“This is the best”, Hamlin said.
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The 2016 aero package is similar, although not identical to the one used at Kentucky and Darlington last season – two races that JGR excelled in. Hamlin’s teammates Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards both finished in the top 5, with Busch in third and Edwards, in a damaged vehicle, fifth. It’s hard to make those decisions.
Hamlin said he had no intentions of winning the race during the last lap, in which he jumped from fouth to first thanks to a big push. Chevrolet driver Kevin Harvick was fourth.
Truex didn’t know as he crossed the finish line if he had won or not.
“I felt like I had enough momentum to keep him behind me”, Truex said. “The paving company who can figure out how to mimic that with new pavement, that would be really cool”. “We were in the right spot, we made the right moves. This is a huge accomplishment, this will live with you forever and enjoy the week.’ That’s definitely what I’m going to do”. Putting more grip in the tires versus the aero side of things is definitely going to make the cars edgier to drive. If you didn’t watch what turned out to be a fairly sedate race until the closing laps, you caught one of the more thrilling NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event in some time. “I had the lead 20 feet from the line”. Social conversation was up 44 percent compared with last year’s race.
“When we started talking to Furniture Row, I sensed there was a level of trust in each other and a shared value structure that could allow this collaboration to actually succeed”, Racing Development president David Wilson said.
“We went for it and came up short”. We were making some ground on the leaders a little bit so that was looking pretty good because the outside line really hadnt been doing anything all day.
– After 500 miles, he lost the biggest race in stock cars by about four inches.
This was also the rookie debut of Xfinity Series sensation Chase Elliott.
It must be kept in mind that many people who were thought to do very well in the race had to exit very early in the game. Right now, we know what to expect. When the trucks travel to an intermediate track, Matt Crafton regularly appears atop the leaderboard. After an extended time in the garage, he re-entered the race 40 laps down. He’s won only three times in 370 starts.
“If you get subpar results with average drivers, that’s what happens sometimes, I know you can get lost in the mix”.
The opening race of the season took place on Sunday night in California. “We went down there with the trophy….” Hamlin beat Truex by one-hundredth of a second, the closest finish in the history of the race.
– NASCAR now moves to Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson tries to tie Dale Earnhardt for seventh on the all-time list with his 76th career victory…. Brian Vickers filled-in for the injured Tony Stewart….
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver sat out for two races as punishment for his intentional crash of Logano at Martinsville.
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