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Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 Race Results

Darlington Raceway

August 31st, 2024

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RESULTS

START POS

FINAL STATUS

LAPS COMPLETED

LAPS LED

POINTS

PLAYOFF POINTS

1

Christopher Bell

20 |

1

Running

150

108

0

0

2

Cole Custer

00 |

21

Running

150

0

42

0

3

Sheldon Creed

18 |

2

Running

150

30

50

1

4

Chase Elliott

17 |

16

Running

150

0

0

0

5

Sammy Smith

8 |

11

Running

150

0

44

0

6

Jesse Love

2 |

23

Running

150

0

31

0

7

Shane Van Gisbergen

97 |

26

Running

150

0

30

0

8

Chandler Smith

81 |

5

Running

150

0

30

0

9

Austin Hill

21 |

6

Running

150

0

41

0

10

Justin Allgaier

7 |

20

Running

150

0

37

0

11

Joe Graf Jr

19 |

15

Running

150

0

26

0

12

Ross Chastain

92 |

24

Running

150

0

0

0

13

Parker Kligerman

48 |

10

Running

150

0

34

0

14

Carson Kvapil

88 |

27

Running

150

0

23

0

15

Noah Gragson

30 |

29

Running

150

0

0

0

16

Josh Williams

11 |

30

Running

150

0

21

0

17

Jeb Burton

27 |

17

Running

150

0

20

0

18

Ryan Sieg

39 |

13

Running

150

0

19

0

19

Matt DiBenedetto

38 |

22

Running

150

0

18

0

20

Brennan Poole

44 |

28

Running

150

0

17

0

21

Ryan Ellis

43 |

34

Running

150

0

16

0

22

Kyle Sieg

28 |

31

Running

150

0

15

0

23

Leland Honeyman

42 |

33

Running

150

0

14

0

24

David Starr

35 |

35

Running

150

0

13

0

25

Corey Heim

26 |

12

Running

150

0

0

0

26

Anthony Alfredo

5 |

14

Running

150

0

11

0

27

AJ Allmendinger

16 |

4

Running

149

0

26

0

28

Sam Mayer

1 |

3

Running

149

11

9

0

29

Greg Van Alst

07 |

38

Running

149

0

8

0

30

Garrett Smithley

45 |

36

Running

148

1

7

0

31

Jeremy Clements

51 |

25

Running

146

0

6

0

32

Brandon Jones

9 |

7

Running

146

0

5

0

33

Chad Finchum

14 |

37

Running

142

0

7

0

34

Blaine Perkins

29 |

32

Running

133

0

3

0

35

Riley Herbst

98 |

8

Running

129

0

2

0

36

Parker Retzlaff

31 |

9

Running

125

0

1

0

37

Kyle Weatherman

91 |

19

Accident

54

0

1

0

38

Joey Logano

15 |

18

Engine

12

0

0

0

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  • POS 1 | LEADER

    headshot of Christopher Bell

    POS1

    LEADER

    Christopher Bell

    Driver badge number 20 |

  • POS 2 | 0.351

    headshot of Cole Custer

    POS2

    0.351

    Cole Custer

    Driver badge number 00 |

  • POS 3 | 0.834

    headshot of Sheldon Creed

    POS3

    0.834

    Sheldon Creed

    Driver badge number 18 |

Christopher Bell survives NASCAR Overtime to win Xfinity Series race at Darlington

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Christopher Bell survived a near-disaster with Cole Custer on the first lap of overtime and held on to win Saturday‘s Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 over Custer and snakebit Sheldon Creed.

During a green-flag run that started on lap 97 of 150, Creed caught and passed Bell for the lead on Lap 139 and was poised to claim his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory after a record 11 runner-up finishes in the series.

But Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger slapped the outside wall on Lap 143, causing the sixth caution of the afternoon, and Creed lost the top spot with a slow 15-second stop on pit road, thanks to issues with the right-rear tire.

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Creed restarted third behind Bell in the outside lane. Contact between the cars of Bell and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Custer on the backstretch got both cars out of shape below the normal racing line, but the drivers recovered and held their positions.

“That was wild, for sure,” said Bell, who started from the pole and led 108 laps. “I thought I was headed nose-first into the inside wall… It‘s a tough race track, and off of (Turn) 2, whether you‘re on the bottom of the top, it flushes you to the wall, and then you kind of get a little bit of a wiggle coming down.

“Once again, I feel terrible for Sheldon, to essentially win the race on the long run there and then lose it on pit road. It‘s a big bummer … It seemed like our car was really good on the short runs. Obviously, the 18, Sheldon, was really good on the long runs.

“Unfortunately for him, the race played out differently, and fortunately for us, we got another shot at it.”

The victory was Bell‘s second of the season in as many starts, with the first victory having come at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in June. But Bell‘s triumph came at the expense of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate.

As expected, Creed was disconsolate as he reflected on the race that got away.

“I lost one the same way a few years ago here,” lamented Creed, who led 30 laps and was pulling away from Bell before the final caution. “This has been a really good place for me. I‘ve always loved racing here. Man, I don‘t know if we could be any better than that.

“I felt like I put in one of my best performances today … Man, it‘s a bummer. I‘m so proud of everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing on this 18 team. I took a chance on myself and brought all the money we could. I‘m literally not even making a dollar this year.”

Creed will leave Joe Gibbs Racing to drive a Ford for the Haas Factory Team next year.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Elliott finished fourth, followed by Sammy Smith, who leap-frogged Ryan Sieg into the final playoff-eligible position on points. Smith leads Sieg by 10 points with three races left in the Xfinity regular season.

Jesse Love, Shane van Gisbergen, Chandler Smith, Austin Hill and Justin Allgaier completed the top 10.

Creed did pick up his first stage win of the season, beating Bell to the finish line in Stage 2. Bell won the opening 45-lap stage over Hill.

MORE: Xfinity Series standings | Xfinity Series schedule

The Xfinity Series returns to action Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Focused Health 250 at 3 p.m. ET (USA Network, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).

NOTE: Post-race inspection in the Xfinity Series garage at Darlington concluded without issue, confirming Bell as the race winner.

Contributing: Staff report