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Speedway Digest Staff

Southward Boston Speedway officials, continuing with plans to host a 2020 season, accept scheduled an Open up Exercise for Friday, July 24.

The Open up Practise will be held from 10 a.grand. until 8 p.m. and is open to drivers and teams in the Late Model Stock Car Segmentation, Limited Sportsman Division, Pure Stock Partition and Hornets Sectionalization.

"While we have non been able to host any racing events this flavor, we however promise to exist able to have a 2020 flavor," said South Boston Speedway General Manager Cathy Rice.

"The Open Practice on July 24 volition give drivers and teams in our four racing divisions an opportunity to go some time on the track to do some testing and prepare for when nosotros are able to start hosting racing events."

South Boston Speedway officials pointed out that even though some of the restrictions in Virginia's re-opening program have been eased, the rails currently cannot hold racing events.

"While the Commonwealth of Virginia has moved into Phase 3 of its Frontward Virginia land re-opening plan and some restrictions accept been lifted, restrictions that remain in identify do not make it viable to agree our regular racing events," Rice explained.

"Our staff at Southward Boston Speedway is continuing to movement forwards in preparing for the start of racing, and Due south Boston Speedway is committed to having a 2020 racing flavor. When state officials lift restrictions enough to make it viable for united states of america to agree our regular racing events nosotros will return to racing."

In the meantime, Southward Boston Speedway remains open for testing with the procedures that are currently in place.

South Boston Speedway'south main function is open up Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and the speedway is operating nether Virginia, Halifax Canton and CDC regulations and guidelines.

Rice said she and the speedway staff securely appreciate the support the track has received from fans, sponsors, race teams, drivers and the community.

"We give thanks everyone for your continued support of South Boston Speedway," remarked Rice.

"We want anybody to know that we sincerely have missed seeing you and that we hope we tin can commencement our racing season before long."

For the latest news and announcements about South Boston Speedway please visit the speedway's website at www.southbostonspeedway.com and the speedway'due south social media outlets.

SBS PR

CBS Sports and Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), a new sports property created by The Montag Grouping, NASCAR Hall of Famers Ray Evernham and Tony Stewart, and investor George Pyne take entered into a multi-twelvemonth partnership to produce a 6-race, short-rail series that will air Saturday nights in primetime on CBS Television Network and CBS All-Admission in the Summer of 2021.

The SRX brings an entirely new entertainment concept to the market – both competitively and commercially. The serial features curt, sprint races with a full emphasis on head-to-head competition among aristocracy drivers from diverse racing backgrounds. Each race will include a multifariousness of drivers, courses and elements of reality to bring fans new and exciting stories every week across every screen.

The at-track feel will be infrequent, and marketers will have incredible flexibility, unprecedented options for exclusivity, and the ability to integrate terminate-to-cease – broadcast/digital, track and team - efficiently and effectively. The leadership team designed all of this based on decades of feel edifice best-in-form sports and entertainment properties worldwide.

"We are looking forward to teaming with Superstar Racing Experience to bring this exciting new auto racing series to CBS in primetime," said Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports. "This innovative racing serial will characteristic great drivers competing on short tracks and will provide viewers with unique, behind-the-scenes access, bringing fans closer to the action. With the backing from legends in the racing industry, the quality of the drivers and competition, and the atmosphere that brusk tracks will help to create, the Superstar Racing Experience is a smashing improver to our live summer sports programming that racing fans will embrace."

"SRX is a series where the cars volition exist so evenly matched that talent instead of equipment will win the race," said Stewart, a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion who also won the 1997 INDYCAR Serial championship. "The competition will exist intense, and thanks to the vision of such strong leaders in the sports and entertainment manufacture, millions volition be able to picket live and in primetime on CBS."

Said Evernham: "We've fix this upwardly to bring the focus dorsum to the drivers and their ability to compete head-to-head equally opposed to the car deciding who wins. That's going to create a unique dynamic for fans at the rails and everywhere else. Adding superstar-caliber drivers and our unique racing features, you're going to run into all kinds of emotions playing out alive. It's going to be quite exciting and rekindle why a lot of people love brusk-rail racing."

