Frontstretch Newsletter: May 15, 2023
Volume XVII, Edition LXXII |
- NASCAR Cup Series teams are back at their shops and preparing for this weekend's return to North Wilkesboro, where tire wear
is said to be insane. Entry lists should be released either today or tomorrow. We'll have those and anything else that
breaks today at Frontstretch. |
| | William Byron Wins Wild Throwback Cup Race at
Darlington William Byron swept into the lead when Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson wrecked on a late restart. He then held on to win the Goodyear 400 for his third win of the
year. Kevin Harvick was second, then Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski and Bubba Wallace. |
| | Rick Hendrick Sounds Off on Ross Chastain: “If You Wreck
Us, You’re Going to Get It Back” After Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson collided on a late restart, Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick gave media members a rare show of anger. He's pretty much
fed up with what happened on the track Sunday. |
| | Harrison Burton Scores 1st Top 10 of 2023 at
Darlington Harrison Burton has generally struggled in his NASCAR Cup Series career with the Wood Brothers. Sunday was one of his best Cup races. He kept himself clean and
finished sixth. |
| | Kyle Larson Edges John Hunter Nemechek in Wild Finish at
Darlington Kyle Larson and John Hunter Nemechek had contact multiple times Saturday afternoon on the final lap in Darlington. Nemechek bounced off of Larson and spun into the
inside wall exiting turn 4, giving Larson what he needed to win the Shriners Children's 200. Justin Allgaier was second, then Cole Custer, Austin Hill and Nemechek. |
| | Spire Motorsports Earns Top 10 in Xfinity Debut with
Carson Hocevar Saturday marked Spire Motorsports' debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Carson Hocevar. The experience could not have gone any better as Hocevar finished a
strong sixth. |
| | Christian Eckes Survives Late-Race Overtime Chaos at
Darlington McAnally-Hilgemann Racing's Christian Eckes held on Friday night through a series of late restarts to win the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 for his second NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series win of the year. Stewart Friesen was second, then Tanner Gray, William Byron and Carson Hocevar. |
| | Rajah Caruth Misses Out on Possible First Win, Settles
for First Top 10 at Darlington In the closing laps Friday night, Rajah Caruth appeared to have the best truck and could have won at Darlington. The restarts dropped him back to a sixth-place
finish, but that still marks his career-best finish. |
| | Alex Palou Takes 1st Win of 2023 at Indianapolis Road
Course Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou led 52 of 85 laps Saturday en route to victory in the GMR Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Patricio O'Ward was
second, then Alexander Rossi, Christian Lundgaard and Felix Rosenqvist. |
| | Arrow McLaren Bringing Lots of Momentum to the Indy
500 While Alex Palou stomped the field Saturday in Indianapolis, it was Arrow McLaren SP that was the strongest team out there. All three of their drivers were in the
hunt all day, finishing second, third and fifth. |
| | Chip Ganassi Racing Scores Motul Course de Monterey
Victory Chip Ganassi Racing's Renger van der Zande passed Alexander Sims on the final restart Sunday, then pulled away to take the victory for himself and Sebastien
Bourdais in the Motul Course de Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. |
| | Kenny Murillo, Christian Szymczak Win WeatherTech
Raceway Laguna Seca 120 Murillo Racing's Kenny Murillo scored their first IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge overall victory together Saturday in the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
120. |
| | Luke Fenhaus Wins ARCA East Race at Nashville on
Overtime Restart Luke Fenhaus was able to get past William Sawalich on a one-lap shootout Saturday night to win the Music City 200 at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville. Sawalich was
second, then Sean Hingorani, Giovanni Ruggiero and Jake Finch. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Paul Hurley of INDYCAR Media, IMSA and Ben Branscum of TobyChristie.com. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us
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Around the World in Motorsports: May 12-14 |
- Tower Motorsports owner/driver John Farano was briefly hospitalized Sunday after crashing out of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Course de Monterey. He was kept for observation, but was released early enough to fly home. No specific indication of what injuries that Farano suffered in the crash were noted, but Farano did take quite a while to get out of his
ORECA 07-Gibson after the wreck. - The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series was scheduled to race for two nights at Williams Grove Speedway for the Morgan Cup. Unfortunately, Saturday night's action was rained out.
