When action got back under way Sunday night, the field lined up in the order it had been running Saturday night when the rains came. More photos inside in the TriCitiesSports.com photo gallery.
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In the rain delayed bass pro shops and RA night race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch led 256 laps but was knocked out in a crash.
Busch slowed in traffic on Lap 286 and Harvick blasted by him to take the lead. When it was all said and done almost 23 hours later on Sunday, he wound up crossing the finish line ahead of the rest of the field. “And to have Busch Beer on the vehicle; we’ve had crummy luck with these guys on the auto and so I’m just really happy for Busch and Jimmy John’s and really proud of these guys on the No. 41 team”.
Many race tracks already have in place a bevy of offerings geared towards youth, including youth autograph sessions, youth garage tours, kids’ clubs and designated kids’ zones. I was like, no, we’ve got a lot more left. It was also the first for Stewart-Hass racing at Bristol.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you”, Harvick said over the radio as he crossed the line.
Force raced to her first career victory in Gainesville, Florida, in March, and also won the Four-Wide Nationals in April in Concord, North Carolina. It’s been a decade since I’ve been to victory lane here, and I know this is the race that he had circled on the calendar every year. “This is a hard place to win and I’m proud of that team”.
A night race at Bristol is always exciting.
Stenhouse was racing a specially-plaquered machine in memory of close friend Bryan Clauson, who was killed on August 7 while leading a USAC Midget Dirt Race in Belleville.
The weekend didn’t start out all that grand. But to get back into Victory Lane here at Bristol feels really good. Another cell caused a almost seven-minute red flag with 66 laps remaining. “We needed to re-start better than sixth”. 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 were good on the short runs, not so good on the long runs”, said Hamlin.
Right after the race restarted, the yellow flag was displayed again for another member of the Busch family, Kurt Busch. – Kurt Busch on the spin-out that caught up Brad Keselowski, ending both drivers’ chances of winning Sunday.
“It’s us against us”, Harvick said. “We are able to get to the bottom and make passes later in runs”. Originally scheduled to start Saturday night, the drivers were only able to compete for less than 40 laps before the race was red-flagged due to rain. Pole-sitter Carl Edwards had fallen to seventh when the race was stopped.
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FINALLY GREEN: The postponed race was supposed to resume at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, but heavy rains made that an impossibility. Chase Elliott was second, followed by Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth. “A frustrating day. Let’s go home”. We’ve had some good cars here over the last few years. “[My crew chief] doesn’t really like to do it that way, but I think it’s fun to pass cars”.
