Xfinity Series Races Miles the Monster

Kicking off a doubleheader weekend, the Xfinity Series travels to Dover, Deleware to tackle the Miles the Monster with the Drydene 200.

News broke Friday morning that Justin Haley was out of the races this weekend due to Covid protocols; taking his place is Camping World Truck Series driver Zane Smith. The number eleven car will have to start the race from the back of the field due to the driver change.

After having their penalty overturned, Noah Gragson has had his finish and prize money restored from the race at Darlington last week. As a result, Gragson is in the final Dash-4-Cash race. Gragson has won the $100,000 prize in all three of the previous Dash-4-Cash races. Gragson will be joined by team mates Josh Berry and Darlington winner Justin Allgaier; along with Brandon Jones in a battle for the cash.

Daniel Hemric sits on the pole with Justin Allgaier alongside on the front row.

The starting lineup for the Drydene 200:
Daniel Hemric
Justin Allgaier
Noah Gragson
Brandon Jones
Harrison Burton
Josh Berry
AJ Allmendinger
Jeremy Clements
Zane Smith – moved to the back of the field due to a driver change
Brett Moffitt
Michael Annett
Ryan Sieg
Jeb Burton
Ty Gibbs
Myatt Snider
Austin Cindric

Tommy Joe Martins
Alex Labbe
Brandon Brown
Riley Herbst
David Starr
Timmy Hill
Ryan Vargas
BJ McLeod
Colby Howard
Bayley Currey
Cody Ware
Jeffrey Earnhardt
Josh Williams
John Hunter Nemechek
JJ Yeley
Kyle Weatherman
Jesse Little
Jade Buford
Kyle Sieg
Joe Graf Jr
Landon Cassill
Matt Jaskol
Matt Mills
Gray Gaulding

Justin Allgaier is the only driver in the field who has won an Xfinity Series race at Dover International Speedway.

Continuing the practice due to a lack of practice, NASCAR has called for a competition caution on lap 20.

Stages one and two of the race are 45 laps each with stage three lasting 110 laps for a total of 200 laps around the concrete one mile track.

Joining Adam Alexander in the FOX Broadcast booth for today’s race are Cup Series drivers Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski.

The teams have five sets of tires for today’s race.

Daniel Hemric brings the field down for the green flag start of the race from the outside lane and edges out Justin Allgaier to take the lead.

Lap two, the top five are Daniel Hemric, Justin Allgaier, Brandon Jones, Noah Gragson, and Josh Berry.

Lap three, Justin Allgiaer takes the lead.

Josh Berry has a possible tire rub.

Lap five, Justin Allgaier has a lead of over half a second on Daniel Hemric; Josh Berry, Brandon Jones, and Noah Gragson round out the top five.

After starting the race from the back of the field, Zane Smith has moved up to 27^th place.

Lap nine, Justin Allgaier has increased his lead of a second and a half on Josh Berry; Daniel Hemric, Brandon Jones, and Noah Gragson round out the top five.

Lap 12, Justina Allgaier has pulled out to a two second lead on Josh Berry.

Lap 15, Zane Smith is now in 21^st place.

Lap 17, Josh Berry has closed the gap on leader Justin Allgaier to under a second and a half.

Lap 20, NASCAR displays the yellow flag for the competition caution.

The top five are Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, Brandon Jones, Daniel Hemric, and AJ Allmendinger with seven cars one lap down.

At the time of the cauiton, Zane Smith has moved up 20 spots to 19^th place.

Some of the drivers come down pit road for service, but the leaders stay out on the track.

Brett Moffitt was caught speeding on pit road.

Justin Allgaier brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 27 from the outside lane and jumps out in front for the lead.

Lap 28, the top five are Justin Allgaier, AJ Allmendinger, Josh Berry, Brandon Jones, and Harrison Burton.

Lap 30, Justin Allgaier has already pulled out to a one lecond lead on AJ Allmendinger.

Lap 31, Zane Smith has entered the top 20 in 19^th.

Riley Herbst brings out the second caution flag of the race on lap 32 when he spins out after contact frm Joh Hunter Nemechek.