Legendary and iconic drivers and mechanics from many of the world'southward top circuits, including Stewart and Evernham, as well as ascension stars, will compete on various short tracks around the country. There will be approximately 90 minutes of racing fourth dimension inside the two-hr television window. Races will have no pit stops but a "halftime" where the drivers and crew chiefs volition make adjustments and strategy decisions. The Tv set production will feature all of the behind-the-scenes and human drama that comes with high-intensity competitions.

Sandy Montag, CEO of The Montag Group: "We are enthused to be involved in creating a dynamic new property that will dilate the sport of car racing. In partnership with CBS, we await frontwards to bringing the fans unique content and access, all while creating an heady and competitive race with the focus 100 percent on the drivers. With an experienced ownership group and 1 of the almost accomplished drivers in the history of the sport, we expect forrad to redefining short-track racing through this back-to-the-basics racing serial."

Said Pyne, an SRX Board Member and advisor: "Packed tracks, dandy drivers, under the primetime Tv set lights – is all pretty exciting stuff.  What I especially similar almost SRX is that it's an amusement platform built effectually the not bad personalities and drama of racing, and volition be produced for the way today's fan consumes media. And because it's a ground-upward build, the squad can be more aggressive and imaginative in the ways it works with partners. That'south why nosotros believe SRX has the potential to get something very special."

CBS Sports' circulate coverage will be available to stream alive via the CBS All Access subscription service.

TSC PR

After winning Sabbatum night's feature, Ace McCarthy led 11 of 30 laps on his way to a second-identify finish to lead Toyota in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League characteristic at Valley Speedway, Lord's day night.

Information technology appeared that Buddy Kofoid was on the way to his 5th POWRi victory in the terminal eight events every bit he pulled out to a comfortable lead heading into the final laps, but to accept trouble coming out of turn iv equally he came to take the white flag. The 18-year-sometime Kofoid appeared to brand contact with the wall, which sent him tumbling downwards the front straight.

Earlier Kofoid's crash, Toyota-powered cars had led all 28 laps, with rookie Emerson Axsom leading the opening viii laps from the pole, with McCarthy and fellow Toyota driver Zach Daum rounding out the top three.

McCarthy would use a yellow flag to his advantage every bit he passed Axsom for the pb down the forepart directly into turn one on lap nine restart with Kofoid moving up to the third position. By lap 13, Kofoid had moved upwardly to second. He quickly began to close on McCarthy and on lap 20, he would pass him going into three and and so hold off McCarthy's inside move through three and four with Kofoid taking over the top spot running the high side out of plough 4.

Kofoid would so brainstorm to pull away from the field and stretched out almost a full directly-away atomic number 82 earlier a lap 27 yellow bunched the field, with eventual winner Logan Seavey having moved upward to second with McCarthy in third.  Later on another yellow slowed the field over again, Kofoid would apace pull abroad from the field in leading laps 27 and 28 before his incident.

After the concluding restart, Seavey would bulldoze to the victory with McCarthy finishing second.  Axsom would cease 4th and Daison Pursley captured his third consecutive top-5 end on the weekend in 5th.

Daum recovered from an early on spin to end seventh and Sam Johnson placed tenth to give Toyota v of the top-x finishers.

The Toyota Midget car programme is dorsum in activity on July 17 at Jefferson County Speedway for the first of four USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget events to exist run in three different states over five days.

TRD PR

Race Winner: Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)

Stage 1 Winner: Aric Almirola of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)

Stage 2 Winner:Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford)

Stage ane Epitomize (Laps i-80):

● Cole Custer started 29th and finished 16th.

● During the competition circumspection on lap 25, Custer reported he was pretty happy with the HaasTooling.com Mustang while running 19th.

● He pitted for fuel, iv tires and a small-scale adjustment and restarted 19th.

● During the long light-green-flag run, the rookie driver continued to piece of work his way forward.

● The California native concluded the phase in 16th and pitted for fuel, 4 tires, and adjustments to help loosen upwardly the No. 41 Ford Mustang.

Stage 2 Recap (Laps 81-160):

● Custer started in 16th and finished 3rd to earn eight bonus points

● On lap 100, Custer was in the 14th position.

● The HaasTooling.com driver made a scheduled green-flag pit stop for fuel only on lap 149.

● The just caution in Stage ii was displayed on lap 155.

● Custer stayed out and restarted fourth with simply i lap left in the phase.

● Custer finished the phase in third and pitted for fuel, 4 tires and adjustments.

