Justin Allgaier fends off Bell for Xfinity Series win at Iowa

Allgaier lead 182 of 250 laps, sweeping the stages en route to his second win of the season.

"Unbelievable. First of all, all glory to God man," Allgaier said in Victory Lane. "We had a great car today, these guys did a fantastic job. I can't thank everybody at JR Motorsports enough. Our Camaro was fast. 

"We're in the middle of cornfields, how can you not enjoy this?"

Stages 1 & 2

Austin Cindric led the way at the start in the Team Penske Ford, but the race was quickly interrupted by a caution for Garrett Smithley, who got up into the wall with a flat left front tire.

The remainder of the stage went green with Cindric firmly in control until the final laps when Allgaier arrived. The JR Motorsports driver harassed Cindric for the race lead as they negotiated slower traffic.

Back in the pack, Allgaier's teammate Elliott Sadler was forced to pit road with four laps remaining in the stage after he cut a right front tire and bounced off the wall. He fell multiple laps down and never fully recovered from it.

Up front, Allgaier made a bold move between Cindric and a lapped car with two laps to go in the opening stage, taking the Stage 1 win. 

Cindric was second, Daniel Hemric third, Brandon Jones fourth and Cole Custer fifth. Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, John Hunter Nemechek

Allgaier then dominated a fairly clean second stage, taking yet another stage win and two bonus points towards the Playoffs.

Rounding out the top-ten was Hemric, Bell, Custer, Cindric, Jones, Herbst, Nemechek, Ty Majeski and Ryan Reed.

Stage 3

Between the stages, Custer won the race off pit road, but his lead was short-lived as Allgaier powered around him on the ensuing restart. The battle was then between Allgaier and Bell, who battled back-and-forth for the race lead.

While running side-by-side for the top spot, their fight was interrupted when Chad Finchum found the wall, bringing out the caution with 52 laps to go.

The following restart was chaotic as Custer, Cindric and Allgaier went three-wide for the lead, nearly making contact as they pushed for every inch of track they could take. Eventually, it was Allgaier and Bell who once again emerged in front of the pack, but before they could have Round 2 of their battle, another caution came with 18 laps to go (Brandon Hightower in the wall).

The race resumed with 12 laps to go and after a stellar restart by Jones that briefly put him up to second, Bell reclaimed the position and went on the hunt. He quickly ran down Allgaier, but his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota stepped out on him coming to the white flag, all but ending the battle for the win.

Allgaier cruised to the checkered flag, securing his seventh career victory and his second of the 2018 season. He is the first Xfinity Series regular to win multiple races this year.

Bell was second, Hemric third, Custer fourth and Jones fifth. Rookie Herbst, Majeski, Reddick, Tifft and Kaz Grala rounded out the top-ten.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led
1	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	250		182
2	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	250	0.745	2
3	21	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	250	1.312	2
4	00	Cole Custer	Ford	250	2.003	6
5	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	250	2.627
6	18	Riley Herbst	Toyota	250	3.129
7	60	Ty Majeski	Ford	250	3.962
8	9	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	250	4.442
9	2	Matt Tifft	Chevrolet	250	5.480
10	61	Kaz Grala	Ford	250	6.015
11	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	250	6.184	58
12	23	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	250	6.185
13	5	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	250	6.807
14	11	Ryan Truex	Chevrolet	250	7.184
15	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Chevrolet	250	8.070
16	3	Shane Lee	Chevrolet	250	8.372
17	16	Ryan Reed	Ford	250	9.278
18	39	Ryan Sieg	Chevrolet	250	9.852
19	4	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	249	1 lap
20	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	249	1 lap
21	35	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	249	1 lap
22	76	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	247	3 laps
23	36	Alex Labbé	Chevrolet	247	3 laps
24	52	David Starr	Chevrolet	247	3 laps
25	0	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	244	6 laps
26	40	Chad Finchum	Toyota	244	6 laps
27	8	Jones Blake	Chevrolet	243	7 laps
28	1	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	239	11 laps
29	15	B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet	239	11 laps
30	55	Brandon Hightower	Toyota	220	30 laps
31	01	Vinnie Miller	Chevrolet	205	45 laps
32	78	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	201	49 laps
33	66	Stan Mullis	Dodge	150	100 laps
34	90	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	134	116 laps
35	38	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	131	119 laps
36	45	Josh Bilicki	Toyota	95	155 laps
37	13	Timmy Hill	Toyota	75	175 laps
38	74	Mike Harmon	Chevrolet	31	219 laps
39	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	28	222 laps
40	93	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	21	229 laps