NASCAR at Michigan 2015: Live Results, Standings for Pure Michigan 400

Joe Gibbs Racing is the only team with two drivers that have 3 or more wins. That means drivers like Jeff Gordon, Jamie McMurray and the rest will be desperate to get a win and solidify their position. “It seemed like we kept getting in the wrong lanes on restarts”, Truex said.

Harvick still leads the standings and Kenseth remained in seventh place, one point behind Jimmie Johnson in sixth.

“It was a success, ” Busch said.

The June Sprint Cup Series race held at the Brooklyn, Michigan track was nearly rained out.The race was called after several pauses and only 138 laps.

We had a really, really fast auto (on Saturday), but I screwed up and wrecked that vehicle (in practice).

“I had fun racing Matt up front”, Dillon said. For me, it was my first time. “We will see if it is a fueling issue”. “Now that we have to start in the back, it’s a good thing we did that”. “The tires didn’t make up as much as we’d like, but it did some”. When the leaders pit, Dillon moved to the front of the pack. A cycle of green-flag pit stops got underway on lap 51 and lasted until lap 63.

Stewart has won at Michigan once in the past, back in 2000, and has finished in the top-five 12 times and has also has placed in the top-20 on 10 occasions.

The driver who felt the most helpless was Clint Bowyer, whose crash on Lap 125 resulted in him finishing 36 laps down in 41st.

Kenseth led 73 percent of the laps Sunday, the highest percentage through 23 races this season. “Just really proud of everybody on our Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet for fighting back today”.

“I have to be honest, I’ve had a few dominant cars that have been that good through the years and a lot of them I’ve figured out how to screw up”, he said.

And hey, family racing is what many short tracks are made of.

Kenseth and JGR teammate Kyle Busch, who finished 11th Sunday, have won six of the past eight races after Busch returned from severe injuries suffered in a crash at Daytona (Fla.) global Speedway in February. Matt Kenseth took the pole, followed by Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards.

Busch will now start at the back of the field, in a backup auto.

Overall, the high-drag aero didn’t work at Indianapolis a couple weeks ago or MIS, though NASCAR must get some points for trying something new.