Last Phase Recap (Laps 161-267):

● Custer started 22nd, finished first.

● Past lap 179, Custer was in the 12th position.

● On lap 215, the 22-yr-onetime driver moved into the 10th spot.

● "Seems like the car is getting pretty good right now," Custer told the HaasTooling.com crew on lap 218 from the ninth position.

● Custer inherited the lead on lap 224 equally the field began to pit under green.

● Custer made a scheduled green-flag pit cease on lap 228. Just after receiving service, the caution was displayed on lap 229.

● He took the wave around and restarted 13th.

● The caution was back out on lap 243 and Custer stayed out. The Ford driver restarted 13th with 19 laps to get.

● Circumspection was quickly displayed again and Custer restarted 12th on lap 254.

● A great restart catapulted Custer upwardly to sixth when the caution came out on lap 265 and prepare a ii-lap sprint to the finish.

● Custer restarted from sixth and drove four-wide to make the pass for the lead and win the race.

Notes:

● Custer earned his starting time career NASCAR Cup Series victory and it came in his first Cup Series start at Kentucky.

● This was Custer's 2d straight meridian-five. The rookie finished fifth concluding Lord's day in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

● Custer led twice for v laps – his outset laps led in the NASCAR Cup Series.

● This was only Custer'south 20th career NASCAR Loving cup Serial start.

● Custer'southward margin of victory over second-place Martin Truex Jr., was .271 of a second.

● Custer'due south victory in the Kentucky 400 marked the 81st overall win for SHR. Information technology was the arrangement's 60th points-paying NASCAR Cup Series victory, its fifth of the season and its start at Kentucky.

● This is SHR's second straight victory. Kevin Harvick won the Brickyard 400 last Lord's day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

● SHR has at present won at every track on the current NASCAR Loving cup Series schedule except the Charlotte (Due north.C.) Motor Speedway Roval, which has only hosted two races.

● This was SHR'south 24th NASCAR Loving cup Series victory with Ford. The squad won its first race with Ford when former commuter Kurt Busch captured the 2017 Daytona 500.

● This was Ford's series-leading tenth NASCAR Cup Series win of the flavor and its 696th all-fourth dimension Cup Series victory.

● This was Ford's third NASCAR Cup Series victory at Kentucky. Each of its previous wins came with Brad Keselowski in 2014 and 2016.

● There were eight caution periods for a total of 42 laps.

● Twenty-six of the 38 drivers in the race finished on the atomic number 82 lap.

● Harvick remains the championship leader subsequently Kentucky with an 88-point reward over second-identify Keselowski.

Cole Custer, Driver of the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing:

"Nosotros were so good all 24-hour interval. Our motorcar was and so practiced.  I hateful, obviously, it wasn't the easiest rail to laissez passer on, so nosotros were kind of stuck back there, but that was the best car I've ever driven in my life.  Everybody at SHR brought an unbelievable car. Mike (Shiplett, crew primary) and Davin (Restivo, atomic number 82 engineer) on the box, that was unbelievable. Gene (Haas, team co-owner), I tin't stress plenty how thankful I am for him taking a shot on me. It definitely was not the start to the year that nosotros wanted. We were definitely style off at some places, only this was by far an unbelievable car. We put it all together and I just can't thank everybody enough."

Next Upwardly:

The next event on the NASCAR Cup Serial schedule is the non-points NASCAR All-Star Race on Midweek, July fifteen at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The race starts at 8:30 p.m. EDT with alive coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio beginning at 7 p.m. with the undercard NASCAR All-Star Open.

TSC PR

Fresh off of a 14^th place finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ty Dillon and Germain Racing ready their sights on the Bluegrass Country. They unloaded their No. 13 GEICO Camaro ZL1 1LE at Kentucky Speedway looking to post some other solid finish at an intermediate-sized racetrack.

Their hard work paid off and Dillon and the GEICO team departed the NASCAR Cup Series garage in Sparta, KY, on Sunday evening glaring with confidence subsequently posting another stiff result.

A random draw sent Dillon and his GEICO Chevy off of the starting filigree from the 33^rd position when the green flag signaled the showtime of the Quaker State 400 on Sunday afternoon. Dillon wasted no time and made instant progress, picking up seven spots and taking over the 26^thursday position in just the first 3-laps of the race.

