2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200


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 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

Practice

First practice

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 23.623 seconds and a speed of.
PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
198Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste Racing		Ford23.623152.394
220Christopher BellJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.738151.656
32Tyler ReddickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.739151.649

Final practice

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 23.795 seconds and a speed of.
PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
100Cole CusterStewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste Racing		Ford23.795151.292
298Chase Briscoe 'Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste Racing		Ford23.911150.558
318Harrison Burton 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota23.917150.521

Qualifying

scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.894 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying results

. – 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
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
200Cole CusterStewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford9
322Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord8
48Zane SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet7
511Justin Haley 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet6
69Noah Gragson 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet5
798Chase Briscoe 'Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford4
839Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet3
923John Hunter Nemechek 'GMS RacingChevrolet2
101Michael AnnettJR MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage Two
Laps: 60
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
222Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord9
398Chase Briscoe 'Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford8
49Noah Gragson 'JR MotorsportsChevrole7
500Cole CusterStewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford6
68Zane SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet5
723John Hunter Nemechek 'GMS RacingChevrolet4
811Justin Haley 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet3
91Michael AnnettJR MotorsportsChevrolet2
1039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1

Final Stage Results

Stage Three
Laps: 80
PosGridDriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1300Cole CusterStewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford20055
287Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet20055
3222Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord20051
41111Justin Haley 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet20042
5198Chase Briscoe 'Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford20044
6161Michael AnnettJR MotorsportsChevrolet20034
779Noah Gragson 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet20042
81723John Hunter Nemechek 'GMS RacingChevrolet19935
9108Zane SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet19940
101539Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet19931
112186Brandon Brown 'Brandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet19826
1242Tyler ReddickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19825
13144Ross Chastain 'JD MotorsportsChevrolet1980
141890Dillon BassettDGM RacingChevrolet19823
153536Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet19822
161915B. J. McLeodJD MotorsportsChevrolet19721
172807Ray Black Jr.SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet19720
182508Gray GauldingSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet19619
192399Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsToyota19618
202678Vinnie MillerB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet19617
213352David StarrJimmy Means RacingChevrolet19516
223735Joey GaseMBM MotorsportsToyota19415
233101Stephen LeichtJD MotorsportsChevrolet18314
24345Matt MillsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet18313
25620Christopher BellJoe Gibbs RacingToyota16612
26200Garrett SmithleyJD MotorsportsChevrolet10411
272766Timmy HillMBM MotorsportsToyota6210
283213Carl LongMBM MotorsportsToyota569
291289Landon CassillShepherd Racing VenturesChevrolet558
302417Joe Nemechek 'Rick Ware RacingChevrolet530
313061Chad FinchumMBM MotorsportsToyota336
322993J. J. YeleyRSS RacingChevrolet275
332238Bayley Currey 'RSS RacingChevrolet230
343874Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet193
353653Kyle WeathermanJimmy Means RacingChevrolet122
361351Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet91
37919Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21
38518Harrison Burton Joe Gibbs RacingToyota20

. – Driver advanced to the next round of the playoffs.
. – Driver was eliminated from the playoffs.