NASCAR Xfinity Series at Milwaukee 2016 Results: Winner, Standings and Reaction

Michael McDowell took the checkered flag at NASCAR Xfinity Series' Road America 180 from Road America in Milwaukee.  

It was his 94th career start in the Xfinity series, his 297th NASCAR national series start and finally his first win, via the NBC Sports telecast. 

NASCAR on NBCSN showed the elation on McDowell's face upon hitting Victory Lane:

Here are the full results of the race and the updated driver standings:

Place	Driver	Time Behind
1	Michael McDowell	-
2	Brendan Gaughan	0.534
3	Brennan Poole	4.299
4	Daniel Suarez	4.736
5	Ryan Reed	5.551
6	Justin Allgaier	5.582
7	Alex Tagliani	5.680
8	Elliott Sadler	6.978
9	Darrell Wallace Jr.	10.853
10	J.J. Yeley	12.257
11	Ryan Preece	13.371
12	Ty Dillon	16.190
13	Dakoda Armstrong	19.112
14	Ryan Sieg	20.295
15	Ray Black	20.419
16	Brandon Jones	20.790
17	Owen Kelly	21.451
18	Blake Koch	21.574
19	J.D. Davison	22.779
20	Alex Kennedy	22.826
21	Erik Jones	24.397
22	Joey Gase	24.600
23	Timmy Hill	25.577
24	David Starr	25.807
25	Jeremy Clements	28.359
26	Tomy Drissi	28.792
27	Stanton Barrett	34.253
28	B.J. McLeod	34.281
29	Scott Heckert	35.753
30	Alon Day	44.531
31	Paige Decker	48.708
32	Justin Marks	4.067
33	Ross Chastain	5 LAPS
34	Kenny Habul	22 LAPS
35	John Jackson	26 LAPS
36	Nic Hammann	26 LAPS
37	Morgan Shepherd	28 LAPS
38	Josh Bilicki	42 LAPS
39	Jeff Green	44 LAPS
40	Garrett Smithley	46 LAPS

Place	Driver	Points
1	Elliott Sadler	770
2	Daniel Suarez	723
3	Ty Dillon	713
4	Justin Allgaier	720
5	Brendan Gaughan	707
6	Erik Jones	678
7	Brandon Jones	652
8	Darrell Wallace Jr.	606
9	Ryan Reed	568
10	Ross Chastain	480
11	Jeremy Clements	481
12	Blake Koch	522

Even Talladega Superspeedway was pumped with McDowell's win:

Like most road courses, Road America doesn't just stress speed. With almost no banks and a bevy of turns, drivers needed to practice cunning and patience as well to move up through the field. 

Road America is one of the most daunting tracks, as it is 4.048 miles long and contains 14 turns, which is why Sunday's race was originally only 45 laps. 

As the pole-sitter, Alex Tagliani led the first 10 laps before pitting and relinquishing the lead in order to refresh his tires and fuel. 

However, he was able to retake the lead on Lap 17, and with a massive battle for second place behind him that included McDowell and Erik Jones, Tagliani built a lead of well over three seconds. 

But once McDowell overtook Jones for second, he began cutting into Tagliani's advantage and passed him by Lap 24. 

After pitting on Lap 29, McDowell lost the lead to Jones, but Tagliani was right on his tail. Getting inside of Jones on Turn 3, Tagliani took the lead by Turn 5, but McDowell nudged him off the track, forcing him to drop all the way back to 25th. 

McDowell was able to hold the lead until the end, which included an overtime session of three extra laps, despite a serious charge by Brendan Gaughan, who had almost a full tank of gas and fresh tires. 

In total, McDowell led exactly half of the race—24 of a possible 48 laps. 

Stats courtesy of NASCAR.com.