Frontstretch Newsletter: May 6, 2024
Volume
XVIII, Edition LXVII |
- NASCAR teams are arriving back at their shops today after last night's action in Kansas. Preparations are already underway for this weekend's racing in Darlington. We'll have entry lists and anything else that breaks for you at Frontstretch. |
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| Kyle Larson Wins Kansas After Closest NASCAR Cup Series
Finish In History Kyle Larson was able to slip around the outside of Chris Buescher on the final lap and beat him to the line by .001 seconds to win the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway. Buescher was second, then Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr. and Denny
Hamlin. |
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| Chris Buescher P1 on the Pylon, P2 on the Photo at
Kansas Chris Buescher came up short by the absolute slimmest of margins Sunday night. Despite that, Buescher is happy with his team's progress. |
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| ‘It’s Getting Old,’: Martin Truex Jr. Tired of Late
Cautions Not Going His Way Martin Truex Jr. appeared to be position to snag a win Sunday night. Then, the yellow for Kyle Busch's spin shook everything up. He ultimately had to settle for fourth. |
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| Corey Heim Wins 2nd Truck Series Race of 2024 at
Kansas TRICON Garage's Corey Heim led 79 laps Saturday night en route to winning the Heart of America 200 for his second win of the year. Zane Smith was second, then Christian Eckes, Kaden Honeycutt and Brett Moffitt. |
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| Kaden Honeycutt Turns Heads in Career Day at
Kansas Corey Heim may have won Saturday night in Kansas, but Niece Motorsports' Kaden Honeycutt served as some of his closest competition. The part-time driver led a lap before finishing fourth. |
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| Lando Norris Takes Maiden F1 Victory in
Miami Lando Norris took advantage of a safety car period Sunday and Max Verstappen hitting a cone to take the lead. From there, he held on to win the Grand Prix of Miami for his first grand prix victory. Verstappen was second, then Charles Leclerc, Carlos
Sainz Jr. and Sergio Perez. |
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| Max Verstappen Wins Miami F1 Sprint, Kevin Magnussen
Penalized Again Max Verstappen struggled with handling, but still won Saturday's Sprint Race in Miami. Charles Leclerc was second, then Sergio Perez, Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz Jr. Kevin Magnussen was given three time penalties in the
race. |
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| Connor Mosack Surges Late to Win ARCA Race at
Kansas Connor Mosack was able to sweep around the outside of Tanner Gray on a late restart to take the lead. From there, he held on to win the ARCA Menards Series Tide 150. Gray was second, then Dean Thompson, Kris Wright and Jake
Finch. |
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| CW Motorsports Scaling Back ARCA
Effort CW Motorsports announced Friday that they will cut back to a part-time effort in the ARCA Menards Series. They will still run ARCA Menards Series East full-time. |
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| Trent Hindman, Spencer Pumpelly Win GT World Challenge
Sebring Race No. 1 Rennsport One's Trent Hindman took the lead from Jeff Burton after the mid-race pit stops and held on to win Saturday's Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS race in Sebring in the team's season debut. |
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| Rennsport One Claims Sebring GT World Challenge
Sweep Spencer Pumpelly took the lead away from Adam Adelson with 25 minutes to go Sunday and held on to win Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Race No. 2 at Sebring. Turner Motorsport's Robby Foley and Justin Rothberg won in
Pro-Am. |
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| John Capestro-Dubets, Eric Filguerias Inherit GT4 America
Victory after DQ Rennsport One's John Capestro-Dubets and Eric Filguerias were declared the winners of Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Race No. 1 at Sebring Saturday night after the winners on the road, TechSport Racing's Jonathan Neudorf and Michai Stephens, were found to
have an underweight car. |
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| Rennsport One Claims Sebring GT4 America
Sweep Rennsport One's John Capestro-Dubets and Eric Filguerias claimed the weekend sweep in Pirelli GT4 America SprintX action at Sebring International Raceway Sunday. |
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| George Kurtz Dominates Sebring GT America Race No.
