gain a victory in the Southern 500 that could lead the Hendrick Motorsports team into NASCARs championship chase. NASCAR also inspected the no. 6 vehicle to check whether fluid was leaking. “I’m really proud of the auto that we brought tonight and the things that we’ve done on the race track, but you can only make so many excuses for pit road”.
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Sunday night’s race is going to be one of the best all season.
The track won marketing team of the year award from NASCAR for the “Tradition Returns to Darlington Raceway” campaign. Edwards has finished in the top 10 eight times in 12 starts at Darlington. Fernley’s Shawn Natenstedt finished second in a successful maiden outing for his new chassis.
Jimmie Johnson paced opening practice at Darlington with a lap at 176.025 miles per hour, followed by Denny Hamlin (175.060 mph) and Sunoco rookie Ryan Blaney (174.711 mph). I am not sure if he thought I was trying to hold him up there, I wasn’t. But the competition for the final three spots in the 16-driver postseason got tighter after Sunday’s race.
In four XFINITY Series races, Buescher has an average finish of 17.0, with his best result of fifth coming in last year’s championship season.
Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick circle the track last week at MI.
Race time is scheduled for 6 p.m.
One of those competitors was Martin Truex Jr., who ran inside the Top-10 for a majority of the event. The garage at NASCAR’s oldest superspeedway is now named after Cale Yarborough.
If viewers tuned in without knowing it was throwback weekend it would have left them scratching their heads because few cars had recognizable paint jobs, with maybe the exception of the No. 43 Ford with the familiar Richard Petty STP colors.
Truex remained eighth in driver points but jumped four positions to sixth in the Chase playoff standings.
Larson may have won the battle Sunday but Keselowski and Team Penske appear set on winning the war. (9) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 328. 34.
Gordon said unlike before In his limited Sprint Cup engagement, he feels like he has solid strategies and notes to offer crew chief Greg Ives and the team from his 16th-place finish in 2015 – what was supposed to be his final ride around Darlington. If Truex can have a good string of races and stay clean, he should easily contend for the cup. It wasn’t until around 180 did someone finally collect the stripe when Ryan Blaney in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford had to pit with a flat tire, however, it did not bring out a caution. The scheme pays tribute to the Wood Brothers Racing star driver David Pearson. Elliott could have won the past two races in MI and Darlington. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver had to come from traffic in order to get back to the front and was able to rally back for a second place finish. Channeling the success of Pearson at Darlington, which includes ten wins, is just what the young rookie needs.
“Apparently he got mad at me”, said Scott. “I’m over being a cheerleader”.
Truex came close – by just about a foot behind Denny Hamlin at Daytona – to becoming just the third driver in NASCAR history to win Daytona, Charlotte and Darlington in the same season. They won us the race.
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THE BIG ONE: That involved Tony Stewart, too. “Southern 500 – been wanting to win this thing for a long time”. Take the elation of victory and revel in it, especially one at a historic track amid with an awesome throwback weekend vibe. “NASCAR fans are so excited about this weekend and to miss the opportunity to take part would have been hard to swallow”. Kulwicki didn’t capture a win at Darlington, but he was getting on the cusp of excelling at the track.
