Theres just not enough speed difference in the cars. The November 2015 Martinsville race had an average of 5.7 positions change per green flag lap. Among a number of. NASCAR started the trucks on wet weather tires, marking the first time wet weather tires had been used on an oval for a national series race. We need more fall-off, and we need a lot more horsepower.. I dont know that the France family really wants us running big horsepower anymore. Relive all the action from the 2021 Bristol Dirt Race, including big accidents that took out dirt-ringers Kyle Laron and Christopher Bell, and NASCAR gets ye. I feel like every time theres a test available, I get put on that list to test here because I struggle. Harvick runs the outside as Larson rolls the inside. 45 to go, Kyle Busch has a flat right front. That would stress his repaired leg. Its unfortunate, but when we had track position I think it showed that we had a really fast HaasTooling Ford Mustang, but you cant do those things. I tried holding off Larson as long as I could, but overall theres days when you are mad about second. You cant pass. Ive been sitting on the couch for six weeks, so I think that probably hurt me more than anything., Elliott said the main issue with his leg after the race was it being super stiff. Reviewing the Bristol Night Race and Bahrain Grand Prix Reviewing the Bristol Night Race and Bahrain Grand Prix. NASCAR went to a dirt surface beginning with the 2021 race. He turns himself into the outside wall. Paint Schemes. Harrison Burton Burton caused the first on-track caution with a spin and finished 29th, two laps down. Thats just what weve got., Chase Briscoe Finished 5th: It would have been more of a statement if we won the race, obviously. Today is when you are pretty stoked that you finished a little better than I thought we were going to. We went through that green flag pit sequence and then a caution comes out for a wheel and gives a lot of those guys just a free gift that stayed out. Its hard to pass., Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Finished 8th: It was kind of a crazy day. I didnt think we could (speed in his pit box), to be honest with you, but I guess its my job to know that. Of those three, only one came with the top two drivers on the same tire strategy when Hamlin passed Chase Briscoe for the lead on Lap 257. Ive got tons of laps around here, and not many top 10s. It was the only shot I had, and I did everything I could, but it wasnt enough. But our NAPA Chevy, we struggled every run but the last one. I was super happy when that happened and just as surprised as probably everybody.. Here is everything you need to know to get ready for Saturday night's Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway: START TIME: 7:30 p.m. Below is the complete NASCAR Cup Series schedule for 2021. Since Sundays race had 400 laps and most Martinsville races have 500 laps, another way to compare races is to look at the average number of position changes per lap. The Food City Dirt Race at Bristol will be broadcast on Fox at 4PM ET today, as well as on Fox Sports. Bristol Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. I tried to get the No. We finally got it going there at the end, and I was able to make some passes and do things that I didnt really think Id be capable of doing, or at least of us fixing it to that degree here at the race track. The .533-mile oval is set to host a playoff elimination race with only 12 of the 16 drivers advancing out of this event. Its a long-term decision for the engine companies to do that.. Hamlin joins him on the front row. We pitted, which put us towards the end of the lead lap cars. I'm not here to save you. Even with the caution I thought we were gonna be OK, and then I thought we were gonna stay out, and then at the end it looked like more guys were gonna come down pit road, so we decided to come down with them. Its very difficult. We developed the 2021 schedule with one primary goal: Continue to take steps to create the most dynamic schedule possible for our fans, said Steve ODonnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer, in a release. It was really hard to pass. Our No. Michael McDowell25. Coliseum will be open invitiational for all Cup teams, Friday 5: Schedule change part of NASCARs broader makeover. