It is in these sisters Kourtney says the circumstances that call I ever really movement is there is that. The race remained green through a round of green flag pit stops, and the only time that Harvick lost the lead was when he was on pit road. “We knew that was going to be a tough situation, but it ended up that it bit us, and I just hate it for these guys”.
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According to NASCAR rules, a second-place vehicle is not allowed to beat the first-place auto to the start-finish line at the start of the race. “But, in the end, the big picture is what it’s all about”.
Busch is also in the mix for the title. Busch suffered a serious injury prior to the start of the Sprint Cup season keeping him out of the 2015 Daytona 500 and the next 10 series race. Busch did more than that. But the three drivers he will face – the highest finisher of the four will win the title – all have their own reasons to be optimistic.
“He’s got four championships, so I think he’s got the advantage”, Harvick replied.
According to the oddsmakers at BetDSI, Kevin Harvick is the favorite to win this race, as he has 7/2 odds.
“I know there’s a lot of guys that wanted to race this through and I totally understand – the 19 [Carl Edwards], the 41 [Kurt Busch], a lot of guys wanted to get an opportunity”, Earnhardt commented.
He was penalized minutes into the race for jumping the start – he grabbed the lead from pole-sitter Johnson – but fell to last in the field when he made his pass-through on pit road.
Their respective finishes secured Harvick and Busch spots in next week’s championship finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
“I’m excited about our chances and our opportunity”, Gordon said. “(Today’s race) actually went a little better than we anticipated. “I’m just really proud of what we’ve accomplished this year and to be able to be putting really good weeks together was really awesome….” Ingrid 1/8Gordon’s wife3/8 and the kids got there the next day and we immediately went out to the stables where they were at and visited with them.
With the final four drivers now set, NASCAR moves to Homestead in Miami for the final race of the 2015 season. But when a pivotal race that decides the championship field isn’t run to completion, it’s hard to see clearly through the clouds. “You’ve got to have good people around you to help guide you and give you good direction and give you that time that you need to not have the distractions”. “You always want to win when you have a vehicle like we had (Sunday), but I’ll take it again (at Homestead)”. There was obviously a few bittersweet emotions in Earnhardt Jr.
The Chase for the Sprint Cup ends next Sunday at Homestead with the Ford EcoBoost 400.
“It’s a shame that we didn’t win that race because it was pretty damn badass how we drove that race”, he said.
Even though he was unable to recover from a round that started with a crash at Martinsville Speedway, Busch still considers this season a success, especially having missed the first three races of the season due to a NASCAR mandated suspension.
The race was delayed almost seven hours by a series of storms, forcing the penultimate race in the Chase to start under the lights at the mile oval.
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After a red flag to clean up the track, Jones pitted for repairs and was able to bring his truck home on the lead lap in ninth place.