1 George Kurtz, in his return to GT America action after being forced to withdraw due to a family emergency in Long Beach, blitzed the field Saturday to win GT America powered by AWS Race No. 1 in Sebring. |
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| George Kurtz Earns Sebring GT America
Sweep CrowdStrike Racing by Riley's George Kurtz led flag-to-flag from pole to win GT America powered by AWS Race No. 2 at Sebring Sunday morning. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Imago Sport, Mark Thompson of Getty Images, Brian Cleary, Fabian Lagunas and Fred Hardy of SRO Motorsports Group, and our own Phil Allaway. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com with a promising lead or tip. |
Around the World in Motorsports: May 3-5 |
- Inter Europol Competition's Tom Dillmann took the look the lead with 20 minutes to go Sunday after teammate Clement Novalak rolled to a stop on the pit
straight with a mechanical failure. He then held on to win the European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Le Castellet at Paul Ricard with teammates Sebastian Alvarez and Vladislav Lomko.
The margin of victory was 14.004 seconds over COOL Racing's Paul-Loup Chatin, Alex Garcia and Frederik Vesti. AO by TF's Louis Deletraz, Jonny Edgar and Robert Kubica were third, then IDEC Sport's Reshad de Gerus, Paul Lafargue and Job van
Uitert. United Autosports' Ben Hanley, Marino Sato and Filip Ugran were fifth.
In LMP2 Pro-Am, Richard Mille by TDS' Mathias Beche, Rodrigo Sales and Gregoire Saucy took the win in seventh overall. They won by 11.757 seconds over Proton Competition's Rene Binder, Giorgio Roda and Bent Viscaal. United Autosports' Andy Meyrick, Oliver Jarvis and Dennis Schneider were third, then Nielsen
Racing's Albert Costa, John Falb and Colin Noble. In LMP3, RLR MSport's Nick Adcock, Michael Jensen and Gael Julien took the class victory in 21st overall. The margin of victory was 3.716 seconds over DKR Engineering's Wyatt Brichacek, Belen Garcia and Alexander Mattschull. Ultimate's Jean-Bapiste and Matthieu Lahaye, along with Eric Trouillet were third, then Eurointernational's Adam
Ali and Matt Bell. COOL Racing's Miguel Cristovao, Manuel Espirito Santo and Cedric Oltramare were fifth. Finally, Spirit of Race's Duncan Cameron, Matt Griffin and David Perel won the LMGT3 class in their Ferrari 296 GT3. They won by 4.903 seconds over the Lamborghini of Iron Lynx's Andrea Caldarelli, Hiroshi Hamaguchi and Axcil Jefferies. Racing Spirit of Leman's Derek DeBoer, Valentin
Hasse-Clot and Caspar Stevenson were third in their Aston Martin, then the Porsche of the Iron Dames' Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting. GR Racing's Ferrari for Riccardo Pera, Davide Rigon and Michael Wainwright were fifth. |
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Seeking the NASCAR Cup Series Championship: Kyle Larson Expands Lead with Photo-Finish Victory
by Phil Allaway
Kyle Larson made the move on Chris Buescher on the final lap Sunday and just beat him to the line to win the AdventHealth 400. The victory allowed Larson to expand his lead up to 29 points over Martin Truex Jr., who finished fourth. Chase Elliott finished third and stays in third.
