Truex became the eighth driver in Cup history to win the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte and the Bojangles’ Southern 500 in the same year. Edwards is in fourth in the Chase grid with two victories this season.
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Kyle Larson secured himself a spot in the chase with a win in MI on August 28th, the first of his career.
However, he still finished.607 seconds behind Truex. Edwards is the defending champion of this race and looks to continue that success this weekend. When the series returned to the historic road course in upstate New York’s wine country in 2005, Dixon won the first three races, his victory that first year snapping a 40-race winless streak. His lone Darlington win came during that streak in 2014 and he also has five total top five finishes and eight top tens.
But Martin Truex Jr. and his single-car team based in Denver have been building momentum since losing the Daytona 500 by just inches to begin the season.
You can follow along live today at NASCAR’s Race Center. Busch and Larson have only led a combined six laps over the last two races at Darlington but each have finished solidly inside the top-ten. He claimed three straight wins at the track between 1995 and 1996. However, he is locked into the Chase and will make a run as the Sprint Cup Championship.
Courtney Force wins in NHRA: BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Courtney Force won the Funny Car portion of the NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout, and Matt Hagan topped funny car qualifying in the U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway.
Among active drivers, Jimmie Johnson leads with three Cup triumphs at Darlington.
Bowyer’s one-year stint with HScott Motorsports, his temporary home before replacing Tony Stewart, can’t end fast enough.
“We’ve got to thank Barney Visser, our owner, for putting what he does into this program”. Currently, Buescher is in 30th place and only 11 points ahead of David Ragan. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 367. 9.
It has been a whirlwind summer for Gordon, who was fully vested into his post-Sprint Cup life after making the final four Chase contenders before losing the title to Kyle Busch in November.
“You have a couple good weeks here and there and every once in a while you just put together a day, but they just can’t put together a whole day on pit road right now”. Elliott could have won the past two races in MI and Darlington.
Truex, meanwhile, took the lead for good with 28 laps to go and did not relinquish it.
NASCAR’s Throwback Coverage at Darlington, a hit past year, will continue on NBC Sunday night. Ken Squier and Ned Jarrett will spend some time with Dale Jarrett calling the race action while the announcers will be dressed in throwback suits from an earlier era. He has led 183 laps while posting 10 Top 10s with a 16.3 AFP.
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Truex did what he was supposed to do, which was race the track and then the drivers. The Southern 500 is a crown jewel on the NASCAR schedule and everyone wants to add their name to the list of NASCAR greats who have already conquered “The Lady in Black”. Chase has proven to be one of the best, young drivers in all of NASCAR.