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Chevy team worked hard all day, and a 12th-place finish is pretty good considering how loose our Chevy was throughout the race and some of the strategy that played out. But Mike Kelley (crew chief) and all the guys did a great job. He pins him behind a lap car, Larson to the lead. Theres a couple of ways to look at how challenging passing was. 10 to go, Harvick leads Larson by 0.8 seconds. That ultimately cost us the track position. That leaves nine remaining Round of 12 spots to be decided Saturday. They felt like if we stayed out, our lap times would come back around and wed be able to hang on. Bristol Motor Speedway is allowed to sell approximately 30,000 tickets for the Sept. 19 race . We struggled every run but the last one, Elliott said. Since opening in 1961, the .533 mile short track has become become home to one of the biggest NASCAR races of the year. Lap 84, Larson has caught the bumper of Elliott. Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and regular season champion Kyle Larson have already advanced to the Round of 12. Elliott went to the pits and lost several laps. He is among those who want changes to the tires. I thought we were arguably the best car the first part of the race and then we got a little bit behind as the track changed and the car changed a little bit. Elliott returned to racing six weeks after he broke his left tibia in a snowboarding accident and finished 10th. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. We were just as good as anybody, but its really tough. Byron gets shoved up the banking and nearly tags the wall but they all keep it rolling. Rarely does the car that dominates or the best car win, simply because you cant control the race when you need to at least we couldnt. All four cars were really competitive. All-in-all, it was an okay day. We want to get better. Among a number of other changes detailed below, NASCAR has removed Chicagoland and Kentucky from the tracks it'll race on in 2021. I thought we were arguably the best car the first part of the race and then we got a little bit behind as the track changed and the car changed a little bit. Sometimes you make the wrong one, but its hard when youre in the lead because everybody normally does the opposite of you. We made a great strategy call at the end to get positions back. Obviously, Monday morning quarterback. And Paul (Wolfe) did a good job of getting some good changes to the Verizon Mustang to where it got competitive. We had a great car. Its the biggest thing just like Richmond. Related: NASCAR drivers Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick feud at Bristol (Video), 1. Chase Briscoe14. Check out the latest 2022 NASCAR at Bristol odds below, then visit SportsLine now to see the full projected 2022 Food City Dirt Race leaderboard, all from the model that correctly predicted. Garrett Smithley31. STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 125. The chicken or the egg? Racing Insights, which supplies statistics to NBC Sports, keeps track of positions changed per lap. ET. Cars that I was lapping 10 laps before, we caught a caution, and I couldnt pass them for second. Larson wiggles but he holds the lead! At one point in the race I would have been just happy to finish on a lead lap. We finally got it going there at the end, and I was able to make some passes and do things that I didnt really think Id be capable of doing, or at least of us fixing it to that degree here at the race track. We struggled every run but the last one, Elliott said. Chase Elliott; 4. The more you lower horsepower, the more you lower the gear, the less the tires will wear, Hamlin said. We made it a little bit better. Thats part of it, and you just move on. Like I said, I thought it was a little bit better, but it needs to be a lot more better., Aric Almirola Finished 6th: Its crazy that Martinsville is a track position race. I was trying to beat them out and ultimately got snapped speeding. I felt like a Stewart-Haas car probably should have won the race, and we just couldnt catch the breaks we needed there at the end, but, overall, a great day. But it came on a day when, according to NASCARs statistics, there were more green flag passes than in either of last seasons two Martinsville races combined. Bubba Wallace17. He was 22nd on a restart at Lap 355 and worked his way up to 10th, getting past Austin Dillon on Lap 394 to reach the top 10. He always brings something a little different to the comments between all four of us. Thats something that as a company we needed to go and run up front. "Bristol Motor Speedway has hosted many historic events over the years and we will be adding to that resume," Jerry Caldwell, general manager of Bristol Motor Speedway, said on Wednesday. Christopher Bell; 2. You would collect $350, which includes your win and stake ($100). A look at winners and losers from Sundays NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway: Kyle Larson Larson took advantage of a late-race caution flag and excellent pit strategy to score a convincing four-second victory, his second win of the year. He leans on his rear bumper