Sunny skies and warm temperatures combine for a gorgeous evening in Darlington. Ryan Blaney (12) will lead thirty-seven cars to the green flag. The stages for this evening’s race are 115-115-137. A competition caution is scheduled for lap 25.<\/p>\n
Seriously Austin Cindric is driving the 2022 Mustang around the track? Wow, does it pay to be a Penske exec’s son or what? That is an extremely ugly car.<\/p>\n
Blaney gets the early lead closely followed by Kurt ‘KuBu’ Busch (1) who started on row two.<\/p>\n
Kurt ‘KuBu’ Busch (1) passes Ryan Blaney for the lead on lap 4 of 367.<\/p>\n
Caution for debris on lap 15 of 367 from Alex Bowman’s visit to the wall. The car slid up to the wall. Possibly he lost a right side tire.<\/p>\n
Bowman was having electrical issues earlier. They decided to let him stay out after he tagged the wall and the tire eventually went down. He also had left rear damage from contact with his teammate William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24).<\/p>\n
William Byron (24) has right rear end damage from contact with Alex Bowman (48)<\/p>\n
MRN reports Justin Haley (77) was in Joey Gase’s (15) pit. He apparently was pushed out of Austin Dillon’s (3) pit prior to heading to Gase’s pit.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap of 19 of 367 with KuBu and Blaney on the front row.<\/p>\n
KuBu has the early lead.<\/p>\n
Competition caution on lap 25 of 367.<\/p>\n
Kevin ‘KHarv\/Happy’ Harvick (4), Kurt ‘KuBu’ Busch (1), Ryan Blaney (12), ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) and Martin ‘MTJ’ Truex Jr (19) win the race off pit road.<\/p>\n
MRN is reporting a heavy tire rub on Chase Elliott’s (9) car as he exits pit road, possibly due to a collision on pit road.<\/p>\n
As Chase was exiting his pit stall he clipped the tire carried by the tire carrier of the 53 team – pitting ahead of him – and the left front got caved in. The tire carrier was not hurt. Chase had to return to pit road to get the left front fender pulled out.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 30 of 367 with Erik ‘DaBrat’ Jones (43) on the front row after staying out. Josh Bilicki (52) and Joey Gase (15) also stayed out.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 30 of 367 for Michael McDowell (34) spinning and making contact with the outside wall, then hard contact with the inside wall. DaBrat (43) tapped McDowell in the rear getting him loose.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 35 of 367 with KHarv (4) up front.<\/p>\n
KHarv gets the early jump for the lead.<\/p>\n
Rusty Wallace noted that no one has been able to get a good start from the outside lane so far in the race.<\/p>\n
Michael McDowell (34) said his left tires got into the patch and got loose. NASCAR patched a section of the track. Overall the drivers have been avoiding the patch during the previous two events.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 47 of 367 for an incident involving teammates James Davison (53) and Cody Ware (51). Ware decided not to pit and his right front blew off the right front quarter panel shortly after he passed pit road.<\/p>\n
‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11), KHarv (4), Blaney (12), KuBu (1), Tyler ‘TyRed’ Reddick (), Kyle Larson (5), and Kyle ‘KyBu’ Busch (18) win the race off pit road.<\/p>\n
Alex Bowman’s (48) car went up in flames on pit road as they were doing repairs and one of his crew members went up as well. The fire is out and the crewman is getting attention from the AMR Safety crew.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 53 of 367 with ‘Desperate’ and Blaney on the front row.<\/p>\n
MRN’s Rusty Wallace said “its four times in a row the outside lane did not go”.<\/p>\n
Ricky ‘Wrecky Spinhouse’ Stenhouse Jr (47) kicks off green flag pit stops on lap 79 of 367.<\/p>\n
Desperate wins stage one 2.442 seconds ahead of second position.<\/p>\n
Boooooooorrrrrriiiiiinnnnnnnggggggg.<\/p>\n
‘Desperate’ (11), Kyle Larson (5), KuBu (1), Happy (4) and Blaney (12) win the race off pit road.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 122 of 367 with ‘Desperate’ (11) and Larson (5) up front.<\/p>\n
Larson takes the early lead.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 124 of 367 for Kyle ‘KyBu’ Busch (18) hitting the wall several times after the initial crash. Austin Dillon (3) was on his left rear corner. KyBu got loose, tried to save it, but ended up smacking the wall. Kyle Busch (18) drove the car directly to the hauler, parked it, got out and walked away between the haulers before anyone arrived. The fans were applauding as he exited the car.<\/p>\n
MRN reports that this is the first time KyBu has had a DNF at Darlington.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 130 of 367 with Larson and KuBu on the front row.<\/p>\n
The skies over the track are always so beautiful at dusk at Darlington. The skies are the most interesting thing about this event so far. I wish we could see more of them.<\/p>\n
