Pit road penalty quashes Larson’s & Truex winning chances; Sneaky-fast Kenseth comes from nowhere to fourth. #42-Kyle Larson broke a record, in a race that ran like ¦ well, a broken record. Starting from the pole in Monday’s rain-delayed Food City 500 at Bristol motor Speedway, Larson led the first 202 laps of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. Never before had a driver for Chip Ganassi Racing led that many laps in a single race in NASCAR’s premier series. Larson was running in the top five before a speeding penalty on lap 421 of 500 sent him to the rear in the Monster Energy Series race.
No one at Bristol could run the bottom of the track better than #78-Martin Truex Jr., who led 116 laps in Monday’s rain-delayed Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Truex lost some of his advantage when the potency of the VHT track sealer, which added grip to the bottom lane, began to fade as the race progressed. But the real whammy for Truex was a penalty for speeding on pit road incurred under the final caution on Lap 465.
Throughout most of Monday’s Food City 500, #20-Matt Kenseth was all but invisible. As the track changed throughout the race at Bristol Motor Speedway, however, Kenseth’s fortunes changed for the better. In the final 15 laps, the driver of the #20 Joes Gibbs Racing Toyota passed #42-Kyle Larson and #22-Joey Logano to finish fourth, posting his first top five since he ran third at Atlanta in the second race of the season.(NASCAR Wire Service)[MORE]
