Frontstretch Newsletter: Oct. 18, 2021
Volume: XV, Edition CLXXXVI
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- Teams are arriving back at their shops today after Sunday's action in Texas so that they can prep for this weekend's Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Entry lists should be released today. We'll have them and anything else that breaks at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: Oct. 15-17
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- Sainteloc Racing's Patric Niederhauser, Markus Winkelhock and Christopher Haase benefitted from a penalty in the final minutes for Team WRT's Dries Vanthoor and a crash for AF Corse's Callum Ilott to win Sunday's Indianapolis 8 Hour. Compass Racing's Ashton Harrison and Matt
McMurry won the season finale for Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS. This was a wreckfest by Intercontinental GT Challenge standards with what had to be more than a dozen safety car periods. We'll have more on this race in Tuesday's Newsletter.
- In TC America action, Classic BMW's Jacob Ruud swept the weekend in the TCX class, winning by 39.708 seconds over Steve Streimer in Race No. 1 Friday and 10.484 seconds
Sunday.
The TC class was swept by DXDT Racing's Kevin Boehm in his Honda Civic Type-R TCR, while the TCA class was swept by Mini JCW Team's Clay Williams.
- In the Short Track Super Series, Stewart Friesen started 15th Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway, moved to the lead on lap 74, dropped to 13th, then charged back to the lead to win the Speed Showcase 200 and pocket $50,000. Matt Sheppard was second, then Matt Stangle, Ryan
Godown and Mike Gular.
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| | Kyle Larson Outlasts Late-Race Mayhem at Texas, Claims Championship 4 Slot
Kyle Larson dominated much of Sunday's AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500, leading 256 of 334 laps, including the last 218 to take his eighth win of the year and lock into the Championship 4. William Byron was second, then Christopher Bell, Brad Keselowski and Kevin
Harvick.
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| | Up in Smoke: Joey Logano Suffers 1st Blown Engine Since 2014
Team Penske's Joey Logano had a mediocre day Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. Then, it went straight into the trash can when the engine blew on his AAA Ford. The failure puts Logano 43 points out of the Championship 4
with two races remaining before the cutoff.
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| | Christopher Bell Bounces Back to 3rd-Place Finish at Texas Motor Speedway
After being eliminated from the playoffs at Charlotte Motor Speedway last weekend, Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell was able to recover from a mistimed caution Sunday that put him a lap down to equal his third-place finish
from last year.
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| | Chaotic 12-Car Crash Mars Stage 1 at Texas Motor Speedway
Sunday's race might end up being remembered best for a 12-car crash exiting turn 2 on the restart from the Competition Caution on lap 31. Bubba Wallace got loose and spun while running three-wide, creating a track blocking
situation.
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| | William Byron, Liberty University Maintains Partnership Through 2026
Hendrick Motorsports announced Friday that Liberty University has signed a contract extension that will see the Lynchburg, Va. university continue to sponsor the No. 24 Chevrolet for 12 races a year through
2026.
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| | John Hunter Nemechek Outruns Playoff Drivers, Wins Texas
John Hunter Nemechek gambled on a two-tire stop on a late caution to get the lead back after a penalty. From there, he was able to hold on to take his second career victory in Saturday's Andy's Frozen Custard 335. It is also the 10th victory of 2021 for Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 54
Toyota. Daniel Hemric was second, then Noah Gragson, Justin Allgaier and Austin Cindric.
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| | Bridesmaid Once Again: Daniel Hemric Denied Xfinity Victory at Texas
For quite a while Saturday, it appeared that Daniel Hemric was finally going to get off the snide and claim his first NASCAR victory. Pit strategy from John Hunter Nemechek prevented Hemric from tasting
paydirt.
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| | 2022 Formula 1 Schedule Revealed
The FIA released the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship schedule Friday afternoon. The schedule includes 23 races, including the first Miami Grand Prix. The season is scheduled to start in Bahrain on March
20.
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| | Brendan Iribe Sweeps GT America at Indianapolis; Charlie Luck Crowned Champion
Inception Racing's Brendan Iribe completely dominated the final two GT America Powered by AWS races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Iribe won Race No. 1 Friday by 36 seconds and Race No. 2 Saturday by 29 seconds.
