Kyle Larson Gets First Sprint Cup Win at MI

“That’s what we try to do every day”. Elliott was second-best at MI in June to Joey Logano, another race decided by a late restart. You hope to have more opportunities to improve.”. For most of the day, we were a third-place auto. “Props to those guys”. It’s just a testament to the team and the people I get to work with.

Note: All others, through 30th place in points, must win one of the next two races to get in. Right let me add a fourth in the wood Brothers Ford Kevin Harvick was fifth in the Stewart Haas racing Chevrolet.

Dillon brings his own family pedigree and the combined experience of his own racing with what he’s learned first-hand over the years through his grandfather’s Richard Childress Racing. I hate to put the onus on somebody else but I’m so glad. There have been a lot of road racers and have come and won on the road courses but really struggle on the ovals. Is it possible that he will become the centerpiece to a Ganassi effort to break into NASCAR’s elite now that extra financing is in place from Kauffman in addition to the backing of Felix Sabates? The No. 22 Ford driver started from pole position, but quickly lot track position and battled with an ill handling auto as he attempted to make up the ground. Took me a few months to win when I got into USAC. Jamie McMurray was the last driver from his stable to win, at Talladega Superspeedway in October 2013.

“It means a tremendous amount [to me]”, McDowell said. “It’s been a rough few years. To be able to finally finish it off and close it off was huge”. Larson would get away cleanly on the restart and lead the final 10 laps to the checkered flag.

“It’s hard to watch replays or watch videos”. He didn’t hit anything, but went through the grass and apparently had a flat tire. Blaney is also the son of a former Sprint Cup driver, Dave Blaney, and is driving for the historic Wood Brothers team. Six-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson was impressive as well.

Kyle Larson tosses his steering wheel out the vehicle while doing a burnout while celebrating his win after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Michigan International Speedway, in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. He and Larson restarted on the front row and when the race returned to green with eight laps to go, Keselowski gave Larson a push to the lead and took second for himself. Kennedy went to GMS Racing after the third race of the year, and the organization has used a variety of drivers in the seat.

“In this case, it was the guy’s first win”, O’Donnell said. “At the end, I gave Kyle a really good push”.

“They could take the spoilers completely off these (cars) and its always going to be about track position (at MIS),” Adam Stevens, crew chief for the 19th-place Toyota of Kyle Busch said.

The University of MI sponsorship was a one-race deal through a partnership between Axalta and the school.

The Camping World Truck Series will race at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario next Sunday while both the Xfinity and the Sprint Cup Series will be racing at Darlington Raceway next weekend. He was ecstatic. I think we were part of the fan group in terms of looking down and saying that was awesome to see and an awesome moment.