Preview · American Ethanol E15 250 presented by Enogen 2017 · Pitwall

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Newton, IA

Xfinity Series · 2017 · RACE 14 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

American Ethanol E15 250 presented by Enogen

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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
20Christopher Bell	1	63	1.5⁴	2⁴	4⁴	4⁴	11.3⁴	51.2%⁴	—	2.4⁴	—	—	—	-9.4⁴	6¹⁶	—	—	7.2⁵	—	+6.0⁶	6.9⁷	12.5⁷	-4.0⁷	5.6⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	14.3%⁷	—	2019: P2 from 1 · led 234	4 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 1.5
1Elliott Sadler	4	61	5.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	10¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	106.1⁹	15.7²	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	3¹⁶	—	—	6.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	10.1³²	8.2³²	+0.7³²	8.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2011: P5 from 6	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 7.3
7Justin Allgaier	5	60	10.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.0¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	101.3⁹	7.1⁶	10.5²	10.5²	11.0²	-0.1⁹	3¹⁶	—	—	8.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	10.6³²	10.9³²	-2.6³²	7.7³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	12.5%³²	—	2009: P15 from 2 · led 35	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
9William Byron	6	60	9.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	17.0¹	0.0%¹	86.3¹	—	—	—	—	-12.7¹	3¹⁶	—	—	7.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	8.6³²	9.4³²	-2.0³²	5.4³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	12.5%³²	—	2017: P9 from 17	1 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 9.0
18Kyle Benjamin	2	59	2.5²	0²	2²	2²	3.0²	2.0%²	120.2¹	6.0¹	—	—	—	-5.8²	6¹⁶	—	—	15.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	1.5⁴	12.5⁴	-14.0⁴	13.8⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	2017: P2 from 2 · led 5	2 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 2.5
22Sam Hornish Jr.	3	59	9.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	5.1¹⁰	20.2%¹⁰	119.0⁹	—	—	—	—	-4.0⁸	7¹⁶	—	—	9.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.8⁵	16.9⁵	-2.2⁵	8.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	20.0%⁵	—	2011: P24 from 3 · led 39	10 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.1
21Daniel Hemric	11	58	7.0³	0³	1³	2³	5.0³	0.3%³	91.8¹	6.0²	—	—	—	-7.8³	3¹⁶	—	—	14.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	7.9³²	9.9³²	-5.0³²	5.5³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2017: P7 from 3	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 7.0
00Cole Custer	24	57	9.2⁶	0⁶	3⁶	5⁶	4.3⁶	11.2%⁶	108.4¹	5.3⁵	5.0¹	2.0¹	8.0¹	+4.0¹	7¹⁶	—	—	18.8⁵	—	-15.7⁶	8.2³²	10.0³²	-4.8³²	5.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2017: P5 from 5	6 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 9.2
33Brandon Jones	23	57	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	81.9⁶	14.8⁶	14.0²	14.5²	13.5²	+9.9¹⁰	3¹⁶	—	—	8.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	17.3³²	9.9³²	-4.1³²	0.8³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³²	21.9%³²	—	2015: P8 from 5	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.7
60Ty Majeski	10	57	11.5²	0²	0²	1²	13.0²	0.0%²	85.4¹	11.8¹	—	—	—	-7.5²	7¹⁶	—	—	13.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	9.0²	4.2²	-4.0²	5.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	2017: P16 from 9	2 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 11.5
62Brendan Gaughan	16	56	14.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	85.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+5.6¹⁰	3¹⁶	—	—	10.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	16.0³²	10.3³²	-2.1³²	1.8³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³²	18.8%³²	—	2009: P25 from 21	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 14.3
16Ryan Reed	17	55	14.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	18.3⁹	0.1%⁹	80.6⁷	12.8²	—	—	—	+2.6⁹	7¹⁶	—	—	14.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	14.2³²	10.1³²	-3.7³²	1.4³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³²	21.9%³²	—	2014: P16 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 14.2