Wright Motorsports' Charlie Luck walked out of Indianapolis with the championship.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, NASCAR Media via Chris Graythen of Getty Images, Xavi Bonilla of DPPI, and our own Phil Allaway, Beth and Rick Lunkenheimer.
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Seeking the NASCAR Cup Series Championship: Kyle Larson Locks Into Championship 4, Expands Round of 8 Lead
by Phil Allaway
Kyle Larson simply could not be touched much beyond the beginning of stage two Sunday. He took the lead on lap 117 and led the last 218 laps Sunday to earn his eighth victory of the year and secure his place in the Championship 4. Even if he didn't win Sunday, he would have still been in very good position. His lead is now 51 points over
Ryan Blaney, who moved up two places after finishing sixth. Denny Hamlin was involved in two incidents in the last 20 laps, yet still finished 11th. He dropped to third as a result. Kyle Busch struggled with handling issues, but still finished eighth and moved up to fourth.
Kyle Busch is the last driver in the Championship 4 on points at the moment. He is eight points ahead of Chase Elliott, who came from the rear to finish seventh and gained one spot in points. Brad Keselowski gained two places after finishing fourth in one of his strongest races in the playoffs. Martin Truex Jr. crashed late and finished
25th. This finish dropped him from third to seventh. Joey Logano blew his engine on lap 299 and finished 30th. That dropped him to eighth, more than 40 points behind Kyle Busch.
Of those that have been eliminated from the playoffs, Kevin Harvick continues to lead the group after finishing fifth Sunday. His advantage is 50 points over Christopher Bell, who finished third. Kurt Busch is 11th, followed by Tyler Reddick.
William Byron gained some points with his second-place finish, but remains in 13th. Despite getting caught up in the big wreck, Aric Almirola moved up to 14th despite an 18th-place finish. Alex Bowman is down to 15th after being eliminated in the aforementioned crash, while Michael McDowell remains in 16th.
Of those who failed to qualify for the playoffs, Austin Dillon continues to lead by 145 points after finishing 14th. That margin is over Matt DiBenedetto, who moved back up to 18th after finishing 13th. Chris Buescher crashed out in the closing laps, but still finished 21st to drop to 19th. Ross Chastain is still 20th after
getting caught up in the big crash and driving to the finish with a damaged car, finishing 23 laps down in 28th.
Round of 8 Point Standings: 1) Kyle Larson
4123, 2) Ryan Blaney -51, 3) Denny Hamlin -59, 4) Kyle Busch -60, 5) Chase Elliott -68, 6) Brad Keselowski -75, 7) Martin Truex Jr. -82, 8) Joey Logano -103.
Note : Drivers in Bold have advanced to the Championship
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Eliminated Playoff Contender Points: 9) Kevin Harvick
2248, 10) Christopher Bell -50, 11) Kurt Busch -52, 12) Tyler Reddick -56, 13) William Byron -65, 14) Aric Almirola -112, 15) Alex Bowman -113, 16) Michael McDowell -141.
Full Season Point Standings (1-16): t-1) Kyle Larson 1326, t-1) Denny Hamlin 1326, 3) Ryan Blaney -237, 4) Chase Elliott -240, 5) Kyle Busch -265, 6) Joey Logano -289, 7) Kevin Harvick
-302, 8) Martin Truex Jr. -306, 9) William Byron -315, 10) Brad Keselowski -341, 11) Tyler Reddick -421, 12) Austin Dillon -468, 13) Kurt Busch -470, 14) Alex Bowman -502, 15) Christopher Bell
-521, 16) Matt DiBenedetto -613.
Best of the Rest: 17) Austin Dillon 858,
18) Matt DiBenedetto -145, 19) Chris Buescher -152, 20) Ross Chastain -190, 21) Bubba Wallace -197, 22) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -224, 23) Chase Briscoe -238, 24) Erik Jones -269, 25) Daniel Suarez -271, 26) Ryan Preece -335.
