“We had great stops all day, (but) the money stop just didn’t go how we needed it to go,” McDowell said after his seventh-place finish. With three cars not pitting, McDowell restarted 13th. McDowell was third when the caution waved on Lap 93 for Denny Hamlin’s accident. Truex led 51 of 110 laps and won by nearly three seconds.įor Michael McDowell, it was a slow pit stop that cost him seven spots and ended any chance of winning. scored his second Cup win of the season Sunday at Sonoma Raceway.Įven if everything went well for competitors, it still would have been difficult to beat Truex and his Joe Gibbs Racing team. Throughout pit road, the thought of what might have been was prevalent after Martin Truex Jr. Ryan Blaney - He entered as the points leader but his 31st-place finish dropped him to third in the season standings. He later had a flat left front and finished 33rd. The team decided to not pit during last caution for track position. Tyler Reddick - The winner at Circuit of the Americas in March wasn’t a factor. A caution in the middle of green flag pit stops put him back in the field, and he crashed with less than 20 laps left to finish last. LOSERSĭenny Hamlin - He started on the pole and led the first 32 laps, but his race would go downhill. After recording seven finishes of 24th or worse in the first 12 races, Preece has put together four consecutive finishes of 17th or better. Ryan Preece - While most wouldn’t celebrate a 13th-place finish, it is meaningful. He has scored four consecutive finishes of seventh or better.Ĭhris Buescher - His fourth-place result is his seventh consecutive top 10 on a road course Kyle Busch - Followed his win at WWT Raceway with a runner-up finish at Sonoma. And he got to meet Shaq, who was there to do a post-race concert as DJ Diesel. Truex also took the points lead with Sunday’s victory. Only Jeff Gordon has won more Cup races at Sonoma with five victories there. He led 51 of 110 laps to win for the fourth time in his career at Sonoma Raceway. A look at the winners and losers from Sunday’s Cup race at Sonoma Raceway: WINNERS

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