but cant get by. There were 10 lead changes in Sundays race but only three happened on the track. We were just so loose all day long, and then finally at the end we got it a whole lot better. Chastain also looks at the tire as a key to impact the racing. Ryan Blaney; 8. I knew I was going to get bumped. He is among those who want changes to the tires. Even prior to his catastrophic run-in with Ryan Preece that rendered his Chevrolet Camaro incapable of continuing on at the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, 2021 Cup Series champion . Logano wins the race to the pit exit with a two tire call. Joey Logano won the first race on dirt and Kyle Busch won the race last season. Martinsville winner Kyle Larson was glad to have Elliott back this weekend. Lap 168, Ryan Newman clears himself on Custer, not clear. They slice through lap traffic in sync. I felt like we were slowly making gains on our Chevy. Green flag on stage two, Larson is clear into turn one as Hamlin spins the tires on the inside. But thanks to Cliff Daniels and everybody for making me feel like I know what Im doing sometimes around here. He tires had been on for 50 more laps than the field. We had pitted and we had to take the wave-around, and we ended up at the very back. Tyler Reddick, Aric Almirola, Kurt Busch and Michael McDowell were eliminated from the playoffs after Saturdays race. Chastains lead showed the challenge in passing. NASCAR recorded 2,206 green flag passes over 350 green flag laps Sunday for an average of 5.8 passes per green flag lap. With a little bit of them moving each other for second, I was able to get away (from the field) and I never thought Id be able to do that. I could set them up, but I couldnt get the throttle down. But our NAPA Chevy, we struggled every run but the last one. Picture Information. Martin Truex Jr. March 29, 2021 The Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track hosts the NASCAR Cup Series; The first dirt race since 1970 is in the books! It was warm. The March 2015 Martinsville race had an average of 7.1 positions change per green flag lap. You saw the 41 (Ryan Preece) dominate the race, and then he got caught and went to the back and that was it. Kevin Harvick finished second after being unable to get past the lapped car of Chase Elliott following their late-race skirmish on the track. It seemed like tires it took them 50-60 laps for them to fall off even if you had older tires. But on top of it is a layer of sawdust and 23,000 cubic yards of dirt. By Aaron Bearden The Podium: Today's Top Three Stories P1: eNASCAR race day at virtual Bristol arrives, Hill missing from entry list (eNASCAR) There was one change that woke it up a little bit, and I was, like, all right, Im decent now, but Im trapped. ((3-29-2021) #51-Martin Truex Jr. won the Pinty's Dirt Truck Race NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Monday afternoon in dominating fashion. Only position changes that take place at the start/finish line are counted. The full Cup schedule is set to be released at 3:30 p.m. So its a complicated question. To hear that means a lot. It was really hard to pass. Its a lot easier to say you should have stayed out, but we didnt. Ready To Ship. Paul was able to give me what I needed to get towards the front. Harvick clears him. We'll be happy to assist you! NASCAR has added new road-course races at both Circuit of the Americas (May 23) in Austin, Texas, and at Road America (July 4) in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Its very difficult. Logano, the reigning series champion, started at the back of the field because of an unapproved adjustment before the race. BJ McLeod38. Ross Chastain15. Some drivers again called for NASCAR to give them more horsepower to make passing less challenging. Theres just not enough speed difference in the cars. 36 to go, Kyle Busch is racing with the leaders in attempt to get one of his laps back. Got us a top 10 out of our first day back, so thats definitely something to not be too bummed about. Larson closes right to the bumper of Harvick in the battle for the win. Below are the major changes to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule in 2021 compared to previous seasons. It was very questionable as to how the heavy Cup Series cars would take to an artificial dirt track. There's already a bit of drama. 23 on the outside with about four or five laps to go. The Morning Warmup March 24, 2021 (Photo: Chris Graythen / Getty Images via NASCAR) NASCAR's virtual tour is back. Obviously, I was speeding, but I was like there is no way. It also sees value in a massive triple-digit long shot. Its about being able to lean on that outside of the tire and not have it slip like its on ice. Only position changes that take place at the start/finish line are counted. J.R. (Houston), my engineer, and I just walked to figure out where that last section was. Erik Jones9. 