Christopher Bell Kicks Off the Playoffs With Victory at Richmond

Christopher Bell was able to hold off a hard-charging Ross Chastain, in the end, to secure his fifth career victory in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and a complete sweep of the Richmond XFINITY Series races.

Ross Chastain was knocking down Jones' lead but time ran out as Chastain finished the race in second, the weekend after earning his first career victory in the series. Daniel Hemric finished the race in third after losing two positions during the final pit stop of the night.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. led the most laps during the night in his one and only race during the season but fell off during the final laps of the race to finish fourth. Matt Tifft won the race off pit road during the final stop and led 15 laps but couldn't hold off the 20, 42, 21, and 88 and finished the race in fifth rounding out the top-five.

Results from Richmond

  1. Christopher Bell
  2. Ross Chastain
  3. Daniel Hemric
  4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  5. Matt Tifft
  6. Elliott Sadler
  7. Tyler Reddick
  8. Brandon Jones
  9. Shane Lee
  10. Ryan Reed
  11. Ryan Truex
  12. Spencer Gallagher
  13. Austin Cindric
  14. Michael Annett
  15. Cole Custer
  16. Jeremy Clements
  17. Ryan Sieg
  18. Ryan Preece
  19. Mason Diaz
  20. David Starr
  21. Alex Labbe
  22. Joey Gase
  23. Ray Black Jr.
  24. Garrett Smithley
  25. JJ Yeley
  26. Chad Finchum
  27. Matt Mills
  28. Katherine Legge
  29. Bayley Currey
  30. Josh Bilicki
  31. Quin Houff
  32. Justin Allgaier
  33. Spencer Boyd
  34. Ty Majeski
  35. Mike Harmon
  36. Carl Long
  37. Vinnie Miller
  38. Timmy Hill
  39. Jeff Green
  40. Morgan Shepherd
With the victory, Bell is now immune to the Charlotte Roval and Dover. Daniel Hemric is +27 off the cutline as we head to Charlotte. Justin Allgaier, who's day was ended in an incident on lap 226, obtained enough points during the regular season to make the accident sting a little less. He's 22 points above the cutline. Cole Custer, Ryan Truex, Austin Cindric, and Ryan Reed are currently under the cutline. Brandon Jones is +0 above the cutline.

The NASCAR XFINITY Series heads home next weekend for the Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield. It will be the first race ever on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. Four practices are slated for next weekends racing action. Qualifying and the race are slated for next Saturday with the race kicking off on 3:00 p.m. ET on NBCSN. 

Photo Credit: Sean Gardner/Getty Images/NASCAR Media

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