2018 Bar Harbor 200

Race details
Race 29 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	October 6, 2018
Official name	19th Annual Bar Harbor 200
Location	Dover, Delaware, Dover International Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	200 laps, 200 mi (321.868 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 200 mi (321.868 km)
Average speed	116.845 miles per hour (188.044 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Daniel Hemric	Richard Childress Racing
Time	22.749
Most laps led
Driver	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	110
Winner
No. 20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBCSN
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 2018 Bar Harbor 200 was the 29th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the third and final race in the Round of 12, and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, October 6, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1 mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing would dominate the race to win his seventh career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his sixth of the season.^[1] To fill out the podium, Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste and Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

The layout of Dover International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Practice

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 6, at 12:05 pm EST.^[2] Since Dover International Speedway is under 2 miles (3.2 km), the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.^[4]

Rain would cancel both Rounds 2 and 3, leaving only the first round ran.

Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 22.749 and an average speed of 133.610 miles per hour (215.024 km/h).^[5]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Stage 3 Laps: 110

References

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