Martin Truex Jr. was one lap away from his first NASCAR Cup victory of the season and then what had been a relatively tame race got turned on its head.
Kyle Larson got spun on the frontstretch by Bubba Wallace with one of the originally scheduled 400 laps remaining Sunday night at Richmond Raceway which brought out a caution – just the fifth of the night – and sent the race into overtime. Because new tires mean so much at Richmond, all 15 lead-lap cars elected to pit and Denny Hamlin’s pit crew got him off pit road first as the leader.
“Unfortunately, this has happened here a few times over the years. We were in a great spot. Had a great all night long. The guys did a really good job. “Got beat out of the pits. Got ... I don’t know. He jumped the start, then just used me up in Turn 1, so ... Definitely sucks. “But a good, solid day. Another car capable of winning. So just have to come back next week, try to get them again.” NASCAR officials said after the race they reviewed the final restart and did not see any issues with it.
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