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NASCAR Xfinity Series

The Loop 121

Chicago Street Race

July 1st, 2023

Race #16 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 55
- Shortened to 25 laps
Miles Raced : 55.0
Time of Race : 01 Hours 02 minutes 40 seconds
Average Speed: 52.660 mph
Cautions: 3
Caution Laps: 9

Daniel Hemric celebrates with a burnout — Avondale, Arizona - November 6th, 2021: Daniel Hemric, driver of the #18 Poppy Bank Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway. Photo by Christian Petersen | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
Cole Custer	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.0	+0	0	0	+0	0	9	100.0%	25	25	148.0	60
John Hunter Nemechek	3	2	2	2	2	3	2.0	+1	1	0	+1	1	3	100.0%	0	25	126.2	53
Justin Allgaier	6	4	3	3	2	6	4.1	+3	2	2	+0	2	0	100.0%	0	25	112.8	49
Brett Moffitt	7	6	4	4	4	7	6.0	+3	2	2	+0	2	0	100.0%	0	25	106.0	45
Austin Hill	5	3	5	5	3	5	3.4	+0	2	1	+1	2	1	100.0%	0	25	115.5	46
Sammy Smith	8	8	8	6	6	8	7.6	+2	5	2	+3	5	0	100.0%	0	25	99.5	40
Daniel Hemric	9	7	7	7	6	9	6.9	+2	5	5	+0	5	0	100.0%	0	25	98.0	37
Chandler Smith	16	10	9	8	8	16	10.4	+8	6	2	+4	6	0	100.0%	0	25	92.3	33
Parker Kligerman	10	9	10	9	9	10	9.1	+1	3	1	+2	3	0	100.0%	0	25	95.0	32
Kaz Grala	25	13	11	10	10	25	13.6	+15	8	0	+8	3	0	80.0%	0	25	84.5	28
Sheldon Creed	2	19	12	11	2	27	18.8	-9	15	3	+12	2	0	28.0%	0	25	78.0	26
Preston Pardus	13	11	13	12	10	13	11.4	+1	3	6	-3	3	0	100.0%	0	25	84.0	25
Miguel Paludo	17	12	17	13	11	20	13.3	+4	8	0	+8	4	0	84.0%	0	25	83.2	24
Kyle Weatherman	32	22	15	14	14	32	20.3	+18	3	2	+1	1	0	24.0%	0	25	66.3	23
Alex Guenette	18	15	14	15	14	18	15.0	+3	2	6	-4	2	0	76.0%	0	25	77.8	22
Parker Chase	26	23	16	16	16	26	20.8	+10	2	5	-3	0	0	0.0%	0	25	61.8	21
Blaine Perkins	29	28	19	17	16	31	25.4	+12	5	5	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	25	51.5	20
Sam Mayer	14	26	21	18	14	33	25.1	-4	10	1	+9	0	0	0.0%	0	25	60.8	19
Jeb Burton	31	20	20	19	19	31	20.3	+12	6	2	+4	0	0	0.0%	0	25	65.8	18
Jeremy Clements	37	25	22	20	21	37	24.6	+17	7	2	+5	0	0	0.0%	0	25	52.2	17
Alex Labbe	19	14	25	21	13	26	16.4	-2	6	1	+5	2	0	68.0%	0	25	75.2	16
Sage Karam	11	34	18	22	11	37	29.8	-11	4	33	-29	0	0	0.0%	0	25	42.8	15
Josh Berry	23	17	24	23	17	25	18.9	+0	3	5	-2	0	0	0.0%	0	25	67.3	14
Riley Herbst	15	31	28	24	10	36	26.6	-9	9	0	+9	3	0	20.0%	0	25	50.8	13
Ryan Sieg	24	16	26	25	15	30	19.3	-1	6	2	+4	1	0	12.0%	0	25	69.0	12
Brennan Poole	33	27	27	26	25	33	26.7	+7	2	7	-5	0	0	0.0%	0	25	45.0	11
Anthony Alfredo	34	24	29	27	22	34	25.4	+7	4	3	+1	0	0	0.0%	0	25	46.3	10
Spencer Pumpelly	22	35	23	28	19	37	31.2	-6	4	10	-6	0	0	0.0%	0	25	36.2	9
Parker Retzlaff	21	21	31	29	18	32	22.7	-8	3	6	-3	0	0	0.0%	0	25	55.7	8
Brandon Jones	30	29	30	30	26	34	29.5	+0	4	1	+3	0	0	0.0%	0	25	42.2	7
Ryan Ellis	20	33	32	31	20	35	33.0	-11	3	5	-2	0	0	0.0%	0	25	31.7	6
Brad Perez	27	30	34	32	27	36	31.5	-5	5	1	+4	0	0	0.0%	0	25	39.5	5
Joe Graf Jr	35	32	33	33	30	35	32.5	+2	1	10	-9	0	0	0.0%	0	25	30.7	4
Brent Sherman	38	36	35	34	32	38	34.9	+4	1	5	-4	0	0	0.0%	0	25	28.2	3
Connor Mosack	4	5	6	35	3	18	6.4	-31	1	10	-9	1	0	96.0%	0	25	88.5	8
Josh Williams	36	37	36	36	36	38	37.0	+0	0	0	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	22	31.2	1
Andre Castro	28	18	37	37	18	28	25.6	-9	3	3	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	16	56.0	1
Justin Marks	12	38	38	38	10	15	34.5	-26	2	7	-5	2	0	12.0%	0	3	38.8	1

