Relive the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond that saw two last-lap incidents that determined the win and a spot in the 2024 Playoffs.
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00:00green flag is in the air!
00:30Martin Truex Jr.
00:37Holding tough on the outside but now the 11 starting to get the advantage.
00:46Denny Hamlin out in front.
00:49Martin Truex Jr.
00:50Tucks in behind him.
00:51The 2 Toyotas leading the field.
00:52I think Bales got him where he wants him now.
00:57Top of the racetrack is really good.
00:59Now Denny Hamlin can't go to the throttle.
01:02He's got to turn the wheel a little bit more than he wants to because he's pinched on the
01:05bottom of the racetrack.
01:10That's what Bale wanted.
01:11He wanted to be able to get to the outside because now it's easier for him to do with
01:15his car what he wants to and it's harder for Denny down there.
01:18Pass complete.
01:19Christopher Bale out in front now at Richmond.
01:24Look who's coming up for second.
01:30How much is Christopher Bale going to push it after that big slide with the 51?
01:35Christopher Bale knows that there's a playoff point waiting for him if he's able to win
01:39this stage.
01:40As he goes into turn three, looks like he's going to stay behind that 10.
01:49Christopher Bale will win stage one.
01:52That's his tenth stage win of 2024.
01:54That's most of all drivers.
01:57There's some contact made with the 20, though.
01:59We saw him get into the 43 as he was leaving his pit box.
02:03We're embedded with the 18.
02:06Remember the 20.
02:07Without their crew chief, that's normally his job.
02:10Mcdowell also with the option tires.
02:13Let's listen in to the spotter of the 8 as we get ready for the green flag.
02:18Still tight.
02:19Bumper's there.
02:20Low quick if you want to chop it.
02:21He's going to dive back in there.
02:22Back inside.
02:23Nothing out the back.
02:24By two to your lane.
02:25Bottom lane still covered.
02:26Watch that three wide front here.
02:27By one out the back to your lane now.
02:28Bottom lane still full.
02:29Bottom lane's going to stack a little here.
02:30Still tight in front of the bottom.
02:31By two to your lane.
02:32Bottom still covered.
02:33Still inside.
02:34Half to your lane now.
02:3538.
02:36How important is just being efficient and getting to the front early so that you can
02:58maybe kind of control the pace a little bit better.
03:01I think that's probably what you want.
03:03Maybe you slow down the guys behind you to help you save your tires that much better.
03:10I totally agree, Dillon.
03:12To Jeff's point about sliding and abusing, once the 99 gets control of the race, then
03:17he can also control the pace.
03:20Or the other thought is, you know they're going to fall off, so just run away.
03:24If this thing runs green like the first stage, you want to run away, stretch this gap, because
03:29when you come in under green, you want to have the biggest gap.
03:31Just listen to what the team is saying on the night.
03:34So Jeff, we mentioned that everybody noticed the alternate tires, the option tires, so
03:40putting them on right now for the 14 of Chase Frisco, and here's Christopher Bell on pit
03:44road, Dillon.
03:45And they've got another set of prime tires, the harder compound laid out for Christopher
03:48Bell.
03:49They didn't get as much fuel in the car on that last stop as they wanted to, so this
03:53is earlier than they wanted to.
03:54Four tires and fuel for the 20, Kim.
03:55They actually have those yellow prime tires on the wall.
03:56Crew chief Brian Wilson decided to switch to something different, so they will take
03:57the option tire.
03:58Right now, Austin is struggling with drive-off.
03:59It's Suarez, Bell, Hamlin, Logano, Dillon, Reddick, Mcdowell, Wallace, Josevar, and martin
04:02Truex Jr., the top ten, all looking for stage points here.
04:03And the 99 of Suarez looking for stage points.
04:04And the 99 of Dillon looking for stage points.
04:05And the 99 of Suarez looking for stage points.
04:06And the 99 of Dillon looking for stage points.
04:07And the 99 of Truex Jr.
04:08Looking for stage points.
04:09And the 99 of Dillon looking for stage points.
04:10And the 99 of Truex Jr.
04:11Looking for stage points.
04:12And the 99 of Dillon looking for stage points.
04:13and martin Truex Jr., the top ten, all looking for stage points here.
04:22And the 99 of Suarez looking for his fourth career stage win.
04:27This one will be the first since 2022.
04:31Daniel Suarez wins stage two.
04:33The green flag comes back out.
04:38We're back under way with the final stage.
04:48And again, as soon as technology updates, we will give you who is on the red and who
04:52is on the yellow.
04:53There you see it, everyone.
04:55But Suarez, inside of the top 17, has the option tires on.
05:01Those red tires, they're softer, they run faster, but for a shorter distance.
05:05He came on the radio and said, I think I'm blowing up.
05:07And then you heard the back end of that where he said, missing, I have no power.
05:12They're trying to walk him through gauges right now.
05:14And there you see him dive.
05:15He's going to come down to pit road.
05:17Truex came in, I believe, plus over plus 100 above the cut line.
05:21This is going to shake things up in the playoffs.
05:23We'll see where he cycles out, but so far, no cars out of this race.
05:27If Truex does have a DNF, he would, at this point, finish last.
05:31The positive is he did get eight points in stages, so that's not a lot, but at least
05:37he didn't get anything.
05:38He got nothing.
05:39So a bad day, but eight points in the bank.
05:43And I'm, you know, Truex's last season, I think he feels confident about making the
05:47playoffs.
05:48I think he's looking for that victory lane, Rick.
05:49I mean, I think he wants to win.
05:52Now it looks as though he's going to clear him as Christopher Bell is on pit road.
05:56Dillon.
05:57And team just reminding him, Steve, you're each the spotter, do not speed.
06:01That's what happened on this last stop.
06:02They are not going to the reds.
06:03They're going to go to another set of primes here.
06:04So they have their set of sticker red tires still sitting in the box.
06:05If there was a late-race yellow, going to make sure that tire doesn't get away there
06:06at the top of the screen.
06:07Left side is going on here for Bell.
06:08Smooth stop and routine service.
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06:10He'll be door-to-door with him into one.
06:1129 laps to go.
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