Cars in field: 37
Pole: William Byron (24)
Outside Pole: Joey Logano (22)
Stages: 60-125-127
Weather: Sunny, 69°F, Feels like (sun) 77°, Feels like (shade) 67°, Wind ENE 2 mph, Wind Gusts 5 mph
Caution for lap 5 of 312 for a spin by Katherine Legge (78)
Caution on the restart on lap 11 of 312 for spins by Ricky Stenhouse Jr (47) and Cole Custer (41) as they tried to go four-wide in turn one.
William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24) easily wins stage one.
Restarting on lap 71 of 312 with ‘WilliB’ (24) and Tyler ‘TyRed’ Reddick (45) on the front row.
Currently nascar.com’s leaderboard is about half a lap ahead of the television broadcast which is about two laps ahead of the radio broadcast. I miss the days when the radio broadcast was slightly – maybe 2 or 3 seconds – ahead of nascar.com and both were half to a full lap ahead of the television broadcast.
Caution on lap 92 of 312 for Michael McDowell (71) tagging the outside wall.
Caution on lap 39 of 312 for a multi-car crash involving Brad Keselowski (6), Justin Haley (7), Carson Hocevar (77), Riley Herbst (35), Shane ‘SVG’ van Gisbergen (88), AJ Allmendinger (16), Chase Briscoe (19), Cole Custer (41), Noah Gragson (4), Austin Dillon (3), and Todd Gilliland (34). Briscoe drove up on the right side of Justin Haley’s car. When Briscoe’s car dropped back to the track surface it bounced into Carson Hocevar who was on the outside lane, sending it into the wall, and sending several cars spinning in front of the field.
Restarting on lap 112 of 312 with Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) and William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24) up front.
On lap 156 of 312 Michael McDowell (71) is slow around the track. The right rear tire goes down and he heads to pit road without bringing out a caution.
Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) easily wins stage two.
So far this has been a total snooze of an event.
Caution on lap 304 of 312 for Ty Gibbs (54) hitting the wall.
Restarting on lap 310 of 312 with CBell and ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) on the front row followed by Josh Berry Kle Larson, WilliB, Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Chris Buescher, JHN and 38.
CBell takes the white flag.
CBell (20) holds off teammate ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) for the win.
Nothing to write home about. It was okay. Of the two, I’m pleased with the winner. I am very glad no one ‘snuck/stole’ the win. If that had occurred, it would’ve felt more like a waste of time watching the entire event.
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