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Ford Heading To Texas With Added Momentum After Cindric Victory – Speedway Digest

Ford heads to Texas Motor Speedway with added momentum after Austin Cindric’s thrilling NASCAR Cup Series victory last weekend in Talladega. Ford has 15 all-time Cup wins at the Fort Worth track and 32 overall in the three premier NASCAR series combined, which includes a sweep in its inaugural 1997 season. CINDRIC CLINCHES PLAYOFF BERTH […]

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Ford heads to Texas Motor Speedway with added momentum after Austin Cindric’s thrilling NASCAR Cup Series victory last weekend in Talladega. Ford has 15 all-time Cup wins at the Fort Worth track and 32 overall in the three premier NASCAR series combined, which includes a sweep in its inaugural 1997 season.

CINDRIC CLINCHES PLAYOFF BERTH

Mustang driver Austin Cindric led a race-high 59 laps in the season-opening Daytona 500 and finished eighth, but on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway he went to Victory Lane while leading only seven. His thrilling side-by-side battle with fellow Ford driver Ryan Preece ended in a photo finish and a margin of victory of .022 seconds. The win, which was the third of his Cup career and 200th for Roush Yates Engines, clinched a spot in the playoffs for the second straight year and third time overall. Cindric has led at least one lap in half of the 10 races this season, and at least 45 or more in three of those.

MR. SMITH GOES TO TEXAS

Ford’s Zane Smith came away with the first pole of his NASCAR Cup Series career last weekend when he posted the fastest speed at Talladega Superspeedway, and then led five laps in the race before finishing 19th. This week, he’ll make his third career Cup start at Texas Motor Speedway and second with Front Row Motorsports. In 2023, he finished 24th as that marked one of eight series events he participated in with FRM while also competing full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. In six NCTS starts at Texas, Smith registered three top 10 finishes with his best effort being third in 2020.

NINE ALL-TIME FORD CUP WINNERS

Ford has 15 NASCAR Cup Series victories at Texas Motor Speedway with nine drivers having at least one. Kevin Harvick ran off a streak of three straight playoff victories at the 1.5-mile track from 2017-19 and is tied with Carl Edwards, who had three career Ford wins including a season sweep in 2008. Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth have two apiece while Joey Logano, Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Dale Jarrett and Elliott Sadler have one each.

ROUSH SUCCESS

Jack Roush has had his share of victories at Texas Motor Speedway from the very beginning as Mark Martin (NXS) and Jeff Burton (Cup) swept the opening weekend in 1997. Overall, Roush has won nine times in both the Cup and Xfinity Series while Greg Biffle registered a NASCAR Craftsman TrucK Series win in 2000. Those nine Cup wins are tied for third on the all-time Roush list with Dover Motor Speedway. Only Michigan International Speedway (14) and Bristol Motor Speedway (12) have been more successful.

JOEY LOGANO: IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN LEARN FROM TEXAS THAT WILL HELP WITH THE TWO OTHER MILE AND A HALVES THAT FOLLOW? “Texas is a little bit of a unique facility, but pretty smooth. Kansas is pretty smooth as well, so there’s a little bit that you can take over from one to the other. It’s kind of nice to have them backed up because then you can make a gain from one to the other and you can work on your setup because that’s what we’ve got these days. It’s not like we’re gonna go out there and practice like we used to and sling springs at it, so you may try something at Texas and if it doesn’t work, you’re gonna try something completely different at Kansas.”

RYAN PREECE: CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY TEXAS IS SO TREACHEROUS? “I think when they did turns one and two they said we’re gonna do the complete opposite in turns three and four. It’s challenging. I think over time the groove has widened out. I don’t know if that’s a product of when they laid down the PJ1 a few years back, but the outside has certainly come in. Three and four are just one of those corners where you need to be comfortable and flat out and be able to move around. It’s tough.”

JOSH BERRY: WHY IS TEXAS SO TREACHEROUS? “It’s definitely a unique layout. I think that each end of the track is so drastically different that part of the problem is it’s very hard to get your car really balanced on both ends. Turn one is much slower with less banking, and getting off turn two is really important because it sets you up to carry all that momentum through three and four. To be good in one and two, you’ll have your hands full in three and four just with the speed. The sketchiness of it is going through three nearly wide-open. That makes it a handful.”

