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2024 NASCAR Cup Series Race Thirty Kansas

Cars in field: 38
Pole: Christopher Bell (20)
Outside Pole: Ty Gibbs (54)
Stages: 80-85-102
Weather: Sunny, 87°F, Feels like (sun) 90°, Feels like (shade) 84°, Wind NNE 8 mph, Wind Gusts 11 mph

Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) and Ty ‘MyGrandfatherIsTeamOwnerJoeGibbs’ Gibbs (54) lead the field to the green flag. CBell gets the early lead.

Caution on lap 1 of 267 for a crash in turn two involving Ty Dillon (16), Josh Berry (4) and Jimmie Johnson (84). Chase Elliott (9) took them four-wide, Harrison Burton (21) checked up and got into Ty Dillon sending him around in front of Josh Berry and Jimmie Johnson (84) who were collected. Josh Berry’s day is done before he completes a lap.

Restarting on lap 6 of 267. CBell gets the early lead again.

Caution on lap 18 of 267 for Kyle Larson (5) riding the wall after losing a right rear tire.

Restarting on lap 24 of 267 with Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) and Ty ‘LilJoe’ Gibbs (54) at the front of the field. Joey Logano (22) takes them three-wide for the lead and gets the early lead. CBell gets the lead back seconds later.

William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24) wins stage one.

Restarting on lap 86 of 267 with Joey Logano (22) and William Byron (24) up front followed by Ryan Blaney (12), CBell (20), Gibbs (54) and Martin ‘MTJ’ Truex Jr (19). WilliB (24) takes the early lead.

Caution on lap 97 of 267 for a spin by Erik ‘EJ’ Jones (43).

Restarting on lap 104 of 267 with Kyle ‘KyBu’ Bush (8), Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20), Joey Logano (22), William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24), Ty Gibbs (54), Alex Bowman (48), Ryan Blaney (12) at the front of the field. KyBu takes the early lead.

CBell easily passes KyBu on lap 105 of 267.

KyBu (8) tags the wall on lap 111 of 267. He continues. The race stays green.

Ryan Blaney (12) takes the lead from CBell (20) on lap 140 of 267

Spin by Daniel Hemric (31) on lap 142 of 267 brings out the caution. Hemric lost the right rear tire after visit with the wall.

Restarting on lap 148 of 267 with Zane Smith (71), Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20), Joey Logano (22), Ty Gibbs (54), Martin ‘MTJ’ Truex Jr (19), Ryan Blaney (12), Alex Bowman (48), and William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24) at the head of the field. Kyle Larson (5) is back on the lead lap, but working on diffuser damage. ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) pits a second time and will start at the back of the field. Hamlin said he had a vibration and crew-chief Chris Gabehart told him to come back in. He had a loose left wheel.

Caution on lap 148 of 267 for spins by John Hunter ‘JHN’ Nemechek (42) and Justin Haley (7).

CBell (20) has led 111 of 151 laps.

Restarting on lap 153 of 267 with CBell (20), Zane Smith (71), Ty Gibbs (54), Ryan Blaney (12), Alex Bowman (48), Joey Logano (22), MTJ (19), WilliB (24), and Chase Elliott (9) up front. CBell gets the early lead.

Caution on lap 156 of 267 for a spin by Austin ‘MyFatherIsAPenskeExec’ Cindric (2).

Restarting on lap 161 of 267 with Bell (20), Bowman (48), Blaney (12), Gibbs (54), Byron (24), Chase Elliott (9) up front. Alex Bowman (48) gets the early lead. CBell (20) visits the wall and continues.

Alex Bowman (48) holds off Gibbs to win stage two.

MRN reports he got aero-blocked and lost the back end sending him into the wall. He apologized to the team.

Alex Bowman wins the race off pit road followed by Ryan Blaney (12), William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24), Brad ‘It’ Keselowski (6), Chase Briscoe (14), ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) and Christopher Bell (20).