Denny Hamlin is still in fourth after a fifth-place finish. Tyler Reddick finished 20th Sunday, but stays in fifth despite losing 37 points to Larson. Ryan Blaney is up one place to sixth after finishing 12th. William Byron spent the entire race playing catchup after
problems Saturday. A 23rd-place finish dropped him to seventh. Ty Gibbs made a late stop under green for fuel, then got burned by the late caution. As a result, he finished 32nd, but stays in eighth. Alex Bowman scored a quiet top 10 finish to stay in ninth, while Ross Chastain was
strong early before fading to 19th. He is now 10th. Chris Buescher's second-place finish moved him up three spots to 11th. Kyle Busch spun out to bring out the final yellow, but still finished eighth. That dropped him to 12th. Christopher Bell finished sixth and moved up four places to
13th. Chase Briscoe is down two spots to 14th, while Brad Keselowski moved up to 15th after an 11th-place finish. He is now the last driver in the playoffs on points. Keselowski has a four-point lead over Bubba Wallace, who crashed early in the final stage and ended up finishing 17th. Joey Logano spun out in the final stage and got stuck, losing a couple of laps. A 34th-place finish dropped him four places to 17th. Daniel Suarez is still in 18th, while Noah Gragson is up two places to 19th after a ninth-place finish. Austin Cindric is 20th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kyle Larson 467, 2) Martin Truex Jr. -29, 3) Chase Elliott -55, 4) Denny Hamlin -56, 5) Tyler Reddick -93, 6) Ryan Blaney
-100, 7) William Byron -105, 8) Ty Gibbs -129, 9) Alex Bowman -131, 10) Ross Chastain -136, 11) Chris Buescher -151, 12) Kyle Busch -153, 13) Christopher Bell -171, 14) Chase Briscoe -177, 15) Brad Keselowski
-180, 16) Bubba Wallace -184. Outside of the top 16, but still in the playoffs: 18) Daniel Suarez -217. Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the playoffs, or ineligible for points. Playoff Points: 1) Denny Hamlin 18, 2) Kyle Larson -2, 3) William Byron -3, 4) Christopher Bell
-11, t-5) Chase Elliott -12, t-5) Tyler Reddick -12, 7) Daniel Suarez -13, t-8) Ty Gibbs -16, t-8) Austin Cindric -16, t-8) Martin Truex Jr. -16, t-11) Ryan Blaney -17, t-11) Ross Chastain -17, t-11) Joey
Logano -17, t-11) Michael McDowell -17. Stage Points: 1) Kyle Larson 145, 2) Denny Hamlin -30, 3) Martin Truex Jr. -44, 4) Ryan Blaney
-58, 5) Tyler Reddick -60, 6) Chase Elliott -65, 7) Christopher Bell -80, 8) William Byron -83, 9) Austin Cindric -89, t-10) Ty Gibbs -92, t-10) Bubba Wallace -92, 12) Ross Chastain
-93, 13) Kyle Busch -94, 14) Joey Logano -96, 15) Alex Bowman -97, 16) Brad Keselowski -106. Outside of the top-16, but Still in the Playoffs: 17) Chris Buescher
-110, 18) Daniel Suarez -115, 19) Chase Briscoe -116. Note: The Stage Points also include the Bluegreen Vacations Duels at Daytona.
Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Martin Truex Jr. 394, 2) Chase Elliott -9, 3) Kyle Larson -15, 4) Denny Hamlin -38, 5) William Byron -42, 6) Tyler Reddick
-50, 7) Ty Gibbs -56, 8) Alex Bowman -57, 9) Ryan Blaney -60, t-10) Chris Buescher -61, t-10) Ross Chastain -61, 12) Kyle Busch -76, 13) Chase Briscoe -84, 14) Brad Keselowski -93, 15) Bubba Wallace
-110, 16) Christopher Bell -111. Outside of the top 16, but still in the playoffs: 18) Daniel Suarez -123.