LOGANO’S LAST LAP PASS

Joey Logano’s first Cup win at TMS came in 2014 in a race that was delayed until Monday because of rain. Logano dominated much of the second half, but a caution with two laps to go forced a green-white-checker finish. He started third on the restart after the leaders stopped on pit road and was able to get past Jeff Gordon on the final lap to claim victory. Logano led 108 of the final 116 laps to claim the first of five wins that season.

A TEXAS TWO-FIRST

A couple of firsts happened on April 6, 1997 as Texas Motor Speedway hosted its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series event and Jeff Burton took his first checkered flag. Burton, led by crew chief Buddy Parrott, passed Todd Bodine with 58 laps remaining and beat fellow Ford driver Dale Jarrett to the finish line by four seconds. The race was slowed by 10 cautions, which included a multi-car accident in the first turn of the first lap. Burton went on to win 21 career series races with 17 of those coming in a Thunderbird or Taurus.

MAYER GOING FOR TWO STRAIGHT

Sam Mayer heads to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend in search of his second straight NASCAR Xfinity Series victory after he won last year’s event in a dramatic photo finish. Mayer ran Sieg down at the white flag and briefly passed him on the backstretch, but the two drivers ended up banging door-to-door off turn four before crossing the finish line side-by-side. Mayer ended up winning by .002 seconds and was the first of three wins for him last year. Mayer comes into this weekend as the highest-ranked Ford driver in the standings as he sits third while Haas Factory teammate Sheldon Creed is 10th.

FOUR FAST FORDS IN TOP 10

Chandler Smith leads a group of four Ford drivers who come into this weekend’s action at Texas Motor Speedway in the top 10 of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series point standings. Smith, who won his first race with Ford three weeks ago at Bristol Motor Speedway, is second overall while Front Row Motorsports teammate Layne Riggs is three spots back in fifth. The ThorSport Racing duo of defending champion Ty Majeski (sixth) and Jake Garcia (seventh) round out the group.

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2025 Appalachian Mountain Speedweek Results At Bridgeport Motorsports Park

After Mother Nature wiped out four of the first seven Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek dates, New Jersey’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park played host to fourth-round miniseries action Sunday. Gregg Satterlee came on strong down the stretch, leading the final 17 of 40 laps for his second victory of Appalachian Speedweek that came 3.7 seconds over […]

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After Mother Nature wiped out four of the first seven Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Speedweek dates, New Jersey’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park played host to fourth-round miniseries action Sunday.

Gregg Satterlee came on strong down the stretch, leading the final 17 of 40 laps for his second victory of Appalachian Speedweek that came 3.7 seconds over Bryan Bernheisel. Jakob Piper edged out USAC Sprint Car full-timer Briggs Danner, who made his Late Model debut, for third.

Trever Feathers commanded the opening 23 laps before his left-rear tire eventually went flat. Satterlee passed Feathers for the lead on a lap-24 restart in a race that featured six cautions, but by then Feathers said he felt his left-rear going flat.

Sunday was supposed to be the miniseries finale, but Speedweek director Jim Bernheisel announced at the drivers’ meeting he’s rescheduled the minitour date at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway for July 11, which now serves as the fifth and final event.

2025 Appalachian Mountain Speedweek Results At Bridgeport Motorsports Park

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Start

Driver

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3

Gregg Satterlee

2

1

Bryan Bernheisel

3

5

Jakob Piper

4

6

Briggs Danner

5

9

Donald Lingo Jr

6

7

Danny Snyder

7

8

Robbie Emory

8

2

Trever Feathers

9

11

Trevor Collins

10

12

Dan Stone

11

13

Chad Homan

12

14

Chad Myers

13

16

Rob Schirmer

14

10

Kyle Lee

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Ross Robinson

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Larry Neiderer

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NASCAR Mexico City: Ricky Stenhouse Jr confronts Carson Hocevar

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NASCAR Cup Series race in Mexico City had its share of fireworks over the weekend, but the biggest incident was saved for last well after the checkered flag waved on Sunday. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. didn’t appear to have anything nice to say when he confronted Carson […]

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The NASCAR Cup Series race in Mexico City had its share of fireworks over the weekend, but the biggest incident was saved for last well after the checkered flag waved on Sunday.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. didn’t appear to have anything nice to say when he confronted Carson Hocevar following their collision in the stadium section of Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. Hocevar and Stenhouse got into each other on Lap 90.

