{"id":2032,"date":"2023-05-07T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2023-05-07T20:13:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T00:13:48","slug":"2023-nascar-cup-series-race-twelve-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/2023-nascar-cup-series-race-twelve-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 NASCAR Cup Series Race Twelve Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cars in field: 36
\nPole: William Byron (24)
\nOutside pole: Kyle Larson (5)
\nStages: 80-85-102
\nWeather: Sunny, 90, 8 mph wind with 13 mph. RealFeel Sun: 97, RealFeel Shade: 89Caution on lap 5 of 26 for Tyler Reddick (4) spinning out Kyle Larson (5).<\/p>\n

Restart on lap 9 of 267 with Tyler ‘TyRed’ Reddick (45) and Ross ‘WatermelonBoy’ Chastain (1) up front.<\/p>\n

Green flag pit stops begin on lap 34 of 267.<\/p>\n

Martin ‘MTJ’ Truex Jr (19) passes Tyler Reddick (45) for the lead on lap 28 of 267.<\/p>\n

William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24) will have to serve a pass-thru penalty for speeding on pit road.<\/p>\n

Chase Briscoe (14) lost a wheel on his green flag pit stop on lap 54 of 267. The wheel stopped rolling before it left pit road. Rather than leaving pit road, Briscoe backed up down pit road, back to his stall.<\/p>\n

‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) gets the lead from the green flag pit sequence.<\/p>\n

‘Desperate’ finishes first in stage one.<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 138 of 267 for a spin by Aric ‘Afterburner’ Almirola (10).<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 147 of 267 for spin by Josh Berry (48) induced by Ty Gibbs (54). Erik ‘DaBrat’ Jones (43) also goes for a spin in an attempt to avoid Berry.<\/p>\n

Restarting on lap 153 of 267 with Kyle Larson (5) and Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace (23) on the front row.<\/p>\n

Larson finally gets the lead over Wallace on lap 155 of 267 after door-to-door racing.<\/p>\n

Wallace takes the lead back on lap 157 of 267.<\/p>\n

Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell spins into the inside wall on lap 157 of 267 to bring out the caution.<\/p>\n

Ryan Preece (41) takes two tires to win the race off pit road. Eleven cars stay out.<\/p>\n

Restarting on lap 162 of 267 with Joey Logano (22) and Michael McDowell (34) leading them to the green flag.<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 162 of 267 for a spin hard into the inside wall by Kyle ‘KyBu’ Busch (8) with the assistance of Ryan Preece (41). KyBu was attempting to avoid running over Brad ‘It’ Keselowski (6) who was slow in the outside lane and Preece clipped KyBu’s bumper turning Busch into the outside wall. Kyle then bounced off and slid down into the inside wall. He was visibly angry when unstrapping himself once the car came to a stop.<\/p>\n

Stage two ends under caution with Joey Logano (22) out front.<\/p>\n

Kyle Busch in MRN interview out of the care center:
\n“…everybody running like assholes”
\n“You run them down from 3\/4 of a straightaway back, then you stall out which is a product of the car.
\n“This is definitely not racing like it used to be”
\n“They aero block you and pinch you to hold you up then the guy behind you passes you”<\/i><\/p>\n

Caution on lap 176 of 267 for a spin by Ty ‘My Granddaddy is Team Owner Joe Gibbs So I have an unearned Great Ride’ Gibbs (54). As he headed to pit road the car was shedding parts and pieces due to flapping rubber from a right front flat tire and eventually ended up stuck on the apron.<\/p>\n

I miss Rusty Wallace on the MRN broadcasts. Todd Gordon has been droning on the past couple of weeks. He’s awful on the radio.<\/p>\n

Restarting on lap 183 of 267 with Kyle Larson (5) and ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) on the front row.<\/p>\n

Chase Elliott (9) is battling teammate Kyle Larson (5) door-to-door for the lead.<\/p>\n

