Frontstretch Newsletter: May 25, 2026
Volume XX,
Edition LXXXIV |
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- Tonight is the Indianapolis 500 Banquet. The ceremony will air on FOX Sports 1 starting at 8 p.m. ET. Tens of millions of dollars in prize money will be handed out, along with awards. - World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series teams will be at South Dakota's Huset's Speedway for
Night No. 2 of the Stars and Stripes Salute. Coverage from Huset's will begin at 7:15 p.m. ET on DirtVision.
- NASCAR teams are back at their shops to prepare for Nashville. Entry lists should be released later today. We'll have those and more at Frontstretch. |
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| Daniel Suarez Wins Coca-Cola 600 After Rain Ends Race With
27 To Go A two-tire stop put Daniel Suarez in the lead late. He was able to hold on to win a rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600. Christopher Bell was second, then Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick and Kyle Larson. |
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| Kyle Busch’s Cause of Death Revealed In Statement From
Family Kyle Busch's family put out a press release Saturday that officially revealed Busch's cause of death. |
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| The NASCAR World Reacts To Emotional Pre-Race Ceremony
Honoring Kyle Busch Prior to the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR celebrated the memory of Kyle Busch with a special flowing laying ceremony in the quad-oval and a speech from NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell. |
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| Steve O’Donnell Addresses NASCAR Community After Loss of
Kyle Busch On Friday, NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell addressed the media and the community at large at Charlotte Motor Speedway about what Kyle Busch meant to the sport. |
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| RCR Switching No. 8 to No.
33 In the wake of Kyle Busch's death, Richard Childress Racing announced Friday that they will be deactivating the No. 8. Busch's former car will now sport the No. 33. |
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| Celebrities Travis Pastrana & Frankie Muniz Remember
Kyle Busch in Charlotte Truck Race A number of drivers gave their personal memories of Kyle Busch over the weekend. In that group were Travis Pastrana and Frankie Muniz. |
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| Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell Cost Each Other the Coke
600 Sunday was an excellent night for Joe Gibbs Racing. However, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell racing each other hard allowed Daniel Suarez to stay ahead when the final yellow flew. |
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| Here’s What Happened in the JGR vs. Chris Gabehart/Spire
Trial This Week (May 15-22) In the Joe Gibbs Racing vs. Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit, JGR is working towards expanding their complaints against Gabehart and Spire Motorsports. |
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| Felix Rosenqvist Scores 1st Indy 500
Win In a one-lap shootout, Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian's Felix Rosenqvist used his hybrid to sweep past David Malukas at the line to win the Indianapolis 500. Scott McLaughlin was third, then Patricio O'Ward and Marcus
Armstrong. |
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| Katherine Legge’s Double Attempt Ends in Early Crash at
Indy Katherine Legge's attempt to complete all 1100 miles Sunday ended on lap 18 when she spun and hit the inside wall exiting turn 2 while trying to avoid Ryan Hunter-Reay. |
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| Rinus VeeKay Scores Best Indy 500 Finish of 6th
Place Juncos Hollinger Racing's Rinus VeeKay was able to drive himself up to a strong sixth-place finish in the closing laps, his best Indianapolis finish. |
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| Takuma Sato Grinds to a Top 10 in 110th Indy 500,
Considers Return for 2027 Takuma Sato doesn't get to race much in IndyCar these days, but he was able to charge late to finish 10th Sunday. |
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| One Foggy Night: Ross Chastain Wins Rain-Shortened
O’Reilly Race at Charlotte Ross Chastain took the lead right before an oil slick put a number of contenders in the wall Saturday night. Due to rain and lateness, the race never resumed, allowing him to win the Charbroil 300. Jesse Love was second, then Austin Hill, William
Sawalich and Corey Day. |
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| It Was a ‘Great Night’ for DGM Racing Amid Odd O’Reilly
Charlotte Race Amidst the weirdness that was the Charbroil 300, things went very well for DGM Racing. Carson Kvapil finished ninth, while Leland Honeyman was 15th. |
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| Layne Riggs Wins Shortened Truck Race at
Charlotte Front Row Motorsports' Layne Riggs won Sunday's North Carolina Education Lottery 200, shortened to 110 laps due to time. Kaden Honeycutt was second, then Connor Zilisch, Ben Rhodes and Gio Ruggiero. |