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Spire Motorsport’s Carson Hocevar is shown during qualifying in Mexico City. (REUTERS/Henry Romero)

Stenhouse eventually drove to 27th and Hocevar finished 34th.

The Amazon Prime Video broadcast showed Stenhouse leaning into Hocevar’s vehicle and giving him a few choice words. Stenhouse was asked after the confrontation what he told Hocevar.

“I told him I was going to beat his a– once we got back in the States,” he said, via The Athletic.

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HYAK Motorsports’ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is shown during qualifying in Mexico City. (REUTERS/Henry Romero)

Hocevar was heard in the vehicle trying to explain to Stenhouse what happened with his vehicle, but to no avail. The two have built up a rivalry on the track over the last few weeks of the season. Stenhouse called out Hocevar’s aggressive driving after a wreck in Nashville.

While it seemed the two had let bygones be bygones after the Nashville race, the lingering smoke has built up a new fire.

Shane Van Gisbergen won the race. Christopher Bell finished right behind him in second place.

Carson Hocevar and Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Carson Hocevar and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into an altercation. (Getty Images)

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Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Michael McDowell, John Hunter Nemechek, Chase Briscoe, Cole Custer, William Byron and Chris Buescher rounded out the top 10.

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Alpine set to name Steve Nielsen as F1 team manager

The Alpine Formula 1 team is set to announce that paddock veteran Steve Nielsen will become its new team manager. Nielsen, 60, has worked in F1 since 1986 having initially started as a truck driver for a Formula 1 catering firm. The Brit has held a number of roles with Lotus, Tyrrell, Honda and Arrows […]

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The Alpine Formula 1 team is set to announce that paddock veteran Steve Nielsen will become its new team manager.

Nielsen, 60, has worked in F1 since 1986 having initially started as a truck driver for a Formula 1 catering firm.

The Brit has held a number of roles with Lotus, Tyrrell, Honda and Arrows during his time in the series.

However, he is best known for his work with the Benetton team, where he worked with Flavio Briatore.

Briatore, who now holds the title of executive advisor for the Alpine Formula 1 division, is looking for a safe pair of hands following Ollie Oakes’ shock departure from the team in May after the Miami Grand Prix.

Oakes left the team in bizarre circumstances and at the same time as news broke that his brother, William, was charged with transferring criminal property. And while there was no suggestion Oliver Oakes had done anything wrong, he quit his role with the F1 team.

Gilles Carraro, Head of Sporting, Steve Nielsen, F1 Sporting Director

Gilles Carraro, Head of Sporting, Steve Nielsen, F1 Sporting Director

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Briatore has duly turned to Nielsen, who held a similar role for Toro Rosso in 2013 and at Williams in 2014.

Nielsen then worked for F1 as sporting director in August 2017 and joined the FIA in January 2023.

However, he quit the governing body after only 11 months in the position and became the second high-profile departure from the organisation after Deborah Mayer also resigned from her position as head of the FIA’s commission for women.

Motorsport.com understands that the hugely-respected Nielsen will be given the title of team manager, which is likely to take in the responsibility of a traditional F1 team principal and report into Briatore.

Motorsport.com also understands that while talks are progressing between Briatore and Nielsen, the terms over his job title are yet to be agreed, which could cause complications with the FIA.

If Nielsen is indeed to act as team principal, even if he has the title of team manager, he would require to have a valid FIA licence. The situation could become complicated by his previous role with the FIA and his subsequent departure. The circumstances surrounding his exit remain unknown and came during a time of political instability within F1’s governing body.

Shortly after his exit, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem was the subjected of an whistleblower’s unproven accusation that he had interfered with the outcome of the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP.

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Mexico Results: June 15, 2025 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR results from Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City For the first time, the NASCAR Cup Series is unloaded in Mexico. The road course of Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is set to host the Viva Mexico 250. View Mexico results for the NASCAR Cup Series below. Mexico MenuXfinity: Prac/Qual | RaceCup: Prac | Qual | Race Mexico TV Schedule Shane van Gisbergen and […]

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NASCAR results from Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City

For the first time, the NASCAR Cup Series is unloaded in Mexico. The road course of Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is set to host the Viva Mexico 250.