The GEICO Camaro was quick and Dillon posted the fastest lap of the race on lap 64 before once more posting his fastest lap with ten laps to become in Stage 1. He continued his trek and rested in the 23rd position when the opening stage came to a close. Dillon and the No. xiii GEICO entry maintained their speed through the race'south second phase and were in the summit-20 at its conclusion on lap 80.

Dillon started the 3rd and final stage of the 400.5-mile race from the 16^th position, but rapidly broke into the summit-fifteen on the restart lap and had the GEICO Chevy solidly in the 12^th position as the run wore on. He worked his manner into the top-x and was turning his fastest laps of the afternoon with less than xl-laps remaining in the 267-lap event.

Dillon made a scheduled greenish flag pit stop on lap 223, where the Germain Racing crew outfitted the GEICO Chevy with four fresh Goodyear tires, a tank of Sunoco racing fuel and a minor air pressure adjustment. Unfortunately, merely a few laps later, the yellowish flag waved, slowing the field and leaving Dillon and a host of others a lap in arrears. Crew Chief, Matt Borland, ordered Dillon to remain on the track and take the wavearound, which returned the No. 13 GEICO Camaro to the atomic number 82 lap, just dorsum in the 22^nd position. When the race returned to green, Dillon was faster than the cars in forepart of him, so he exercised patience as he advisedly navigated his fashion through the field.

With just half dozen-laps remaining, the circumspection flag flew for the final fourth dimension. The green flag would restart the Quaker Country 400 with just two-laps to go in the race, which sent the field scrambling across the racing surface as drivers looked to dash to the front. Dillon managed to hold off a hard-charging Ryan Newman and Jimmie Johnson to score a 16^th place finish as the checkered flag closed out an exciting 267-laps of heated racing action. Kentucky Speedway is amid the challenging intermediate facilities that often cause headaches, but today the GEICO team recorded their all-time-ever NASCAR Cup Series result at the Kentucky tri-oval.

"Solid 16th-identify finish today at Kentucky. That's ii meridian-16's in a row, which is awesome," Dillon said later on the race. "I'yard so proud of our GEICO Racing team and nosotros are going to keep digging and edifice on these consistent finishes. We are learning a lot and definitely getting better. Our team is going to go after information technology this second one-half of the season."

Next upwards for Germain Racing is the 2020 All-Star event at the Earth'south Fastest Half-Mile. Typically held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, this year's race has been moved to Bristol, TN, where the NASCAR Cup Serial will practise battle under the lights at the challenging and exciting .533-mile bullring.

Ty Dillon and the No. 13 GEICO Hump Day Camaro ZL1 1LE will hit the track at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday, July 15th, for the All-Star Open. The race will be televised alive on FS1 beginning at vii PM (ET). The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will carry the live radio circulate, along with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

PMI PR

Austin Dillon Earns Stage Points And Powers His Manner To 13th-Place Cease in the No. three RigUp Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway

"We had a lot of fun today in the RigUp Chevrolet. Justin Alexander and the entire No. 3 team did a heck of a job all twenty-four hours, and I think if nosotros wouldn't have had impairment to our car nosotros would have been right upward there in the mix at the end of the race. We were able to earn some Phase points once again this weekend, so that was adept. Green-flag pit stops were cycling through at the end of Stage ii, and we were but about to enter pit road when the caution flag was displayed. I chop-chop got back onto the rails to avoid pit road and concluded up spinning in front of the field. I was waiting for the big one on the right-side door but thankfully anybody avoided me. After that, though, we had a actually tight-handling Chevrolet. I was just then tight, which made information technology difficult on the last couple of restarts. Still, 13th isn't bad considering the impairment we had."

Tyler Reddick and the Caterpillar Team Forge Forward into a Top-10 Finish at Kentucky Speedway

"Races like today are ones we need to become ourselves into a Playoff spot in the next few weeks. We really had to fight for our top-10 finish today at Kentucky Speedway. Our No. viii Caterpillar Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE was tight for near of the solar day just freed up well-nigh as well much in the final few laps. My team kept later it all day, and we were able to get up into the top 12 during Phase 2 subsequently some pretty large swings on the adjustments. We got shuffled back in the field during the stage break between Stages 2 and three when we hit pit road thinking more cars behind us would follow. Unfortunately, they didn't so nosotros had to fight up through the field ane more time, while also existence smart and non getting in any situations that would cease our twenty-four hours early. We were able to practise that today and catch a top-10 finish with a machine nosotros struggled with, and then that's a positive. I know spots in the Playoffs are starting to dwindle down, then we're going to take to continue picking it up. Top-10 finishes are going to help united states of america, only we're in a very volatile spot in the standings where things like today could happen and drivers behind usa in points could win and lock in a spot. We'll stay aggressive and not permit points go abroad from us equally we get down to the final races of the regular flavour."