Playoff Points: 1) Kyle Larson 71, 2) Denny Hamlin -41, 3) Martin Truex Jr. -42, t-4) Ryan
Blaney -47, t-4) Kyle Busch -47, 6) Chase Elliott -49, 7) Joey Logano -58, 8) Brad Keselowski -63.
Stage Points: 1) Kyle Larson 369, 2) Denny Hamlin -18, 3) Chase Elliott -111, 4) William Byron -127, 5) Kyle Busch -136, 6) Joey Logano -141, 7) Ryan Blaney -144, 8) Martin Truex Jr.
-175, 9) Brad Keselowski -177, 10) Kevin Harvick -205, 11) Tyler Reddick -223, 12) Kurt Busch -227, 13) Austin Dillon -252, 14) Christopher Bell -256, 15) Alex Bowman -258, 16) Bubba Wallace
-307.
Note: Stage Points include the Bluegreen Vacations Duels at Daytona.
Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Denny Hamlin 1122, 2) Kyle Larson -22, 3) Ryan Blaney
-124, 4) Kevin Harvick -127, 5) Chase Elliott -139, 6) Martin Truex Jr. -154, 7) Kyle Busch -163, 8) Joey Logano -172, 9) Brad Keselowski -186, 10) William Byron -210, 11) Tyler Reddick -243, 12) Austin Dillon
-244, 13) Alex Bowman -265, 14) Kurt Busch -283, 15) Christopher Bell -289, 16) Chris Buescher -316.
Race Winners: Michael McDowell (Daytona-1), Christopher Bell (Daytona-2), William Byron (Homestead), Kyle Larson (Las Vegas-1, Charlotte-1, Sonoma, All-Star Race, Nashville, Watkins Glen, Bristol-2, Charlotte-2, Texas), Martin Truex Jr.
(Phoenix, Martinsville, Darlington-1, Richmond-2), Ryan Blaney (Atlanta-1, Michigan, Daytona-3), Joey Logano (Bristol-1), Alex Bowman (Richmond-1, Dover), Brad Keselowski (Talladega), Kyle Busch (Kansas), Chase Elliott (Circuit of the Americas, Road America), Kurt Busch (Atlanta-2), Aric Almirola (Loudon), AJ Allmendinger (Indianapolis), Denny Hamlin (Darlington-2, Las Vegas-2)
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 our own Rick Lunkenheimer.
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Seeking the Xfinity Series Championship: Very Little Point Movement in Texas; AJ Allmendinger Holds Onto Points Lead
by Phil Allaway
There was very little change in the points Saturday in the Xfinity Series. AJ Allmendinger finished sixth at Texas. Austin Cindric finished fifth and won stage one. That allowed Cindric to close Allmendinger's points lead from
six points to four. Justin Allgaier finished fourth and gained three points to move within 26 of Allmendinger. Noah Gragson finished third and gained five points on Allmendinger to stay in fourth.
Gragson is the last driver in the Championship 4 on points at the moment. He is two points ahead of Daniel Hemric, who looked like he could have won Saturday had John Hunter Nemechek not snookered him with his pit strategy. Justin Haley is
six points behind Gragson after finishing seventh. Harrison Burton is in seventh after finishing eighth, while Brandon Jones is eighth. All eight playoff drivers finished in the top 10 Saturday.
Outside of the playoffs, Jeb Burton finished 11th to hold onto the ninth spot in points. His advantage is up to 24 points over Myatt Snider, who finished 21st. Riley Herbst is up to 11th after finishing 12th,
while Jeremy Clements faded with engine issues to finish 29th and drop to 12th.
Of those who failed to qualify for the playoffs, Ty Gibbs still leads the group in 13th despite sitting out Saturday's race. His advantage is nine points over Ryan Sieg, who finished 14th and jumped over Brandon Brown, who
crashed out late. Michael Annett finished ninth and consolidated 16th.
Round of 8 Point Standings: 1) AJ Allmendinger 3090, 2) Austin Cindric -4, 3) Justin Allgaier -26, 4) Noah Gragson -28, 5) Daniel Hemric
-30, 6) Justin Haley -34, 7) Harrison Burton -49, 8) Brandon Jones -60.
Eliminated Playoff Contender Points: 9) Jeb Burton 2115, 10) Myatt Snider -24, 11) Riley Herbst -48, 12) Jeremy Clements
-58.
