The NASCAR All-Star Race on Sunday evening featured a first-lap tussle that escalated right into a post-race brawl between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch on the just lately repaved North Wilkesboro Speedway. Group Penske dominated qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 as if the suspensions for its push-to-pass scandal by no means occurred. It’s Monday, Could 20, 2024 and that is Racing Recap, your abstract of final weekend’s motorsports highlights.
Stenhouse Waited The Total Race To Battle Busch
Let’s get the worst facet of the All-Star Race out of the way in which. Joey Logano led 199 out of 200 laps on his approach to victory lane. The Penske driver drove your complete race on Goodyear’s choice tire. The tire provider supplied prime and choice compounds for this exhibition occasion. The choice was supposed to be quicker and fewer sturdy than the prime, however Logano has no subject sustaining management of the entrance.
The race’s most surprising second began on the primary lap when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran Kyle Busch up towards the wall. Busch instantly retaliated, chasing down the No. 47 Camaro and punting the automobile into the wall. The harm was too extreme for Stenhouse Jr. to proceed and he parked his wrecked automobile in Busch’s pit field and instructed the Childress driver’s crew chief that he’d be ready for him after the race. The 2023 Daytona 500 winner didn’t actually have a alternative. North Wilkesboro Speedway doesn’t have a crossover tunnel beneath the observe. He was caught within the discipline till the race was over.
As quickly because the race ended, Stenhouse waited by Busch’s hauler. As Fox interviewed the race winner, the pair had a heated argument that rapidly escalated into fists flying. Stenhouse threw a proper jab, after which the pit crews began grappling as NASCAR safety pulled folks aside. I don’t assume this feud goes to blow over anytime quickly.
Race Outcomes
1. – Joey Logano (Penske)
2. – Denny Hamlin (Gibbs) – +0.636 seconds
3. – Chris Buescher (RFK) – +4.893 seconds
4. – Kyle Larson (Hendrick) – +5.312 seconds
5. – Ryan Blaney (Penske) – +5.451 seconds
Penske Locks Out Entrance Row For Indy 500
Joey Logano’s dominance at North Wilkesboro was foreshadowed by his Penske stablemates locking out the entrance row on the Indianapolis 500 in qualifying. It was the second ever time {that a} single crew secured the highest three positions. Scott McLaughlin received pole with a file four-lap common of 234.220 mph forward of Will Energy and Josef Newgarden. The one actual menace to the lockout was a mechanical drawback. When utilizing qualifying increase pressures, the turbocharged Chevrolet engines had been vulnerable to plenum hearth. Nonetheless, the one time this struck a Penske entry was Will Energy through the observe session on Monday morning.
Quick Six Outcomes
1. – Scott McLaughlin (Penske) – 234.220 mph
2. – Will Energy (Penske) – 233.917 mph
3. – Josef Newgarden (Penske) – 233.808 mph
4. – Alexander Rossi (McLaren) – 233.090 mph
5. – Kyle Larson (McLaren) – 232.846 mph
6. – Santino Ferrucci (Foyt) – 232.692 mph
There’s nothing like Bump Day at Indianapolis. It wasn’t completely stunning who ended up behind the sphere, however the drama surrounding who would miss the Best Spectacle in Racing was nerve-wracking. The Coyne vehicles had been the favorites to go dwelling and wanted to be pushed at 110 p.c to get any velocity out of them. Katherine Legge tagged the Flip 4 wall throughout her run however was nonetheless capable of put up a stable velocity. Her teammate Nolan Siegel wasn’t as lucky. The gifted younger driver put his automobile crashed his automobile throughout his buzzer-beater try to make the race.
Again Row Outcomes
31. – Katherine Legge (Coyne) – 230.092 mph
32. – Marcus Ericcson (Andretti) – 230.027 mph
33. – Graham Rahal (RLL) – 229.974 mph
34. – Nolan Siegel (Coyne) – 229.566 mph