View Mexico results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

Mexico Menu
Xfinity: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac | Qual | Race

Mexico TV Schedule

Shane van Gisbergen and Ryan Preece set the front row. 100 laps of stock car racing are up next…

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Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 20 (1-20 / 100)

Green flag, Ross Chastain comes from row two and he pulls near even with van Gisbergen into turn one. Shane van Gisbergen leads into turn two. Caution for rain!

The field hits the pit lane for wet weather tires. Chastain wins the race to the pit exit. In a wild move, Buescher and Cindric stay out on slick tires.

Green, Ty Gibbs wins the race into turn one.

Lap 7, Kyle Busch spins under braking! He spins in the back of Justin Haley, AJ Allmendinger, Kyle Larson and others. The caution is out.

Green, Shane van Gisbergen has a run on Gibbs off turn three. He takes the lead away under braking into turn four.

2 to go, Shane van Gisbergen pits from the lead.

Ryan Preece stays out and he takes the stage one win in Mexico City!

Mexico Results (Stage 1) : 1. Ryan Preece; 2. Ryan Blaney; 3. Ross Chastain; 4. Michael McDowell; 5. Todd Gilliland; 6. Erik Jones; 7. Carson Hocevar; 8. Bubba Wallace; 9. Chase Elliott; 10. Daniel Suarez

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Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 25 (21-45 / 100)

Preece and the rest head for the pit lane. McDowell and Hocevar take over the front row.

Green flag on stage two, Daniel Suarez pulls even with McDowell into turn two. Suarez to the lead!

Ty Gibbs works even with Suarez. He completes the pass for the lead into the stadium section.

Lap 32, Ryan Truex spins, caution.

Green, three wide for the lead into turn one. Gibbs leads van Gisbergen into turn four.

3 to go in stage two, many of the leaders head for the pit lane.

2 to go, Gibbs pits from the lead. Shane van Gisbergen stays out as the team is expecting rain shortly.

Shane van Gisbergen wins stage two in Mexico City!

Mexico Results (Stage 2) : 1. Shane van Gisbergen; 2. Christopher Bell; 3. Alex Bowman; 4. Ryan Blaney; 5. Michael McDowell; 6. Austin Dillon; 7. Chris Buescher; 8. Riley Herbst; 9. Carson Hocevar; 10. Daniel Suarez;

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Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 55 (46-100 / 100)

Green flag on stage three, Christopher Bell clears Shane van Gisbergen off turn three. van Gisbergen fights back and reclaims the lead with a late dive into the stadium section.

Lap 64, van Gisbergen pits from the race lead. Ty Gibbs is handed the lead.

36 to go, Carson Hocevar is around and stalled in the middle of the track. The caution is out.

Gibbs and others head for the pit lane. Shane van Gisbergen cycles back to the race lead.

Green, Shane van Gisbergen leads Alex Bowman into turn two. Multiple cars tangle behind them, no caution.

15 to go, Bell clears Bowman for 2nd. Shane van Gisbergen leads by 5 seconds.

7 to go, van Gisbergen leads by 10 seconds.

Shane van Gisbergen wins in Mexico City!

Ricky Stenhouse Jr confronts Carson Hocevar in Mexico (Video)

Mexico City
Race Results
June 15, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Shane van Gisbergen

2. Christopher Bell

3. Chase Elliott

4. Alex Bowman

5. Michael McDowell

6. John Hunter Nemechek

7. Chase Briscoe

8. Cole Custer

9. William Byron

10. Chris Buescher

11. Ty Gibbs

12. AJ Allmendinger

13. Bubba Wallace

14. Ryan Blaney

15. Ryan Preece

16. Ross Chastain

17. Erik Jones

18. Austin Cindric

19. Daniel Suarez

20. Tyler Reddick

21. Joey Logano

22. Todd Gilliland

23. Ryan Truex

24. Justin Haley

25. Brad Keselowski

26. Josh Berry

27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

28. Austin Dillon

29. Riley Herbst

30. Noah Gragson

31. Cody Ware

32. Katherine Legga

33. Ty Dillon

34. Carson Hocevar

35. Zane Smith

36. Kyle Larson

37. Kyle Busch

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Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Wins | Points

