Austin Dillon Secures First Victory Since 2016 in Rain-Shortened LTi Printing 250

Austin Dillon broke both his personal winless streak and Richard Childress Racing's winless streak in the XFINITY Series. Dillon's last victory came in the 2016 Food City 300 while RCR's last victory came with Michael McDowell at Road America in 2016. The organization went winless the entire 2017 season. Dillon inched teammate Daniel Hemric as the caution was displayed for rain. A few caution laps later the checkers were shown as NASCAR called the LTi Printing 250 official.

Hemric earned his career-best finish of second while Cole Custer, Ryan Reed, and Paul Menard rounded out the top five. The race was delayed and didn't get started till around 5 p.m./ET. Rain continued to threaten the area and ultimately forced NASCAR to call the race with 34 laps remaining.

Results from Michigan

  1. Austin Dillon
  2. Daniel Hemric
  3. Cole Custer
  4. Ryan Reed
  5. Paul Menard
  6. Kyle Busch
  7. Tyler Reddick
  8. Kevin Harvick
  9. Justin Allgaier
  10. Ryan Truex
  11. Christopher Bell
  12. Kaz Grala
  13. John Hunter Nemechek
  14. Ross Chastain
  15. Jeremy Clements
  16. Matt Tifft
  17. Michael Annett
  18. Brandon Jones
  19. Ryan Sieg
  20. JJ Yeley
  21. Alex Bowman
  22. Spencer Boyd
  23. Austin Cindric
  24. Tommy Joe Martins
  25. Vinnie Miller
  26. Garrett Smithley
  27. Josh Bilicki
  28. B.J. McLeod
  29. Chad Finchum
  30. Elliott Sadler
  31. Timmy Hill
  32. Josh Williams
  33. David Starr
  34. Caesar Bacarella
  35. Brandon Hightower
  36. Matt Mills
  37. Alex Labbe
  38. Morgan Shepherd
  39. Joey Gase
  40. Jeff Green
There were 10 cautions for 37 laps. 14 lead changes among nine drivers highlighted Saturday's event with Kyle Busch leading the most laps at 29 laps. Elliott Sadler continues to lead the points standings by 41 points over Cole Custer. Daniel Hemric, Tyler Reddick, and Christopher Bell round out the top five in points. 

The NASCAR XFINITY Series heads to Newton, Iowa next Sunday evening for a Father's Day Classic for the Iowa 250 presented by Enogen. William Byron is the defending race winner and as of this writing, he will not defend his victory. Sunday's event begins at 5 p.m./ET and will be live on FS1, the final XFINITY Series event of the year on FOX. (Koelle,2018)

Photo Credit: Daniel Shirley/Getty Images/NASCAR Media

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