Friday night was dry and the outlaws did
battle with the Pennsylvania Posse. This time, the Posse was defeated handily by Brad Sweet, who led flag-to-flag to take the win Friday night.
Brent Marks finished second, followed by Donny Schatz and Rico Abreu. Anthony Macri, who won last week at Lincoln Speedway, was
fifth. The victory allowed Sweet to expand his lead up to 36 points over David Gravel. Carson Macedo is third, then Logan Schuchart and Sheldon Haudenschild. |
The above is a sampling of the 47 videos that we brought to you on our YouTube channel last weekend at Darlington. For more coverage from Darlington, or from other race weekends, be sure to subscribe. Also, don't forget to hit the bell to be notified of future videos. |
Seeking the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs: Ross Chastain Retains Lead Despite Late Crash
by Phil Allaway
Ross Chastain ticked a number of drivers off again Sunday. He was in position to win before crashing late with Kyle Larson. Despite finishing 29th, he won stage two and had 17 stage points. He goes into the All-Star festivities with a 27-point lead over Christopher Bell,
who finished 14th Sunday. Kevin Harvick is up two places to third after finishing second. Denny Hamlin is down to fourth after a penalty in the pits put him a lap down. He recovered to finish 12th. William Byron's third win
of the year moved him up four places to fifth. Martin Truex Jr. led the most laps before crashing out late. The wreck dropped him back to sixth. Ryan Blaney is still in seventh after a ninth-place finish, followed by Tyler Reddick. Brad Keselowski is up one place to ninth after
finishing fourth. Larson's crash with Chastain dropped him back to 10th. Kyle Busch is up one place to 11th after finishing seventh. Busch jumped over Joey Logano, who had a mediocre day. Chris Buescher remains in 13th,
followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Bubba Wallace's fifth-place finish moved him up to 15th, while Chase Briscoe moves back up to 16th, the final spot in the playoffs. Briscoe has a five-point advantage on Alex
Bowman, who is still out for an unknown amount of time. Daniel Suarez crashed out early and finished 34th, dropping him to 18th. Ty Gibbs is 19th, while Austin Cindric moved back up to 20th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Ross Chastain 429, 2) Christopher Bell -27, 3) Kevin Harvick
-29, 4) Denny Hamlin -36, 5) William Byron -42, 6) Martin Truex Jr. -44, 7) Ryan Blaney -48, 8) Tyler Reddick -58, 9) Brad Keselowski -64, 10) Kyle Larson -66, 11) Kyle Busch -76, 12) Joey Logano -95, 13) Chris Buescher -100, 14) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -104, 15) Bubba Wallace -136, 16) Chase Briscoe -154.
Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the playoffs, or ineligible for points. Playoff Points: 1) William Byron 16, 2) Kyle Larson -4, 3) Kyle Busch -6, t-4) Denny Hamlin
-9, t-4) Tyler Reddick -9, t-4) Joey Logano -9, t-7) Martin Truex Jr. -10, t-7) Christopher Bell -11, t-7) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -11, t-7) Ross Chastain -11, t-11) Kevin Harvick -15, t-11) Brad Keselowski -15, t-11) Austin Cindric -15, t-11) Aric Almirola -15, t-11) Ryan Preece -15, t-11) Chase Elliott -15. Stage Points: 1) William Byron 127, 2) Ross Chastain -11, 3) Kyle Larson
-31, 4) Denny Hamlin -34, 5) Kevin Harvick -44, 6) Christopher Bell -45, t-7) Tyler Reddick -53, t-7) Martin Truex Jr. -53, 9) Brad Keselowski -55, 10) Joey Logano -60, t-11) Ryan Blaney
-64, t-11) Alex Bowman -64, t-13) Kyle Busch
-79, t-13) Austin Cindric -79, 15) Chris Buescher
-82, 16) Daniel Suarez -89. Outside of the top-16, but in the playoffs: t-17) Bubba Wallace -92, 23) Chase Briscoe -99, 24) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -105.
