It's Bristol, baby, and it didn't disappoint. The concrete spring fling at Bristol Motor Speedway had the highest number of lead changes since April 1991, check them out and more in this Race Rewind.
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00:00 >> Buggettie.
00:01 >> Buggettie.
00:02 >> Buggettie.
00:03 Let's go racing, boys.
00:04 >> Let's go cruise the concrete.
00:05 >> Gotta love you some d.w.
00:06 He loved this place.
00:07 >> And it loved him.
00:08 >> A lot of Fords up front so far.
00:09 >> You see Ryan Blaney get loose.
00:10 This is going to happen a lot in these first few laps until they get to the end of the
00:11 race.
00:12 >> I think he's going to get a little bit of a break.
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02:06 >> I think he's going to get a little bit of a break.
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02:09 >> I think he's going to get a little bit of a break.
02:10 >> I think he's going to get a little bit of a break.
02:11 >> I think he's going to get a little bit of a break.
02:12 >> That's not the caution.
02:16 Hamlin getting into the wall in three.
02:18 >> It was the other flat tire.
02:20 Kyle Busch in two.
02:22 >> Kyle Busch going around in turn two.
02:25 There's no tire left on that right rear.
02:27 >> It's wearing through all the tread down through the cords.
02:29 Finally it blows air out of the cords.
02:32 >> As we get toward the end of stage one, he's got it.
02:35 Look at Ty Gibbs has climbed all the way to second place.
02:38 >> He doesn't stop there.
02:39 They are really stacking up behind him.
02:42 >> You're talking six or seven of all of them right here in a row.
02:46 You could throw a blanket over them.
02:48 >> This is all whose car is not wearing the tires the most.
02:51 When you drive this car, it will just -- when the right rear tire shuts off and it is instantaneous
02:57 and all of a sudden you can't drive it anymore and you have to almost stop to make the car
03:01 go around the racetrack.
03:03 >> Busch takes third from keselowski.
03:04 >> Hamlin in a wall off of three.
03:06 Turn three.
03:08 >> It's down.
03:11 The right rear finally blew out on him.
03:13 I don't think he's the only one.
03:15 Hamlin was in trouble getting into three.
03:17 He was in trouble.
03:18 William Byron gets into him.
03:20 Tags the wall just a little bit.
03:22 Unbelievable tire wear we're seeing.
03:23 >> That was not the caution.
03:25 Hamlin getting into the wall in three.
03:27 Ty Gibbs is going to get his first career stage win in the NASCAR cup series.
03:35 >> Carl pace car is in and here we go.
03:46 >> Ty Gibbs looking at the outside of Kyle Larson for the lead off of two.
03:50 >> I think Kyle Larson is in that tire conservation mode.
03:53 He's going to listen to Daniels and back his pace off and try to save his tires.
03:57 Ty Gibbs took off there and passed him.
04:00 We saw them run and you're going to see Ty Gibbs go on the outside for the lead.
04:05 He's like, okay, I'm going to go back up front and take the lead and I'm going to set the
04:08 pace again.
04:09 He was struggling with his car and his right front tire was one of the first ones we showed
04:14 with cords on it.
04:15 He's like, hey, this is a good opportunity and maybe playing into something that I can
04:19 do better than I could do when everybody was trying to go.
04:22 >> There are several science projects going on here.
04:46 >> Ty Gibbs had the best car at the end of the last stage.
04:49 >> Crash, turn four.
04:52 Daniel Hemric up and against the wall.
04:54 Zane Smith with him and Ricky stenhouse put us under caution.
04:57 >> It all started down the back stretch.
04:59 I think you're seeing them off of two here.
05:03 They start stacking up around Zane Smith.
05:06 Checking up in front of him as well.
05:09 Stenhouse gets into Mcdowell there.
05:10 Slides up into -- well, he bounces off another one.
05:14 I think he had some damage in front of his car from what happened in turn two.
05:19 The rest is history.
05:23 >> John Hunter Nemechek was trying to race his way forward on the outside.
05:26 Came down on Joey Logano.
05:28 Look at this stack up.
05:29 >> That's exactly what led to the stack up.
05:31 >> At least everybody won't be in the tie.
05:35 >> Look at the positives.
05:36 >> There's that.
05:37 NASCAR V.P.
05:38 Came to the booth and said they will release one extra set of tires to each team.
05:45 >> We'll see how much he's got left after he's had to be a little harder on his tires
05:49 than he wants to be.
05:51 >> Gibbs restarted 28th.
05:53 Around goes Kyle Busch in turn two.
