Keselowski detailed their rocky relationship on and off track in a blog a year ago. “I was driving the vehicle 101 percent when I should have been driving it 99”.
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Aiding Stewart-Haas Racing Harvick’s victory were wrecks and mishaps suffered by several other drivers who had legitimate chance to win at the high-banked, half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway track.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was second, followed by Denny Hamlin, Austin Dillon, and Chris Buescher. He reclaims the championship standings lead by 27 points over Brad Keselowski.
“That was a lot of fun”, Buescher said. Points leader Simon Pagenaud qualified 14th in windy conditions, while defending race victor Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed in morning practice and did not qualify. We had some awesome speed out of our Love’s Ford Fusion. “I’m really exhausted of losing races here with [parts failures]”. Harvick regained the lead with 70 laps to go, but rain delayed the action again on Lap 433 for the ninth and final caution. After the race, Harvick performed burnouts alongside the soon-to-be retired Tony Stewart, who is a part-owner of Havick’s No. 4 Chevrolet SS.
Logano led Harvick and the field to the green on Lap 389. Only a fraction of the 160,000 in the stands Saturday night returned for the conclusion.
Defending series champion Kyle Busch was out front with 48 of 500 laps complete. He previously reported a problem with a shock. “A frustrating day. Let’s go home”. Busch said to NASCAR after exiting his No. 18 Toyota Camry. I’m really exhausted of losing races here with parts falling apart, so they’ll hear about it on Tuesday.
“We haven’t really even got going so I think until we get some laps and get racing it is really kind of hard to say how it’s going to go”, Elliott said. That’s stupid. So, I don’t know. Quote of the Day: “The person that is the real moron out here is the driver of the No.46 and the spotter of the No.46”, Kyle Busch on Justin Allgaier after their accident knocked both from the race. It is also his second win at the track. Keselowski said Kurt Busch got loose “and by the time I saw it, I was already making contact”. This thing was good from the start of the weekend. “I tried to make up for it and got loose”.
GORDON’S FINISH: Jeff Gordon wound up 11th, his best showing in the four races he’s run in the No. 88 vehicle replacing injured Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Hamlin set the Bristol qualifying record of 131.668 miles per hour in the first of NASCAR’s three rounds of knockout qualifications. Michael Annett was sidelined by flu-like symptoms. Now, that time line is crunched as the track must finish with its main attraction, the Sprint Cup series.
Sprint Cup drivers got a final week off last weekend and now race uninterrupted through the season-ender in Florida on November 20.
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