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| Kimi Antonelli Enjoys Late-Race Cruise to Canadian Grand
Prix Victory Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli was able to drive away once teammate George Russell broke Sunday to win the Grand Prix of Canada. Lewis Hamilton was second, then Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Isack Hadjar. |
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| George Russell Wins Sprint After Teammate Tangle with Kimi
Antonelli Mercedes' George Russell emerged victorious in Saturday's Sprint race in Montreal. Lando Norris was second, then Kimi Antonelli, Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc. |
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| Trevor Huddleston Wins ARCA West Race at Colorado National
Speedway Trevor Huddleston took the lead on lap 21 Saturday night and held on to win the ARCA Menards Series West Legendary Billy Green 150 at Colorado National Speedway. Robbie Kennealy was second, then Cade Fox, Mason Massey and Kyle
Keller. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Josh Hernandez, Walt Kuhn, Chris Owens and Aaron Skillman of Penske Entertainment, Guido de Bortoli and Alastair Staley of LAT Images and NASCAR Media via Adam Glanzman of ARCA Racing. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at [email protected] with a promising lead or tip. |
Around the World in Motorsports: May 22-24 |
- World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series teams raced Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway for Night No. 1 of the Stars and Stripes Salute. With High Limit not in action, you had a big turnout. Here, Aaron Reutzel drove by Donny Schatz on the opening lap of the race. From there, he ran off and hid to
take his first World of Outlaws win of the year. With his recent form in High Limit, it is his sixth win in the last eight races. Reutzel won by 1.577 seconds over Schatz. Rico Abreu was third, then David Gravel and JJ Hickle. Gravel continues to lead by 104 points over Carson
Macedo. Buddy Kofoid is third, then Schatz and Sheldon Haudenschild. - The Super DIRTcar Series continues to have rain problems. Sunday night's Heroes Remembered 100 at Weedsport Speedway has been cancelled due to rain and will not be made up. They were supposed to race tonight at Thunder Mountain Speedway in Center Lisle, N.Y. However, The Natural 77, a memorial race in honor of Dale Planck, has been postponed due to recent rains and unfavorable grounds. They are trying to find a replacement date. |
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Seeking the NASCAR Cup Series Chase: Tyler Reddick Continues To Lead
by Phil Allaway
Tyler Reddick led the most laps Sunday night and finished fourth. However, he lost a little of his advantage. He now has a 122-point lead over Denny Hamlin, who won stage two and finished second. Ryan Blaney is up one place to third after a seventh-place finish.
Ty Gibbs is up two places to fourth after finishing sixth. Chase Elliott crashed out early Sunday night and dropped two places to fifth. Kyle Larson finished fifth and moved up two places to sixth. Chris Buescher crashed late and struggled to 30th. That dropped him two spots to seventh. Christopher Bell won stage
three and finished second, moving up three places to eighth. Carson Hocevar dropped two spots to ninth after tire issues dropped him to 23rd. Daniel Suarez's victory moved him up four positions to 10th. Brad Keselowski fell back two spots to 11th after finishing 15th. William Byron finished ninth and remains in
12th. Bubba Wallace got in the wall during stage one on a restart and never recovered. A 22nd-place finish dropped him down to 13th. Shane van Gisbergen had one of his best oval runs Sunday night. An 11th-place finish moved him up two positions to 14th. Chase Briscoe crashed out late, but 24 stage points moved him back up to
15th. Ryan Preece crashed out with Briscoe and dropped down to 16th, the last driver in the Chase. Preece has a 15-point lead over Austin Cindric, who crashed out early with Connor Zilisch. Joey Logano is 18th, then AJ Allmendinger and Michael McDowell. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 620, 2) Denny Hamlin -122, 3) Ryan Blaney -174, 4) Ty Gibbs -195, 5) Chase Elliott -197, 6) Kyle Larson -234, 7) Chris Buescher
-235, 8) Christopher Bell -259, 9) Carson Hocevar -264, 10) Daniel Suarez -270, 11) Brad Keselowski -277, 12) William Byron -283, 13) Bubba Wallace -292, 14) Shane van Gisbergen -304, 15) Chase Briscoe -316, 16) Ryan Preece
-317. Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the Chase as they run, or ineligible for points. Stage Points: 1) Denny Hamlin 117, 2) Tyler Reddick
-1, 3) Kyle Larson -4, 4) Ryan Blaney -11, 5) Ty Gibbs -22, 6) Christopher Bell -25, 7) Bubba Wallace -45, 8) Chris Buescher -47, 9) Chase Briscoe -53, 10) Joey Logano -54, 11) Chase Elliott -56, 12) Austin Cindric
-57, 13) William Byron -60, t-14) Brad Keselowski -64, t-14) Carson Hocevar -64, 16) Ryan Preece -71. Outside of the top-16, but Still in the Chase: 17) Shane van Gisbergen -73, 19) Daniel Suarez
-86.