RCR PR

Matt DiBenedetto used what he described equally some monstrous restarts to drive his No. 21 Menards/Quaker State Ford Mustang from twenty^th place with 13 laps remaining to iii^rd at the stop of Sunday'southward Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway.

His finish, combined with the nine stage points earned earlier in the race, keeps him 12th in the Cup Serial standings and continues a contempo string of strong performances by the commuter, crew chief and pit crew.

DiBenedetto spent much of Dominicus's race at Kentucky running among the leaders afterwards starting ten^th. He ran every bit loftier as three^rd in the first stage before ending that lxxx-lap run in quaternary place, earning seven stage points.

He continued to run in the top x for much of the second stage before a caution menstruum during a round of pit stops with half dozen laps remaining in the stage allowed some drivers who took just two tires or none to pass him. But he rallied to finish ninth and earn two more than phase points.

In the final segment of the race he again ran amongst the leaders until another untimely caution flag flew, occurring just after he'd brought the Menards/Quaker State Mustang to pit road and left him a lap downward.

He took the wave-around to rejoin the pb lap only institute himself mired in traffic just inside the top 20.

The late-race heroics from DiBenedetto and his spotter Doug Campbell immune him to drive the Menards/Quaker State Mustang into the acme x with just ten laps left to run. He continued to accelerate until the race's final circumspection flag put him in eighth place for a two-lap sprint to the terminate.

When the green flag flew, DiBenedetto gave 6th-starting Cole Custer a mighty shove, which put Custer in position to challenge for the win while DiBenedetto followed through to accept tertiary place, his second top-three end of the flavour, the first existence a second-identify at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the second race of the season.

"We had a actually adept car," DiBenedetto said. "I mean, nosotros could take contended for the win."

"It was really fast, merely lost rails position when things shuffled around and we had to practice the wave around.  Me and my scout - I've got to requite him a lot of credit, Doug Campbell. I told him we should win some sort of restart accolade - had two monstrous restarts and then pushed Cole to the win there, which kind of felt cool."

"Skilful for him. Congrats, merely this is a big race for us having the Menards/Quaker State Ford Mustang in the Quaker State 400, and then I wish we could have won it, but circumstances didn't work out. We'll take a potent finish and a really fast car."

Next upwards for DiBenedetto and the Menards squad is the NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night, where DiBenedetto will have to race his way into the principal effect through the preliminary Open.

WBR PR

No. 34 Love's Travel Stops | Delo Ford Mustang

Started: 30th

Finished: 24th

• Stage One: 26th
• Stage Two: 24th
• Stage Three: 24th

• The No. 34 Love'south Travel Stops | Delo Ford Mustang took the dark-green flag in Sunday'due south 267-lap race from the 30th position. During the Competition Caution, McDowell noted that his Ford Mustang was "a piffling complimentary" and would pit for 4 tires, fuel and a packer adjustment. The remainder of Stage one would be caution-less and the No. 34 Love's Travel Stops | Delo Ford Mustang would end the stage in the 26th position. Under the Stage ane caution, McDowell noted that his race car started off loose, even so tightened upwards every bit the run went on. He would pit for 4 tires, fuel and a wedge adjustment.

• Stage 2 would run green for about of the stage. With less than ten laps remaining, McDowell came to pit route under light-green for fuel but every bit he came over the radio to say, "I'm coming to you guys this fourth dimension. I'grand out." Shortly after getting back on track, the caution flag would fly and the No. 34 Dear'due south Travel Stops | Delo Ford Mustang would stay out on rail. McDowell went on to battle his fashion into the Lucky Dog position, finishing Stage 2 in the 24th position. Under the Phase ii caution, McDowell brought his No. 34 Love'due south Travel Stops | Delo Ford Mustang to pit road for 4 tires, an air force per unit area adjustment and fuel.