Justin Allgaier brings the field down for the green flag restart with team mate Josh Berry alongside on the inside lane with nine laps remaining in stage one. Allgaier gets out in front for the lead with Josh Berry in second; AJ Allmendinger, Harrison Burton, and Brandon Jones round out the top five.

With seven laps remaining in stage one, Josh Berry battle Justin Allgaier for the lead but Allgaier holds on to the lead.

Lap 41, Zane Smith is just outside the top 10 in 12th place.

Justin Allgaier wins stage one.

The top 10 at the end of stage one:
Justin Allgaier
Josh Berry
AJ Allmendinger
Harrison Burton
Brandon Jones
Noah Gragson
Ty Gibbs
Austin Cindric
Ryan Sieg
John Hunter Nemechek

Zane Smith finished in eleventh place after starting the rce in 39^th.

Drivers come down pit road for service with Jeb Burton winning the race off of pit road after taking only two tires.

Tommy Joe Martins, Riley Herbst, Matt Mills, and BJ McLeod stay out on the track.

Kyle Weatherman was caught speeding on pit road.

After staying out on the track, Tommy Joe Martins brings the field down for the green flag start of stage two on lap 55 and briefly holds on to the lead before Justin Allgaier takes the lead with Josh Berry in second; AJ Allmendinger, Noah Gragson, nad Tommy Joe Martins round out the top five.

The caution flag come out on lap 59 for a big crash that includes Matt Jaskol landing on top fo Jesse Little’s car. Matt Mills and Josh Williams were also involved.

NASCAR has red flagged the race in order to get the track cleaned up and the cars removed.

Justin Allgaier has led 53 of the 60 one laps led so far.

Despite the significant damage to the cars, all of the drivers are fine. Matt Jaskol was talking to his crew when the safety crew arrived.

After a red flag condition of over 10 minutes, NASCAR pulls the red flag and displays the yellow as the cars get moving again.

Justin Allgaier brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 64 from the outside lane and holds on to the lead with Josh Berry in second; AJ Allmendinger, Tommy Joe Martins, and Austin Cindric round out the top five.

There are 34 cars on the lead lap with Jess Little, Matt Jaskol, Josh Williams, and David Starr out of the race.

The caution flag comes out on lap 68 for a wreck involving Zane Smith and Brandon Jones. Zane Smith reported that he has no brakes.

FOX Sports reports that due to missing the race because of Covid protocols, NASCAR has granted Justin Haley a waiver and he will be able to qualify for the playoffs.

Justin Allgaier brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 75 from the outside lane and goes side by side with Josh Berry before Josh Berry edgies out for the lead.

Lap 76, the top five are Josh Berry, Justin Allgiaer, AJ Allmendinger, Noah Gragson, and Austin Cindric.

Ten laps remain in stage two, Josh Berry has a one second lead on team mate Justin Allgiaer with AJ Allmendinger, Austin Cindric, and Harrison Burton rounding out the top five.

With Brandon Jones out of the race, the remaining three Dash-4-Cash drivers are all JR Motorsports drivers with Josh Berry, Justin Allgiaer, and Noah Gragson.

Kyle Sierg brings out the caution flag with just six laps remaining in stage two when he gets stopped on the track after hitting the wall.

Stage two ends under caution with Josh Berry taking the win for his first ever stage win.

The top 10 at the end of stage two:
Josh Berry
Justin Allgaier
Austin Cindric
AJ Allmendinger
Harrison Burton
Noah Gragson
Michael Annett
John Hunter Nemechek
Ty Gibbs
Rieley Herbst


Drivers come down pit road for service with Justin Allgaier winning the race off of pit road followed by team mate Josh Berry.

Justin Allgaier brings the field down for the green flag start of stage three from the outside lane on lap 97 with 32 cars on the lead lap. Justin Allgaier jumps out in front for the lead.

The top five are Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, AJ Allmendinger, Noah Gragson, and Harrison Burton.

Lap 100, half way, Justin Allgaier has a lead of a quarter of a second on team mate Josh Berry; AJ Allmendinger, Harrison Burton, and Austin Cindric round out the top five.

Colby Howard is the only driver still in the race not on the lead lap in 33^rd place. He is two laps down.

Lap 105, Justin Allgaier continues to lead the race with Josh Berry nearly half a second back.

Lap 110, Justin Allgaier continues to lead the race with Josh Berry in second; Austin Cindric, AJ Allmendinger, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.