Restarting on lap 171 of 267. Ty Gibbs (54) will lead them to the green flag by staying out on this pit sequence, along with Carson Hocevar (77), Kyle Busch (8), MTJ (19), Ross Chastain (1), Tyler Reddick (45), Chris Buescher (17), Zane Smith (71), Daniel Suarez (99) and Harrison Burton (21). Bowman (48), first off pit road, restarts 19th. Carson Hocevar (77) gets the early lead.

Since NBC insists on idiotic camera shots of the track surface and car tires mostly, I’m watching NHRA to see actual racing action and listening to MRN for actual NASCAR coverage. NBC got rid of the only listenable talent they had on the NASCAR Cup broadcasts – Rick Allen – and exponentially escalated the nasal factor by slotting Leigh Diffey into the booth making it totally ear-shattering. Various NASCAR folks seem charmed by his accent and ability to scream at the drop of a hat. I don’t understand why the guys involved in NASCAR mistake screaming for excitement. His constant tendency to screech caused me to seek out and become a fan of IndyCar Radio during broadcasts.

Ryan Blaney pits on lap 193 of 267 for loose left rear wheel.

On lap 203 of 267 Kyle Busch (8) is battling Ross Chastain (1) for the lead. He gets the lead on lap 204 of 267. Chastain comes back, gets alongside, Busch maintains the lead.

Joey Logano (22) is on pit road, under green, on lap 205 of 267.

Green flag pit stops are underway.

Tyler ‘TyRed’ Reddick (45) pits from the lead on lap 217 of 267. MRN reports he has some issue and is ‘zig-zagging’ the car. He’s near pit road so hit immediately pitted.

Kyle ‘KyBu’ Busch (8) leads once Brad ‘It’ Keselowski (6) heads for his green flag stop.

Chastain (1) takes the lead from KyBu (8). KyBu chases him down. Chastain tags the wall. KyBu re-takes the lead on lap 226 of 267.

Caution on lap 235 of 267 for Kyle Busch (8) spinning from the lead trying to pass Chase Briscoe (14) after tagging the wall. As MRN said, heartbreaking. The lapped Briscoe didn’t give Busch any room up top to pass and it looks like the wall just sucked Busch in.

Restarting on lap 241 of 267 with Brad ‘It’ Keselowski (6) – who stayed out – leading them to the green. The winner off pit road lines up next MTJ (19), followed by Ross Chastain (1) Alex Bowman (48) William Byron (24), Ty Gibbs (54), Ryan Blaney (12), Kyle Busch, Chris Buescher (17), Tyler Reddick (45), and Daniel Suarez (99). MTJ gets the early lead.

Caution on lap 241 of 267 for a spin by Carson Hocevard (77). Chase Hocevar got pinned to the outside wall when Briscoe came up the track and Harrison Burton got into the back of Hocevar who was trying to check up to avoid Briscoe.

Restarting on lap 247 of 267 with Martin ‘MTJ’ Truex Jr (19), Ross ‘WatermelonBoy’ Chastain (1), Alex Bowman (48), William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24), Ryan Blaney (12), Kyle ‘KyBu’ Busch (8), Ty Gibbs (54), Zane Smith (71), Chris Buescher (17) and Daniel Suarez (99) up front. Ross Chastain gets the early lead.

MRN seems giddy that there have been a record number of leaders in this race – 15 – 30 different lead changes.

Chastain takes the white flag.

Ross Chastain (1) holds off William Byron (24) for the win.

William Byron mentioned in his MRN interview that ‘it was harder to work other lanes when the shade began to creep in’. That’s what it looked like to me – the racing wound down as the sun went down. Sounds like they need to start this race earlier or later so the final laps aren’t the exceptions to the rest of the race.

It was a so-so race. It had moments of interest in the third stage. Not a great race, not a terrible race. Better when the sun was on the track and it seemed passing the leader was possible. Totally disappointing finish. A bit better than a typical Kansas race, but nothing to write home about.

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