2019 Circle K Firecracker 250

Tyler Reddick began on pole. The first caution occurred when Caesar Bacarella lost control of his car and spun, causing seven other drivers to be involved. Landon Cassill was the only driver taken out in this caution due to a bent track bar.

As the first stage neared its end, Ross Chastain blocked Reddick and narrowly missed the wall, but Reddick made contact with it. The stack-up from the two drivers resulted in Sheldon Creed and John Hunter Nemechek simultaneously spinning from contact, bringing out the second caution.

Chastain won Stage 1. On the final lap of the first stage, Justin Haley blocked several drivers from making a run, causing them to pass him from underneath, but NASCAR deemed he forced them below the double-yellow line, and sent him to the rear of the field.

Reddick got a flat tire in the middle of Stage 2 and collected Chase Briscoe, ending his day. A. J. Allmendinger blocked Chastain to win Stage 2. The first “Big One” occurred in the middle of the field later on and collected ten drivers. Riley Herbst spun with 21 laps remaining, but no caution was thrown. Another “Big One” 7 laps later took out fifteen drivers, including Michael Annett and Cole Custer, and also brought out a red flag.

On the final restart, Shane Lee and Justin Allgaier both spun out on separate occasions, but no caution was thrown for either instance. The trio of Kaulig Racing drivers proved too fast for any other driver to contend them. Chastain would win the race and was followed by teammates Haley and Allmendinger, Allmendinger would soon be disqualified after failing post race inspection.

Stage One Laps: 30

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	16	Ross Chastain (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	0
2	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	9
3	18	Riley Herbst (i)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	0
4	9	Noah Gragson (R)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	66	Timmy Hill	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	6
6	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	2	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	86	Brandon Brown (R)	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	98	Chase Briscoe (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste	Ford	1

Stage Two Laps: 30

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	16	Ross Chastain (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	0
3	11	Justin Haley (R)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	8
4	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	9	Noah Gragson (R)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	00	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste	Ford	4
8	18	Riley Herbst (i)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	0
9	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	1

Stage Three Laps: 40

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	4	16	Ross Chastain (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	100	0
2	7	11	Justin Haley (R)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	100	42
3	8	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	100	43
4	19	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	100	35
5	25	01	Stephen Leicht	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	100	32
6	33	86	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	100	33
7	20	38	Jeff Green	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	100	30
8	5	08	Gray Gaulding (R)	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	100	29
9	37	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	100	28
10	28	5	Matt Mills (R)	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	100	27
11	27	78	Vinnie Miller	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	100	26
12	29	99	Stefan Parsons	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	100	25
13	36	07	Ray Black Jr.	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	100	24
14	35	0	Garrett Smithley	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	100	23
15	16	9	Noah Gragson (R)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	99	34
16	1	2	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	99	25
17	12	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	99	32
18	11	18	Riley Herbst (i)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	98	0
19	22	25	Chris Cockrum	ACG Motorsports	Chevrolet	97	18
20	18	66	Timmy Hill	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	97	23
21	32	28	Shane Lee	H2 Motorsports	Toyota	97	16
22	21	23	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	93	15
23	6	21	Joe Graf Jr.	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	92	14
24	14	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	89	23
25	3	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	86	22
26	15	00	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste	Ford	86	15
27	31	42	Chad Finchum	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	86	10
28	26	36	Josh Williams	DGM Motorsports	Chevrolet	86	9
29	13	90	Caesar Bacarella	DGM Motorsports	Chevrolet	86	8
30	17	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	76	7
31	23	93	Scott Lagasse Jr.	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	73	6
32	34	52	David Starr	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	72	5
33	30	15	B. J. McLeod	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	72	4
34	9	8	Sheldon Creed (i)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	71	0
35	10	98	Chase Briscoe (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste	Ford	44	3
36	38	13	Joe Nemechek (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	39	0
37	24	4	Landon Cassill	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	12	1
38	2	10	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	100	1

A. J. Allmendinger was disqualified from his third-place finish after his car failed post-race inspection. This was the third consecutive week where a driver was disqualified with respect to the 2019 rules. Allmendinger's car failed an engine vacuum test, dialling back the initial 1-2-3 finish for Kaulig Racing to simply a 1-2 finish. Allmendinger was also stripped of his stage points after being relegated to last place.^[5]

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