Note: The Stage Points also include the America 250 Florida Duels at Daytona.
2014 Point Standings (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 545, 2) Denny Hamlin -62, 3) Ryan Blaney
-114, 4) Ty Gibbs -135, 5) Chase Elliott -152, 6) Kyle Larson -159, 7) Chris Buescher -160, 8) Christopher Bell -184, 9) Brad Keselowski -202, 10) Carson Hocevar -204, 11) William Byron -208, 12) Daniel Suarez -210, 13) Bubba
Wallace -217, 14) Chase Briscoe -241, 15) Ryan Preece -242, 16) Shane van Gisbergen -244. Note: These point standings are from the previous point system used from 2014-2025. Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 486, 2) Denny Hamlin -61, 3) Chase Elliott -99, 4) Ryan Blaney -104, 5) Ty Gibbs -114, 6) Chris Buescher -115, 7) Daniel Suarez -129, 8) Brad Keselowski -139, 9) Carson Hocevar
-140, 10) William Byron -150, 11) Kyle Larson -157, 12) Christopher Bell -159, 13) Ryan Preece -168, 14) Shane van Gisbergen --174, 15) Bubba Wallace -175, 16) Chase Briscoe -190. Note: These standings are based on the old point system that was used before stages were created. WC Points (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 2065, 2) Denny Hamlin -181, 3) Chase Elliott -320, 4) Ryan Blaney
-339, 5) Ty Gibbs -350, 6) Chris Buescher -377, 7) Daniel Suarez -448, 8) Carson Hocevar -462, 9) Brad Keselowski -468, 10) Kyle Larson -489, 11) William Byron -495, 12) Christopher Bell -496, 13) Shane van
Gisbergen -570, 14) Bubba Wallace -584, t-15) Chase Briscoe -600, t-16) Ryan Preece -600. Note: The WC points are based on the original points system created by Bob Latford in 1975. Race Winners: Tyler Reddick (Daytona, Atlanta, Austin, Darlington, Kansas), Ryan Blaney (Phoenix), Denny Hamlin (Las Vegas), Chase Elliott (Martinsville, Texas), Ty Gibbs (Bristol), Carson Hocevar (Talladega), Shane van Gisbergen (Watkins Glen), Daniel Suarez (Charlotte)
Note: Race wins in Italics do not count towards playoff eligibility.
