“There’s not a lot of places they can go to and race… because of the back slip – we have to have run windshields and you can’t have the track very wet”.
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Kyle Busch dominated the Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard, more commonly known as the Brickyard 400, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday on his way to his second-straight Brickyard win.
“It’s so cool because it hasn’t been done before”.
“I feel like Dale’s going to say, ‘Good job here, ‘ ” Ives said. “I’m frightful on restarts, so those didn’t help us any, but I got a few back on that last one”. He’s won the last two Xfinity Series races at the track and won Saturday’s Xfinity race from the pole.
Top 10 finishers in the Crown Royal Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The fear of changing focus is that it could lead to a slump or a disruption to what is going so well at the moment. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five. As Stewart leaned against his No. 14 auto, Gordon walked over and the two shared a warm embrace and some kind words for each other. After a almost seven and a half minute delay, the race restarted with three laps to go and quickly went back under the yellow flag as Trevor Bayne and Clint Bowyer crashed down the backstretch. And with a push from Kenseth, Busch was gone.
While it wasn’t the most exciting race in history, Busch’s vehicle was just faster than every other auto and he was able to successfully restart multiple times at the end of the race and in the overtime.
But as expected, the Brickyard 400 settled into a long pull, as much a battle of attrition as one of position.
But George is more famous (or infamous) for creating the Indy Racing League and using the Indianapolis 500 as a bargaining chip in the quest to take control of Indy auto racing from CART.
Stewart headed into the pits after David Ragan caused a caution.
Nonetheless, Stewart and Gordon made the best of the circumstances.
The good news: Gordon stopped in his pit without problem. Add this to the problem: Chase Elliott and the 24 made their stops two pits from Gordon and the 88. But once Keselowski pitted, Busch had the lead again. Early in the race, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano used alternate pit strategies, which allowed both to lead laps, but the strategies evened out by mid-race and Busch controlled the field.
The fact that Toyota powers Joe Gibbs Racing’s cars is no coincidence in their success. Instead, Biffle’s day ended early after he crashed on Lap 52.
Meanwhile, Gordon was unhappy with his car’s performance. This was because at the beginning of overtime, another crash requiring caution took place.
On Lap 117, Busch put Johnson down a lap.
The No. 18 auto was so good that Roger Penske’s drivers started the day on a different strategy. Nobody had an answer.
To claim his fourth win of the season, Busch had to hold off the competition on four restarts inside the final 10 laps.
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Through most of the race, Busch was accompanied up front by two of his three Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, Edwards and Kenseth, along with Martin Truex Jr., whose Furniture Row Racing team has a technical affiliation with Joe Gibbs Racing. That came just after slow-poke David Ragan blew a tire and hammered the wall. Late accidents, including a pile-up that brought out a red flag with less than ten to go in regulation, forced Busch to survive multiple restarts, but he was so strong that the extra chances to lose were nearly irrelevant. No problem again for Busch.