Note: The Stage Points also include the Bluegreen Vacations Duels at
Daytona. Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Christopher Bell 380, t-2) Ross Chastain -4, t-2) Kevin Harvick -4, t-2) Ryan Blaney -4, 5) Martin Truex Jr. -10, 6) Denny Hamlin -13, 7) Kyle Busch
-19, 8) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -24, 9) Brad Keselowski -25, 10) Tyler Reddick -30, 11) Chris Buescher -41, 12) William Byron -45, 13) Kyle Larson -53, 14) Joey Logano -54, 15) Bubba Wallace
-66, 16) Chase Briscoe -78. Note: These standings are based on the old point system that was used before stages were
created. WC Points (1-16): 1) Christopher Bell 1735, 2) Ross Chastain -12, 3) Ryan Blaney
-25, 4) Kevin Harvick -35, 5) Martin Truex Jr. -61, 6) Denny Hamlin -82, 7) Kyle Busch -85, 8) Brad Keselowski -93, 9) Tyler Reddick -112, 10) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -121, 11) Chris Buescher
-166, 12) Kyle Larson -167, 13) Joey Logano -177, 14) William Byron -189, 15) Bubba Wallace -236, 16) Chase Briscoe -276. Note No. 1: The WC points are based on the original points system created by Bob Latford in 1975. Race Winners: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Daytona), Kyle Busch
(Fontana, Talladega), William Byron (Las Vegas, Phoenix, Darlington), Joey Logano (Atlanta), Tyler Reddick (Austin), Kyle Larson (Richmond, Martinsville), Christopher Bell (Bristol), Martin Truex Jr. (Dover), Denny Hamlin (Kansas)
Note: Race wins in Italics do not count towards playoff eligibility.
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached
at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of
Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Seeking the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs: John Hunter Nemechek Claims Points Lead Despite Last-Lap Crash
by Phil Allaway
Saturday's Shriners Children's 200 ended with a wild scene as John Hunter Nemcehek spun into the inside wall after bouncing off of Kyle Larson. He was able to slide across the start-finish line to finish fifth. That ended up being just enough to take the points lead away from Austin Hill by a single point, despite Hill finishing fourth. Justin
Allgaier is up two places to third after finishing second. Josh Berry remains in fourth after a seventh-place finish. Cole Custer is up one place to sixth after finishing third. Chandler Smith had his drivers side door peeled off in the Big One Saturday. A 36th-place finish dropped him three places to sixth. Sheldon
Creed was also in the big wreck, but managed to finish 25th and will stay in seventh. Sammy Smith is up one place to eighth. Riley Herbst lost 46 points after hitting the wall multiple times Saturday and finishing 38th. He is now ninth in the standings. Sam Mayer is up to 10th after finishing eighth and earning 13 stage points. Mayer
jumped over Daniel Hemric, who finished 16th. He is the last driver in the playoffs on points. Hemric has a 33-point lead over Parker Kligerman, who recovered from wall contact to finish 13th. Jeb Burton has sole possession of 13th after finishing 12th, while Brandon Jones dropped to 14th after crashing out. Ryan
Sieg is 15th and Brett Moffitt 16th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) John Hunter Nemechek 424, 2) Austin Hill -1, 3) Justin Allgaier -53, 4) Josh Berry -57, 5) Cole Custer
-59, 6) Chandler Smith -84, 7) Sheldon Creed -94, 8) Sammy Smith -101, 9) Riley Herbst -111, 10) Sam Mayer -115, 11) Daniel Hemric -117, 12) Parker Kligerman -150, 13) Jeb Burton
-151, 14) Brandon Jones -160, 15) Ryan Sieg -180, 16) Brett Moffitt -190. Playoff Points: 1) Austin Hill 18, 2) John Hunter Nemechek -4, 3) Ryan Truex -11, t-4) Chandler
Smith -12, t-4) Jeb Burton -12, 6) Sammy Smith -13, 7) Justin Allgaier -14, 8) Cole Custer -16, t-9) Josh Berry -17, t-9) Sheldon Creed -17, t-9) Parker Kligerman -17. Note: If they were eligible for Xfinity
