Event Recap: 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics from Fontana (March 17, 2018)

Event statistics following the fifth race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the Roseanne 300 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.

Joey Logano scored his first victory of the 2018 season and third career Xfinity Series win at the two-mile track with a second-and-a-half victory over Justin Allgaier, after he led all but 11 laps of the race. It was Allgaier third straight top-three finish, while Elliott Sadler finished third, notching his fourth top-five finish of the season.

Race Statistics

Roseanne 300

Auto Club Speedway – Fontana, California

- Winner (starting position): Joey Logano (2nd)

- Top Five: Joey Logano, Justin Allgaier, Elliott Sadler, Austin Dillon, Daniel Hemric

- Full Results: Joey Logano, Justin Allgaier, Elliott Sadler, Austin Dillon, Daniel Hemric, Cole Custer, Tyler Reddick, Matt Tifft, Ryan Preece, Ross Chastain, Spencer Gallagher, Ryan Truex, Brandon Jones, Kaz Grala, Jeremy Clements, Joey Gase, Ryan Reed, Michael Annett, Alex Labbe, Ryan Sieg, Christopher Bell, B.J. McLeod, Garrett Smithley, Tommy Joe Martins, Josh Williams, David Starr, Vinnie Miller, Austin Cindric, John Hunter Nemechek, Spencer Boyd, Stephen Leicht, Josh Bilicki, Dylan Lupton, J.J. Yeley, Timmy Hill, Chad Finchum, Matt Mills, Morgan Shepherd, Jeff Green, Mike Harmon

- Laps Completed: 150

- Race Leaders: 5

- Laps Led: Joey Logano (139), Elliott Sadler (4), Christopher Bell (4), Justin Allgaier (2), Ryan Sieg (1)

- Pole Position: Christopher Bell (181.059 mph; 39.766 seconds)

- Hard Charger: Austin Dillon (+15; 19th to 4th)

- Margin of Victory: 1.429 seconds

- Car Count: 40

- Cars Entered: 40

- Cars Running at Finish: 30 (of 40; or 75 percent of the field)

- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 22

- Cautions: 7 for 32 laps

- Average Speed: 127.283 mph

- Lead Changes: 16

- Stage Winners: Joey Logano (1), Joey Logano (2)

- Manufacturer Breakdown: Chevrolet (27); Ford (6); Toyota (6), Dodge (1)

Notes of Interest – Race/Weekend Recap

- This is Joey Logano’s first victory of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 29th of his career. It is his third at Fontana, as he won the 2009 fall race and the 2012 race.

- Logano is the fourth driver to win at least three Xfinity Series races at Auto Club Speedway, joining Kyle Busch (six), Matt Kenseth (four) and Greg Biffle (three).

- Logano is the fifth driver in as many races this season to win an Xfinity Series race, joining Tyler Reddick, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson and Brad Keselowski. Only Reddick is an Xfinity Series regular.

- Logano has won at least one NASCAR Xfinity Series race in all 11 seasons in which he has competed. This was his first race of the 2018 season in the Xfinity Series.

- This is Logano’s 11th Xfinity Series victory with Team Penske – and seventh in car No. 22. Team Penske and car No. 22 have won each of the last two Xfinity Series races, with Brad Keselowski winning the DC Solar 200 at ISM Raceway on March 10.

- This is Logano’s 11th Xfinity Series victory driving a Ford. Fords have won a season-high three Xfinity Series races this season.

- Logano continued a streak of 23 consecutive races at Auto Club Speedway in which a Cup Series regular won the Xfinity Series race. The last driver to win the race at Auto Club and not be a Cup Series regular was Scott Riggs, in 2002.

- This is Logano’s fourth Xfinity Series victory from the second-starting position and 15th from the front row. The last time Logano won from the second-starting position was the 2015 spring race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.

- This also marked the third consecutive race a driver has won from the second-starting position, as Kyle Larson (Las Vegas Motor Speedway) and Brad Keselowski (ISM Raceway) have each won from second.

- Overall, this is the seventh time a driver has won an Xfinity Series race at Fontana from the second-starting spot, and first since the 2010 spring race (Kyle Busch). This is also the 12th victory from the front row in 29 Xfinity Series races at Auto Club.

- Six of Logano’s 29 Xfinity Series victories have come on tracks measuring two miles or more (three at Fontana; one each at Michigan, Daytona and Talladega).

- Logano is trying to match Kyle Larson’s feat from last year in winning both races during the weekend. Logano has accomplished a weekend sweep once in his career previously, at Watkins Glen International in 2015.

- This is Ford’s ninth Xfinity Series victory at Auto Club Speedway – tying Chevrolet and Toyota – and first since Matt Kenseth won the 2007 fall race at the track.

- Logano led 139 laps of the race, the third most of any driver this season (Kyle Larson led 142 laps at Las Vegas and Kevin Harvick led 141 at Atlanta).

- This is the third most laps led by a race winner at Auto Club. Kyle Busch has led 144 laps (2009 spring) and 143 laps (2008 fall) en route to victory at the two-mile track.

- Drivers who have led the most laps in a race at Auto Club Speedway have now won 14 times in 29 races.

- Justin Allgaier finished second for the second consecutive race, and in the top three for the third consecutive event. Allgaier led two laps, leading laps for the third consecutive race. It marked Allgaier’s best career finish at Fontana and first top-five finish (fifth top-10 result). Allgaier also drove the top-finishing Chevrolet, which earned seven of the top 10 positions.

- Allgaier’s JR Motorsports teammate, Elliott Sadler, scored his fourth top-five finish of the season to extend his points lead. Sadler led four laps – his first race led since the season-opener at Daytona – and now has an average finish of 4.8 this season, leading all drivers that have competed in multiple races.

- Sadler continued to show consistency, as he has now finished in the top 10 in six consecutive races dating back to 2017, and 13 of the last 14 races. Sadler has also completed 855 of 856 laps this season, the most laps completed of any Xfinity Series driver.

- Austin Dillon earned a season-best fourth-place finish, in his third Xfinity Series race of 2018.

- Daniel Hemric finished a season-best fifth-place, as Richard Childress Racing earned two top-fives in the race.

- Two other drivers in the top 10 scored season-best results. California-born Cole Custer was sixth, Ryan Preece was ninth in his first race this season. Tyler Reddick (seventh) and Ross Chastain (10th) earned their best finishes since the season-opener at Daytona, while Matt Tifft (eighth) earned his second consecutive top-10.

- Others with season-best results were Jeremy Clements (15th), Joey Gase (16th), Ryan Sieg (20th), B.J. McLeod (22nd; last driver on lead lap) and Tommy Joe Martins (24th).

- Christopher Bell, the polesitter, finished 21st, ending a three-race streak of finishing fourth or better. Bell has started on the pole position in three of his five races this season. He also leads all drivers in races led, with four (only 27 laps led).

- Ryan Sieg, who finished 20th, led his first lap since last year’s spring race at Talladega Superspeedway. He has now led nine career races.

- Ryan Preece was the only driver making his Xfinity Series season debut at Fontana. A total of 57 drivers have now competed in at least one Xfinity Series race in 2018.
- Mike Harmon finished 40th out of 40 cars, finishing only six laps before engine problems forced him to retire. It marked Harmon's 250th race.

- A total of 20 drivers improve on their starting position in the race.

- The next race will be Saturday, April 7, with the My Bariatric Solutions 300 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.