Note: These standings are based on the old point system that was used before stages were created. WC Points (1-16): 1) Martin Truex Jr. 1731, 2) Kyle Larson -36, 3) Chase Elliott
-39, 4) Denny Hamlin -123, 5) William Byron -143, 6) Tyler Reddick -162, 7) Alex Bowman -188, 8) Ty Gibbs -194, 9) Ryan Blaney -195, 10) Chris Buescher -205, 11) Ross Chastain -218, 12) Kyle Busch
-256, 13) Brad Keselowski -289, 14) Chase Briscoe -300, 15) Christopher Bell -347, 16) Bubba Wallace -360. Outside of the top-16, but still in the playoffs: 18) Daniel Suarez
-417. Note: The WC points are based on the original points system created by Bob Latford in 1975. Race Winners: William
Byron (Daytona, COTA, Martinsville), Daniel Suarez (Atlanta), Kyle Larson (Las Vegas, Kansas), Christopher Bell (Phoenix), Denny Hamlin (Bristol, Richmond, Dover), Chase Elliott (Texas)
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: Off-Week Update No. 2
by Phil Allaway
The NASCAR Xfinity Series was off last weekend. They will return to action Saturday in the Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200 at Darlington Raceway. When the series gets to Darlington, Chandler Smith will have a one-point lead over Cole
Custer in the standings. Austin Hill is third, then Jesse Love and Justin Allgaier. Anthony Alfredo and Sammy Smith are tied for 10th and have the last two spots in the playoffs on points at the moment. They are 15 points ahead of Brandon Jones. Ryan Sieg
is 13th, then Texas winner Sam Mayer, Shane van Gisbergen and Brennan Poole. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Chandler Smith 394, 2) Cole Custer -1, 3) Austin Hill -17, 4) Jesse Love
-57, 5) Justin Allgaier -81, 6) Riley Herbst -91, 7) AJ Allmendinger -99, 8) Sheldon Creed -117, 9) Parker Kligerman -133, t-10) Anthony Alfredo -147, t-10) Sammy Smith -147, 12) Brandon Jones -162, 13) Ryan Sieg
-169, 14) Sam Mayer -178, 15) Shane van Gisbergen -181, 16) Brennan Poole -198. Playoff Points: 1) Chandler Smith 13, 2) Austin Hill -1, 3) Jesse Love
-4, 4) Aric Almirola -5, t-5) Sam Mayer -8, t-5) Ryan Truex -8, 7) Justin Allgaier -9, 8) Cole Custer -11, t-9) Riley Herbst -12, t-9) Parker Kligerman -12. Note: If they were eligible for Xfinity
Series points, Kyle Larson and John Hunter Nemechek would be tied for fifth in playoff points. Stage Points: 1) Justin Allgaier 103, 2) Cole Custer -2, 3) Riley Herbst -3, 4) Austin Hill -15, 5) Chandler Smith
-23, 6) Jesse Love -35, 7) AJ Allmendinger -42, 8) Aric Almirola -49, 9) Sam Mayer -57, 10) Brandon Jones -58, t-11) Sheldon Creed -59, t-11) Parker Kligerman -59, 13) Sammy Smith -62, 14) Ryan
Sieg -67, 15) Ryan Truex -70, t-16) Parker Retzlaff -85. Note: If he were eligible for Xfinity Series points, John Hunter Nemechek would be 16th in stage points. Old Point Standings
(1-16): 1) Chandler Smith 354, 2) Cole Custer -14, 3) Austin Hill -19, 4) Jesse Love -39, 5) AJ Allmendinger -76, t-6) Sheldon Creed
-78, t-6) Anthony Alfredo -78, 8) Parker Kligerman -92, 9) Justin Allgaier -98, 10) Sammy Smith -105, 11) Riley Herbst -108, 12) Shane van Gisbergen
-110, 13) Ryan Sieg -123, 14) Brandon Jones -124, 15) Brennan Poole -127, t-16) Sam Mayer -138. WC Points (1-16): t-1) Chandler
Smith 1539, 2) Cole Custer -55, 3) Austin Hill -67, 4) Jesse Love -145, 5) Sheldon Creed -253, 6) AJ Allmendinger -276, 7) Anthony Alfredo -290, 8) Parker Kligerman -329, 9) Justin Allgaier -333, 10) Riley Herbst
-370, 11) Sammy Smith -371, 12) Shane van Gisbergen -385, 13) Ryan Sieg -423, 14) Brandon Jones -433, 15) Brennan Poole -451, 16) Sam Mayer -453. Race
Winners: Austin Hill (Daytona, Atlanta), John Hunter Nemechek (Las Vegas), Chandler Smith (Phoenix, Richmond), Kyle Larson (COTA), Aric Almirola (Martinsville), Sam Mayer (Texas), Jesse Love (Talladega) 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 Championship: Corey Heim Takes Points Lead with Kansas Victory
by Phil Allaway
Corey Heim led a race-high 79 laps Saturday night to win the Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway. The win has given Heim the points lead. He has a seven-point lead over Christian Eckes, who finished third. Nick Sanchez is up one place to third after a sixth-place finish. Ty Majeski crashed on the second lap of
the race and was eliminated via the Damaged Vehicle Policy. The 33rd-place finish dropped hm one place to fourth and a bunch of points. Tyler Ankrum is up one place to fifth despite a 20th-place finish. Rajah Caruth finished 13th and moved up one place to sixth. Taylor Gray finished three laps down in 27th and dropped two places to
seventh. Matt Crafton remains in eighth after finishing 10th. Tanner Gray is still in ninth after a seventh-place finish while gaining a small number of points. Grant Enfinger is still in 10th, the last driver in the playoffs on points. Enfinger is just one point ahead of Daniel Dye. who finished ninth. Ben
Rhodes is 12th after a 16th-place finish.
