The 2019 Camping World 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on June 29, 2019, at

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. Contested over 200 laps on the intermediate speedway, it was the 15th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

Background

Track

Chicagoland Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in

, southwest of

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. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts

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races. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the

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, recording numerous close finishes, including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by

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and is located adjacent to

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Entry list

Practice

First practice

Tyler Reddick Tyler George Reddick (born January 11, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving ...

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.872 seconds and a speed of .

Final practice

Joey Logano Joseph Thomas Logano (born May 24, 1990), is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Team Penske, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Ser ...

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.936 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.413 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Josh Bilicki Joshua M. Bilicki (born June 3, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Live Fast Motorsports. He has also previously competed in the ...

failed to qualify his No. 93 RSS Racing Chevrolet but drove the No. 17 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet in the race since Bayley Currey (who qualified the car) got ill.

Race

Summary

Joey Logano began on pole. Cole Custer passed him after 3 laps. The first caution was thrown for Justin Allgaier spinning out on lap 13. Allgaier would later crash into the wall in the second half of the race, ending his day early. Custer and Logano continued to battle for the lead, with Custer winning the first stage. He would maintain the lead until Logano regained it on lap 80. A caution was thrown after Ryan Sieg spun out due to a flat tire, and Custer opted to pit, while Logano did not get tires and won the second stage. Custer retook the lead on lap 116, dominating for the next run. He gave up the lead on lap 154 after taking a green-flag pit stop. Michael Annett and Noah Gragson decided to stay out and stretch their fuel run. B. J. McLeod made contact with the wall later, bringing out the final caution. Ross Chastain was able to return to the lead lap. The final green flag run lasted 21 laps. Custer jumped out to the lead and won the race with a 3-second lead over Logano.

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 45 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 45

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 110

After the race

Christopher Bell's car failed post-race inspection, disqualifying him from his third-place finish. He was credited as finishing last, also losing his 17-stage points. For the inspection, NASCAR had the team take the shocks off the car so it can be compared to pre-race inspection. The front of Bell's car was "extremely low" and the rear was slightly higher. Bell's disqualification is the second one to occur under 2019's inspection format, following Chastain's disqualification in the truck series at Iowa in mid-June and is the first Xfinity disqualification since 1995.

References

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