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Seeking the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase: Justin Allgaier Loses Points After Oil Slick
by Phil Allaway
The points were heavily affected Saturday night by Dawson Cram losing an oil pump and dumping a bunch of fluid on turns 1 and 2. Justin Allgaier was one of a number of drivers to hit the wall. He had to make repairs, then the race never restarted. Ultimately, Allgaier finished 29th after running in the top 10 all night. That resulted in his lead dropping from 175 to 145 points over Jesse Love, who moved up one place to second after finishing second. Corey Day is up one place to third after a fifth-place finish. Sheldon Creed crashed out as a result of the oil slick and dropped to fourth. Brandon Jones is still fifth despite crashing on lap 52 and finishing 35th. Austin Hill is up one place to sixth after finishing third. Hill jumped over Sammy Smith, who finished 11th. Carson Kvapil remains in eighth. Parker Retzlaff is back up to ninth after
finishing 12th. William Sawalich is also up two places to 10th after a fourth-place finish. Sam Mayer dropped back to 11th after crashing out early in turn 1. Taylor Gray was eliminated in the crash with Jones and dropped back to 12th, the last driver in the Chase. Gray has a two-point lead over Rajah Caruth, who
gained a position after finishing 10th. Ryan Sieg is 14th, while Brent Crews dropped back to 15th after crashing out. Brennan Poole is 16th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier 696, 2) Jesse Love -145, 3) Corey Day
-167, 4) Sheldon Creed -186, 5) Brandon Jones -216, 6) Austin Hill -230, 7) Sammy Smith -243, 8) Carson Kvapil -246, 9) Parker Retzlaff -308, 10) William Sawalich -312, 11) Sam Mayer -320, 12) Taylor Gray
-325, 13) Rajah Caruth -327, 14) Ryan Sieg -340, 15) Brent Crews -354, 16) Brennan Poole -403. Stage Points: 1) Justin Allgaier 207, 2) Jesse Love -77, 3) Brandon Jones
-87, 4) Carson Kvapil -98, 5) Sheldon Creed -116, 6) Sam Mayer -117, 7) Corey Day -122, 8) Rajah Caruth -131, 9) Austin Hill -132, t-10) Taylor Gray -136, t-10) Brent Crews -136, 12) William Sawalich -146, 13) Sammy Smith
-154, 14) Parker Retzlaff -161, 15) Ryan Sieg -176, 16) Anthony Alfredo -186. Note: If he were eligible for NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series points, Kyle Larson would be 12th, Connor Zilisch 14th and Ross Chastain 16th in stage points. 2014 Point Standings (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier 651, 2) Jesse Love -100, 3) Corey Day -152, 4) Sheldon Creed -156, 5) Brandon Jones -171, 6) Sammy Smith -198, 7) Austin
Hill -200, 8) Carson Kvapil -201, 9) Parker Retzlaff -263, 10) Sam Mayer -275, t-11) William Sawalich -282, t-11) Rajah Caruth -282, t-13) Taylor Gray -295, t-13) Ryan Sieg -295, 15) Brent Crews -309, 16) Brennan
Poole -358. Old School Point Standings (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier 513, 2) Jesse Love -21, 3) Corey Day -35, 4) Sheldon Creed
-46, 5) Sammy Smith -50, 6) Austin Hill -70, 7) Brandon Jones -86, 8) Carson Kvapil -109, 9) Parker Retzlaff -113, 10) Ryan Sieg -126, 11) William
Sawalich -144, 12) Rajah Caruth -153, 13) Brennan Poole -159, 14) Sam Mayer -160, 15) Taylor Gray -163, 16) Brent Crews -195. WC Points (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier 2270, 2) Jesse Love -93, 3) Corey Day -160, 4) Sheldon Creed -181, 5) Sammy Smith -221, 6) Austin Hill -278, 7) Brandon Jones -327, 8) Carson Kvapil -408, 9) Parker Retzlaff
-436, 10) Ryan Sieg -480, 11) William Sawalich -519, 12) Sam Mayer -555, 13) Rajah Caruth -557, 14) Taylor Gray -582, 15) Brennan Poole -605, 16) Dean Thompson -746. Race Winners: Austin Hill (Daytona), Sheldon Creed (Atlanta), Shane van Gisbergen (Austin), Justin Allgaier (Phoenix, Darlington, Martinsville), Kyle Larson (Las Vegas, Texas), William Sawalich (Rockingham), Connor Zilisch (Bristol, Watkins Glen), Taylor Gray (Kansas), Corey Day (Talladega, Dover), Ross Chastain (Charlotte) Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Seeking the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Chase: Things Get Tight After Layne Riggs' Victory
by Phil Allaway
Kaden Honeycutt finished a strong second Sunday morning. However, Layne Riggs' victory and 18 stage points cut significantly into the points lead. Honeycutt's lead is down from 38 points to 11 over Riggs. Christian Eckes is up three places to
