The 2019 MoneyLion 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on April 27, 2019, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 113 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the ninth race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. This was the season's third Dash 4 Cash race.

Background

Track

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).

Dash 4 Cash For this race, Cole Custer, Austin Cindric, Justin Allgaier, and Tyler Reddick had qualified for Dash 4 Cash at the previous race. Custer was the defending winner of the award.

Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 8 Brett Moffitt (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Chris Cockrum ACG Motorsports Chevrolet 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 42 Max Tullman MBM Motorsports Toyota 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota

Practice

First practice Ross Chastain was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 49.417 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 10 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 49.417 193.779 2 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 49.649 192.874 3 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 49.662 192.823

Final practice Ryan Sieg was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 50.984 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 50.984 187.824 2 10 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 51.179 187.108 3 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 51.831 184.754

Qualifying Michael Annett scored the pole for the race with a time of 50.596 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 50.596 2 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.771 3 10 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.797 4 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 50.836 5 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.842 6 8 Brett Moffitt (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 50.844 7 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.921 8 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 50.954 9 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 50.998 10 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 51.043 11 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 51.074 12 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 51.270 13 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 51.247 14 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 51.261 15 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 51.445 16 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 51.573 17 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 51.601 18 17 Chris Cockrum ACG Motorsports Chevrolet 51.743 19 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 51.814 20 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 51.869 21 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 51.929 22 4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet 51.945 23 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 51.966 24 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 52.010 25 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 52.189 26 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 52.287 27 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 52.399 28 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 52.467 29 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 52.489 30 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52.545 31 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 52.571 32 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 52.716 33 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 52.734 34 99 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 52.744 35 42 Max Tullman MBM Motorsports Toyota 52.826 36 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 52.837 37 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 52.837 . – Eligible for Dash 4 Cash prize money

Race

Summary Michael Annett began on pole. Brandon Jones spun out early during Stage 1, which was won by Tyler Reddick after he overtook Annett before the first lap. Noah Gragson would win Stage 2. Gragson brought out the fifth caution of the race when he spun out trying to overtake Reddick on lap 86.

Annett got loose and crashed into Justin Allgaier and Cole Custer on lap 96, though Allgaier's car was able to get repaired and return to the race. Annett and Custer were eliminated in the crash, which also collected Stephen Leicht, Austin Cindric, Ryan Sieg, and Cody Ware. Nearing the end of the race on lap 110, Jeffrey Earnhardt got loose and caused a Big One that took out Allgaier, Jeremy Clements, and Timmy Hill. David Starr and Alex Labbé also were involved but stayed in the race. The race was won by Reddick despite the minor damage to his car. He was able to hold off Gray Gaulding (who had his highest finish in the series) and the rest of the field after a late restart, also winning the Dash 4 Cash prize money.

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 25

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 102 10 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 93 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 84 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 75 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 66 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 57 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 23 John Hunter Nemechek GMS Racing Chevrolet 210 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage Two Laps: 25

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 102 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 93 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 84 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 75 10 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 66 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 39 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 210 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 83

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 113 512 8 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 113 413 10 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 113 434 9 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 113 405 17 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 113 406 15 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 113 327 5 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 113 368 16 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 113 299 22 4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet 113 010 18 17 Chris Cockrum ACG Motorsports Chevrolet 113 2711 14 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 113 3812 33 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 113 2513 6 8 Brett Moffitt (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 113 014 28 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 113 2315 32 86 Brandon Brown (R) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 113 2216 4 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 113 3617 26 5 Matt Mills (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 113 2018 13 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 113 2319 29 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 113 1820 35 42 Max Tullman MBM Motorsports Toyota 113 1721 34 99 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 113 022 25 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 113 1523 31 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 111 1424 20 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 111 1325 24 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 111 1226 7 18 Jeffrey Earnhardt Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 1127 30 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 108 1028 11 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 108 2329 19 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 108 830 3 10 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 105 2231 1 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 95 832 12 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 94 533 23 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 86 434 36 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 65 335 21 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 52 236 37 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 36 137 27 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 35 1 . – Won the Dash 4 Cash prize money and subsequently qualified for the Dash 4 Cash prize money in the next race.

. – Qualified for Dash 4 Cash prize money in the next race.

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