Apparently, when it consists of Gordon.
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“We want this more than anything right now”, Truex said.
Kevin Harvick walks in pit row before qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Friday, November 20, 2015, at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla.
The “we” in this case referred to Gordon, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr., all of whom will be attempting to dethrone the champion when Kevin Harvick & the Sentimentals race for the title in the Ford EcoBoost 400 on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway (3 p.m. ET on NBC). Martin Truex Jr. starts 11th (30.946, 174.498).
“Harvick is the most experienced in this situation recently, and he knows what it’s like to go into Homestead having to win the race or at least beat the other three drivers for the title”, said Larry McReynolds, another Fox Sports analyst. “I hated we had to put that extra lap on the tires”. Theres no reason to create a moment.. The first Canadian NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Waterloo (Ontario).
Needing a win at Dover to advance to the next round, he led 355 laps at a track where he had never won and parked the No. 4 Chevrolet in victory lane.
Kenseth was suspended two races for intentionally wrecking Joey Logano in retaliation. The payback finally value Logano a spot in Sunday’s finale.
“They did a good job of getting a good guess at what we needed to qualify with”, Busch said. I believe in what my team does and, I think, that in the vehicle, they believe in what I do. I thought 11th was a decent effort.
Kenseth has been apologetic about intentionally wrecking Logano at Martinsville, Va., as payback for an incident two weeks before at Kansas.
“If you ask us right now what we’d be willing to do, it’s we want to go do it in a clean way”, Gordon said. They won at Homestead to capture the Sprint Cup crown in their first season together at Stewart-Haas Racing, and they have been dominant at times in 2015. The race was delayed seven hours by rain, then called 93 laps from the finish when another storm rolled in.
Gordon’s youthful appeal also helped NASCAR grow outside of its traditional southern stronghold and become a popular sport around North America, eventually becoming the biggest motor racing series in the US.
“For us, qualifying really hasn’t been strong for us on these kind of tracks”, Truex said. “We’re going to race as hard as we can and hopefully we don’t have to worry about crossing that line”.
The teenager unseated two-time defending champion Matt Crafton, who gained a few consolation by winning his sixth race of the season but ended up third in the standings.
NASCAR declined to end the Phoenix race on Monday as an alternative, however wasn’t as committal concerning the finale not being held over a day. (174.498 mph) and Jimmie Johnson (174.098 mph) will comprise rows four through six.
“We wish we were a part of it but unfortunately a couple mechanical things took us out of this Chase, but we’re going to hopefully go out with a bang”, said Hamlin, who jokingly referred to himself as “Mr. Irrelevant”. One says, “We’ll never outrun that bear”.
“For us to get an extension on our contract with (Mars) and then to get Kyle wrapped up in that, it’s a huge deal for us”, Gibbs said.
“Is there pressure? I feel like there’s always pressure”, said Gordon. Even Kyle Busch, one of the fiercest Cup competitors today, has stated that you were his childhood idol. You have not only shown a tremendous amount of success on the track, but off the track as well.
The last four in the title hunt don’t have to win Sunday’s race in order to clinch the title, they just have to finish ahead of the other three finalists.
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Mars has been with Busch since 2008.
