Though the race statistics could say otherwise, Edwards’ dominant afternoon performance was by no means a Sunday drive according to the Food City 500 victor. He could have, but it wouldn’t have rang as true.
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“Everybody pushes it”, said Edwards.
He certainly was disappointed finishing seventh last week when he had a auto that started on the pole, but Rogers still had the time of his life.
Edwards started on the pole and led a race-high 276 (of 500) laps.
Busch said of the handling: “I just kept getting tighter in the long run not sure why that was”. “But for some reason with our vehicle we didn’t have any of those issues”, he said. Mike Wheeler was promoted from his job as the engineer for Hamlin to crew chief.
Can anybody beat Joe Gibbs Racing? It took them a long time to mesh, and while they finished a more-than-respectable fifth in the standings, there still seemed to be a little bit of a disconnect between them. He previously went into the victory lane during the years 2007, 2008, and 2014.
His win automatically qualified him for the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup.
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Kyle Busch is favored to win this race, as he has 7/2 odds to win.
“I got no power”, Earnhardt said over his radio.
“And I’m not just saying this because he won this race, but he’s already like a brother”.
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Hamlin spent time against the wall twice while Kenseth blew the same tire as Busch while leading on lap 188. He rallied back after two speeding penalties but then, just past the halfway point, he had another flat tire and slammed the wall again.
“I have no idea”, he said during the Fox broadcast. Here are some drivers that we think can win the race. He credited that with helping have the team bounce back this week after making the mistake at Texas last week.
“But this team, this 19 team, the pit crew, the road crew, everyone gets along so good and Carl treats us with a lot of respect”. “He keeps a level head when we have down days…” Fortunately that carried over to today, and I was able to move forward.
Just looking at his stats should show Edwards has had a lot of fun this year. It was Bayne’s best finish since winning the Daytona 500 in 2011. He continued to extend his lead with each passing lap and his vehicle continued to get better and better at a time when Busch needed it to. This put him two laps behind everyone else from the start.
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Bidding to become the first rookie to win at Bristol since Dale Earnhardt in 1979, Chase Elliott ran as high as second before coming home fourth after being shuffled back in the final couple of re-starts. Busch finished sixth at Indy driving for Andretti Autosport. “Man, that’s unbelievable. That’s probably tougher than what we did”. JGR was the class of the field Sunday, but only Edwards demonstrated it. “The whole weekend was just a real testament to our entire team”.