Full Season Point Standings (1-16): 1) Austin Cindric 1197, 2) AJ Allmendinger -22, 3) Justin Allgaier -113, 4) Daniel
Hemric -123, 5) Justin Haley -181, 6) Noah Gragson -188, 7) Harrison Burton -210, 8) Jeb Burton -302, 9) Brandon Jones -427, 10) Riley Herbst -507, 11) Jeremy Clements -518, 12) Myatt Snider -524, 13) Ty Gibbs
-608, 14) Ryan Sieg -617, 15) Brandon Brown -618, 16) Michael Annett -625.
Note No. 1: Drivers in Bold have locked into the playoffs.
Note No. 2: Drivers in italics are ineligible for the playoffs.
Note No. 3: If he were eligible for Xfinity points for the full season, Brett Moffitt would be 14th in points.
Best of the Rest: 13) Ty Gibbs 589, 14) Ryan Sieg -9, 15) Brandon Brown -10, 16) Michael Annett -17, 17) Josh Berry
-64, 18) Josh Williams -100. 19) Tommy Joe Martins -120, 20) Alex Labbe -127, 21) Landon Cassill -167, 22) Brett Moffitt -173, 23) Jade Buford -179.
Playoff Points: 1) AJ Allmendinger 50, 2) Austin Cindric -5, 3) Justin Allgaier -29, 4) Noah Gragson -33, 5) Daniel Hemric -34, 6) Justin Haley -35, 7) Harrison Burton -42, 8) Brandon Jones -47.
Stage Points: 1) Austin Cindric 328, 2) AJ Allmendinger -8, 3) Daniel Hemric -30, 4) Noah Gragson -50, 5) Justin Allgaier
-74, 6) Harrison Burton -94, 7) Justin Haley -105, 8) Jeb Burton -171, 9) Brandon Jones -176, 10) Ty Gibbs -191, 11) Riley Herbst -221, 12) Michael Annett -246, 13) Myatt Snider -251, 14) Josh Berry
-260, 15) Jeremy Clements -265, 16) Ty Dillon -292.
Note: If he were eligible for points, Kyle Busch would be 13th in stage points.
Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) AJ Allmendinger 1015, 2) Austin Cindric -12, 3) Justin Allgaier -49, 4) Daniel Hemric -101, 5) Justin
Haley -112, 6) Harrison Burton -133, 7) Jeb Burton -150, 8) Noah Gragson -157, 9) Jeremy Clements
-280, 10) Brandon Jones -281, 11) Myatt Snider -298, 12) Riley Herbst -316, 13) Ryan Sieg
-341, 14) Brandon Brown -345, 15) Josh Williams -420, 16) Michael Annett -435.
Note: If he were eligible for Xfinity points for the whole season, Brett Moffitt would be 15th in old
points.
Race Winners: Austin Cindric (Daytona-1, Phoenix, Dover, Pocono, Indianapolis), Ty Gibbs (Daytona-2, Charlotte-1, Watkins Glen), AJ Allmendinger (Las Vegas-1, Mid-Ohio, Michigan, Bristol, Charlotte-2), Myatt Snider (Homestead), Justin
Allgaier (Atlanta-1, Darlington-1), Josh Berry (Martinsville, Las Vegas-2), Jeb Burton (Talladega), Kyle Busch (Circuit of the Americas, Texas-1, Nashville, Road America, Atlanta-2), Christopher Bell (Loudon), Justin Haley (Daytona-3), Noah Gragson (Darlington-2, Richmond), John Hunter Nemechek (Texas-2)
Note: Wins that are ineligible for playoff ineligibility are in italics.
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 Camping World Truck Series Championship: Off-Week Update No. 15
by Phil Allaway
The Camping World Truck Series was off last weekend. They will not be back in action until Oct. 29 at Martinsville Speedway.
When the season resumes, there will be only two races remaining and one left in the Round of 8. John Hunter Nemechek will have a one-point lead over Ben Rhodes. Matt Crafton is third, then Sheldon
Creed. Creed has the final spot by five points over Stewart Friesen.
