After being 28th in the final practice Friday, that was a huge relief for the defending race victor and Los Gatos native. “I was frustrated yesterday”.
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“Going into tomorrow I feel happy with what we’ve got”, Allmendinger said.
I thought Id done a pretty good job of saving fuel under the caution, Harvick said.
He did when it counted, besting Truex by.
He did when it counted, besting Truex by. Plus, I don’t want anyone else behind the wheel besides Stewart when there are only a handful of races left to make the Chase. But, we’ll see. It’s a tough race.
“Starting up front here is really critical”.
“You’ve got to watch your back all the time”. He’s off to a good start this weekend, as he captured the pole in qualifying Saturday.
Stewart missed the previous two Cup races at The Glen. It was a satisfying finish for the 22 team, which had been in the top five in each of the last four Sprint Cup Series races without a win. He trails 30th-place David Gilliland by 13 points and Gilliland qualified 37th.
Logano’s victory at Watkins Glen marks his second win of the season. His incredible rally against stiff odds began in earnest at Sonoma in June.
In six career starts at Watkins Glen, Allmendinger has two top-5s and four top-10s and has the third-best driver rating (100.5). “I’m feeling better this week for sure than what I was at Sonoma”. “I didn’t think about how far I could get and what I could accomplish”.
“We needed to go faster”, said Logano. Last week at Pocono, he could have gotten in, but he ran out of gas. I believe this is our winningest track in the whole history of our company going back to the Trans-Am and Can-Am, so this is particularly meaningful for us.. That just didnt happen.
He quietly posted a 13th-place finish at Watkins Glen, and heads to Michigan global Speedway this weekend knowing that his first career Chase berth is well within reach.
Today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen has a start time schedule of 2:00pm eastern time, 11:00am pacific time and airs on TV channel NBCSN (the NBC Sports Network).
For Logano this is a big win.
Chris Buescher was third, followed by Boris Said and Ty Dillon.
Chase Elliott, second in points, was seventh.
Cole Mentzel – Kurt Busch – He’s finished in the top 10 the last 5 out of 7 races at the Glen.
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr is returning to Texas for surgery on a broken right hand. The collision did not bring out a caution. “I don’t think I was the only one he dumped today”. He also coached at James Madison, helping the school win the 2004 NCAA I-AA national championship.
After losing the lead on lap 21 he fought an ill handling No. 47 Chevrolet that finally gave up the ghost on Lap 50 when he lost all power.
That seems absurd. But with seven laps of caution, there was a chance. That dropped Elliott to 25th and his troubles weren’t over.
Stewart was running in fifth place when his auto suffered a rear axle failure after a lap 56 restart from a caution. Smith finished the day in 20th place. Get in-camera feed, live driver updates and more via NASCAR’s Race Buddy.
“It makes up a lot for last week”, said Logano, who lost at Pocono after running out fuel with three laps to go. Behind Logano – over eight seconds behind – was Paul Menard. His Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski finished second…. “I felt like I used to be higher than he was, however my crew chief (Adam Stevens) referred to as in scared on the gasoline state of affairs from final week, and I do not blame him”.
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Brendan Gaughan was looking to pass Habul and the angle he took caused Habul to spin and eventually be hit by Ryan Reed. Logano also won the season-opening Daytona 500.
