{"id":30809,"date":"2016-10-03T11:34:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T18:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=30809"},"modified":"2016-10-03T11:34:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T18:34:15","slug":"truex-suarez-and-reddick-finish-first-as-the-nascar-series-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/truex-suarez-and-reddick-finish-first-as-the-nascar-series-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Truex, Suarez and Reddick Finish First as the NASCAR Series Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Truex, Jr. Cruises to Compelling Dover Sprint Cup Victory<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Martin Truex Jr. celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Citizen Solider 400 (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Martin Truex, Jr. made it look easy, winning the Citizen Soldier 400 at Dover International Speedway while holding off Kyle Busch by 7.527 seconds. He’s certainly ready for the next phase of the Sprint Cup Chase to the Championship, while four other teams were eliminated from the title.<\/p>\n

It was Truex\u2019s fourth win of the season, second of the Chase and seventh of his career at the site of his first Cup win in 2007.<\/p>\n

“We’re not messing around, I guess,” Truex said, understating the case for his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team. \u00a0“I don’t know — what else can you say? \u00a0We’re here to get it done, and, golly, I’m telling you just the best bunch of guys you could ever ask for. \u00a0It’s just amazing to drive their race cars and do what we were able to do.\u00a0 I’m just ecstatic.<\/p>\n

“I mean, this is just unbelievable. \u00a0Especially here – I love this racetrack. \u00a0It’s been considered a home track for me for a long time. \u00a0It’s been since ’07 since I won here. \u00a0Have a lot of heartbreaks here, but all in all, just a phenomenal race car again today. \u00a0I’ve got to pinch myself. \u00a0We’re ready to go to Charlotte (for the opening race in the Round of 12).”<\/p>\n

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Martin Truex Jr poses with the winner’s decal in Victory Lane. (Photo by Sarah Crabill\/NASCAR via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Chase drivers dominated the top nine in the finishing order, with Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, Austin Dillon and Denny Hamlin running third through ninth, respectively.\u00a0 Carl Edwards was 14th<\/sup>, Kurt Busch, 15th<\/sup> and Kevin Harvick, who won last week in New Hampshire, 37th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Drivers eliminated from title contention were Jamie McMurray, Kyle Larson, rookie Chris Buescher and three-time champ Tony Stewart.<\/p>\n

Truex’s No. 78 Toyota team, residing in Denver, Colo., is riding a crest of success. With their Chicago win, they appear to be the team to beat this season.<\/p>\n

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Martin Truex Jr., celebrates in Victory Lane. (Photo by Matt Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cThat’s just it, I mean, it’s just clicking,\u201d said Truex.\u00a0 \u201cI don’t know.\u00a0 Honestly, I feel like all season long we’ve been the same team, and we’ve done the same things. \u00a0You know, I guess right now it’s just our time. \u00a0You know, throughout the summer, we led so many laps and had so many great race cars and so many great weekends that would just – things would happen.\u00a0 Sometimes it was just rotten luck; sometimes it was mistakes or just circumstances that didn’t play out.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I think that the biggest thing is we just kept our heads in the game. \u00a0We stayed focused on the things that truly matter, and when all that bad luck went away, here we are. \u00a0I mean, it’s just been amazing.\u00a0 We’ve got confidence, we’ve got momentum, and we’re just rolling with it and taking it one week at a time, and hopefully we can continue this for seven more weeks. ”<\/p>\n

The next three races in Chase of 8 are at Charlotte, Kan. and Talladega as a kicker with the Bank of America 500 next weekend on Saturday night, Oct. 8, on NBC.<\/p>\n

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Impressive Dover Drive for Daniel Suarez<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Daniel Suarez celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive Sober 200. (Photo by Sarah Crabill\/NASCAR via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The rain-delayed Drive Sober 200 NASCAR Xfinity race was a grand time to show the top quality drivers in the series, and Daniel Suarez made the most of his opportunity at Dover International Speedway.<\/p>\n

Persistent rain showers on Saturday pushed all the race day activities to Sunday morning, and drivers Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon and Joey Logano decided not to run the race with Chase implications on their mind, giving Drew Herring, Regan Smith and Ryan Blaney some seat time.<\/p>\n