third after winning stage one and finishing sixth. Gio Ruggiero stays in fourth. Chandler Smith is down to finish after crashing on the backstretch while fighting for third late in the race. Ben Rhodes is up one place to sixth after finishing fourth. Ty Majeski had accelerator issues and finished 33rd, dropping two places to
seventh. Jake Garcia is still in eighth after a 13th-place finish. Daniel Hemric is up from a tie for 12th to ninth after finishing 11th. Tyler Ankrum is still in 10th, last driver in the Chase. Ankrum has a one-point advantage over
Stewart Friesen, who spun out late and did not get bailed out by a caution. Justin Haley is up to 12th, while the idle Corey Heim is now 13th. Brenden Queen crashed out and dropped to 14th. Tanner Gray finished eighth and has sole possession of 15th, while Grant Enfinger moved back up to 16th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kaden Honeycutt 393, 2) Layne Riggs -11, 3) Christian Eckes -71, 4) Gio Ruggiero -75, 5) Chandler Smith -78, 6) Ben Rhodes -111, 7) Ty Majeski -112, 8) Jake Garcia -152, 9) Daniel Hemric
-164, 10) Tyler Ankrum -169, 11) Stewart Friesen -170, 12) Justin Haley -178, 13) Corey Heim -189, 14) Brenden Queen -192, 15) Tanner Gray -198, 16) Grant Enfinger -201. Stage Points: 1) Layne Riggs 100, 2) Kaden Honeycutt -15, 3) Ty Majeski -25, 4) Christian Eckes -38, 5) Gio Ruggiero -40, 6) Ben Rhodes -44, 7) Corey Heim -46, 8) Chandler Smith -51, t-9) Tyler Ankrum
-72, t-9) Tanner Gray -72, t-9) Stewart Friesen -72, 12) Jake Garcia -73, t-13) Daniel Hemric -77, t-13) Grant Enfinger -77, 15) Andres Perez -80, 16) Landen Lewis -83. Note: If they were eligible, Carson Hocevar would be third, while Kyle Busch and Ross Chastain would be tied for 10th in stage points. 2014 Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kaden Honeycutt 378, 2) Layne Riggs -26, 3) Christian Eckes
-56, 4) Gio Ruggiero -60, 5) Chandler Smith -78, 6) Ben Rhodes -96, 7) Ty Majeski -97, 8) Jake Garcia -137, 9) Daniel Hemric -149, 10) Tyler Ankrum -154, 11) Stewart Friesen -155, 12) Justin Haley
-163, 13) Brenden Queen -177, 14) Tanner Gray -183, 15) Grant Enfinger -186, 16) Andres Perez -194. Old School Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kaden Honeycutt 260, 2) Christian Eckes
-33, 3) Gio Ruggiero -39, 4) Chandler Smith -44, 5) Layne Riggs -45, 6) Ben Rhodes -65, 7) Jake Garcia -86, 8) Justin Haley -90, 9) Ty Majeski -91, 10) Daniel Hemric -92, 11) Brenden Queen -101, 12) Tyler
Ankrum -103, 13) Stewart Friesen -104, 14) Tanner Gray -131, 15) Grant Enfinger -135, 16) Andres Perez -136. WC Points (1-16): 1) Kaden Honeycutt 1507, 2) Christian Eckes
-147, 3) Gio Ruggiero -153, 4) Layne Riggs -171, 5) Chandler Smith -186, 6) Ben Rhodes -248, 7) Ty Majeski -319, 8) Jake Garcia -330, t-9) Daniel Hemric -349, t-9) Justin Haley -349, 11) Brenden Queen
-383, t-12) Tyler Ankrum -387, t-12) Stewart Friesen -387, 14) Tanner Gray -471, 15) Grant Enfinger -480, 16) Andres Perez -491. Race Winners: Chandler Smith (Daytona), Kyle Busch (Atlanta,
Dover), Layne Riggs (St. Petersburg, Charlotte), Corey Heim (Darlington, Rockingham), Christopher Bell (Bristol), Carson Hocevar (Texas), Kaden Honeycutt (Watkins Glen) Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Letter of the Race: Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 was brought to you by the letter M for Mourning. Honestly, this was a pretty miserable for everyone involved. Rain all three days, fog, an oil slick and no one
really wanted to be there. - Phil Allaway |
Quotes to Remember: Coca-Cola 600 compiled by Phil Allaway
"It really means a lot. I've been saying for years this is my favorite race of the year. I get to have my family here every year. It's been a very tough week. Kyle [Busch], he was special, man. This one is for Kyle, Samantha, Brexton, Lennix, all [of] his family. This win is for him. If it wasn't for Kyle, I wasn't going to be an Xfinity champion. I
wasn't going to have my shot in the Cup Series. To win this race for him is unbelievable." - Daniel Suarez, race winner
"I knew after the first restart that he couldn’t get clear. I knew that we would have to stay beside him and I couldn’t. He cleared me and once he cleared me, I knew it was going to be a really tough pass with it being a short run. He was going
