Weekend Preview: Michigan International Speedway
In Saturday's time trials, Ford teammates Joey Logano and Austin Cindric qualified fourth and fifth, respectively, with Tyler Reddick, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Erik Jones completing the top 10.
But before last Saturday's unlucky 23rd-place finish at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Creed had recorded two straight fifth-place finishes, his first two top fives of the season. Creed hasn't raced at Michigan in the Xfinity Series, but in two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the track, the former series champion has a runner-up finish to his credit.
Harvick led 38 laps, but the key moment for his victory came late in the race during a caution. Ross Chastain and Christopher Bell had a collision, bringing out the yellow flag, and Harvick stayed out to take over the top spot.
Aug 7 (OPTA) - Results for the FireKeepers Casino 400 of NASCAR Cup Series 2022 on Sunday Driver / number Team Gr Dnf Lap DPt TPt 1 Kevin Harvick 4 Stewart-Haas 16 200 43 70 Racing 2 Darrell Wallace Jr.
23XI Racing 1 200 35 35 23 3 Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 9 200 53 120 4 Joey Logano 22 Penske Racing 4 200 36 69 5 Ryan Blaney 12 Penske Racing 24 200 32 69 6 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 7 200 38 120 7 Kyle Larson 5 Hendrick 8 200 38 126 Motorsports 8 Erik Jones 43 Petty GMS 10 200 42 65 Motorsports 9 Alex Bowman 48 Hendrick 30 200 31 126 Motorsports 10 Tyler Randal Gibbs 23XI Racing 11 200 0 35 45 11 Chase Elliott 9 Hendrick 13 200 26 126 Motorsports 12 William Byron 24 Hendrick 20 200 31 126 Motorsports 13 Austin Dillon 3 Richard 26 200 28 36 Childress Racing 14 Ty Dillon 42 Petty GMS 25 200 23 65 Motorsports 15 Brad Keselowski 6 RFK Racing 33 200 28 55 16 Chris Buescher 17 RFK Racing 19 200 27 55 17 Justin Haley 31 Kaulig Racing 21 200 20 20 18 Austin Hill 33 Richard 31 200 0 36 Childress Racing 19 Corey LaJoie 7 Spire 32 200 18 18 Motorsports 20 Chase Briscoe 14 Stewart-Haas 23 200 18 70 Racing 21 Josh Bilicki 77 Spire 35 200 0 18 Motorsports 22 Cody Ware 51 Rick Ware Racing 34 200 15 15 23 B.J McLeod 78 Live Fast 36 199 0 0 Motorsports 24 Ross Chastain 1 Trackhouse 22 199 18 39 Racing Team 25 Daniel Suárez 99 Trackhouse 15 198 21 39 Racing Team 26 Christopher Bell 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 2 193 28 120 27 Todd Gilliland 38 Front Row 37 188 10 19 Motorsports 28 Michael McDowell 34 Front Row 14 187 9 19 Motorsports 29 Tyler Reddick 8 Richard 6 110 8 36 Childress Racing 30 Noah Gragson 16 Kaulig Racing 12 109 0 20 31 Cole Custer 41 Stewart-Haas 17 94 6 70 Racing 32 Harrison Burton 21 Wood Brothers 27 29 5 5 Racing 33 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
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That leaves five of the 12 Playoff spots wide open for any currently winless driver who can claim a victory in one of the next six races, starting with Saturday's New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
"And then we just stayed on the phone together because she told me, `There's an active shooter and shots have been fired in the mall.' And at that point, active shooter or somebody shooting at another person, whatever shots being fired, you don't know.
After turning a blistering lap on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway, Bubba Wallace had no idea he had won the pole for Sunday's Firekeepers Casino 400 (3 p.m.
ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
That's an opportunity for Sheldon Creed, who in a star-crossed season currently is 50 points below the Playoff cut line. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender has suffered six DNFs (did not finish) in 20 races this season, four for crashes and two for engine failures.
His run of bad luck included a disqualification after running second at Pocono, where post-race inspection revealed tape added to the nose of his Camry and that of ostensible race winner Denny Hamlin, who also was disqualified.
"Digging along all year long trying to make these Mustangs run faster. They haven't been great this year. But our guys are doing a good job in trying to take what we have, maximize it and do the things that we need to do."
JTG Daugherty 28 25 4 4 47 Racing 34 Aric Almirola 10 Stewart-Haas 18 25 3 70 Racing 35 J.J. Yeley 15 Rick Ware Racing 29 24 0 15 36 Kyle Busch 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 3 24 1 120 37 Austin Cindric 2 Penske Racing 5 24 1 69 Notes: Gr-Grid position at the start; Dnf-Did not finish; DPt-Driver points; TPt-Team points
You go to some of these places, I think Darlington is a good example, where California, Darlington -- places that have been super rough -- have been really difficult to navigate in traffic, and even by yourself sometimes, because of the way that the cars bounce around."
"This is one of those race tracks where it just takes everything. You've got to have power. You've got to have the right amount of downforce and right amount of drag out of it. You've got to hit that balance just right. You've got to call the race just right. Michigan is still Michigan. I don't see that being very different than what it's been in the past."
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