Day: June 1, 2020

REESE/Draw-Tite Ford Finish 31st at Bristol

Mike

Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 REESE/Draw-Tite Ford team had some early success in Sunday’s Food City Presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway but were collected in a mid-race multi-car incident and wound up with a 31st-place finish. DiBenedetto started ninth after the line-up for the top 12 starting spots was set by a draw among the top 12 teams in car owner points. He struggled with a loose handling condition in the opening laps but took the lead by staying on the track when the yellow…

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Team Penske NASCAR Cup Series Race Report – Bristol

Mike

Team Penske NASCAR Cup Series Race Report Track:                Bristol Motor Speedway Race:                 Food City Presents Supermarket Heroes 500 Date:                 May 31, 2020 ____________________________________   No. 2 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – Brad Keselowski Start:  1st Stage 1: 3rd  Stage 2: 9th Finish: 1st (32nd-career NASCAR Cup Series victory) Status: Running  Laps Completed: 500/500 Laps Led: 115 Point Standings (behind first): 4th (-55) Notes:  Brad Keselowski went from third to first with three laps to go to score his second NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2020 season Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.  Keselowski was running behind leaders Joey Logano and Chase Elliott…

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Suárez Scores Solid Top-20 at Bristol

Mike

It’s Good To Be Genuine Toyota Survives Eventful Race with 18th-Place Run Date: May 31, 2020 Event: Supermarket Heroes 500 Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (.533-mile oval) Format: 500 laps, broken into three stages (125 laps/125 laps/250 laps) Start/Finish: 37th / 18th (Running, completed 500 of 500 laps) Point Standing: 31st with 91 points, 279 out of first   Race Winner: Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford) Stage 1 Winner: Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 2 Winner: Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)   Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-125): ● Started 37th, finished 34th. ●…

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RCR Post Race Report – Supermarket Heroes 500

Mike

Hard Work and Teamwork Contribute to Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Chevrolet Team’s Sixth-Place Finish at Bristol Motor Speedway 6th  20th     16th “A sixth-place finish for the No. 3 car! The Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 was good when it mattered. We worked really hard today. It was a hard-fought battle. The car was tight. We cut a right-front tire, and Goodyear said they didn’t know what happened to the tire, but we recovered. We made some great adjustments throughout the race to improve the handling. We…

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Clint Bowyer 2nd in Bristol

Mike

Late Surge Propels No. 14 ‘Built Ford Proud’ Mustang   Date: May 31, 2020 Event: Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 (Round 9 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (.533-mile oval) Format: 500 laps, broken into three stages (125 laps/125 laps/250 laps) Start/Finish: 23rd/2nd (Running, completed 500 of 500 laps) Point Standing: 12th with 232 points, 138 out of first   Race Winner:       Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford) Stage 1 Winner:  Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 2 Winner:  Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)   Stage…

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Custer Finishes 35th at Bristol

Mike

Accident Ends Rookie’s Day Prematurely     Date: May 31, 2020 Event: Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 (Round 9 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (.533-mile oval) Format: 500 laps, broken into three stages (125 laps/125 laps/250 laps) Start/Finish: 22nd/35th (Accident, completed 228 of 500 laps) Point Standing: 24th with 140 points, 230 out of first Race Winner:      Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford) Stage 1 Winner:  Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsport (Chevrolet) Stage 2 Winner:  Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsport (Chevrolet)   Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-125):         …

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John Hunter Nemechek Post-Race Report: Bristol

Mike

 ‌  ‌  ‌ Track: Bristol Motor Speedway, 0.5 Mile Oval Race: 9 of 38 Event: Supermarket Heroes 500 (266.5 miles, 500 laps) John Hunter Nemechek No. 38 Scag Power Equipment Ford Mustang Started: 18th Finished: 13th Stage One: 19th Stage Two: 11th Stage Three: 13th John Hunter Nemechek started Sunday’s “Supermarket Heroes 500” at Bristol Motor Speedway in the 18th position. The balance of his No. 38 Scag Power Equipment Ford Mustang was decent, but Nemechek radioed multiple times that he needed to be freer, noting that track position was a challenge at Bristol. Crew Chief…

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