05:56 Caution waves.
05:57 >> Wait, wait.
05:58 All by himself.
05:59 I see the tire is still up.
06:04 >> We saw so many guys have trouble with that in qualifying yesterday.
06:07 They run one hard lap and then the second lap into turn three, it would just slide out
06:12 from underneath them as they go off into the corner.
06:21 >> Bell and Nemechek on fresh tires right behind.
06:24 Here we go.
06:33 >> See both of those cars really struggling.
06:35 Here comes Logano on the inside.
06:37 Race is on for the stage end.
06:39 >> Joey Logano knows he needs these points.
06:41 With as bad as his beginning of the season has started, he needs this stage win and the
06:44 points to go with it.
06:45 >> Door slam off of two.
06:48 >> Bell is trying to hold him down on the exit.
06:50 Take that exit away from him.
06:51 Good race for the lead.
06:54 >> Six to go.
06:55 Nemechek is there as well.
07:02 >> That staying out did not prosper for either of them.
07:06 Here we go for the lead.
07:07 Lap and a half to go in the stage.
07:09 Ty Gibbs takes it away from Joey Logano.
07:13 >> Rifled that car off into three.
07:15 >> Little wiggle on exit.
07:17 >> I think he's been right there with Ty Gibbs as he came through the field.
07:21 When he went by Brad keselowski, he followed him right through the rest of the pack to
07:25 the front.
07:26 But that 54 car is definitely the dominant car.
07:29 Ty Gibbs sweeps the stages in Bristol.
07:34 >> Now the decision time is on.
07:37 I think they stay out.
07:38 I want to save this set of tires.
07:40 >> They took four stickers last stop.
07:41 They've got stickers this time as well.
07:43 The 42, John Hunter, Nemechek, right side scuffs.
07:46 Last time around they're going to do stickers there as he stopped a little sideways.
07:51 >> Oh, big trouble right there.
07:53 Sendrik hits him in the right front wheel.
07:55 Couldn't get out of his box slow.
07:57 Here comes sliding in, nailed him.
08:00 >> Hasn't been the case.
08:01 >> Gibbs and Truex bring us back to green for stage three.
08:05 Logano and bell right behind.
08:08 Nemechek has been tough all day with Gilliland, keselowski and chastain.
08:13 Larson and Wallace the top ten.
08:16 >> It's a game of chicken right now.
08:17 You don't want to pit because you're hoping somebody else has the issue.
08:21 You see them go by Todd Gill and stenhouse goes around.
08:24 >> Turn four, stenhouse and sendrik.
08:27 That will bring the caution out.
08:30 >> Right in front of the leaders.
08:33 >> That's Gilliland.
08:34 I told you he was way off the pace.
08:35 Stacked them all up.
08:36 Sendrik shoots in the inside three wide and gets into stenhouse and wipes him out.
08:41 >> It looked like he just clipped the apron right there.
08:44 >> Ready for the restart.
08:45 It will be 121 laps to go.
08:48 >> Larson and bell out front.
09:04 >> Still a little bit confusing on that.
09:06 You just heard them.
09:08 Look out.
09:10 >> Boy, Ryan Blaney got muscled around there.
09:14 He got moved is what he got.
09:18 He got chastain.
09:19 >> Chastain moved him out of the way.
09:21 He did a whale of a job holding that car underneath of him.
09:30 >> Denny Hamlin back to the outside.
09:32 >> It's going to come at the most ill handling part of the run.
09:35 It's going to be worse for the guys in front of him than it is for them.
09:37 >> Look at the cars in front of him.
09:40 Chastain, Bubba Wallace on the outside.
09:43 >> Chastain trying to stay on the lead lap.
09:45 >> Denny moved his car.
09:46 Bubba, get out of my way.
09:47 >> I'm sorry.
09:48 I own that thing.
09:49 >> Oops.
09:50 >> And the pit woes continue for Kyle Busch.
09:57 >> Yep.
09:58 Didn't have that luck.
09:59 >> Gave Hamlin a little bit extra lead.
10:02 Exactly what he looked.
10:03 Coming around here to want to go.
10:05 This is just what the doctor ordered.
10:06 Exactly what Denny Hamlin wanted to see.
10:08 >> White flag sponsored by credit one bank.
10:13 >> He's going to sit around here.
10:20 >> Works around the outside of chase briscoe.
10:22 By about 12 car lengths, Denny Hamlin is going to win Bristol.
10:27 >> Two in a row here.
10:30 >> My man.
10:31 >> A winner here last fall.
10:34 And he wins on the return to spring concrete.