Alex Bowman secured a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Sunday when he held on for the victory on a rainy street course in downtown Chicago.
secured a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Sunday when he held on for the victory on a rainy street course in downtown Chicago.
The race was stopped for more than 100 minutes because of rain and NASCAR set a cutoff time of 8:20 p.m. CDT because of the fading sunlight. When Bowman crossed the start-finish line after that time, the white flag came out followed by the checkered.Larson slammed into the tire barrier in Turn 6 on Lap 34, bringing out a caution. He was trying for his fourth win of the season in his 350th career Cup Series start.
"I just sort of turned in. It looked pretty good and then just got smacked by someone," van Gisbergen said."It's gutting." Van Gisbergen raced to a career-altering victory last year in Chicago when he became the first driver to win his Cup Series debut sincein the second qualifying race at Daytona in 1963. The 35-year-old New Zealand native also won Saturday's Xfinity Series race on the tricky 12-turn, 2.2-mile course."We were able to lead and I felt like I was driving well with it," he said,"so yeah, it's a shame to be out so early.
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