Sunday, May 17, 2020

NASCAR 2020 SCHEDULE RESUMES....

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Race Information


#4-Kevin (Happy) Harvick won The Real Heroes 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. 
The win is his 1st of 2020, 2nd win at Darlington and 50th career win.

#88-Bowman finished 2nd followed by #1-Busch, #9-Elliott, #11-Hamlin, #19-Truex, Jr., #8-Reddick (career-best finish), #20-Jones, #38-Nemechek (career-best finish), and #42-Kenseth.
The race was the first for NASCAR since March 8 at Phoenix Raceway.
Pole sitter #2-Keselowski finished 13th.
Stage 1 was won by #24-Byron. Stage 2 was won by #2-Keselowski.
Some notes of interest:
#42-Kenseth, returning to the track for the first time since 2018, finished 10th
#6-Ryan Newman, in his first race since his accident at Daytona, overcame a late race spin to finish 15th.
#47-Stenhouse, Jr spun on lap 1 and was unable to continue.  He finished 40th.
#48-Johnson was leading the race coming to the end of stage one, but got into the rear of #17-Busch and spun out.  He made heavy contact with the inside wall. He finished 38th.
#24-Byron had a loose wheel on lap 110, while he was running 4th, and slapped the wall to bring out the caution.  He continued on to finish 35th.
#37 Ryan Preece finished 7th in segment II and the final 20th spot on the 293rd lead lap
#41 Cole Custer came in 22nd for Stewart/Hass
#32 Cory Lajoie came in 32nd on the day 
All 4 mentioned NASCAR drivers have been quests on our Race Chatter radio program.

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