Chase Briscoe rebounds from penalty to win Iowa Xfinity race

It was Briscoe's first win of the 2019 season and the second of his Xfinity Series career.

"It was a fun race first off," he said in Victory Lane. 'I just cant believe it ... once we got that caution when I was gonna restart fourth I knew we were in good shape. Christopher was way better than I thought he was gonna be on those tires though. It was fun we were throwing sliders on each other and everything else."

Stage 1

Bell was dominant from the get-go at Iowa Speedway and went unchallenged in the early running of the race.

On Lap 45, the first caution was called when Austin Cindric and Noah Gragson came together, ending Cindric's day.

Jeremy Clements took the opportunity to stay out and try to gain some stage points, but he was quickly dispatched by Bell on the ensuing restart.

He went on to win the first stage ahead of Cole Custer, Briscoe, Brandon Jones, Justin Allgaier, Tyler Reddick, Justin Haley, John-Hunter Nemechek, Michael Annett, and Riley Herbst.

Stage 2 

On Lap 74 Herbst spun and collected Clements, forcing another yellow as Bell continued to control the race. Bell's teammate Jones saw his race go awry after contacting the wall while battling Justin Haley for position, forcing him to make an unscheduled pit stop. 

Bell would sweep the stages, this time beating Briscoe, Reddick, Custer, Haley, Nemechek, Annett, Ryan Sieg, Zane Smith and Allgaier.

Stage 3

The final stage saw major drama for Stewart-Haas Racing as both Briscoe and Custer were sent to the rear for separate pit road violations with under 100 laps to go. Custer would soon after crash, ending race prematurely. 

With fresher tires, Nemechek was able to mount a challenge against Bell in the final 50 laps but his charge was halted by another caution with 33 laps remaining for Brandon Brown losing an engine. 

During that same caution period, there was a bizarre incident when Dalton Bassett collided with a sweeper truck near pit entry, ending his day and delaying the race further. He was uninjured.

The race resumed with 22 laps to go and Nemechek found himself embroiled in a heated battle for second place. Eventually, Briscoe prevailed and went on the hunt against Bell. With six laps to go he completed the pass and drove off with the victory.

Despite leading 234 laps, Bell was forced to settle for second and Nemechek third.

Complete results below:

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led
1	98	Chase Briscoe	Ford	250	2:28'00	7
2	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	250	1.069	234
3	23	John Hunter Nemechek	Chevrolet	250	4.775	6
4	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	250	4.991
5	2	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	250	5.782
6	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	250	6.111
7	28	Shane Lee	Toyota	250	7.183
8	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	250	7.363
9	8	Zane Smith	Chevrolet	250	8.277	2
10	1	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	250	10.049
11	07	Ray Black Jr.	Chevrolet	250	12.430
12	39	Ryan Sieg	Chevrolet	250	13.352
13	18	Riley Herbst	Toyota	250	13.928
14	08	Gray Gaulding	Chevrolet	250	14.355
15	36	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	250	16.130
16	4	Stephen Leicht	Chevrolet	249	1 lap
17	15	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	249	1 lap
18	5	Matt Mills	Toyota	249	1 lap
19	35	Joey Gase	Toyota	248	2 laps
20	78	Vinnie Miller	Toyota	246	4 laps
21	99	Stefan Parsons	Toyota	246	4 laps
22		Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	245	5 laps
23	66	Stan Mullis	Toyota	243	7 laps
24	93	Camden Murphy	Chevrolet	239	11 laps
25	01	Ryan Repko	Chevrolet	237	13 laps
26	90	Dillon Bassett	Chevrolet	222	28 laps
27	86	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	217	33 laps
28	68	Will Rodgers	Chevrolet	211	39 laps
29	00	Cole Custer	Ford	160	90 laps
30	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	160	90 laps	1
31	52	David Starr	Chevrolet	150	100 laps
32	42	Chad Finchum	Toyota	113	137 laps
33	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	105	145 laps
34	74	Mike Harmon	Chevrolet	87	163 laps
35	13	Timmy Hill	Toyota	80	170 laps
36	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	73	177 laps
37	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	43	207 laps
38	38	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	5	245 laps