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Yeah, and you see your leader right there Ryan Blaney chose the outside lane preferred lane on the restarts. Here we go And you see why he chose it Ross Chastain way up top on the very first lap. It's gonna get him at least a second That was a great move by Chastain. Oh Kyle Larson looked like he bounced off the wall right there down the front straightaway He didn't think it was close Larson battling Riley Herbst who has his best-ever Cup start. He was only the third driver to go out to qualify We thought early drivers to go would be at a disadvantage But that's when the track was warmest and he was rewarded with a great lap Okay, this is where you see him now that they've locked on you looking at Bell right there get in line there and he followed suit Kevin walk me through the process of going up there. Well Just like we saw with Larson that was pretty high that track is is ground up there But you have to kind of work into it and get that rubber built up This is a log jam right here now Nemechek side-by-side with Larson and they trade paint Yeah, I don't think Kyle Larson liked the fact that Nemechek was intentionally trying to do that But he's got to do everything he can to try to stay on a lead lap and banging doors again right there He's gonna race him as hard as possible. You go a lap down here. It's hard to get it back Brad Kozlowski was running 22nd when he spun in turn two from contact Well, I see the Goodyear lettering off that left rear a little bit and let's watch why back here in the back. Check this out Looks like Stenhouse on the inside of him Got up and got in his left rear and spun him right around Yeah, it looked like the 47 of Stenhouse might have had to chase his car up the racetrack and like like we saw with Ryan Blaney earlier got loose Brad Kozlowski just happened to be in the wrong spot As we come down to the last couple laps of the stage and Kyle Busch trying to hang on to the tail end of the lead lap Bumper tag up there in front of the leaders. They're three wide with everybody trying to hang on to this lead lap one more lap You're right my boy. They were trying to wreck holding on to that last of the lead lap. Whoo Well, this tricky pit road has nabbed three drivers for speeding penalties on this stop And one of them is the second-place car Christopher Bell along with John Hunter Nema check Bell in section 7 Nema check section 10 and Michael McDowell in section 11 Zane Smith called called for equipment interference on his stop that is Bell's first speeding penalty of the season and his first ever here as They approach the Echo Park Automotive restart zone and the Chevy Corvette pace car ducks for cover Well, we haven't mentioned Denny Hamlin's name many times today But there he is shows up at the front of that restart right there Chase Briscoe able to get around him and Josh Berry now on equal tires with everybody So that strategy really paid off for that 21 car and go back to Denny Hamlin though plus four for his pit crew on pit road and Gibbs Boys have been putting in a show on on getting him tires on fast as Oh Bell is around between turns one and two. He's been in a wall. Look at the right sides of those tires Is it toe links brokered? And this is just how this goes when you have that mistake get to the back of the pack and unravels fast unravels really quickly. Oh He just got loose right there Clint when he got on the gas car come around gotten a wall and Third caution flag of the day flies for Christopher Bell's spin down in turns one and two after contact with the wall. Oh Turn four four of them pile up together van Gisbergen NEMA check Bowman And Todd Gilliland scoots away van Gisbergen will be the first car that ended up involved He's way on the left corner of the screen and watch him Starts right in front of this pack get sideways getting into the corner around they start Checking up to try to avoid him and got collected Alex Bowman nowhere to go right in his lap This came right out from underneath of him didn't Kev and we saw the same thing out of Christopher Bell's car I and you know when we heard the drivers and you see Bell go by right there Heard the drivers talking about what they felt and they're just talking about the cars being light on their feet now That that traction compound is starting to wear out you see that was Shane's car Just slide back slides right out from underneath him very similar. Just a different spot to the 20 car of Christopher Bell spin track narrows up quickly when one car gets completely sideways doesn't it and The favorites had been Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell last year's winners here But Bell got against the wall and spun and lost four laps making repair You see Kyle Larson get loose right there Mike with Ryan Blaney right up on him That's for the lead Daniel Suarez just ahead. I heard you say did you see Kyle Larson get loose and I heard him say Ryan Blaney right on him Yeah, look at that And there's just so many of these cars that are needing an adjustment out of the five is where I'm getting at Yeah, and we saw Ryan Blaney drive right up to him and you see what Kyle Larson is fighting right now Which is what we saw in practice His car is loose and up on top of the racetrack and Kyle Busch fading Bush is now the last car on the lead lap in the number eight He and Dylan his teammates side-by-side and the leader right behind them And you see both those cards cars are 23rd and 24th. So one lap to go in stage two Boy Suarez is working hard trying to get around that leader Yeah, and not only and you know, the other guy that's rooting for him he's right behind him Riley herbs He wants to see Suarez beat him green a white checkered flag. Kyle Larson wins the stage Daniel Suarez gets back on the lead lap Hosobar and Lugano who had the fastest stop of all this time around. Here's the Echo Park restart zone and we're back to green Another great start for Kyle Larson 19 cars struggling on the