Round of 8 Point Standings: 1) John Hunter Nemechek 3105, 2) Ben Rhodes -1, 3) Matt Crafton -26, 4) Sheldon Creed -31, 5) Stewart Friesen -36, 6) Chandler Smith -65, 7) Carson Hocevar -68, 8) Zane Smith -71.
Note No. 1: Drivers in Bold have advanced to the Round of 10.
Note No. 2: Drivers in Italics have been eliminated.
Eliminated Playoff Driver Standings: 9) Todd Gilliland 2187, 10) Austin Hill
-40.
Full Season Point Standings (1-16): 1) John Hunter Nemechek 779, 2) Ben Rhodes -99, 3) Austin Hill -112, 4) Todd Gilliland -114, 5) Sheldon Creed -152, 6) Matt Crafton -168, 7) Zane Smith
-180, 8) Stewart Friesen -219, 9) Grant Enfinger -251, 10) Carson Hocevar -252, 11) Chandler Smith -319, 12) Johnny Sauter -338, 13) Derek Kraus -352, 14) Austin Wayne Self -369, 15) Tyler Ankrum
-397, 16) Ryan Truex -429.
Best of the Rest: 11) Grant Enfinger 547, 12) Johnny Sauter -84, 13) Derek Kraus
-103, 14) Austin Wayne Self -128, 15) Tyler Ankrum -149, 16) Ryan Truex -165, 17) Hailie Deegan -225, 18) Chase Purdy -258, 19) Tanner Gray -260, 20) Tate Fogleman -286.
Playoff Points: 1) John Hunter Nemechek 51, 2) Sheldon Creed
-24, 3) Ben Rhodes -31, 4) Zane Smith -42, 5) Chandler Smith
-44, 6) Matt Crafton -47, 7) Carson Hocevar -48, 8) Stewart Friesen
-49.
Stage Points: 1) John Hunter Nemechek 226, 2) Sheldon Creed
-23, 3) Austin Hill -54, 4) Ben Rhodes -65, t-5) Matt Crafton -82, t-5) Zane Smith -82, 7) Stewart Friesen -83, 8) Todd Gilliland -92, 9) Chandler Smith -126, 10) Derek Kraus -129, 11) Grant Enfinger
-157, 12) Carson Hocevar -166, 13) Tyler Ankrum -177, 14) Johnny Sauter -185, 15) Raphael Lessard -186, 16) Ty Majeski -203.
Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) John Hunter Nemechek 503, 2) Todd Gilliland -38, 3) Ben Rhodes -40, 4) Austin Hill -63, 5) Matt Crafton
-93, 6) Grant Enfinger -101, 7) Carson Hocevar -106, 8) Zane Smith -109, 9) Sheldon Creed -115, 10) Stewart Friesen -145, 11) Johnny Sauter -162, 12) Austin Wayne Self -188, 13) Chandler Smith -193, 14) Tyler Ankrum
-228, 15) Ryan Truex -231, 16) Derek Kraus -235.