5 to go in stage one, Larson has caught the bumper of Hamlin in the battle for the lead. It was pretty bad. Kyle Larson2. I think theyll have a tire that will better suit what were trying to do.. The more you lower horsepower, the more you lower the gear, the less the tires will wear, Hamlin said. Hamlin moves to the outside but he cant complete the pass. Dominates on Bristol Dirt: In defiance of conventional wisdom, it wasn't an experienced dirt racer who won Monday's twice-rain-delayed Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway. Get A Weekend Package Single Day Tickets Available Premium/VIP Packages Parking Get Camping Fan Schedule Travel Packages Grab A Scanner 866-415-4158 More Info Chase Elliott; 6. Today, that comes to an end on the 19 degree banking of the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track. It was the only shot I had, and I did everything I could, but it wasnt enough. Full highlights from Monday's NASCAR Cup Series race in the dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway.#NASCARonFOX #NASCAR #FoodCityDirtRace #BristolMotorSpeedwaySUBSCR. 2018 #22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Champion 1/24 Action NASCAR Diecast ARC. Its a lot easier to say you should have stayed out, but we didnt. Other new tracks on the schedule include a dirt race at Bristol, COTA, Nashville Superspeedway, and Watkins Glen. It definitely didnt go unnoticed., Austin Dillon Finished 12th:What a battle today at Martinsville Speedway. View All . It notes green flag passes. Obviously that was a tough race on him, tough race on any driver. Man, you want to see passes for the lead and were just not really seeing any of that right now.. Yeah, very soon. The 0.533-mile oval is set to host a playoff elimination race with only 12 of the 16 drivers advancing out of this event. That is a 15.9% decrease in green flag passes from that March 2015 race to Sundays race. You didnt want to smash them out of the way, but it was really hard to move around., Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Cup drivers say more changes are needed to improve short track racing, Winners and losers at Martinsville Speedway, Chase Elliott battles to 10th-place finish in return, What drivers said at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR started the trucks on wet weather tires, Elliott returned to racing six weeks after he broke his left tibia, MORE: Martinsville Cup results, driver points. SIGNED 2012 Joey Logano 1/24 diecast Dollar General Joe Gibbs Racing Camry. At the time, I thought that was gonna be OK with the amount of laps we still had to go, but track position was obviously super important. We probably made the wrong decision at the end, but at the time and the perspective that we had, we thought it was gonna be the best decision. If thats the case and this is the engine that weve got, we have to work with Goodyear on coming up with some sort of a tire that is better than what weve got.. Lap 138, Keselowski dives inside of Larson into turn one. Next Gen racing is all about strategy, execution on pit road thats who wins. Ive worked very hard to get better here. Kyle Larson will be on the pole when the green flag drops at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday night for the Food City Dirt Race, but it doesn't mean he's ecstatic about participating in the event. The NASCAR 2021 schedule release will surely get racing fanstalking there are more road races, two regular tracks gone fromthe schedule entirely and. He was lapped in the first stage and got his lap back at the stage break. Drivers brake with their left foot. So I was pleasantly surprised by that., Asked if Elliotts performance sent a message, Jeff Andrews, president and general manager of Hendrick Motorsports, said: I think if you saw him after the race, just the fight that is in Chase Elliott. A couple of other cars snuck on our inside and we lost the top 10. We got these Cup cars that somehow dont fall off a half a second in 80 laps. Was able to stay out and get a lucky caution there during a green flag cycle. Josh Bilicki32. Larson noses ahead but Hamlin fights back to clear him and hold the lead. Joey Logano12. So I just cant believe it. NASCAR Bristol dirt race information. This place has been so tough on me. Hamlin has a flat right front into turn one. Have you had it up to here? ET Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Race . Yeah, very soon. Dirty air against the pack. Elliott hits the pit lane under green for for 4 tires. 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