Bob Pockrass
Fox Motorsports Insider
Talladega, Ala. – The races in Talladega Superspeedway generally end with Movements Decay that result in large blocks and remains, or almost shipwrecks.
None of that happened on Sunday, since the drivers on the front stayed in a two -groom formation to the finish line.
It is not like none of the pilots who crossed the finish line after winner Austin Cindric was not prepared to make the movements. They could never make their way to the position.
Ryan Precece (which crossed the line in second place but ended up disqualified after the technical inspection), Kyle Larson (second) or William Byron (third) let out a possible victory?
He didn’t do it that way.
Larson, pushing Cindric in the inner lane, never pushed Cindric enough ahead of precee (outside) where Larson could cut off by Byron. Byron could not push for precede enough ahead of Cindric, where preex would like to be cut in front of Cindric with Byron with the hope of a thrust from behind for victory.
Precede, the leader by centimeters abroad entering the last round, did the best he could to get the thrust he needed to beat Cindric for inches. But Cindric beat him by 0.022 seconds.
“If I won, I would be drinking bear and celebrating with friends,” Precece said before learning about the descsis. “And instead, I’m going to jump to my motorhome and drive six hours thinking about what I could have done in that last turn.”
Precece said he, but also said that knowing what he could do differently.
In the end, perhaps it was a blessing for Precece, whose car was disqualified for its rear spoiler using three wedges instead of the maximum two. Joey Logano’s fifth place was also disqualified by having a missing bolt in his spoiler apparatus.
The teams can appeal to the discs.
Cindric’s car passed the technology, and he is official the winner. And won with a car that could handle an exceptionally well thrust.
“We were doing a very good job by pushing the boys in front of us,” Larson said about himself and Byron. “And their cars were also very stable, so it facilitated the presentation of the push them.
“I guess I was surprised. I was trying there the last 10 laps to take it where I could clarify, but I really only had one chance.
Byron also felt hello everything he could.
“I felt that I needed to push it clear, and I never set it clear enough to make a movement,” said Byron. “Cindric was already going through the tri-oval [toward the finish line] So, my work is just to push it back and wait for a third.
“I don’t think that at that time I really thought [I could] Gain. Because I only go to the top of three [wide]As I did last year, it looks good, but you are late. “
Byron led with seven laps to carry when the other lane ran and dragged him back to the room.
“Once I lost control of the front row, I knew I was the son of Scredwed,” said Byron. “I felt that was my chance to win.
“I was really frustrated by that, my decision -making and the moment of impulse … Once I lost that control, I felt that I just had to push it and have to do a good job to take it to the line.”
At least I was in front of the hope of making something happen. Denny Hamlin finished 23, after it seemed that the toyotas had a solid strategy to face first among the manufacturers. But Ross Chastain launched a block when the toyotas met the main package and stopped their impulse.
“I didn’t know how far we were going to be, but certainly [Chastain] Making a child transfer there or shipwrecked was not ideal, “said Hamlin.” But he is trying to do everything possible to stop the race.
“It is only the variety of speed there was crazy. The Toyota group tried to give fans a show at least. We were the only ones willing to run this, running torhed and see what happens and try to make a show.”
Austin Cindric’s career after winning Jack Links 500 at Talladaga Superspeedway
Like the leaders, Hamlin said he was caught with a movement to make the final turns.
“When you are behind the two with two, there is nowhere to go, so there is no place to run,” Hamlin said.
The only pilot who was disappointed was Cindric, who won his first victory of the season.
“Have that [Preece] The clear car basically with two Hendrick pushers, at that time, those guys are trying to obtain selfish points and push the line forward where they can clarify, “said Cindric.” I think of the boys of the boys of the boys of the boys of the boys of Altose, boys, boys, and doses boys, guys together. “
Bob Pockrass covers Nascar and Indycar for Fox Sports. Decades have passed engine sports, including more than 30 Daytona 500s, with periods in ESPN, Sporting News, Nascar Scene Magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow it on Twitter @Bobpock.
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