DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – This Saturday’s Bar Harbor 200 Xfinity Series race (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) is the first elimination race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff run. Only championship leader Christopher Bell has already advanced to the next round of eight drivers courtesy of his win at Richmond, Va. two weeks ago.
Daniel Hemric is still looking for his first victory of 2018 but sits second to Bell in the standings with a healthy 30-point edge over ninth place Austin Cindric. He has two top-five finishes in three Xfinity races at Dover. And he’s especially highly motivated after it was announced last week in Charlotte that he will move up to the Richard Childress Racing Cup team in 2019
Tyler Reddick, who won the season-opener at Daytona, moved up four positions in the standings after Charlotte and is ranked third with a 21-point edge over the cutoff. His best showing in two Dover starts is fifth place this spring.
Cole Custer was the biggest mover after the ROVAL race, advancing five crucial positions in the standings to fourth. He holds a 14-point edge over Cindric. Matt Tifft, Elliott Sadler, regular season champ Justin Allgaier and Vegas winner Ross Chastain round out the top-eight heading into Dover. Chastain holds a nine-point edge on ninth place Cindric.
Source: Holly Cain | NASCAR Wire Service
