gallagher 14 10 7 10 3 15 11.8 4 49 56 -7 46 93.88 0 100.0 0 0.0 200 85.20 27
JJ Yeley 18 19 14 11 8 21 16.6 7 24 33 -9 9 37.50 0 30.0 0 0.0 200 77.30 26
Ryan Sieg 10 14 20 12 8 31 16.5 -2 35 28 7 14 40.00 0 30.5 0 0.0 200 76.80 25
Jeremy Clements 12 18 19 13 9 25 17.1 -1 34 41 -7 19 55.88 0 25.5 0 0.0 200 78.10 24
Landon Cassill 16 16 12 14 11 18 14.5 2 28 40 -12 23 82.14 0 72.0 0 0.0 200 79.20 23
Joey Gase 17 21 17 15 12 27 19.9 2 12 26 -14 3 25.00 0 8.0 0 0.0 200 70.50 22
Alex Labbe 15 17 16 16 7 20 17.4 -1 19 39 -20 7 36.84 0 8.5 0 0.0 200 70.00 21
Ray Black II 21 20 21 17 17 29 21.1 4 15 18 -3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 198 63.80 20
Garrett Smithley 39 24 22 18 18 39 23.5 21 13 10 3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 197 60.30 19
BJ McLeod 23 22 23 19 19 31 22.0 4 21 15 6 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 197 62.30 18
Josh Williams 31 25 24 20 20 32 25.9 11 7 9 -2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 196 51.80 17
Cole Rouse 22 26 25 21 20 29 25.3 1 17 17 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 194 56.50 16
Spencer Boyd 27 27 26 22 21 39 28.5 5 20 12 8 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 194 48.00 15
Max Tullman 20 32 27 23 20 38 28.4 -3 23 31 -8 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 192 53.00 14
Bayley Currey 19 29 29 24 19 33 29.2 -5 15 24 -9 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 191 46.80 0
Chad Finchum 29 31 30 25 25 37 31.2 4 24 12 12 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 191 41.70 12
Vinnie Miller 33 28 28 26 25 35 28.6 7 17 10 7 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 191 47.10 11
Josh Bilicki 26 30 31 27 26 38 31.8 -1 16 27 -11 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 190 39.50 10
Tyler Reddick 7 4 4 28 3 19 9.4 -21 53 47 6 50 94.34 5 85.5 0 0.0 188 86.20 11
Daniel Hemric 35 2 13 29 1 35 5.8 6 51 38 13 43 84.31 10 93.0 1 0.5 188 95.80 22
Shane Lee 6 13 18 30 4 20 12.5 -24 32 38 -6 27 84.38 0 81.5 0 0.0 188 72.70 7
Chase Briscoe 13 11 6 31 6 15 11.2 -18 46 44 2 46 100.00 0 90.5 0 0.0 181 77.70 9
David Starr 24 23 32 32 21 29 26.0 -8 18 30 -12 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 145 50.30 5
Mike Harmon 28 33 33 33 28 36 32.8 -5 9 12 -3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 93 33.10 4
Timmy Hill 25 34 34 34 25 38 33.3 -9 11 9 2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 74 35.80 3
Ryan Reed 11 35 35 35 8 18 26.4 -24 18 22 -4 18 100.00 0 31.5 0 0.0 64 59.20 2
Matt Tifft 37 36 36 36 8 40 29.2 1 32 36 -4 16 50.00 0 23.0 0 0.0 63 49.00 1
Stan Mullis 40 37 37 37 35 40 36.1 3 5 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 51 27.20 1
John Jackson 32 38 38 38 32 39 36.8 -6 6 4 2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 26.30 1
Jeff Green 30 39 39 39 28 39 37.3 -9 12 9 3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 29.30 1
Michael Annett 9 40 40 40 9 23 38.3 -31 2 13 -11 2 100.00 0 2.0 0 0.0 5 27.80 1