Denny Hamlin used strategy to gain track position at the start of Stage 2 of Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega, ultimately taking his first stage victory of the season.
Denny Hamlin used strategy to gain track position at the start of Stage 2 of Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega, ultimately taking his first stage victory of the season.
Martin Truex Jr. derailed the early dominance of Kyle Larson and collected his fifth stage win of the season during Stage 2 of Monday’s rain-postponed Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ryan Blaney continued his impressive roll at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon, becoming the third driver to sweep the first two stages of a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race this season.
After stage one saw chaos and calamity, stage two of Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway ran caution-free but saw an equally exciting finish, as Chase Elliott edged out Kyle Busch for the stage win and accompanying playoff point in a photo finish.
After an opening stage that ran more than 50 laps without incident, Johnny Sauter survived a chaotic second stage of Saturday’s Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway, collecting 10 bonus points and a playoff point for his efforts.
Two quick pit stops and a very fast race car carried Martin Truex Jr. to his third stage win of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season on Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.
A daring three-wide pass for the lead carried Chase Elliott to his first stage victory of the season, as the Hendrick Motorsports young gun took the lead at lap 85 and went on to triumph in stage two of the Camping World 500 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway on Sunday.
Just as he did in stage one, Kevin Harvick led the majority of the laps en route to a dominating victory in stage two of Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.
Continuing the trend he started in stage one, Christopher Bell led every lap of stage two in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway to collect his second-straight stage win.
Saving his tires over the course of stage two in Saturday’s Rinnai 250, Kevin Harvick charged to the point and led the final 19 laps to collect the maximum 10 bonus points at the end of the stage at Atlanta Motor Speedway.