Cars in field: 37
Pole: Chase Briscoe (19)
Outside Pole: Denny Hamlin (11)
Stages: 80-85-102
Weather: Sunny, 86°F, Feels like 94°, Feels like (shade) 87°, Wind SW 3 mph, Wind Gusts 5 mph
Pole-sitter Chase Briscoe (19) has the early lead.
Twelve laps into the race the AI finally displays race information in Timeline.
Green flag pit stops are underway on lap 38 of 267.
Caution on lap 55 of 267 for Cody Ware (51) losing a tire and tackling the wall.
Timeline updated to lap 20 and on lap 55 of 267 has not updated since.
‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) wins stage one.
Caution on lap 89 of 267 for an incident involving John Hunter ‘JHN’ Nemechek (42) and Ryan Preece (60). Erik Jones (43) was collected in the incident.
Restarting on lap 95 of 267 with Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) and Kyle Larson (5) on the front row. Still no AI update in Timeline.
On lap 109 of 267 the Timeline updated to lap 98.
‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) wins stage two.
Caution on lap 211 of 267 for a spin by JJ Yeley (44) courtesy of Carson Hocevar (77).
On lap 213 the Timeline continues to display lap 173.
Restarting on lap 216 of 267 with ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11), Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace (23), Chase Elliott (9), Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20), Kyle Larson (5), and Chase Briscoe (19).
Caution on the restart on lap 216 of 267 for a crash involving Noah Gragson (4), Joey Logano (22), Carson Hocevar (77), Ricky Stenhouse Jr (47), AJ Allmendinger (16), Ty Gibbs (54), Erik Jones, Austin Dillon, Austin Cindric (2), Ross Chastain (1), Kyle ‘KyBu’ Busch (8), and Ryan Blaney (12).
Leader Hamlin is reporting a steering issue according to MRN’s Steve ‘Postie/Postman’ Post. ‘Postie’ provides an update that the power steering is gone on the 11 car.
Restarting on lap 221 of 267 with the same group up front. Timeline continues to display lap 173.
Postman updated the Hamlin power-steering situation and the guys in the booth commented that if not for Post’s update you were never know he was having a power-steering issue. In other words, he’s whining, but the performance indicates it isn’t a big deal. He’s fishing for sympathy – as usual when he’s been publicly wrong. The news throughout the week indicates they meetings about Hamlin wrecking Ty Gibbs did not vindicate Hamlin as he seemed to believe would occur based on the radio audio reported during the race.
Caution on lap 253 of 267 for debris. Kyle ‘KyBu’ Busch (8) loses a tire and the carcass is on the track.
Ryan Blaney (12) and Ty Gibbs (54) are busted for speeding. Elliott is the first car to take four tires and will restart eighth.
Restarting on lap 259 of 267 with Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20), Bubba Wallace (23), Chase Briscoe (19), Tyler ‘TyRed’ Reddick (45), William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24), ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11), Chase Elliott (9), Kyle Larson (5), Joey Logano (22), and Chris Buescher (17) up front.
Bell and Wallace are battling door-to-door for the lead.
Caution on lap 260 of 267 for a spin by Carson Hocevar (77). Hocevard was trying to get the car turned around, but his rear wheel was spinning freely. It looked like the car might have bottomed out on the track.
Restarting in overtime on lap 266 of 268 with Bubba Wallace (23), Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20), Chase Briscoe (19), Tyler Reddick (45), ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11), Chase Elliott (9), Kyle Larson (5), Shane ‘SVG’ Van Gisbergen (88), William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24), Brad Keselowski (6) up front.
Caution on lap 266 of 268 The 38 car was on its side against the wall sliding around the track. It finally falls on its roof, then on its wheels. Ty Gibbs (54), John Hunter ‘JHN’ Nemecheck (42), Josh Berry (21) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr (47) involved in the crash. JHN ran Zane Smith into the wall, then Smith went up on its side and JHN spun. Both Berry and Smith walked to the safety vehicles for the ride to the infield care center.
Red flag is out at 1819 eastern. Caution is out at 1827 eastern.
“Just a product of being back there. You know on a restart everybody has to make up for how shit they ran all day and have to pass everybody in one corner.” – Josh Berry (21) during MRN radio interview from the infield care center.
MRN reports Bubba (23) was angry about what 23XI teammate Tyler Reddick (45) did on the restart. He said they asked him to line up behind him to get a push and it didn’t happen. He said that couldn’t happen again, he almost lost the lead.
Zane Smith (38) said flipping down the track is what really hurt, during his television interview out of the infield care center.
Restarting in second overtime on lap 270 of 272 with Bubba Wallace (23), Christopher Bell (20), Chase Briscoe (19), Tyler Reddick (45), Denny Hamlin (11), Kyle Larson (5), William Byron (24), Chase Elliott (9), Ross Chastain (1), and Shane Van Gisbergen (88) up front.
MRN reports the 23XI (Reddick) and JGR (Briscoe) teammates did not push Wallace and Bell on the restart in spite of lining up behind them.
‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) runs leader Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace (23) up to the wall battling for the lead. Hamlin owns the 23 car.
Chase Elliott (9) wins as Hamlin and Wallace battle for the lead.
The crowd is booing Hamlin during his television interview. Hamlin claims he got really tight and let the 9 win. He’s claiming it’s mechanical issues.
“…two years ago i would’ve said something dumb like he was a dumbass for the mood whether he’s my boss or not.” – Bubba Wallace on television interview when asked about how his boss Denny Hamlin raced him.
Reddick says, in his television interview, he tried to push him (Wallace), but they just got separated.
MRN reports Chase Elliott (9) was having a hard time finding Victory Lane.
I watched the portion of the event worth watching. The finish was great – actual racing with a legitimately contended result. I am thrilled with the winner and more excited for the on-track action during the final laps of the race, especially in the overtime periods. The Timeline feature updated in spurts, so I wasn’t able to follow the event through the feature. I listened to MRN to follow the event, which left me a bit behind on the coverage. The ticker on nascar.com showed the MRN broadcast was a bit more than a lap behind consistently.
Bubba walked over to Hamlin’s car where he was giving interviews and shook his hand and gave him a quick hug. I’m proud of the class he shows with that move.
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