Lap 114, Josh Berry passes Justin Allgaier for the lead.

Lap 118, Austin Cindric battles Justin Allgaier for second.

Lap 120, all four of the JR Motorsports cars are in the top 10 with nearly every lap led by one of the JRM cars.

Josh Berry leads the race by nearly two seconds over Justin Allgaier; Austin Cindric, AJ Allmendinger, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.

Lap 128, Josh Berry continues to lead the race by a second and a half on Justin Allgaier; Austin Cindric, AJ Allmendinger, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.

Lap 135, Josh Berry has increased his lead to two seconds of Justin Allgaier; Austin Cindric is two and a half seconds back with AJ Allmendinger over five seconds back.

There are only 17 cars on the lead lap.

John Hunter Nemechek brings out the seventh caution flag of the race on lap 139 with a smoking car due to a track bar issue. Nemechek was in ninth place at the time of the caution.

In their window, drivers come down pit road for a fresh set of tires with Josh Berry winning the race off of pit road.

Josh Berry brings the field down for the green flag restart with 56 laps remaining in the race with Justin Allgaier alongside on the front row. Josh Berry gets out in front for the lead.

Justin Allgaier takes the lead on lap 145; Josh Berry, Austin Cindric, AJ Allmendinger, and Ty Gibbs round out the top five.

Lap 150, in a battle for the lead, Austin Cindric and Justin Allgaier make contact but the track stays green. Austin Cindric takes the lead. Justin Allgaier’s car is smoking with a possible tire rub.

Fifty to go, the top five are Austin Cindric, Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, AJ Allmendinger, and Ty Gibbs.

Lap 153, Austin Cindric has a lead of over a second on Justin Allgaier who is getting some pressure from Josh Berry for second place.

Lap 157, Austin Cindric pulls out to a two second lead on Justin Allgiaer.

Lap 165, Austin Cindric continues to lead the race by over two seconds. Justin Allgaier and Josh Berry continue to battle for second; AJ Allmendinger, and Ty Gibbs round out the top five. There are 17 cars on the lead lap.

Thirty to go, Austin Cindric continues to increase his lead and is now over three seconds in front of Justin Allgaier with 16 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 172, Josh Berry passes Justin Allgaier for second and is the top driver to win the Dash-4-Cash prize.

Lap 175, Austin Cindric now has a lead of nearly four seconds on Josh Berry; Justin Allgaier, AJ Allmendinger, and Ty Gibbs round out the top five.

Lap 178, Austin Cindric continues to increase his lead and is over four seconds in front of Josh Berry.

Fifteen to go, Austin Cindric has a lead of nearly four seconds on Josh Berry with 15 cars on the lead lap. Myatt Snider is the only driver one lap down.

Ten to go! Austin Cindric has a lead of nearly five seconds on Josh Berry.

Five to go, Austin Cindric continues to dominate with a five second lead on Josh Berry with Justin Allgaier, AJ Allmendinger, and Ty Gibbs rounding out the top five.

Once he got out in front for the lead, Austin Cindric has run away from the field.

Austin Cindric takes the white flag with a four second lead on Josh Berry.

Reigning Xfinity Series champion Austin Cindric wins the race with Josh Berry taking home the Dash-4-Cash prize for a JR Motorsports sweep of the Dash-4-Cash races.

The unofficial results of the Drydene 200:
Austin Cindric
Josh Berry
Justin Allgaier
AJ Allmendinger
Ty Gibbs
Harrison Burton
Michael Annett
Ryan Sieg
Daniel Hemric
Brandon Brown
Jeb Burton
Jeremy Clements
Brett Moffitt
JJ Yeley
Noah Gragson
Myatt Snider
Riley Herbst
Jeffrey Earnhardt
Alex Labbe
Tommy Joe Martins
BJ McLeod
Kyle Weatherman
Cody Ware
Bayley Currey
Landon Cassill

Ryan Vargas
Matt Mills
Colby Howard
Joe Graf Jr
Timmy Hill
Gray Gaulding
John Hunter Nemechek
Jade Buford
Kyle Sieg
Brandon Jones
Zane Smith
Jesse Little
Josh Williams
Matt Jaskol
David Starr