(17) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, Overheating, 317. 36. Larson took second from Harvick on the restart, but Harvick quickly got back by to retake the second spot for good.
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While David Pearson, Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip dominated Darlington from this weekend’s celebrated 1975-84 era, in the modern years there have now been 11 different drivers in victory lane over its last 11 races: Greg Biffle (2006), Jeff Gordon (2007), Kyle Busch (2008), Mark Martin (2009), Denny Hamlin (2010), Regan Smith (2011), Jimmie Johnson (2012), Matt Kenseth (2013), Kevin Harvick (2014), Carl Edwards (2015) and Truex (2016).
“I’m over being a cheerleader”, Harvick said.
“We’ve got people. We’ll just have to look at it”.
“But until Homestead is done and gone, we won’t know”. “Those guys get paid a lot of money to perform on pit road, and cheerleading really hasn’t been working”, he said.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule heads to Darlington today for the Southern 500, as the stock vehicle auto racing circuit takes a tour through its own history at the pioneering SC race track. Leroy Yarbrough (1969) and David Pearson (1976) are the only drivers to accomplish that feat.
“This is unbelievable”, said Truex to NASCAR. I think that based on the team we have and the way we’ve been running, I mean, we could honestly be sitting here with seven, eight, nine wins if things had gone a little different here and there.
Sixteen percent of those who voted said it was a “fair race, ‘ 13 percent said it was “poor” and 14 percent said it was cool because of the Throwback theme that featured special paint schemes and all kinds of unique, nostalgic stuff associated with the race”. But the competition for the final three spots in the 16-driver postseason got tighter after Sunday’s race.
Harvick attempted to rally but couldn’t finish it off, having to settle for second in a race where he led 214 of the 367 laps.
Martin Truex Jr. made the Chase last season and advanced to the final four at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Tonight we weren’t the best vehicle, and we won for once.
Harvick, who led every lap before the caution, was fifth on the restart.
Buescher won at Pocono and moved into 30th place two weeks later at Bristol. He battled back toward the top, but could not chase down Truex. “I feel like we have a good cushion right now”. From there, however, Harvick could not chase Truex down and was forced to settle for second.
Harvick’s chance at taking the checkered flag was pretty much wiped out when he lost a total of 17 positions in the pits, one more deviating than the next. Airing on NBC, fans can also tune in online to watch an NBC NASCAR live video stream of the race. Denny Hamlin took over the lead after needing only 11 seconds for his stop. The mistake dropped Harvick from first to 12th and was one he couldn’t quite overcome, a problem he’s faced all season. “Just the dominant vehicle, and just three bad stops on pit road”.
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Harvick was asked how he balances the positive and with tough criticism for his team.
