The stage win was surprisingly his first stage win of the year - and thus his first ever stage win as a Chevrolet driver. And nobody could beat him as he earned a third victory with his new team.īusch will definitely benefit from the six playoff points he gained, five by winning the race and one by winning stage one. 8 Chevrolet was the man to beat and led 121 laps of a 243-lap race which saw only nine lead changes at the four-turn, 1.25-mile (2.012-kilometer) Madison, Illinois oval. After withstanding multiple late restarts, he took the checkered flag to win the Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter. Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch scored 59 of a maximum 60 points after starting Sunday’s lightning delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway from the pole position. But he wasn’t the biggest winner from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. We were just one spot short it seemed like most of the day from being where we needed to be.Kyle Busch was the man to beat at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, and nobody could beat him. “The car had a tremendous amount of speed and handling pretty much from the drop of the green flag. “Our car was really, really strong, so fifth place just doesn’t cut it,” said Reddick, who led once for 28 laps. He said when he hit the wall with his Toyota, he “watched the life fade away” from his race car.

The race was going well for Reddick before he spun off turn four and then later collided with Kevin Harvick on lap 358 and sent Harvick spinning through the frontstretch apron. The thing I love about racing is you get to show up and it’s a new opportunity, a fresh set of downs and you go out and compete.”

“We’re hitting our stride,” Wallace said. He also finished second in the NASCAR All-Star race.

“I felt like I gave him a lot of room and a lot of respect, and he started mouthing off and saying a lot of bad things and cussing at me after he shot me the bird, so I just wasn’t gonna take that.”Īlmirola believes it’s over because he “got his point across” to Wallace.ĭespite the issues, Wallace now has four top-five finishes, including three straight, this season. “I just went by and asked him why you shot me the bird,” said Almirola, who finished 25th. Bubba Wallace and Aric Almirola on the pit road shove.

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