• Michael McDowell and his No. 34 Love's Travel Stops | Delo Ford Mustang restarted the Terminal Stage of Sunday'southward 400-mile race at Kentucky Speedway on the lead lap. Over half of the Final Stage would exist run under light-green, every bit McDowell raced his way into the Top-fifteen and then to 3rd as green flag pit stops began. Simply equally McDowell was getting fix to bring his No. 34 Love's Travel Stops | Delo Ford Mustang to pit route for a fuel-simply pit stop, Crew Chief Drew Blickensderfer came over the radio, telling the No. 34 to "STAY OUT" as the circumspection flag flew. Under the caution, McDowell brought his race auto to pit road for fuel, 4 tires, a tire pressure adjustment and trackbar adjustment. Equally the race went back to green, McDowell noted that his race machine was "so much meliorate" and he would battle inside of the Top-10 before some other caution flag would fly. On the adjacent restart, McDowell would receive damage from another car and proceed to finish Lord's day'south race at Kentucky Speedway from the 24th position.

McDowell on Kentucky:

• "Well that one definitely stings. We had a really practiced car on the long run, we but couldn't burn down off on the curt run. Drew and the guys did a great chore all day. We ran long and caught a caution and had good track position at the finish, sitting in the Top-10. Unfortunately, I had to restart on the lesser and got sucked around and that was about it. You get loose one time and tin can lose about ten spots. It'south really unfortunate. I hate it. I hate giving upwardly spots at the end of a race, but that happens with this packet and especially when some of these restarts go crazy. If you're not in the right line, it just happens. I feel similar I let my guys down. We had another solid performance speed-wise; we just didn't get the result today. Thanks to everybody at Dear's Travel Stops for coming on board with usa. I'm sorry that nosotros couldn't get you guys that Pinnacle-10, but nosotros'll keep fighting hard."

FRM PR

Race Winner: Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)

Stage one Winner: Aric Almirola of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)

Stage 2 Winner:  Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford)

Stage ane Epitomize (Laps 1-80):

● Clint Bowyer started 15th and finished 9th to earn 2 bonus points.

● The No. 14 One Cure Ford Mustang raced in 16th when the competition caution flew at lap 25.

● Bowyer restarted in 14th and climbed to ninth by lap 33.

● Bowyer held his position through the stop of the stage as all cars struggled to pass on the one.v-mile oval.

● During the stage intermission, Bowyer pitted from 9th for four tires and fuel, just no major treatment changes.

Stage 2 Recap (Laps 81 -160):

● Bowyer started 7th and finished 13th.

● The No. xiv One Cure Ford Mustang raced between seventh and 9th-identify for most of the stage.

● Bowyer pitted under green for four tires and fuel with 11 laps left in the phase, but a caution after he pitted toll him several spots.

● The stage restarted afterwards a caution with only one lap remaining and Bowyer in 13th.

● During the phase suspension, Bowyer stayed on the track and moved to ninth.

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Final Stage Recap (Laps 161-267):

● Bowyer started ninth and finished 14th.

● Bowyer narrowly avoided disaster at the start of the stage when Kyle Busch brushed the wall a few machine lengths in forepart of him.

● The No. fourteen I Cure Ford Mustang was as quick every bit any driver in clean air moving to seventh with 69 to go and fifth with 58 to go.

● Bowyer made a routine pit terminate under green with 45 to become, simply some other caution flew with 38 to get dropping him off the pb lap.

● Bowyer took the complimentary pass and returned to the atomic number 82 lap in 12th when the race restarted with 31 laps remaining.

● After 2 quick cautions, the race restarted with 14 laps remaining and Bowyer in 10th.

● Amongst four-wide racing, Bowyer suffered damage and dropped to 11th before another caution forced a two-lap shootout.

● In the terminal two laps, Bowyer held on to finish 14th.

Notes:

●  This was Bowyer'southward second straight top-15 at Kentucky. He finished sixth in final year'southward race.

●  Since joining SHR in 2017, Bowyer has never finished exterior the elevation-15 at Kentucky.

●  Cole Custer'south margin of victory over second-identify Martin Truex Jr., was .271 of a second.

●  There were viii caution periods for a total of 42 laps.