Bumper cam on lap 131 of 367. The boredom struck quickly that time. I’ve been listening to the race more than watching to avoid the aggravation of the stupid camera tricks.<\/p>\n
KyBu said he was “running terrible and got wrecked. We shouldn’t have been running where we were running”. He said, “it wasn’t the 3’s fault but, it was just a bad spot”.<\/p>\n
On lap 155 of 367 MMRN is calling the battle for third which they said is taking place about seven seconds behind the leader.<\/p>\n
Green flag pit stops are kicked off by WilliB (24) on lap 156 of 367.<\/p>\n
Chase Elliott (9) missed the commitment box to pit.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 162 of 367 in the midst of green flag pit stops for debris. Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) ran over the debris.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 168 of 367 with Larson and KuBu up front.<\/p>\n
Larson gets the early lead.<\/p>\n
WilliB (24) and Ross Chastain (42) kick off green flag pit stops on lap 195 of 367.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 199 of 367 as WilliB tackles the outside wall. Looks like he had a flat.<\/p>\n
WilliB (24) said a valve stem caused him to lose the left rear tire.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 205 of 367 with Larson (5) and Ross Chastain (42) on the front row.<\/p>\n
On lap 208 of 367 NBCSN is showing the 41 of Cole Custer which is smoking around the track.<\/p>\n
Larson wins stage two 4.406 seconds ahead of the second place car.<\/p>\n
Larson (5), CBell (20), ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11), ‘Happy’ Harvick (4), and Ross Chastain (42) win the race off pit road.<\/p>\n
The television broadcast audio is off-limits with Dale Jr, Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty in the booth. What a nightmare combo.<\/p>\n
Kelli Stavast and Brad Daugherty are on the broadcast desk – another nightmare.<\/p>\n
Blaney has to serve a pit road penalty for an uncontrolled tire. So he will start at the tail end of the field.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 235 of 367 with Larson and CBell on the front row.<\/p>\n
Larson gets the early lead.<\/p>\n
CBell pits on lap 252 of 367 for a vibration.<\/p>\n
MRN reports Chase Elliott (9) tagged the wall while battling KHarv on lap 267 of 367.<\/p>\n
KuBu kicks off green flag pit stops on lap 269 of 367.<\/p>\n
MRN’s Alex Hayden mentioned earlier this evening that the drivers say this race feels longer than the Coke 600. It certainly feels endless to me tonight. It’s so boring. I’m curious to go to the track and see if it is as boring in the stands as it is on television. The last couple of Atlanta races I attended were as boring at the track as on television, but that was prior to the awful NBCSN coverage.<\/p>\n
Larson is 7.191 seconds ahead of second plan on lap 282 of 367.<\/p>\n
KHarv (4) pits on lap 287 of 367 for a loose wheel.<\/p>\n
CBell (20) is on pit road on lap 291 of 367 apparently with a loose wheel also.<\/p>\n
Green flag pit stops underway on lap 299 of 367.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 316 of 367 for a spin by Ryan Blaney (12).<\/p>\n
MTJ (19), Desperate (11), KHarv (4), Ross Chastain (42), and Kyle Larson (5) win the race off pit road.<\/p>\n
MTJ is popped for speeding on pit road.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 325 of 367 with ‘Desperate’ and Larson up front (choose rule).<\/p>\n
Chastain gives Hamlin a good push to the early lead.<\/p>\n
Chase Elliott (9) brings out the caution on lap 326 of 367 as he slams the wall as a result of Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace (23) pinching CBell (20) up into Chase Elliott (9). Chase loses the right front tire and slams repeatedly into the wall.<\/p>\n
MRN reports KuBu is on pit road as the cars are doing the choose. nascar.com reports Kurt Busch (1) pits to repair damage due to contact with Chastain and the wall.<\/p>\n
Restarting on lap 331 of 367 with Hamlin (11) and Larson (5) on the front row.<\/p>\n
Hamlin got the better start.<\/p>\n
Larson tucks into second position ahead of Chastain.<\/p>\n
Larson is battling Hamlin. Chastain is making a nuisance of himself.<\/p>\n
Hamlin has taken Larson’s line.<\/p>\n
‘Desperate’ holds off a smoking Kyle Larson for the win.<\/p>\n
Larson is sparking his way to pit road.<\/p>\n
That was a crappy conclusion to a crappy race.<\/p>\n
Congrats to Kurt Busch (1) on rebounding to a sixth place finish.<\/p>\n
Motorsport News:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Sunny skies and warm temperatures combine for a gorgeous evening in Darlington. Ryan Blaney (12) will lead thirty-seven cars to the green flag. The stages for this evening’s race are 115-115-137. A competition caution is scheduled for lap 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","category-sports","category-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Next Race: Richmond<\/h3>\n
GO 48!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"