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Cole Custer takes his seventh win of the season at Dover
Cole Custer claimed the checkered flag for the seventh time this season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
Nick DeGroot
Edited: Oct 7, 2019, 6:33 PM
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Custer led 31 laps en route to the win, the ninth of his career.
Justin Allgaier was second, Austin Cindric third, Justin Haley fourth and Chase Briscoe fifth.
This was also an elimination race and four drivers were eliminated from the 2019 playoffs: John-Hunter Nemechek, Justin Haley, Ryan Sieg and Brandon Jones.
The final stage went green on Lap 98/200 with Cindric in control, but Briscoe quickly moved into the race lead.
The run went long and so, green-flag pit stops became a factor. Gragson kicked them off with just about 40 laps to go.
Race leader Briscoe would pit with 32 laps remaining, but a caution soon after would change everything.
Dillon Bassett spun while trying to enter the pits, forcing a yellow flag while Nemechek was making his way down pit road for his own stop.
Only Custer, Haley and Michael Annett remained on the lead lap. Allgaier was the free pass and Briscoe, like several others, was forced to take the wave-around.
This set up a 15-lap sprint which was abbreviated by a three-car incident at the back of the pack.
The race resumed with seven laps to go, but Allgaier had nothing for Custer as he would take the checkered flag an even second ahead of the JR Motorsports driver.
Stage 1
The 200-lapper got off to a messy start with Tyler Reddick contacting the wall out of Turn 2 on the opening lap. Behind him, Harrison Burton spun and collected Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Brandon Jones. The incident effectively ended Jones' 2019 title hopes.
Things went from bad to worse for the JGR outfit with Christopher Bell forced onto pit road with no fuel pressure. He returned to the race, but 14 laps down.
Nemechek got into the back of Mike Harmon, sending the No. 74 spinning for the second caution of the day.
Custer was in hot pursuit of Allgaier for the stage win, but could not quite get there. Allgaier would take the stage win ahead of Custer, Cindric, Zane Smith, Haley, Noah Gragson, Briscoe, Sieg, Nemechek and Michael Annett.
Stage 2
Custer would lost a plethora of spots on pit road, falling outside the top-ten before the start of the second stage.
It was a very different story for Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Briscoe, he charged from the back of the field to a position inside the top-five.
The stage was much cleaner than the first with no yellows and Allgaier easily able to take yet another stage win. He was followed by Cindric, Briscoe, Gragson, Custer, Smith, Nemechek, Haley, Annett and Sieg.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Laps Led 1 00 
Cole Custer Ford 200 31 2 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 200 1.0 67 3 22 Austin Cindric Ford 200 2.0 29 4 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 200 2.461 5 98 Chase Briscoe Ford 200 2.559 71 6 1 Michael Annett Chevrolet 200 4.311 1 7 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 200 4.550 8 23 John Hunter Nemechek Chevrolet 199 1 lap 9 8 Zane Smith Chevrolet 199 1 lap 10 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 199 1 lap 11 86 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 198 2 laps 12 2 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 198 2 laps 13 4 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 198 2 laps 14 90 Dillon Bassett Chevrolet 198 2 laps 15 36 Josh Williams Chevrolet 198 2 laps 16 15 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 197 3 laps 17 07 Ray Black Jr. Chevrolet 197 3 laps 18 08 Gray Gaulding Chevrolet 196 4 laps 19 99 Stefan Parsons Toyota 196 4 laps 20 78 Vinnie Miller Toyota 196 4 laps 21 52 David Starr Chevrolet 195 5 laps 22 35 Joey Gase Toyota 194 6 laps 23 01 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 183 17 laps 24 5 Matt Mills Toyota 183 17 laps 25 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 166 34 laps 26 0 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 104 96 laps 27 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 62 138 laps 28 13 Carl Long Toyota 56 144 laps 29 89 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 55 145 laps 30 17 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 53 147 laps 1 31 61 Chad Finchum Toyota 33 167 laps 32 93 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 27 173 laps 33 38 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 23 177 laps 34 74 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 19 181 laps 35 53 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 12 188 laps 36 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 9 191 laps 37 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 2 198 laps 38 18 Harrison Burton Toyota 2 198 laps
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