The six-time champion took the first steps toward showing he can contend by pacing opening practice at Chicagoland Speedway.
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Busch practiced with Spring Cup drivers while his Xfinity Series vehicle had final inspection.
The lineup for Sunday’s race will be based on the playoff seeding, meaning Kyle Busch will be on the pole and Brad Keselowski will start second.
And they will start Sunday’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 alongside each other on the front row, with Busch on the pole and Keselowski on the outside of Row 1.
There will be three rounds of eliminations before four drivers are left to contend for the title at the finale on November 20 at Homestead. Last year, a mechanical failure knocked him out in the first round at Dover-one of his best two tracks.
Newman’s Chase hopes were vanquished when Stewart wrecked him in an apparent retaliatory move on the back stretch with 37 laps remaining.
And, as Johnson said, once a driver gets to Homestead, anything can happen.
Team Penske No. 22 Ford driver Joey Logano will try to earn his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship after strong Chase performances the last two years. We just need to deliver consistently and execute at the track. I don’t like where we’re at. “I can’t control it, just like it’s starting to rain now”, Peters said as the initial drops of an impending downpour started to fall.
THREE FINGERS: Others making Chase debuts include Kyle Larson, who had the fastest auto in Saturday’s practice, and Austin Dillon, who has the iconic No. 3 Chevrolet in the playoffs for the first time.
Chicago – Has being a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion changed Kyle Busch and his approach to this season, as he attempts to repeat? “In one race, anything can happen”. Busch is seeded first in the field, ranked by wins and season results. Other Chase contenders included Denny Hamlin (14th), Jamie McMurray (17th), Matt Kenseth (18th), Austin Dillon (19th), Kevin Harvick (22nd), Tony Stewart (23rd) and Chris Buescher (26th).
NASCAR says Kyle Busch’s winning truck in Friday night’s race has failed inspection for being too low in the rear.
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“We’ve been friends for a long time so, yeah, it was important for us to be in there and talk about it”, Stewart said. “And the 9 [William Byron] and 4 [Christopher Bell] made the Chase for us”. “We all know it can be frustrating at times, whether it’s intentional or not”.
“If you think that’s going to be a storyline for 10 weeks, then you’re going to miss a lot”, Stewart said.
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“You’ve got a different or a better mindset of being able to race for a championship after once accomplishing one because you knew what it took to accomplish that and past year it was not all that stressful”, Busch said. Custer has two career victories in the Truck Series.
