Last season in this race he led 131 laps and finished a strong sixth.
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Sunday’s freak circumstance came one week after Truex dominated the race at Kansas only to have a brake head bolt break during a late-race pit stop, which required him to make a second stop on pit road for a loose wheel. “I’ve never had that happen to me in my career”.
There was no shortage of hard-luck stories at Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive For Autism at Dover International Speedway.
Matt Kenseth held off Kyle Larson in a thrilling run down the stretch to win a wreck-filled race Sunday at Dover International Speedway. “It’s a special track to me for a lot of reasons”. At Dover, Edwards has a 10.5 average finish including a win in the 2007 fall race. “We’ve gotten close. We’ve had very fast trucks”. We want to get the job done.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series is back in action on Saturday with the running of the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200.
(7) Cole Custer #, Chevrolet, 200. He led all 35 laps in the heat, and became eligible for the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash prize in the Main. FS1’s coverage of the race will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
Rookies Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott are ready to learn about the tough driving of the Monster Mile when they make their track debuts with the Cup Series.
“It’s awesome. I always wanted a Miles (trophy)”, Crafton said to FOX Sports, referring to the Miles the Monster statue that goes out to Monster Mile winners.
Once Crafton took the lead, it was a clear race to the finish line.
“We enjoy winning races”, said crew chief Carl Joiner.
“They started wrecking way up in front of us”, Earnhardt said.
“To not win here as long as it’s taken me, it’s much sweeter”, Crafton said. NASCAR’s 2017 schedule for trucks includes five stand-alone races, highlighted by the Eldora event on July 19.
Rain Friday afternoon washed out qualifying – putting points leader Kevin Harvick on the pole by virtue of his auto posting the top practice time Friday morning.
Reddick showed signs of breaking out last Friday in the Jayhawk State when he led 56 laps – his highest total in 44 previous starts – but an unfortunate spin with two go-arounds left in regulation caused him to place a season-high 13th. His win last season at Pocono Raceway propelled him into the Chase and he was one of four drivers racing for the championship in the season finale.
Johnson, a 10-time victor at the track, seemingly had worked his way into position to win the race as the closing laps loomed.
“You’re going to have bad experiences at all tracks”, Johnson said. “It can be a very physical track, even for 200 laps, but I’ll do everything I can to be at 110 percent”.
But the fact his auto struck an exposed wall just days after Dover International Speedway touted its addition of energy-absorbing soft walls – SAFER barriers – made NASCAR drivers ask why each part of the unforgiving walls were not covered.
Stewart followed the Dover win with four top-five finishes over his next seven races, a season shortened by broken leg suffered in a sprint vehicle crash.
What to Watch For: The third installment of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Dash 4 Cash returns. A year later, he missed three races while in seclusion after his auto struck and killed a fellow driver at a dirt track in NY.
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Crafton won his 12th career race, all coming in the No. 88 truck, and yet still found a way to win despite having an off practice the day before.
