notes - CUP - Daytona Road Course - 2020 (drc)
Race 23
Best lap time - 117.7 seconds or 1 minutes 57 seconds
Harvick and Hamlin agreement for turn 1 - take it easy ► allows Hamlin to have the preferred groove in the infield
No mistakes on lap 1 = respect for each other, also taking it easy
Some laps are so slow on lap 1, that I excluded it in data averages
Harvick does not look comfortable
Lap 3 - Kyle Busch battling for lead with Hamlin...takes lead… then loses lead
Busch flat spots a tire on chicane… going to pit and take 4… has not hit pit road yet
BK missed chicane = stop
Reddick missed chicane = stop
6 to go … Truex passes Hamlin (lets him by)
But Truex opens the door, and hamlin tries to pass him back... hamlin makes contact, gets a little bit of a tire rub
Hamlin pits ...would have pitted in two laps anyway
Truex pits, Elliott stays out to win stage
Alex Bowman blows a tire… running around on rim - final lap
BIG MISTAKE:
During caution laps…. Truex is saving fuel and the car shuts off… he cant maintain pace and gets passed..should have retarted 2nd… instead restarts 6th
STAGE 2
Logano in first, he did not pit, restarts on old tire (drops to 6th in one lap)
Hamlin back to the lead
Truex to 2nd ...so far, Truex looks the best….8 to go, Truex finally gets around in the chicane
BIG MISTAKE 2:
Truex SPEEDING PENALTY...pit road is closed...not allowed to do a pass thru (only lose some spots)...instead, he will go to the tail - whole field is on the lead lap...going to the back
Hamlin gives James Davidson his lap back ...wins stage
Elliott pits early...will take lead to start stage 3
Harvick pits early in 2nd
Stage 3
Harvick gets dumped in the infield by Bell...no caution… goes to last
Truex makes contact with Ty Dillon ...tire rub
RED FLAG - Lightning
JJ Yeley - passes out from heat… Bayley Currey in car now
26 to go …. Back under green
Ryan Preece spins JHN in the infield
Harvick spins out with 22 to go
BK misses chicane (22 to go)
Pit cycling begins
Kyle Busch in 2nd, brake rotor issue, done.
Truex fastest on the track, but digging out of starting 30th to begin the stage was too much
Elliot has a 10 second lead on hamlin (2nd) with 9 laps left
Hamlin being told, do not overdrive it, you can't catch Elliott
Bell in the grass on the infield
Kyle Busch wreck, a very real failure, and tires blown out, just very convenient for the two JGR cars running in a distant 2nd and 5th place
Logano pits from 7th - restarts 18th, finishes 9th
Buescher, another good restart, got as far up as 4th
Lajoie spins
Elliott holds off and wins
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