KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Alex Bowman had one of many quickest vehicles on the observe in the course of the early phases of Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, however contact in the beginning of the second stage made for an extended day for the Hendrick Motorsports driver.
Nonetheless, Bowman, who began twenty first, completed fifth.
“We have been actually good earlier than that, after which we destroyed the race automotive – the toe’s knocked out of it and the physique was killed,” mentioned Bowman, who earned his seventh top-10 end of the season. “Whereas it may not look destroyed and we nonetheless ran fifth, these items are simply tremendous delicate. It’s a bummer that occurred. You simply don’t get many race vehicles which are that good. We had one final weekend (at Texas Motor Speedway) and we didn’t capitalize on it. We had one at Bristol (Motor Speedway) and didn’t capitalize on it. Right this moment, we ended up with a top-five, however I don’t really feel like we capitalized on it.
“I’m annoyed on that facet of issues, however tremendous pleased with everybody at Hendrick Motorsports,” Bowman continued. “It’s not one thing we did or that the automotive did. Two guys beneath me determined to drive us straight into the fence. That’s Subsequent Gen racing, although. The restarts get fairly loopy, and sadly, it simply sort of harm the remainder of our day.”
• Regardless of beginning nineteenth, Chase Briscoe drove the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to a fourth-place end. Briscoe mentioned it was an up-and-down day en path to his fourth top-five end of the season.
“We simply began within the again, so it made it powerful to know what we would have liked,” Briscoe defined. “Even that first stage, we had a horrible pit cease in the course of the green-flag pit cycle and we got here out about three-quarters of a straightway behind the 5 (Kyle Larson) automotive and we have been capable of run him down and go him and get again on the lead lap, then within the second stage, we variety simply misplaced our magic, I felt like, after which lastly the third stage, we sort of discovered it again and our automotive began going ahead once more and was capable of go from seventeenth or 18th again as much as fourth.
“I might have beloved to have observe place all day,” Briscoe mentioned. “That’s the secret half of the time, however general nice Bass Professional Outlets Toyota. We would have liked only a good stable run like this, in order that helps.”
• Truck Sequence factors chief Corey Heim drove from twenty eighth to complete thirteenth in his first Cup Sequence race of the season for 23XI Racing.
“I believe from the very starting I used to be making an attempt to settle in. Such a unique expertise than my Truck Sequence common fashion driving,” Heim defined. “Such a unique strategy with aero steadiness and looking for clear air and making an attempt to get grip. It’s powerful. We’re on the prime stage, and I needed to settle in. It has been a few 12 months since I drove certainly one of these items.
“First stage was messy to say the least. I went a lap down, however the group caught with me and made actually good changes, and we climbed again by means of the sector all day. We sort of simply made constant steps ahead. I’m tremendous pleased with everybody at 23XI, Toyota.”
• John Hunter Nemechek completed tenth at Kansas, securing his second top-10 end in as many weeks for the No. 42 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota.
“We’ve made a variety of good points for certain. Final week was a very good exhibiting, had pace,” Nemechek mentioned. “This week, each vehicles had pace as nicely. Fortunately, we have been capable of come dwelling tenth in our Greenback Tree Camry. I prefer it. I like that now we have first rate pace. Strong day, stable effort. It wasn’t fairly – that’s for certain, however we have been capable of maximize our end and are available dwelling tenth.”
• Staff Penske and its affiliate group, Wooden Brothers Racing, positioned all 4 vehicles within the prime 11 on Sunday.
Ryan Blaney led the group with a third-place end, which was his fourth top-five end within the final 5 races.
“Yeah, general good day,” Blaney mentioned. “I believe we have been third in each phases and completed third and, truthfully, we have been sort of working these guys down fast there on the finish the final handful of laps. I simply sort of restarted too far again and needed to make up a variety of floor. However actually pleased with the 12 boys right this moment.”
Josh Berry got here dwelling sixth within the Wooden Brothers Ford, with Joey Logano ninth and Austin Cindric eleventh.