Series points, AJ Allmendinger and Kyle Larson would be tied for third in playoff points. Stage Points: 1) Austin Hill 107, 2) John Hunter Nemechek -3, 3) Sheldon Creed -14, 4) Justin Allgaier -18, 5) Cole Custer
-23, 6) Riley Herbst -28, 7) Chandler Smith -29, 8) Josh Berry -42, t-9) Sammy Smith -47, t-9) Brandon Jones -47, 11) Sam Mayer -48, 12) Daniel Hemric -55, 13) Ryan Truex -66, 14) Parker Kligerman
-69, 15) Jeb Burton -82, 16) Ryan Sieg -84. Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) John Hunter Nemechek 373, 2) Austin Hill -6, 3) Josh Berry -22, 4) Cole Custer
-43, 5) Justin Allgaier -44, 6) Chandler Smith -61, 7) Sammy Smith -62, t-8) Sam Mayer -75, t-8) Daniel Hemric -75, 10) Jeb Burton -81, 11) Sheldon Creed -87, 12) Parker Kligerman -92, 13) Riley
Herbst -95, 14) Ryan Sieg -107, 15) Brett Moffitt -111, 16) Parker Retzlaff -119. WC Points (1-16): 1) John Hunter Nemechek 1646, 2) Austin Hill
-36, 3) Josh Berry -82, 4) Justin Allgaier -132, 5) Cole Custer -162, 6) Chandler Smith -222, 7) Sammy Smith -230, 8) Sam Mayer -276, 9) Daniel Hemric -285, 10) Sheldon Creed -305, 11) Jeb Burton
-322, 12) Parker Kligerman -333, 13) Riley Herbst -339, 14) Ryan Sieg -399, 15) Brett Moffitt -407, 16) Parker Retzlaff -429. Race Winners: Austin Hill (Daytona, Las Vegas, Atlanta), John Hunter Nemechek
(Fontana, Martinsville)), Sammy Smith (Phoenix), AJ Allmendinger (Austin), Chandler Smith (Richmond), Jeb Burton (Talladega), Ryan Truex (Dover), Kyle Larson (Darlington) Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade
Photography.
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Seeking the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs: Zane Smith Claims Points Lead Despite Rough Night In Darlington
by Phil Allaway
Ty Majeski lost his power steering early on and ended up going behind the wall for repairs. He would end up finishing 35 laps down in 31st. A prime opportunity for Zane Smith to capitalize, right? Not so much. Smith didn't qualify well, failed to score stage points and got caught up in a wreck. He would ultimately end up finishing 22nd. That was enough to take over the points lead by nine over Majeski, but everyone else closed up. Corey Heim very well could have won Friday night, but a bad pit strategy
put them down the order. He would eventually recover to eighth and move up to third. Ben Rhodes got a small piece of Smith's crash and ended up 18th, dropping one place to fourth. Christian Eckes' second win of the year moved him
up into a tie with Grant Enfinger and gained him 43 points on Smith. Enfinger crashed on the final restart and ended up 14th. Matt Crafton remains in seventh after finishing 12th. Tanner Gray finished third and stays in eighth. Nick Sanchez finished 11th despite wall contact late. That was good enough to keep him in ninth, the final spot in the playoffs on points. Sanchez is six points ahead of Stewart Friesen, who moved up two places to 10th after finishing second. Matt DiBenedetto dropped to 11th after having fuel pressure issues, while Carson Hocevar broke his bad streak with a fifth-place finish to move back up to
12th. Jake Garcia had a great night before crashing late and finishing 26th. He stays in 13th. Tyler Ankrum is still 14th, while Chase Purdy crashed out and dropped four places to 15th. Hailie
Deegan is 16th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Zane Smith 338, 2) Ty Majeski
-9, 3) Corey Heim -15, 4) Ben Rhodes -37, t-5) Christian Eckes -39, t-5) Grant Enfinger -39, 7) Matt Crafton -78, 8) Tanner Gray -84, 9) Nick Sanchez -105, 10) Stewart Friesen -111, 11) Matt
DiBenedetto -125, 12) Carson Hocevar -136, 13) Jake Garcia -141, 14) Tyler Ankrum -142, 15) Chase Purdy -145, 16) Hailie Deegan -153.
Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the playoffs, or ineligible for the playoffs. Playoff Points: 1) Christian Eckes 14, 2) Zane Smith -3, 3) Corey Heim -7, 4) Carson Hocevar -8, 5) Grant Enfinger -9, 6) Nick Sanchez -12, t-7) Ty Majeski -13, t-7) Matt Crafton -13, t-7) Tyler Ankrum -13. Note: If they were eligible for playoff points, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch would be tied for third with seven points. Stage Points: 1) Christian Eckes 89, 2) Ty Majeski
-2, 3) Zane Smith -5, 4) Corey Heim -18, 5) Ben Rhodes -23, 6) Grant Enfinger -31, 7) Matt Crafton -34, 8) Matt DiBenedetto -39, t-9) Carson Hocevar -52, t-9) Nick Sanchez -52, t-11) Stewart
Friesen -55, t-11) Chase Purdy -55, 13) Tanner Gray -60, 14) Tyler Ankrum -63, 15) Rajah Caruth -67, 16) Hailie Deegan -702. Note: If they were eligible for stage points, Kyle Busch would be ninth and William Byron 14th. Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Zane Smith 222, 2) Corey Heim -1, 3) Ty Majeski -12, 4) Grant Enfinger -15, 5) Ben Rhodes -19, 6) Tanner Gray
-32, 7) Christian Eckes -42, 8) Matt Crafton -50, 9) Nick Sanchez -55, t-10) Stewart Friesen -63, t-10) Jake Garcia -63, 12) Tyler Ankrum -86, 13) Hailie Deegan -87, 14) Carson Hocevar -88, t-15) Matt DiBenedetto -94, t-15) Chase Purdy -94. WC Points (1-16): 1) Zane Smith 1301, 2) Corey Heim
-17, 3) Ty Majeski -33, 4) Grant Enfinger -76, 5) Ben Rhodes -83, 6) Tanner Gray -116, 7) Christian Eckes -141, 8) Matt Crafton -195, 9) Nick Sanchez -203, 10) Stewart Friesen -211, 11) Jake Garcia
-296, 12) Tyler Ankrum -304, 13) Carson Hocevar -314, 14) Hailie Deegan -322, 15) Matt DiBenedetto -329, 16) Chase Purdy -330. Race Winners: Zane Smith (Daytona, Austin), Kyle Busch (Las Vegas), Christian Eckes (Atlanta, Darlington), Carson Hocevar (Texas), Joey Logano (Bristol), Corey Heim (Martinsville), Grant Enfinger (Kansas)
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Letter of the Race: Sunday's Goodyear 400 was brought to you by the letter S for Shenanigans. While much of the race was relatively clean, it was the final 40 laps when ridiculous stuff started happening. It's understandable that drivers would race hard
towards the end of the race, but it seemed like the Kyle Larson-Ross Chastain crash and the wreck that took out Martin Truex Jr. were just completely unnecessary. - Phil Allaway |
Quotes to Remember: Goodyear 400 compiled by Phil Allaway
"We talked about [the possibility of Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain coming together]. All those things -- like emotions, if they factor into decisions are important for us. We talked as soon as the caution came out about what we thought was going to
happen, and Rudy did a great job filling me in. Obviously I can't listen but I can assume based on all the information. We try to make the best decisions, and today I felt like we grinded our way through this race. It was a tough race for us, but we kept our heads in it, and that's what made us make good calls at the end to get us in a position -- I don't think
we really thought we could win in the first restart when there was that big wreck. Then we started to get a glimmer of hope and then we started to go to work on what are the things we need to do to win it." - William Byron, race winner "We had a good car all day. We just could never get up toward the front. Our Sunny Delight Ford Mustang struggled in traffic today, but we were really good at the second half of the run and just struggled at the beginning of the run. We had good track position and then had a bad pit stop under green, but had everything work out at the end. I didn’t have anything for WIlliam. The front is tore up pretty good, but they did a great job and just kind of kept ourselves in the game and you never know what’s gonna happen." - Kevin Harvick, finished second
"It was a solid finish, for sure. I felt like our No. 9 LLumar Chevy was plenty good enough to go up there and battle with those guys to win. I just struggled so bad in traffic; way worse than other guys do driving this caliber of a car. I just feel like from that standpoint, I’ve got a lot of work to do on my end. Alan (Gustafson, crew chief) and our team has done a really good job preparing good racecars. Our pit stops really kept us in the game all day. Obviously we got
