The race was scheduled to begin at 3:09 p.m. Sunday.
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Busch’s problem reshuffled the front of the field, with Kurt Busch and Joey Logano at the front for the restart on Lap 366. Something broke in the right rear of the vehicle. But then his day also came to an early and ugly end. “We’ve been having parts failures here, so something we’ve got to address and fix”. With no lights to allow for night racing and no quick end to the downpour in sight, drying the track in time to get in 101 of the 200 laps to make the race official was not possible.
Later, race-leader Kurt Busch (Kyle’s older brother) also spun after he clipped the bottom groove, causing him to lose control. Ryan Blaney and Matt Kenseth were also taken out in the big crash. This thing was good from the start of the weekend. I got loose off two.
“It was my fault and I hate it for my guys”.
“We’ve had the performance that we’ve needed in the cars nearly every week and it’s been one of those deals where things didn’t go exactly right”.
Harvick, who had been consistently working his way through the field, then inherited the lead. Logano got a little bit of damage to the front of his vehicle but was able to continue racing.
A track dryer works on an area of the track during a rain delay in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, in Bristol, Tenn. We made mistakes or whatever the case may be. “But to get back to Victory Lane here at Bristol feels really good”. “The last few times we’ve been here, we’ve had really fast M&M’s Toyota Camrys and we haven’t been able to finish. I like to pass cars”.
Kevin Harvick, right, celebrates after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race with Bass Pro Shops founder John Morris, center, and Jeff Hall, manager of Bass Pro Shops of Bristol, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016 in Bristol, Tenn. The. With only a few weeks left until the playoffs kick-off in Chicago, Harvick and his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team seem to be gaining momentum after a somewhat lackluster season. We really wanted to park in Victory Lane for his whole family and his friends and fans.
“Well, we knew we had the performance that we needed to have in the cars pretty much every week”, said Harvick after Sunday’s race.
“It’s been one of those deals where things have just not gone exactly right”, said Harvick, who led 128 laps. “Really looking forward to Michigan, probably my best track, so hopefully we can go win one and not have to worry about it for two weeks”.
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He celebrated by inviting his auto owner and fellow SHR driver Tony Stewart, who is retiring at the end of the season, to join him in a double-burnout, much to the delight of the fans who stuck around. When the track dried, the race returned to yellow on Lap 446 with Harvick in the lead, followed by Hamlin, Johnson, Dillon and Jamie McMurray. “I’d been wrecking for half a lap and they just came through and cleaned us out”.
