Owner/driver leads Ford contingent, frustrated with second-place finish.
Throughout the first 80 laps in Sunday’s
Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway, eventual runner-up Brad Keselowski dealt with a dismal, frustrating day. However, by Lap 165 in the double overtime race won by Chase Elliott, Keselowski and his RFK Racing team had made adjustments on his Ford Dark Horse Mustang that allowed him to move into the top 10. With 15 laps remaining in the scheduled 267-lap race, Keselowski was third, 0.790-second behind leader Denny Hamlin.
ruled that Elliott had passed Hamlin before the yellow flag waved. This time Keselowski elected the outside line behind Hamlin for the restart. The field didn’t make it back to the white flag before Hamlin spun his Toyota in turn four, and that sent the event into overtime. “Just got loose in turn three,” Hamlin said. “It’s something that I had been fighting all day. When you have to push it most—on a green-white-checker—I knew that was the likely scenario.
assessed Larson a two-lap penalty that left him 36th, two laps down and out of victory contention. Larson, who started the race on the pole, regained one of his lost laps when Michael McDowell smacked the fourth-turn wall on lap 143, triggering the seventh caution period. The California native returned to the lead lap when the race’s second stage ended on lap 165. With 65 laps remaining in the scheduled 267-lap race, Larson had made it back into the top 20.
Cup season has been a frustrating nightmare. In the first eight races, Kyle Busch had one top-five finish, while teammate Austin Dillon had none. In fact, Dillon’s best finish had been 16th. Changes were made and Justin Alexander returned as Dillon’s crew chief for the Martinsville race. It was another dismal weekend at the short track with Dillon finishing 34th and Busch 16th. Then came Texas.
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