He’ll have a chance to run for the Sprint Cup Series championship when the Chase kicks off next weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.
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Then and now: Last week’s biggest race of the season, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, t was also the last chance for drivers to qualify for the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs that begin September 16 in Charlotte.
“I haven’t talked to many people about it in depth, but seeing the 31 car’s [Ryan Newman] penalty and realizing … that could affect literally your entire season”. Track: Richmond International Raceway (oval, 0.75 miles) Race distance: 300 miles, 400 laps.
In fact, he’s only been 30th in the standings for three weeks.
Newman’s crew chief Luke Lambert was also fined $25,000. Edwards says he’ll drive with that same nothing-to-lose attitude in the Federated Auto Parts 400 on Saturday at RIR. After the imposition of the 15-point penalty on Wednesday, Newman likely needs a McMurray disaster to advance to the Chase. However, he pocketed a victory at MI last month, guaranteeing him a position in the Chase. Chad Johnston, his crew chief, was fined $22,500 because the vehicle failed post-race inspection.
Edwards and Brad Keselowski each lost 15 minutes of practice time at Richmond due to failing laser inspection three times during pre-race at Darlington.
“A great auto obviously”, Hamlin said in a manufacturer interview.
“In this case, it gives the Xfinity drivers something to really go after”, said Justin Allgaier, a one-time Cup driver now racing fulltime in NASCAR’s second-tier series. Ryan Reed finished 11th and became the 10th series driver to lock himself into the series playoffs with one race left in the regular season.
Austin Dillon said he didn’t know how NASCAR fans would react if some drivers followed a few NFL players’ actions and didn’t stand respectfully during the national anthem. “I feel like we have a good cushion right now coming out of [Darlington]”. “We don’t have a lot of pressure, but for some guys, this is their whole season, everything they’ve worked for, so I’ll be (conscious) of that”.
“I did the Sprint Cup deal competitive, and it was so much fun”, he said. “But at least it preps me for what challenges I think are going to be there”. “I’ve traveled to other countries and I’m glad to get home every time to America”. Since then, other players around the league have joined him. Prior to the adoption of this policy, drivers were inside their cars when the anthem was played and given the command for start their cars’ engines immediately after it concluded.
While your primary focus needs to be the laps led and fastest laps run categories, you should also be able to find a couple of value picks starting deeper in the field. He has competed in 13 Xfinity races this season, winning seven of them.
“It has been a lot busier than normal and talking a lot about the same thing every week”, he said. “We’ll go and do everything we can to win and make the transfer”. The problem? Buescher is just 11 points ahead of Ragan entering Saturday’s race, with each position worth one point. “We have to be careful”.
Thanks to the penalty, McMurray can breathe a little easier.
“Yeah, a good effort, but I mean guys have got to step it up in the pits”, Newman said after the Darlington race. He has finished outside the top 20 in his last two appearances.
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DILLON: Ranked 12th in the standings, Dillon’s third full year in Cup is easily his best. The bad news is that it’s a awful starting spot; but the good news is that it’s a long race tomorrow night.