Elliott gets the lead on lap 185 of 267.<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 190 of 267 for a spin and visit to the wall by Harrison Burton (21)<\/p>\n

The pit road map is kind of a good idea, but bad execution on the television broadcast.<\/p>\n

MTJ (19) wins the race off pit road and will start on the front row beside Austin Dillon (3) on lap 195 of 267.<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 205 of 267 for spin by Noah Gragson (42).<\/p>\n

Restarting on lap 211 of 267 with Corey LaJoie (7) and Ryan Preece (41) on the front row.<\/p>\n

LaJoie gets the early lead.<\/p>\n

William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24) takes the lead from LaJoie (7)on lap 212 of 267.<\/p>\n

Kyle Larson (5) takes the lead on lap 213 from teammate WilliB (24).<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 214 of 267 for a spin by Erik ‘DaBrat’ Jones (43). Josh Berry was collected and spun at the top of the track.<\/p>\n

I’m totally bummed because Kurt ‘KuBu’ Busch is in the television booth, but every time I try to listen I get frustrated with Clint Bowyer’s constant burbling. He never shuts up and feels the need to argue with Kurt constantly, about nothing and everything. Tiresome. I end up listening to MRN instead.<\/p>\n

Restarting on lap 220 of 26 with WilliB and Larson on the front row. Larson eventually gets the lead.<\/p>\n

They were racing hard, now they seems to be just driving, logging laps on lap 239 of 267.<\/p>\n

On lap 258 of 267 ‘Desperate’ (11) is making moves to try to gain the lead from Larson (5).<\/p>\n

On lap 262 of 267 they’re door-to-door.<\/p>\n

Larson gets away from Hamlin and gets a few car-lengths on Hamlin.<\/p>\n

Hamlin catches up, but is unabl to pass larson on lap 265 of 267.<\/p>\n

Larson (5) takes the white flag.<\/p>\n

Hamlin tags Larson’s bumper turning Larson into the wall to make the pass. ‘Desperate’ does the dirty again.<\/p>\n

‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) takes the checkered flag.<\/p>\n

There was actually some racing in that race. It was enjoyable during the second half of stage two and most of stage three. They actually raced for a change. The frequent cautions ad ability to race on restarts and to catch and pass the leader provided some interesting racing. It reminded me that Kansas used to be a decent race some years ago.<\/p>\n

Noah Gragson (42) and Ross Chastain (1) were throwing punches on pit lane during Chastain’s radio interview. Chastain threw the first punch. Gragson got in a punch and was then held back from getting to Chastain.<\/p>\n

Noah Gragson said Chastain fenced him with 60 laps to go. He said he’s tired of it. Noah said everybody’s tired of it and when you have people like Chase Elliott telling you to beat his ass… He said they haven’t been fast this season so he will probably be passing them a lot, but he has two opportunities per race. Noah said he’s not tearing up the car because he has too much respect for the hard work the Trackhouse team puts in. <\/em><\/p>\n

Motorsport News:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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      1. Denny Hamlin breaks drought with last-lap tap-and-pass at Kansas<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      2. Max Verstappen Steals Miami Grand Prix on Tire Strategy<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      3. Carl Edwards in FOX Booth at Darlington for Cup Race<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      4. Mercedes Finds Silver Lining, Recovers for Double Points At Miami<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      5. Grant Enfinger wins the 23rd running of the Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      6. NASCAR fans react to Ross Chastain punching Noah Gragson, and the wild finish in Kansas<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      7. Roberts captures Ohio Wheelman race; Burkholder, Vasos win thrillers at Jennerstown<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      8. A Kansas boil-over between Gragson and Chastain<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Next Race: Darlington<\/h3>\n

        GO 48 & 9!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Cars in field: 36 Pole: William Byron (24) Outside pole: Kyle Larson (5) Stages: 80-85-102 Weather: Sunny, 90, 8 mph wind with 13 mph. RealFeel Sun: 97, RealFeel Shade: 89<\/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-2032","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\/2032","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=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}