600 miles might be too long a race, but the final 70 of the 400 laps provided some pretty good action. The Coca Cola 600 gave Kasey Kahne his first win as a Hendrick driver, his 13th of his Cup career.
Edwards and his No. 99 Fastenal team had to use that time to battle back from an early pit road miscue. In what could have been one hot, long and frustrating night, Edwards and company stayed calm, cool and collected to come back and finish ninth.
Aric Almirola started the weekend off good by getting his first career Sprint Cup Series pole award and to make things even sweeter for RPM, Marcos Ambrose started second.
As NASCAR's spring visit to Charlotte comes to an end, I felt it only fitting to share observations of the time. - Hats off to track owner Bruton Smith, track President Marcus Smith and their amazing army of employees.
Stenhouse finished 26th in his No. 6 EcoBoost Ford after the transmission went south on lap 65. He’d qualified third and was running in the top 10 when he felt something go wrong and had to pit.
This week's picks will be short and sweet as I had a rather poor showing in last week's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, have not been able to watch much of this week's NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice sessions, and am starting a long weekend in Philadelphia this afternoon and have limited access to stats.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams will roll out onto the Charlotte Motor Speedway this Sunday for the second time in eight days. Last weekend, the event was the Sprint All Star race that featured five sprint like segments, for a total of 90 laps, with a winner take all format.
NASCAR veteran J.J. Yeley will drive the No. 5 Jobber Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Hettinger Racing in the Ag-Pro 300 Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
One-point-one seconds made the difference for Alex Palou to exit pit lane ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and score the victory on the streets of Long Beach.