Bayley Currey is up one place to 13th after an 11th-place finish. Jake Garcia has sole possession of 14th, followed by Stewart Friesen and Bret Holmes.
Point Standings (1-16): 1) Corey Heim 344, 2) Christian Eckes -7, 3) Nick Sanchez -49, 4) Ty Majeski -65, 5) Tyler Ankrum -80, 6) Rajah Caruth -84, 7) Taylor Gray
-85, 8) Matt Crafton -122, 9) Tanner Gray -143, 10) Grant Enfinger -152, 11) Daniel Dye -153, 12) Ben Rhodes -156, 13) Bayley Currey -175, 14) Jake Garcia -181, 15) Stewart Friesen -182, 16) Bret Holmes
-190. Note: If the were eligible for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points, Kyle Busch would be ninth and Zane Smith 14th in points. Playoff Points: 1) Christian Eckes 13, 2) Corey Heim
-1, 3) Nick Sanchez -7, 4) Rajah Caruth -8, 5) Ty Majeski -11, t-6) Tyler Ankrum -12, t-6) Johnny Sauter -12. Note: If he were eligible for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points, Kyle Busch would be leading the
playoff points with 15. Stage Points: 1) Christian Eckes 98, 2) Ty Majeski -5, 3) Tyler Ankrum -21, 4) Corey Heim -30, 5) Nick Sanchez -32, 6) Ben Rhodes
-58, 7) Taylor Gray -59, 8) Grant Enfinger -67, 9) Rajah Caruth -71, 10) Chase Purdy -72, 11) Kaden Honeycutt -75, 12) Stewart Friesen -78, t-13) Daniel Dye -80, t-13) Layne Riggs -80, 15) Matt Crafton
-81, 16) Tanner Gray -83. Note: If they were eligible for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points, Kyle Busch would be sixth and Zane Smith seventh in stage points. Old Point
Standings (1-16): 1) Corey Heim 247, 2) Christian Eckes -32, 3) Nick Sanchez -44, 4) Rajah Caruth -45, 5) Taylor Gray -58, 6) Matt Crafton -74, 7) Ty Majeski -84, 8) Tyler Ankrum -87, 9) Tanner Gray
-91, 10) Daniel Dye -105, 11) Grant Enfinger -116, 12) Bayley Currey -123, 13) Jake Garcia -127, 14) Bret Holmes -129, 15) Ben Rhodes -130, 16) Dean Thompson -134. Note: If he were eligible for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points, Kyle Busch would be tied for 12th and Zane Smith tied for 16th in Old Points. WC Points (1-16): 1) Corey Heim 1329, 2) Christian Eckes -111, 3) Nick Sanchez
-156, 4) Rajah Caruth -180, 5) Taylor Gray -204, 6) Matt Crafton -280, 7) Ty Majeski -286, 8) Tyler Ankrum -306, 9) Tanner Gray -337, 10) Daniel Dye -380, 11) Grant Enfinger -416, 12) Bayley Currey
-445, 13) Bret Holmes -452, 14) Ben Rhodes -460, 15) Jake Garcia -463, 16) Dean Thompson -473. Race Winners: Nick Sanchez (Daytona), Kyle Busch (Atlanta, Texas), Rajah Caruth (Las Vegas), Christian
Eckes (Bristol, Martinsville), Corey Heim (COTA, Kansas)
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of our own Phil Allaway.
