Denny Hamlin led all but two of 250 laps in Friday night's Xfinity Series race in Richmond, Virginia en route to victory lane in the #20 Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing. It was a hometown victory for Hamlin, who is from nearby Chesterfield. Hamlin started on the pole and only gave up the lead to the #2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Brian Scott for one lap just past halfway, and then to the #1 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Elliott Sadler for another lap during the last set of green flag pit stops late in the race. There was a scary moment on pit road during a caution in which some gasoline spilled in the pit of the #62 RCR Chevrolet of Brendan Gaughan, igniting a decent-sized fire that hospitalized two of Gaughan's crew members and one of the #24 car of Eric McClure, who ran into the fire to pull the other crew members out. Members of Scott's pit crew substituted for the injured Gaughan crew members while also still attending to Scott's car. When the race was over, RCR driver Ty Dillon had taken the #3 Chevrolet back to the points lead, while Chase Elliott in the #9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet went up to second and Chris Buescher of the #60 Roush Ford moved down to third.
Race Results:
- (1) 20-Denny Hamlin - Toyota - 250 laps, led 248 laps
- (2) 22-Joey Logano - Ford - 250 laps
- (8) 7-Regan Smith - Chevrolet - 250 laps
- (3) 54-Erik Jones - Toyota - 250 laps
- (7) 9-Chase Elliott - Chevrolet - 250 laps
- (9) 18-Daniel Suarez - Toyota - 250 laps
- (5) 2-Brian Scott - Chevrolet - 250 laps, led 1 lap
- (13) 33-Austin Dillon - Chevrolet - 250 laps
- (15) 3-Ty Dillon - Chevrolet - 249 laps
- (21) 01-Landon Cassill - 249 laps
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