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Toyotas were dominant all evening long during the Southern 500 Sunday night, but Kyle Larson would come and spoil that party for his second Crown Jewel victory. ![]() Credit: DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 03: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, and Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Jordan Brand Toyota, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 03, 2023 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) Toyotas led by Denny Hamlin absolutely DOMINATED Sunday's Southern 500 at Darlington. Even in the Stages Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, and Tyler Reddick scored a combined 39 Stage points with Hamlin winning both Stages. With only the occasional pit cycle lap leaders really spoiling the party early on, the Toyota brigade led 307 out of 367 laps. Denny Hamlin led 177 until a loose wheel forced him to a 25th-place finish. Pole sitter Christopher Bell led 40 laps with 23XI's Tyler Reddick leading a runner-up 90 laps. But Hamlin's misfortune led to Kyle Larson scoring Hendrick Motorsports 299th Cup Series victory and the 500th for the Hendrick engine shop. Larson's win was also his first at the Lady in Black following 3 runner-up finishes at the track. arson only led 55 laps, but they were the ones that counted. He snagged the lead from Tyler Reddick following a late race pit stop on lap 313 where he would lead all 55 of the remaining laps and lock himself into the Round of 12. Overall Lap Leaders
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Making her Craftsman Truck Series Debut for TRICON Garage, Toni Breidinger impressed everyone by remaining on the lead lap and scoring P15. Toni's #1 Toyota Tundra marked the first time Victoria Secret has ventured into NASCAR sponsorship.
As a comparison, (TRICON being the former David Gilliland Racing) Hailie Deegan in her Truck debut for the team was P16. Post race she talked about the aero was "so amplified.. so much more apparent" compared to the ARCA car. Toni was asked if she has another race scheduled by Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass to which she responded, "Hopefully, we're working on one." By: Tom Luttermoser Sunday Night's Busch light Clash in LA seems to have gotten far more love that last years. A lack of parts shortages and a better understanding of the GEN 7 race encouraged far more beating and banging. It also encouraged a little more aggression on track as seen with Allmendinger in practice and far more through the Heats, LCQs and Main event.
Here are the key moments that stuck out to me from Sunday's Clash at the LA Coliseum. The Good Toyotas The Toyotas came to LA to play, that's for sure. Out of 150 laps, the TRD bunch led nearly 2/3s of the event with a combined 91 laps led between Hamlin, Wallace and winner Martin Truex Jr. Each of these cars seemed to be able to drive right up through traffic with relative ease with Hamlin being the poster child. Could we see the return of TRD performance at short tracks in 2023? This would lead me to believe so. Ryan Preece Ryan Preece made his first full-time return appearance to the Cup Series Sunday in Stewart-Haas's #41 Mustang. Leading a race high 43 laps, Preece stood behind his New England short track prowess and likely could have had a shot to win the event if it were not for a fuel pump issue costing him spots. He finished P7 after a very impressive run. Bubba Wallace Wallace led the second most laps of any driver in the event at 40 after bumping car owner and TRD teammate Denny Hamlin early in the race. Wallace truly showed just how good he is becoming on short tracks with his smooth handling of the wheel and the ease he was able to maneuver lapped traffic in the 1/4 Coliseum. He was dumped by Austin Dillon in the second half and his 22nd place finish was in no way representative of the performance. THE BAD RFK Racing For practice as well as qualifying, RFK just never showed up. Last year's Bristol Night Race winning team that dominated with over 270 laps led never even made an appearance in LA. Keselowski spun several times in his Heat and LCQ and we only ever really saw Buescher in the background. For a team that improved as much as they did last year, this could be a fluke... or it could a not very good sign. FIRES We, yet again, had another heat related fire in a car during practice. Ty Gibbs #54 Camry got very smokey and eventually the door impact absorbing foam caught fire inside the car. Now this comes after NASCAR made substantial changes to the cars to prevent this, so, what happened? Turns out it was faulty installation on the part of the Joe Gibbs Racing 54 team and nothing to do with the car itself. Still not a good look. Chase Elliott 2020 Cup Series Champion Chase Elliott has proven to be a fairly competent short track racer. But that was not the case for the Clash in LA. Chase Failed to appear during practice and fell back to a Last Chance Qualifier. But buried in the pack Elliott was essentially taken out early on and finished 21st with front end damage. |
Tom Luttermoser"Being a NASCAR fan since the mid-90s, I've seen my sport go through immense changes, from Earnhardt to Gordon, Gordon to Johnson, Johnson to the "Big 3". Petty's 200 to Busch's 229*. I've seen 2 generations of racers and 4 generations of racecars. I've seen the peak of the sport, I've seen the loss of a legend. I can, in fact say.. This is the greatest time our sport has seen since its golden era and it will do nothing but grow from here. We talk about the Golden Era, The Modern Era. I think, We're entering the NEXT GEN Era." Categories
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