The Federated Auto Parts 400 was quite simply, insane.
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The Virginia native won for the third time at Richmond, the third time in 2016 and the 29th time in his career. He can play the role of spoiler in the final 10 races, however, and should run consistently well throughout the remainder of the season. Sep.
Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane with his first Cup crew chief, Mike Ford, after winning one of the Gatorade Duels 150 races at Daytona in February of 2008.
The 407-lapper Saturday evening at Richmond International Raceway was supposed to be a dramatic build-up for NASCAR’s elimination-style playoffs but instead served as a tedious, four-hour demonstration of Toyota dominance.
The 47 of AJ Allmendinger had his share of bad fortune during the race, first around lap 85 when he got loose and spun coming out of turn 4 and later in the race with 73 laps to go when he cut a left front tire.
“We just kind of missed it all through practice”. And on a short tract that wears out tires, I thought we were at a huge disadvantage. But once again Saturday, he watched a race slip out of his hands.
“That’s all on Brad”, Kenseth continued on NBCSN.
“It’s the greatest reality show going”. He just, he knows better than that. “It’s unfortunate. But we shouldn’t expect anything less from him”.
But the tempers didn’t stop there. In a television interview after the incident, Newman bitterly criticized his former boss at Stewart-Haas Racing. Blaney made contact with Trevor Bayne that caused a flat tire and sent Blaney into the wall. This includes the preparation of derivative works of, or the incorporation of such content into other works.
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“It’s a stressful night for him; he’s trying to make the Chase”, Stewart said when asked about Newman’s outburst.
“The next thing I know, he is driving across my nose on the back straightaway because he’s Tony Stewart”.
“I think I’ve been nervous for the last two or three weeks now”, Dillon said.
Newman appeared to be referencing an August 2014 incident in which Stewart struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr.in a sprint auto race in NY. But nonetheless, Newman’s comments weren’t done there. “It’s just disappointing that you’ve got somebody old like that’s retiring-should be retired the way he drives-it’s just ridiculous”.
Stewart, who rallied from well behind in the Chase in 2011 to overtake Carl Edwards and win his third Cup title, shook off Newman’s blast with a couple of quips and addressed the topic of momentum.
“That was the third time he’d driven into me during the night, and how many times does a guy get a free pass until you’ve had enough of it?” said the three-time champion. “He hits me in (turn) one, he hits me off of (turn) two”.
Truex won six days earlier at Darlington before leading a race-high 193 laps Saturday.
“The No. 14 (Tony Stewart) cut across my nose into Turn 1 and I got into him after that, but he’d already chopped into me and messed up my line and I clipped him a little bit coming off of (Turn) 2; but he just cut across my nose”.
Denny Hamlin hits the finish line to win at Richmond on Saturday night. McMurray ran in the top 10 nearly all night and finished seventh.
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Hamlin celebrates his win on the road course at Watkins Glen International in August, his second win of the 2016 Sprint Cup season.