bottom of the racetrack Noah Gregson three wide both ends of the racetrack He's done it again in that number four and he is making it work. He is passing cars like they're stopped. Yes, he has Great restart for Noah Restarted 17th. He's up to 11th Yeah sometimes you just have to be the bravest if you're gonna make up ground and take some chances and Noah is up on the rim. Typically, that's not a great spot to be on the restarts But today it seems like it's working out for him The joy Lugano's racing him so hard watch this boom Look out Yeah, I think well, there's a couple things that happened I think that Hosobar was like well, we moved down and you pretty much moved down and stopped right here So I'm gonna I'm gonna feed the bumper to you and Lugano's like well I see an opening right here and I'm gonna move down I like and I agree with you and I think that speaks volumes about Hosobar, right? He didn't back down from that three-time champion, but that Lugano ain't gonna back down from him either Well, if you leave a pot on the stove long enough full of water and leave the burner turned up eventually It's gonna boil over and that's what happened between Riley Herbst in the 35 and Kyle Busch in the number eight Yeah, and you can see right there. The 35 is already into the back bumper the eight I'm not sure if the eight had to check up or if something happened before this but just a little bit of contact right there And around goes Kyle Busch There you go, you see it again right there Just it doesn't take much. We've seen how how light on the on on their feet these cars are today and Kyle Busch goes around and then you see Eric Jones get on the brake and Car goes around on him Then you're gonna Michael McDowell. They'll hit the wall again Boy, he's ready for this race to be over Let's watch from the Advent health cam on board Eric Jones Yeah, and he had to get on the brake really quick and a lot of times in these cars when you get on the brake Like that see the frustration right there from Eric Jones Yeah that that 12 car He's put up a couple fast laps. And now he goes he's back and he ran a 1593 the last lap But he just can't quite get there Gonna put the back bumper. Oh moving and did More contact as they go down the back straightaway Now fives got the preferred groove Is he gonna clear him? I think he is. I Think that 12 cars faster in either lane right now I think that they've just that as we've seen so many times of five sliding around up off the corner But that 12 as we get to the end of these races and we've heard it on the radio from the five car and Cliff Daniels just how well that 12 car will hunt that line through the corner along with a leader here Blaney Check this out You want to know how quick things can go right back and de-escalate for you look in front of him Kyle Busch Watch this Kevin. Oh my gosh And that's exactly what happened to Kyle Busch earlier, but it resulted in a spin out That time he was able to save it so easy to do here right in front of your leader But so easy to do Clint as you get going through turns three and four and you're trying to ride that bottom and all of a Sudden that car bounces out of the racetrack coming up the banking Connor Zilich has brought out the seventh caution the flag of the day with this spin at lap 382 Daniel swirls will get the free pass He was the winner in yesterday's race, but here's what happened to the 88 Yeah, you see him right up against the fence up there got into the wall got into the trash broke the tow link And around she goes Clint Yep, the cup rookie had been on and off the lead lap got the free pass a couple of times early today. Oh Well that looked different from that angle yeah, and this just happened Oh big moment And that cut Blaney's lead from almost two seconds in half Well think about this guys when this car qualified yesterday And you open the show with this Mike his first lap as we go on board with Ryan Blaney Whoa, man That is all but wrecked, but the thing that you talked about his first qualifying lap sideways turn to around goes chase Elliott And no contact Just a looping lazy spin for the number nine See him atop your screen right the snow co-signed Same thing we've seen Brown's come those cars. Just get over those bumps right there in the middle of that corner and lack of grip Never quit driving it. He was good on a gas perfect 360 hundred mile an hour slide All right Ty Gibbs up top briscoe on the bottom hosts of our giving Gibbs a push and we are back to green not a good restart at all on the bottom Comes Reddick on your outside Tyler Reddick Short-track program intact second place race is on Host of our third briscoe fourth Larson fifth gives hosts of our a boot going into one Yeah And I think the thing that Ty Gibbs just doesn't want to see right now is that five car get? Clear any sooner than possible title Reddick is right there going for the lead on the bottom of the racetrack I would not give that 45 the top of this racetrack Clint caution in turn one Riley Herbst Brings out the yellow and we'll have to do it all over again Let's go back and see what happened to cause the yellow. I think I've seen these two cars at it before. Oh Goodness rolls reversed here boys. Yeah now with a payback that was 185 laps in the making Gibbs outside of Blaney and they're even on the restart Got to pay attention to that five car. Do not let him to your right rear Great job by Ty Gibbs so far Just don't need to slip up right here coming to the white flag three wide behind a white flag one lap to go Gibbs with the launch off the corner Takes it high in a turn three Blaney hugs the yellow line on the bottom side by side Ty Gibbs is a NASCAR Cup Series winner. What a great fantastic finish That's a big accomplishment it really is Hi folks Lee Diffie from NBC Sports if you enjoyed what you just watched Well, it's time to bring the action and subscribe to the motor sports on NBC YouTube channel You can have it all news highlights interviews and analysis. So go for it