It’s cloudy and windy as the 40 car field circles for the pace laps. A competition caution is scheduled for lap 20 of 200. The stages will be 45-45-110 laps.
Competition caution on lap 20 of 200.
Restarting on lap 25 of 200.
Caution on lap 48 of 200 for Jade Buford (48) hitting the wall.
NBC have several distant shots of the incident, a shot of the car spinning in slow motion, and a fish-eye lens shot of the car spinning. Their video coverage is awful. I know no more about the incident than I did seeing the stopped, smoking car with the crumpled front end.
Cole Custer is on MRN and says the Dylan Lupton (26) hit the wall and Jade Buford (48) had nowhere to go.
Restarting on lap 37 of 200.
AJ Allmendinger (16) wins stage one.
Restarting on lap 51 of 200.
Austin Cindric (22) finishes stage two out front.
Restarting on lap 96 of 200.
Caution on lap 97 of 200 as Daniel Hemric (18) drifts up in front of Noah Gragson (9) who gets into Hemric’s left rear sending Hemric around in front of the field. Gragson got tagged in the right front. Myatt Snider (2) tapped the spinning Hemric, but didn’t seem to sustain damage.
Restarting on lap 102 of 200.
Caution on lap 104 of 200 for a spin by Joe Graf Jr (07).
Restarting on lap 107 of 200.
Riley Herbst (98) tags the wall and pits on lap 123 of 200.
Caution on lap 135 of 200 for Mason Massey (5) riding the wall.
Restarting on lap 140 of 200.
Caution on lap 154 of 200 for a tire carcass rolling down the track. Joe Graf Jr (07) visited the wall, losing the right rear tire.
Restarting on lap 159 of 200.
Caution on lap 159 of 200 for Brandon Jones (19) spinning in front of the field.
Restarting on lap 163 of 200 with Noah Gragson (9) and AJ Allmendinger (16) on the front row.
The 22 car passes Noah Gragson (9) for the lead. Within three laps the lead is 1.102.
Caution on lap 178 of 200 for a crash involving Harrison Burton (20) and Noah Gragson (9). Gragson’s teammate Sam Mayer (8) got into the back of Harrison Burton (20) who turned into the wall in front of Noah Gragson (9).
Restarting on lap 184 of 200 with Austin Cindric (22) and Ty ‘Little Joe’ Gibbs (54) on the front row followed by Myatt Snider (2) and Sam Mayer (8).
The 22 drives away.
Ty Gibbs (54) passes Cindric (22) on lap 189 of 200.
Ty Gibbs wins finishing 0.759 seconds ahead.
Congrats to Ryan Sieg (39) on a fifth place finish.
The race was busy with occasional crashes, but did not include much relevant racing for the lead. In the end it was pretty humdrum. I also realized the event would’ve been more interesting to me if I had positive feelings for most of the field. Generally I care if a handful of drivers in the field win. Since they’re fielding a full field frequently, that’s a really small percentage. Since most of those guys don’t have all the advantages money can buy I generally don’t have much interest in the outcome of the majority of races in the series. As a result the racing needs to be stunning. It isn’t. Those guys, overall, don’t have the skills. Some of the drivers with the skills, don’t have the financing. That combination creates a mediocre race.
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