●  Twenty-vi of the 38 drivers in the race finished on the pb lap.

●  Kevin Harvick remains the championship leader after Kentucky with an 88-signal advantage over second-place Brad Keselowski.

Clint Bowyer, driver of the No. 14 One Cure Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing:

"Our 1 Cure Ford Mustang was really fast today, just passing was so hard for everyone. We were sailing there at the end and figured nosotros were meridian-five at least, but a caution after we pitted hurt us once more. We got some harm before the terminate and so nosotros were kind of hanging on. My guys gave me a smashing car today. They are working hard and I appreciate what they are doing. We are going to get the results soon. Congratulations to Cole (Custer), Gene (Haas) and SHR for winning the race. That was absurd."

Adjacent Upwardly:

The next issue on the NASCAR Cup Serial schedule is the not-points NASCAR All-Star Race on Midweek, July fifteen at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The race starts at 8:xxx p.yard. EDT with alive coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio kickoff at 7 p.one thousand. with the undercard NASCAR All-Star Open.

TSC PR

Race Winner: Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)

Stage one Winner:Aric Almirola of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)

Stage ii Winner: Brad Keselowski of Squad Penske (Ford)

Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-lxxx):

●Aric Almirola started fourth and finished first to earn 10 bonus points and i playoff point.

●  The No. x Smithfield Vote For Salary Ford driver took the pb on lap 10.

●  Almirola held the atomic number 82 earlier the competition caution, where he pitted for four tires, fuel and air force per unit area adjustments.

●  He led the residue of the stage to earn his second stage win of the flavor.

●  Almirola pitted at the stop of the stage for four tires, fuel and air pressure adjustments.

Stage ii Recap (Laps 81-160):

●Almirola started first and finished 15th.

●  The No. 10 Ford driver held the lead until lap 138.

●  He pitted nether green on lap 148 for four tires, fuel and chassis adjustments from third.

●  The caution was called on lap 155.

●  Almirola was caught in the heart on the one-lap shootout and fell to 15th.

●  He stayed out of the pits at the end of the stage.

Final Phase Recap (Laps 161-267):

●Almirola started 11th and finished eighth.

●  Almirola raced back inside the superlative-10 on lap 172

●  Almirola pitted on lap 217 under light-green for four tires, fuel and adjustments to right tight-treatment weather.

●  When the caution was chosen on lap 230 the No. 10 commuter did not pit.

●  After the lap-250 caution, Almirola gained 8 positions before another caution on lap 262.

●  He restarted 12th and raced his way to eighth earlier the checkered flag waved.

Aric Almirola, driver of the No. x Smithfield Vote For Bacon Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing:

"It's hard to be mad about another top-10, simply we had such a great car and led the most laps. We had a really fast car and got caught with a caution that came at the wrong fourth dimension. We had to battle our style back up there virtually of the mean solar day. We're bringing incredible cars. Congrats to Cole and everyone at Stewart-Haas. Six elevation-10s in a row. Nosotros'll go on to Bristol and try to race our way in for a meg bucks on Midweek."

Notes:

● Almirola earned his ninth top-10 of the flavour and his 2nd tiptop-10 in eight career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Kentucky.

● This was Almirola'south sixth direct top-ten. He finished fifth June 14 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, third June 22 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, third June 27 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, fifth June 28 at Pocono, and tertiary last Sunday in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Almirola'due south adjacent best streak of races in his career was a run of six consecutive top-10s in 2019 that began with the second race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and lasted through the serial' seventh race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

● Since joining SHR in 2018, Almirola has not finished outside the pinnacle-15 at Kentucky.

● Almirola'southward eighth-identify consequence equaled his previous best end at Kentucky (2018).

● Almirola led one time for a race-high 128 laps – his commencement laps led at Kentucky.

● Cole Custer's margin of victory over second-identify Martin Truex Jr., was .271 of a 2d.

● There were viii circumspection periods for a full of 42 laps.

● Twenty-six of the 38 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.

● Kevin Harvick remains the championship leader after Kentucky with an 88-point advantage over 2nd-identify Brad Keselowski.

Next Up:

The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the non-points NASCAR All-Star Race on Wed, July 15 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The race starts at 8:xxx p.thousand. EDT with live coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio beginning at 7 p.thousand. with the undercard NASCAR All-Star Open.

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