to block like hell, and he did a good job blocking and won the race." - Christopher Bell, finished second
"Every time [the caution] got called, we were on the bottom about to make a move on [Daniel Suarez). Me and [Christopher Bell] were fighting really hard. We knew whoever could get clear could make a move on [Suarez]. I don’t know. It could rain till 2 a.m. ET. We
have no idea. Just unfortunate for us. We had a really fast National Debt Relief Camry all day. We got really good restarts when I really needed them there at the end. Just didn’t pan out. I couldn’t quite clear [Bell]." - Denny Hamlin, finished third
"It is a 600-mile race. It’s tough, it is grueling, and you want to finish it out in
the end. Twice I’ve been in this spot where I felt like we had a car that I think could have won the race, a couple of years ago, it was just past halfway, and it started on pit road. This year, it was much more of a clean race, but man, I just didn’t have a couple of good restarts at the end. Just gutted. I want to win this race so bad for this Mobil 1, O’Reilly Auto Parts Toyota team. One of the biggest races we have on our schedule. I really want to win it. Yes, it is a good points day, but
there are a couple of the schedule that it is not about the points – winning Crown Jewels. Just gutted we didn’t see the race end. On the other hand, thoughts and prayers are with the Busch family and what they are going through. I hope this weekend and the racing and the support they saw from everyone in the racing community helps them move forward. One hand there is that, but on the more important hand, I hope this weekend helps them and their path forward." - Tyler Reddick, finished
fourth "The No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet team did a great job tonight. I thought we made the most out of it. We got a stage win there early. Other than that, I thought we had the fifth- or sixth-best car behind the Gibbs cars. I thought the No. 45 (Tyler Reddick) and I were pretty equal, but better at different points of the run. My
pit crew did a really good job all night. They were extremely solid. I thought everything was going as good as it could. The restarts could have played out a little differently there at the end. I don’t really know what I could have done differently. Overall, just happy for this entire No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet team. It’s cool to get Chevrolet a win today. We’ll keep trying to build on this.
"Daniel [Suarez] earned that win. He had to hold off some extremely good cars behind him. Super happy for Daniel, Jeff Dickerson and everyone at Spire Motorsports. It was really cool and definitely meant to be. It was super special." - Kyle Larson, finished fifth
"I think we finished a couple spots better than where we were running and
the pace, but, overall, it was a scrappy day and night for sure. Running seventh and eighth with our cars is not a bad day." - Ryan Blaney, finished seventh
"It felt great and gives us some good momentum, certainly. It’s just a bummer on a few of those restarts. I wish different things played out. You’re gonna always wish that you could have
some of those back, but I certainly felt like all day we had a top five car, just honestly from the back to the front and back to the front. We need to do the little things right and a little bit better, but I’m really proud of the whole 38 team. It’s really cool to have a solid run for Aaron’s. I just proud of the effort." - Zane Smith, finished 10th "It’s hard. I had an amazing day, but I’m pissed. We were a top-five or six car, but we just didn’t execute at the end. It was really cool to run up front all day. We were gifted a good starting position with qualifying getting canceled. It was a good call by Stephen [Doran] to stay out there. It was awesome to be able to lead some laps." - Shane van Gisbergen, finished 11th "I saw [Austin Cindric] spinning quite aways in front of me. As soon as I hit the apron, I was just going too fast to really be able to maneuver the car. I got loose and ended up getting clipped in the right-rear. It’s really unfortunate for our No. 88 Red Bull Chevrolet team. I felt like we made a good adjustment on that last pit stop. We just have to keep our heads down and it’ll turn around." -
Connor Zilisch, finished 39th (Crashed out) Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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