Race Winners: Ben Rhodes (Daytona-1, Daytona-2), John Hunter Nemechek (Las Vegas-1, Richmond, Charlotte, Pocono), Kyle Busch (Atlanta, Kansas), Martin Truex Jr. (Bristol-1), Sheldon Creed (Darlington-1, Gateway, Darlington-2), Todd Gilliland (Circuit of the
Americas), Ryan Preece (Nashville), Austin Hill (Knoxville, Watkins Glen), Chandler Smith (Bristol-2), Christian Eckes (Las Vegas-2), Tate Fogleman (Talladega)
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 AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 was brought to you by the letter R for Record Low. Once Kyle Larson got himself to the lead, only pit strategy could keep him out of it, even
though he never really got that far ahead of everyone. The race had only eight lead changes, a record low for the NASCAR Cup Series at Texas. - Phil Allaway
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Quotes to Remember: AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500
compiled by Phil Allaway
"Yeah, this is unreal. I knew we had a good shot to win today, and our car was amazing. That’s probably the best 550 package, intermediate car, we’ve had all year. So, thanks to everybody on this No. 5 team, HendrickCars.com, Rick Hendrick, this is so cool; we had a lot of people from HendrickCars here. We get to go race for a championship in a few weeks. This is
crazy." - Kyle Larson, race winner
"It’s all about the push. And I think here at Texas, the shortest lane kind of wins because of the way the track kind of separates into turn 1. Our Axalta Chevy was fast all day. We just never quite got control. I think [Kyle Larson] was definitely better than us in that first
stage. And then I was right there with him the rest of the time and it was just clean air, basically. But congrats to those guys. Kyle really deserves it. They’ve been awesome all year and flawless on pit road; and pit calls and everything. Our team is right there and I think we’re building something really good for years to come." - William Byron, finished second
"Adam [Stevens] did a great job making the right calls – putting tires on at the end really helped us. We kept gaining on this Rheem Camry every pit stop. I felt like we were pretty strong at the beginning of the race and then we kind of lost the handle in the middle stages and fell
back and lost some track position, so fortunate to come home third for sure. I’m really happy for this 20 group. I think we have some strong races coming up." - Christopher Bell, finished third
"Well, we didn’t need all those yellows. We had the car balanced really well with the Discount Tire Ford on the long runs. The last few times we have been here you get 40 or 50 or 100 lap runs at the end but today, geez, we didn’t run more than two laps at a time for the last 45 or 50
laps. That is just not what we needed. We needed the long runs to be able to keep them honest. We had long run speed but the 5 and 24 were just blistering fast on the restart and drove away from me. I just wanted some laps to let their stuff wear down." - Brad Keselowski, finished fourth
"It was a pretty decent day. I didn’t think we had winning speed today. I thought the 5 was pretty incredible and the 24 was fast too. The 2 and me, I thought we were pretty good. Probably the third or fourth place cars. All the late race restarts at the end get so wild and crazy and
you have no idea what is going to happen and who is going to get checked up and stuff like that. Not a bad day. We got good stage points and finished good and we will move on to Kansas." - Ryan Blaney, finished sixth
"I appreciate everybody continuing to fight through that and get our car a lot better. I thought by the end, we were decent. Just by that point, obviously, it was too late. I had another one vibrate again after that, so I’m not really sure what we had going on there. I’m still
currently confused. So, we’ll see. But congrats to Kyle (Larson, race winner). Hopefully we can join those guys in Phoenix and I’m looking forward to these next two weeks. I think we can run good at the next couple and I feel like we’re all super close in points. I don’t know where everybody shakes out." - Chase Elliott, finished seventh
"[Leaving above the cut line is] about the only thing we got out of today. [We were just] off. I don’t know how we missed it, why we missed it, or what but just taking off on fire off, there’s just no grip whatsoever. We would just chatter the front tires, so we missed it today. We
missed it big time. I don’t know what is going on, but that wasn’t the way to perform on the opening day today. Thanks to Interstate Batteries. I appreciate all of their people that were with us today. I just feel bad that we didn’t do a better job. We have to go back to work. Next week is Kansas – same kind of thing." - Kyle Busch, finished eighth
"It was a good day; up and down. I feel like we probably missed it a little bit on the adjustments in the middle of the race. And then right there at the end, during one of the stops when everyone came for tires and I was the first car without tires, I feel like we should have come
for tires. We deserve maybe a little bit better, but we’ll have to keep working." - Daniel Suarez, finished 10th
"I think we went a different direction with our car and we weren’t just as fast as we were in previous mile-and-a-half races. I thought we were kind of a third-to-fourth place car on the long run, seventh-to-eighth on the short run. Just weren’t ourselves today in that case and then
obviously getting in two wrecks at the end didn’t help, but the fact that there was a lot of attrition and the fact that the team did a phenomenal job fixing the car got us back up to P-11." - Denny Hamlin, finished 11th
"I thought it was starting to maybe give up a little bit of power in that run. We were just getting passed. Not really though. It just kind of let go. It is one of those days when nothing went right. The strategy didn’t go the way we wanted it to early in the race. Cautions didn’t
fall the way we hoped they would and every time we started fighting our way back something happened and we ended up like this. Now we know what we have to do these next two weeks. We better go find a way to win." - Joey Logano, finished 30th (Blown engine)
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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