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Almirola started 19th and finished 17th. ● Almirola started 19th and finished 17th. ● The Smithfield Ford driver fell outside of the top-20 in the opening laps of the stage, getting no help from behind. ● Almirola pitted on lap 163 for four tires and fuel under green from 21st. ● After green-flag pit stops cycled through, Almirola was scored 19th. ● The caution flag flew for a brief rain shower on lap 179. Almirola pitted for four fresh tires and fuel four laps later and restarted 20th. ● Another caution flag flew for a multicar incident on lap 187. Almirola stayed on track and restarted 21st on lap 192. The Smithfield Ford driver picked up four positions over the final eight laps to the checkered flag.

Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing: “We had an eventful day with our Interstate Batteries Camry."

Briscoe earned his seventh top-15 of the season, and it came in his 25th career NASCAR Cup Series start and his first at Michigan.

Harvick clinched his spot in the 16-driver NASCAR Playoffs with one race still remaining in the regular season.

Custer’s 23rd-place result bettered his previous best finish at Michigan – 25th, earned in the second race of the Michigan doubleheader last August.

WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1 1LE – Finished 2nd WILLIAM, YOU PUT UP A MAJOR FIGHT THERE WITH LATE-RACE RESTARTS TRYING TO GET BY RYAN BLANEY. WHAT MORE DID YOU NEED TO MAKE THE PASS?

yan Blaney won his second race of 2021 with today’s victory at Michigan International Speedway.

Denny Hamlin (fifth), Kyle Busch (seventh) and Martin Truex Jr. (10th) scored top-10 finishes in their Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camrys in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

MICHIGAN-NATIVE ERIK JONES, DRIVER OF THE NO. 43 MEDALLION BANK CAMARO ZL1 1LE FOR RICHARD PETTY MOTORSPORTS, MET WITH MEDIA AND DISCUSSED HIS BUSY WEEK LEADING INTO TODAY’S FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400 AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY. Teleconference Transcript:

NASCAR Cup Series driver Erik Jones has established his own charitable foundation, with the Byron, Michigan-native announcing the Erik Jones Foundation at the Back to the Bricks® event Friday night in downtown Flint ahead of the NASCAR race weekend at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.