1. Kyle Larson
3 Wins

2. Christopher Bell
3 Wins

3. Denny Hamlin
3 Wins

4. William Byron
1 Win

5. Ryan Blaney
1 Win

6. Ross Chastain
1 Win

7. Joey Logano
1 Win

8. Austin Cindric
1 Win

9. Josh Berry
1 Win

10. Shane van Gisbergen
1 Win

11. Chase Elliott
+146

12. Tyler Reddick
+123

13. Bubba Wallace
+57

14. Chase Briscoe
+39

15. Alex Bowman
+22

16. Chris Buescher
+19

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17. Ryan Preece
-19

18. Michael McDowell
-43

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LM24 Hour 13: No. 83 Ferrari retakes overall lead

While the hour began with new hope for Toyota, Ryo Hirakawa leading most of it in the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid after a slow pit stop for the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963, it ended wtih Yifei Ye back at the front in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P. In […]

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While the hour began with new hope for Toyota, Ryo Hirakawa leading most of it in the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid after a slow pit stop for the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963, it ended wtih Yifei Ye back at the front in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P.

In between was a highly entertaining battle that ebbed and flowed with traffic. It culminated with Ye taking the lead in the second Mulsanne chicane and Hirakawa taking station in second. The first factory Ferrari ran third, Alessandro Pier Guidi at the wheel of the No. 51. Raffaele Marciello holds fourth in the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT M Hybrid V8, and Miguel Molina made it all three Ferraris in the top five.

As Matt Campbell took over the No. 6 PPM 963 from Laurens Vanthoor, what seemed like a solid position at the front suddenly became sixth, just ahead of Alex Lynn in the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota V-Series.R.

Louis Delétraz is back behind the wheel of the No. 199 AO by TF ORECA, and has the car third overall in LMP2, first among the Pro-Am entries. The No. 43 Inter Europol Competition ORECA of Jakub Smiechowski had the LMP2 lead over Reshad De Gérus in the No. 9 Iron Lynx-Proton entry.

The No. 48 VDS Panis Racing ORECA of Esteban Masson had just cycled out of the lead with a pit stop. 

Manthey 1st Phorm continued to lead LMGT3 with starter Ryan Hardwick now back in control of the No. 92 Porsche 911 GT3R. Simon Mann, who had had a potential penalty for rejoining behind the same safety car in the previous hour hanging over his head, was second in the No. 21 Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3.

The No. 81 TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3.R continued a strong run in third, Charlie Eastwood taking over from Rui Andrade.

“The safety car was really lucky,” explained Andrade. “It came out at a good time for us and put us right in the mix. So far so good. Our car is good, we haven’t made many mistakes, everyone is driving really well, the team is doing a good job. Fingers crossed we can keep this up.”

Akkodis ASP’s No. 78 Lexus RC F GT3 of Finn Gehrsitz ran fourth, ahead of the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 with Ian James in the cockpit.

Although the racing has been far from tame, the fights are likely to get more intense over the next hour as light fills the sky. Dawn will arrive as race enters its 15th hour.

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Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson crash early in NASCAR Mexico City race after rainy start

Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson both have heavy damage early in the NASCAR Mexico City race. On lap 7 of the scheduled 100 of the June 15 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Busch lost traction and slid through turn 1, collecting Kyle Larson, Justin Haley, Chase Briscoe, Zane Smith and AJ Allmendinger. Advertisement […]

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Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson both have heavy damage early in the NASCAR Mexico City race.

On lap 7 of the scheduled 100 of the June 15 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Busch lost traction and slid through turn 1, collecting Kyle Larson, Justin Haley, Chase Briscoe, Zane Smith and AJ Allmendinger.

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Haley’s rear bumper was heavily damaged but appears to be able to continue. Busch and Larson have taken their cars to the garage to try and make repairs to get back out on track under NASCAR’s damaged vehicle policy.

Briscoe made an unscheduled pit stop but is able to continue. Smith appears to be out of the race.

Larson has significant damage to the right side and Busch has a left rear toe link damaged.

Larson and Busch are scored 36th and 37th, respectively, with Smith in 35th.

The race had caution on lap 1 due to rain, allowing the drivers to put on rain tires as the track continues to be slippery.

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