Ryan Blaney Grabs Late Lead Wins FireKeepers Casino 400

<br>Ryan Blaney took the lead on a restart with eight laps to go, held off Kyle Larson and went on to win Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.<br> <br>The victory was the Team Penske driver's second of the season. His eight laps led were his only laps led.<br> <br>He finished just a nose (. If you beloved this short article and also you desire to acquire details with regards to [https://movecasino.com/free-credit-press-accept/ เครดิตฟรี กดรับเอง] i implore you to visit our webpage. 077 seconds) ahead of William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports, who finished second.<br> <br>Kyle Larson of Hendrick, looking for his sixth win of the season, had to settle for third place after leading a race-best 71 laps.<br> <br>Kurt Busch finished fourth in his Chip Ganassi Chevy.<br> <br>Denny Hamlin, who appeared to be a threat to get his first victory of the season after leading 10 laps, was fifth in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.<br> <br>The margin between the first- and fifth-place care cars at the finish was .39 seconds.<br> <br>For large chunks of the first two stages, it appeared that Chase Elliott would challenge for the victory -- he led 37 laps in the first stage and 31 in the second.<br><br>When he wasn't leading, he was threatening for the lead. But on his pit stop between the second and final stage, a two-tire stop sent him backward and out of contention. He finished a disappointing eighth after leading 68 laps.<br> <br>With Michigan over, just one race remains before the start of the 10-race, 16-driver Playoffs.<br> <br>Fourteen drivers started Sunday having clinched berths.<br> <br>A top contender for biggest heartbreak of the day was Austin Dillon. The Richard Childress Racing driver who started the day just outside of the Playoffs cutoff line was having a terrific race as he was running for the lead for much of the second stage.<br><br>But while running sixth at the end of the stage, he made contact with the car of Brad Keselowski and was spun violently into the wall.<br> <br>He will now likely need to win at Daytona to earn a berth.<br> <br>"I think we would have had a shot to do something there at the end with that race car," Dillon said.<br>"Best race car we've brought to a race track this year at RCR.<br> <br>Josh Berry replaced Corey LaJoie as driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports entry for the race. LaJoie, 29th in points, was scratched because of COVID-19 protocols. Berry, announced as a full-time driver for JR Motorsports in the 2022 Xfinity Series earlier in the week, finished fourth in Saturday's Xfinity race at MIS.<br> <br>--Field Level Media<br>