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Race Fast Facts

Chicago Street Race
The Loop 121
Race Winner: Cole Custer
Age: 25
Team : No. 00 - HAAS Automation Ford
Owner: Gene Haas
Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
Cole Custer won the The Loop 121, his 12th victory in 126 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Chicago Street Race.
John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Chicago Street Race. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2023.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Chicago Street Race.
Sammy Smith (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
John Hunter Nemechek leads the point standings by 16 points over Austin Hill.

Race Recap

Cole Custer declared winner of rain-shortened Chicago Xfinity race

July 2nd, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Drenching rain and standing water on the Chicago Street Course forced NASCAR to declare Cole Custer the winner of The Loop 121 NASCAR Xfinity Series race three laps short of halfway and five laps short of the completion of Stage 2.

Custer had led all 25 laps of NASCAR’s first-ever street course race before lightning strikes in the area on Saturday caused NASCAR to red flag the race and then to postpone completion until Sunday morning. But the rain persisted, forcing NASCAR’s hand.

“It’s been an awesome weekend overall,” said Custer, who drives the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. “The whole event, the whole thing that NASCAR’s put on here—the whole city—it’s been pretty unreal… The course is such a blast to drive.

“Today, we definitely wish we could have run all the laps. We don’t want to win it this way, but at the end of the day, we had a really fast car. I think everybody knew that.”

This marks the first time NASCAR has declared a winner short of the halfway point or the end of the second stage, the two benchmarks for an official event (with the second criterion in effect starting in 2020 after the advent of stage racing, which was introduced in 2017).

NASCAR issued a statement explaining the decision to curtail the race:

“With standing water and flooding a significant issue at the race track and throughout the city, there was no option to return to racing prior to shifting to NASCAR Cup Series race operations. Throughout the entire planning process for the Chicago Street Race, our relationship with the City of Chicago has been strong and among the most valuable assets in reaching this historic weekend.

“In the spirit of that partnership, returning on Monday for the completion of a NASCAR Xfinity Series event two laps short of halfway was an option we chose not to employ. Based on several unprecedented circumstances, NASCAR has made the decision to declare Cole Custer the winner of the race.”

The victory was Custer’s second of the season, the 12^th of his career and his 10^th straight top-10 finish this season.

John Hunter Nemechek finished second and leads the series standings by 16 points over Austin Hill, who was credited with a fifth-place result. Nemechek clearly was impressed with the spectacle of NASCAR’s first street race.

“Racing downtown on the streets of Chicago was pretty amazing,” he said. “The whole experience, the atmosphere and how many fans were here — I give a lot of props to everyone at NASCAR. Everyone involved with the Chicago Street Course did an amazing job. Riding around under caution yesterday, being able to see all of the fans lined up three or four rows deep along the fence with no open spots was incredible. Probably one of the best attendances we’ve had so far this year in the Xfinity Series.

“The race went OK for us. I ran P2 from the drop of the green flag until lap 25 when they called it (Saturday). We needed a good stop to be able to make an adjustment and have a shot to contend with Cole for the win and just never had that opportunity. We’ll take that second place, and we’ll move on from it.”

Justin Allgaier finished third and Brett Moffitt fourth. Sammy Smith, Daniel Hemric, Chandler Smith, Parker Kligerman and Kaz Grala earned positions six through 10, respectively.