5Michael Annett	20	55	14.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	83.0⁸	12.7⁴	—	—	—	+7.3⁴	3¹⁶	—	—	14.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	19.3³²	8.4³²	+2.4³²	0.4³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2009: P11 from 36	13 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 14.0
4Ross Chastain	14	54	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	78.4⁶	11.3⁴	5.5²	8.0²	4.5²	-12.1¹⁰	3¹⁶	—	—	21.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	22.0³²	6.7³²	+2.0³²	0.5³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	6.3%³²	—	2015: P32 from 17	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.1
48Brennan Poole	8	54	15.8⁸	0⁸	2⁸	4⁸	17.6⁸	0.0%⁸	81.3⁶	20.6²	22.0²	23.0²	24.5²	-11.0⁶	3¹⁶	—	—	15.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	9.9³²	9.4³²	-3.2³²	5.2³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2015: P38 from 12	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 15.8
3Scott Lagasse Jr.	12	54	9.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	17.0¹	0.0%¹	83.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	3¹⁶	—	—	21.6⁵	—	-3.3⁶	20.2⁶	9.4⁶	+0.2⁶	1.2⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	2009: P9 from 17	1 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 9.0
2Ben Kennedy	21	52	16.5²	0²	0²	1²	9.5²	0.0%²	91.4²	—	—	—	—	+7.5²	3¹⁶	—	—	18.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	13.7¹⁵	8.8¹⁵	-5.1¹⁵	2.7¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	20.0%¹⁵	—	2016: P10 from 6	2 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 16.5
28Dakoda Armstrong	7	52	16.9⁷	0⁷	1⁷	1⁷	16.3⁷	0.0%⁷	73.2⁷	—	—	—	—	-10.2³	6¹⁶	—	—	19.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	23.7²⁶	5.0²⁶	+4.9²⁶	0.5²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁶	0.0%²⁶	—	2014: P21 from 22	7 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.9
42Tyler Reddick	15	52	17.2⁵	0⁵	1⁵	2⁵	8.6⁵	0.0%⁵	67.3¹	14.2⁴	—	—	—	+9.2⁴	3¹⁶	—	—	19.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	10.1¹⁷	11.2¹⁷	-7.4¹⁷	6.6¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	11.8%¹⁷	—	2017: P36 from 15	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.2
39Ryan Sieg	22	52	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	76.6⁸	19.5⁶	15.5²	8.5²	18.5²	-8.1⁶	3¹⁶	—	—	21.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.4³²	5.9³²	+0.0³²	0.3³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	9.4%³²	—	2014: P17 from 18	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.8
19Matt Tifft	9	51	18.0³	0³	0³	1³	12.7³	0.0%³	88.7¹	12.7²	—	—	—	+10.3³	6¹⁶	—	—	21.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	12.0³²	8.3³²	-1.4³²	1.8³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	6.3%³²	—	2017: P19 from 10	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 18.0
51Jeremy Clements	18	50	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	65.3⁹	19.7⁶	24.5²	22.5²	24.5²	-8.0¹	3¹⁶	—	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	25.3³²	7.3³²	+2.8³²	0.3³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	15.6%³²	—	2010: P20 from 33	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 20.6
14J.J. Yeley	25	49	18.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	22.6⁷	0.2%⁷	70.5⁷	—	—	—	—	-14.3⁷	6¹⁶	—	—	25.0⁵	—	-14.3⁶	24.5³²	8.0³²	+4.3³²	0.4³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	15.6%³²	—	2014: P18 from 24	7 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 18.1
46Quin Houff	27	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹⁶	—	—	24.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	27.0⁴	5.7⁴	+4.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	first start here	—
11Blake Koch	13	49	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	52.7⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.0⁶	3¹⁶	—	—	16.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	13.4³²	8.7³²	-4.0³²	2.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	12.5%³²	—	2010: P22 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.3
24Dylan Lupton	28	48	21.0²	0²	0²	0²	29.0²	0.0%²	59.6²	—	—	—	—	+8.0¹	6¹⁶	—	—	23.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	24.3¹³	5.8¹³	+0.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	7.7%¹³	—	2015: P17 from 26	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 21.0
8B.J. McLeod	26	45	25.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	31.8⁴	0.0%⁴	49.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-7.8³	3¹⁶	—	—	27.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	29.4²⁴	5.6²⁴	+1.8²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	12.5%²⁴	—	2015: P36 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 25.0