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Letter of the Race: Sunday's AdventHealth 400 was brought to you by the letter W for Weather. The start of the race was delayed by three hours due to rain. As a result, fans likely saw a different race than what they
would have gotten had it started on time. - Phil Allaway |
Quotes to Remember: AdventHealth 400 compiled by Phil Allaway
"It started off [turn 2], and I got a really good run and was able to get into his draft. He was trying to break it and you could tell he was probably going to try and take my line away. I just drove in as hard as I felt like I could. My car cut really well and I was able to get to his right side, and I don’t know if the camera caught it, but I was
sideways and then got it kind of back under control. Then I had the run back to his right side off of four and was just too afraid to get too far out in front because a lot of times when you get someone inside close you get tight and into the wall. So I got off of four good and I thought, ‘man, I have got to kill his run quick’, so I just hung a left; doored him and just tried to stall his momentum. He had it slowly coming back to me at the line, so just thankful that it was enough and those
guys behind us didn’t get a huge run and get to our outside. "Just incredible and I need to see the replay. I don’t know what it all looked like, but it was pretty damn cool from my seat." - Kyle Larson, race winner "We got a great push. Chase got us a good restart and we got into the corner. We were able to run the bottom pretty well and we had some good momentum down the back but Kyle [Larson] certainly had a run. I was trying to cover what I could but we just left too much space around the top side. Unfortunately, that ended up getting us, and it hurts. It was a good race. We were banging doors all the way to the checkers. I knew it was
going to be close but certainly it hurts to be that close and miss out. The photo I have seen, I can’t make out anything from the photo finish at this point. Maybe we will see something a little bit clearer and get a better understanding." - Chris Buescher, finished second "Just trying to find somewhere to go, you know? Restarting
from 10th with four tires is tough to do in two laps. Just needed to clear [Chase Elliott] a little quicker and needed to get into [turn 3] single file, and then I probably had a chance, but we were two-wide and that made me tight off turn four. Couldn’t quite get the run I needed to get to the win. I don’t know, just frustrating. We were looking really good until that last caution, as always. I don’t know what we need to do to close one out, but the guys did a good job with our Auto-Owners
Camry. We were in position to steal one there. Definitely had the best car, but fought hard all night, made good decisions and made the car better and better. That was great, but always stinks when you see the lead and can’t get it." - Martin Truex Jr., finished fourth
"Well, a difficult spot,
right? I needed to get the push from [Kyle Larson], but I knew he wasn’t going to stay in line, that he was going to go for the win. Unfortunately, it left me in a spot where I was vulnerable there in the middle. I’ll tell you, with 70 [laps] to go, it wasn’t looking really good. We had some pit road miscues that set us back, but Chris [Gabehart] and the guys did a great job coming up with a strategy there to pit and then jump the field back. We were right on task there with about four to go.
Felt good about getting another one, it’s just one of those things." - Denny Hamlin, finished fifth
"We were really good all day, minus the second run of the day – we kind of fell off pretty hard there. We had a really fast No. 48 Ally Camaro, we just needed some track position. The start of the last long run, we broke the nose on the restart; it’s all separated. We got
really slow down the straightaway and really tight after that, so a seventh-place finish is probably like a win." - Alex Bowman, finished seventh
"I thought we had a really good Mustang all weekend. We qualified third and was fourth in practice and then come home ninth tonight. Overall a really
good weekend. We were trying some strategy stuff there at the end swinging two-tires at it with about 60 to go at that caution. It kinda hurt us on that short run but we were able to run them back down on the long run, which, I would have thought it would have been the opposite. I am super thankful for everybody at Bass Pro Shops and Winchester and Ford. Everybody has been working really hard and this is our third top-10 finish in a row. We were third at Talladega, sixth and Dover and now ninth
here. 3-6-9, damn I guess we are doing fine. Still want a little bit more, but these have been good days compared to what our goals were at the start of the year." - Noah Gragson, finished ninth
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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