really fortunate and lucky with those cautions coming out." - Chase Elliott, finished third
"I felt like at the end it turned into a wreckfest and we got tore up and salvaged what we could salvage. Ultimately, we were a fifth or sixth-place car all day and ended up fourth. It was a real solid day. I felt like the whole team did a great job. At the end it just turned into chaos and had all those wrecks and I was in the wrong lane and got tore up and from there we were just salvaging what we could, but it’s nice to come out of here with a fourth, a lot of stage points and something to hold our head up high with." -
Brad Keselowski, finished fourth
"I thought we were a second-place car. I put that down in the debrief and thought [Martin Truex Jr.] was really strong. I don’t know what got him in the back. Pit stops hurt us, that one kind of set us back, but they rebounded and executed the rest of the time. Appreciate that. Just
aero, such a big aero place even when tires wear out. The groove goes to the top and you’re just trying to find your way. Proud of our team and proud of our team for staying in it. Things were starting to fall our way there and ended up fifth. Solid points day. Continuing to climb so it’s good." - Bubba Wallace, finished fifth "We really needed it. The last few weeks we’ve kind of been on the other side of it, where we’ve been fast and didn’t have anything to show for it. This week was kind of the opposite. We were probably a 10th-place car and finished sixth. That was just about execution at the end, restarts at the end and getting a decent finish." - Harrison Burton, finished
sixth "Track position was big. We got decent in the second stage. We long-pitted and I thought we made up good ground. We went from 18th to eighth and our car was pretty respectable there. but then the track went tight on us and we lost a little bit of speed and handling. We lined up there at the end and just got caught.
They stacked up and destroyed the nose, so it was just one of those days." - Ryan Blaney, finished ninth
"We worked hard today with our Fifth Third Bank Ford Mustang to get it better. We got rolling pretty good and avoided the last two wrecks. We really wanted to see what we could do with those last 10 green flag
laps to see what we could do with it, but just didn’t get that opportunity. The way this day started, we’d have taken a 10th if you would have told us we could get there. We still have a little work to do, but it’s such a track position sensitive race again. We were just planted and basically stuck and that’s why the restarts are as chaotic as they are." - Chris Buescher, finished 10th
"Full commit into [turn 1]. I got really tight, drove up and turned myself. I wanted to squeeze him, I wanted to push him up. We had been trading positions back-and-forth all day and I wanted to push him up, for sure, but definitely didn’t want to turn myself into the wall.
"I’m the
one standing here talking to you [at the infield care center]. For everyone at Worldwide Express, Unishippers, GlobalTranz and to drive the big brown truck today with UPS on the hood was a dream come true. We had a shot and that’s all we could ask for." - Ross Chastain, finished 29th (Crashed out) "When we got into [Ross] Chastain there at the end of the second stage going for the win in that, it knocked the tow out so we were tight from there on out. Just an unfortunate deal. There was plenty of room there, but he just came off the wall and hit me. Like I said, knocked the tow out in the
right front. Pretty crappy from there and then on that restart I guess I just got real tight and I don’t even know who I squeezed into the wall, but I apologize to them. Probably my fault, just got real tight and couldn’t stay down the track." - Martin Truex Jr., finished 31st (Crashed out)
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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