NASCAR Michigan: Larson trumps Truex on restart after late red flag
https://www.autosport.com/nascar/news/131232/larson-beats-truex-after-late-restart
1 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 202
2 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 202
3 Erik Jones Furniture Row Racing Toyota 202
4 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202
5 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 202
6 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 202
7 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202
8 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 202
9 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 202
10 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 202
11 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 202
12 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 202
13 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 202
14 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 202
15 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 202
16 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 202
17 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 202
18 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 202
19 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 202
20 A.J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 202
21 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 202
22 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 202
23 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 202
24 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 202
25 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 200
26 Matt DiBenedetto Go FAS Racing Ford 200
27 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 200
28 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 200
29 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 199
30 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 199
31 Corey LaJoie BK Racing Toyota 199
32 Brett Moffitt BK Racing Toyota 198
33 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 197
34 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 196
35 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport / TMG Chevrolet 196
36 B.J. McLeod Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 178
37 Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 138
38 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 138
39 Derrike Cope Premium Motorsports Toyota 107
PURE MICHIGAN 400 RACE REPORT
Notes:
- This was Patrick’s 10th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start at Michigan and her 177th career NASCAR Cup Series start.
- Patrick earned 15 points in Sunday’s race, which puts her at 340 points so far this season. She is ranked 28th in the driver point standings.
- There were five caution periods for a total of 28 laps.
- Twenty-four of the 39 drivers in the Pure Michigan 400 finished on the lead lap.
- Kyle Larson won the Pure Michigan 400 to score his fourth career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory, his third of the season and his third at Michigan International Speedway. His margin of victory over second-place Martin Truex Jr. was .310 of a second.
- Truex leads the championship standings with 933 points and has a 129-point margin over his nearest pursuer, Larson.
Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 10 Code 3 Associates Ford Fusion for Stewart-Haas Racing:
“We just weren’t as good as we needed to be today. Then the No. 10 Code 3 Associates Ford was just too loose there at the end, and we weren’t able to make up any ground on that last restart.”
http://www.danicapatrick.com/news#pure-michigan-400-race-report-2