After 200 laps, Suarez proved supreme in handling and horsepower all morning, and now with his win he advances into the NASCAR Xfinity Chase of 8 that concludes the first segment of elimination at Charlotte, joining Elliott Sadler as the one of the two playoff winners.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m very proud of this team,” Suarez said. “They did a really good job today, and the guys just brought an amazing car.\u00a0 We had a ton of speed.\u00a0 This is one of those races that you would feel bad to lose.”<\/p>\n

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Daniel Suarez poses with the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase Grid board. (Photo by Chris Trotman\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It was Suarez\u2019s second Xfinity win; he lead for 123 circuits at Dover.\u00a0 Following Suarez were Ty Dillon, Justin Allgaier, and Ryan Blaney; in fifth was Alex Bowman.<\/p>\n

Now all eyes are focused on the championship and with Suarez and Sadler moving on, it leaves Justin Allgaier (+17) in third followed by Brendan Gaughan (+14). Ryan Reed (+11), Darrell Wallace, Jr. (+10), Blake Koch (+4), Brennan Poole (+3) all above the cutline.\u00a0 Those drivers in jeopardy are Ty Dillon (-3), Erik Jones (-4), Ryan Sieg (-10), and Brandon Jones in twelfth.\u00a0 (-18)<\/p>\n

Up next for the NASCAR Xfinity series is the Drive for the Cure 300 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night, Oct. 7, airing on NBCSN.<\/p>\n

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Showing Strength, Tyler Reddick Captures Las Vegas Motor Speedway\u2019s DC Solar 350K<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tyler Reddick celebrates with a burn out after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series DC Solar 350. (Photo by Jonathan Moore\/NASCAR via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It was a signature night for the NASCAR Ford Truck team of Brad Keselowski Racing at the DC Solar 350K, finishing a team first 1-2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with teammate Tyler Reddick winning and Chase of 8 contender Daniel Hemric following in second.<\/p>\n

Reddick was a preseason favorite, predicted to be a likely candidate for the first class of Chase of 8, but due to unforeseen situations was on the outside for the championship hunt. He was always a strong truck in every race, though, collecting 10 top 10 finishes so far in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible accomplishment,\u201d said the enthusiastic and emotional Reddick.\u00a0 \u201cNot just for our team but for our entire BKR organization.\u00a0 This is something we\u2019ve been wanting to do for a long time and that\u2019s winning on a mile and half racetrack.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to do it.\u00a0 I had to get aggressive.\u00a0 I probably made some moves on my teammate that I shouldn\u2019t have.\u00a0 I know he\u2019s not the happiest with me right now, getting on his door real bad.\u00a0 Honestly, I knew that run right there at the end we had to make that move to hold him off.\u00a0 It\u2019s a really big deal and I\u2019m just glad I\u2019m the pilot to bring it home to victory lane.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tyler Reddick celebrates in Victory Lane. (Photo by Jonathan Moore\/NASCAR via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It was Reddick\u2019s third win of his youthful truck career and first of the season, finishing in the runner-up position in the points last year.<\/p>\n

Reddick was referring to a brief incident around the 100-lap mark after a restart as he side drafted a little rougher than normally against teammate Hemric, hurrying to the front to chase then leader Cole Custer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was good,\u201d said Hemric, earning his ninth Top 5 finish.\u00a0 \u201cClean air is always king at these mile and half racetracks.\u00a0 It\u2019s BKR\u2019s first and I congratulate Tyler and the entire No. 29 guys.\u00a0 They did what they had to do and they won the race on pit road getting that clean air, which was such a big deal.\u00a0 We fought hard, probably a little too much with the 00 (Cole Custer) and hurt our fight front tire too much.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt that if I could fall back a little, I could cool it down to make a charge, but lost all right front turn.\u00a0 I tried running the top and lost a half second.\u00a0 He could come off the white line a little earlier than me and make a gain.\u00a0 It was a solid day for the whole company.\u201d<\/p>\n

The top five in the rundown were Reddick, Hemric, Cole Custer, Ben Kennedy and William Byron.<\/p>\n

The last race of the first segment of the Chase to 8 elimination round concludes on Saturday, Oct. 22, for the Fred\u2019s 250 powered by Coca-Cola at Talladega SuperSpeedway airing on the FOX Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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