07Ray Black Jr.	34	45	22.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	27.0⁶	0.0%⁶	46.2³	21.6³	—	—	—	+2.0³	3¹⁶	—	—	30.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.4²⁰	6.4²⁰	+5.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	10.0%²⁰	—	2016: P30 from 30	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 22.5
23Spencer Gallagher	19	44	37.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	12.0¹	0.0%¹	61.0¹	—	—	—	—	+26.0¹	3¹⁶	—	—	20.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	20.2³²	8.5³²	-4.1³²	0.4³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22³²	25.0%³²	—	2017: P37 from 12	1 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 37.0
0Garrett Smithley	31	44	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	45.6⁴	27.4⁶	34.5²	31.5²	34.5²	+3.1¹⁰	3¹⁶	—	—	25.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	30.8³²	5.4³²	+3.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	21.9%³²	—	2016: P22 from 24	10 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 26.8
78Tommy Joe Martins	30	44	29.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	29.8⁴	0.0%⁴	41.6²	27.1²	—	—	—	+0.3³	3¹⁶	—	—	27.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	33.1⁸	2.2⁸	+4.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	12.5%⁸	—	2014: P36 from 34	4 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 29.0
99David Starr	32	44	23.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	26.7⁹	0.0%⁹	57.3⁴	26.0⁵	36.0¹	37.0¹	36.0¹	-3.4⁵	3¹⁶	—	—	28.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	32.8³²	7.4³²	+4.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	2015: P16 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 23.3
01Harrison Rhodes	29	43	27.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.6⁵	0.0%⁵	45.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁵	3¹⁶	—	—	31.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	30.6³⁰	6.9³⁰	+4.0³⁰	0.1³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	2013: P23 from 31	5 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.2
52Joey Gase	37	42	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	48.3⁹	25.1⁶	32.0²	32.0²	29.0²	-4.0¹	3¹⁶	—	—	30.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	33.6³²	6.6³²	+6.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	15.6%³²	—	2011: P20 from 34	19 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.2
40Timmy Hill	38	41	31.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	30.0⁹	0.0%⁹	46.4⁶	34.6³	—	—	—	-0.7⁹	0¹⁶	—	—	30.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	34.0²⁸	6.0²⁸	+1.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	2011: P30 from 23	9 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 31.8
74Mike Harmon	40	39	35.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	39.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	35.4¹⁰	32.8⁴	—	—	—	—	0¹⁶	—	—	32.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	37.7²²	3.8²²	+5.7²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²²	36.4%²²	—	2009: P43 from 42	16 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 33.9
90Dexter Bean	33	39	36.0²	0²	0²	0²	32.5²	0.0%²	28.8¹	35.1¹	—	—	—	+12.0¹	3¹⁶	—	—	33.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	36.5²	8.5²	+4.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	2016: P36 from 25	2 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 36.0
89Morgan Shepherd	36	38	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	43.8⁹	36.0⁴	—	—	—	-23.0¹	3¹⁶	—	—	38.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	35.9¹⁸	2.1¹⁸	-1.4¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	100.0%¹⁸	—	2009: P19 from 43	16 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 33.7
13Carl Long	39	38	36.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	36.3⁹	0.0%⁹	35.9⁸	—	—	—	—	+7.3⁹	6¹⁶	—	—	36.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	37.3¹⁰	3.7¹⁰	+0.8¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	80.0%¹⁰	—	2011: P35 from 33	9 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 36.1
93Jeff Green	35	36	38.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	38.0⁹	31.5³	—	—	—	+14.2¹⁰	3¹⁶	—	—	36.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	31.9³⁰	7.1³⁰	-4.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	83.3%³⁰	—	2010: P43 from 29	14 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 37.9