Nascar Rules

[the H team]

Friends from the start when they both were rookies, retiring drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth hug on pit road before the EcoBoost 400.

[the H team]

That's it for this year. Congrats to Truex Jr! It's been a long time coming & he deserves to win this championship. Next week will be the Nascar gala celebration to honour the top 12 drivers. Have a great off season & see you at Daytona in February.

[Tweets77]

Missed most of the first hour of the race cause of tennis running overtime. TSN2 joined the race is progress!!!

[the H team]

STAGE 1 WINNER:

Kurt Busch

scores the first stage win of 2018!

Ryan Blaney the leader, 13 laps into 60 laps of stage 2.

[the H team]

Lap 76: Ryan Blaney is running a great race at the front. Controlling both the bottom and top lines to maintain the lead

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[the H team]

Lap 90: With 30 laps to go in Stage 2, here is the top 10.

Blaney, Menard, Bowman, Keselowski, Elliott, Harvick Bowyer, Almirola, Wallace

[the H team]

Lap 91: William Byron hits the wall significantly in Turn 4. He's now off the pace

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Caution out.

[the H team]

Lap 93: Leaders come down pit road.

Race off: Blaney, Keselowski, Harvick, Elliott, Ragan, Bayne.

[the H team]

Lap 94: Martin Truex Jr. stayed out under this caution.

[the H team]

Lap 96: Top-10 lineup for the restart -- Truex, Blaney, Keselowski, Harvick, Elliot, Ragan, Bayne, Kahne, Menard, Stenhouse

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[the H team]

Lap 97: BACK TO GREEN!

Martin Truex Jr. leads the field to the restart. Ryan Blaney is second

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[the H team]

Lap 98: Truex leads the lap after the restart, but Blaney quickly makes a pass on the No. 78.

[the H team]

Lap 100: We are at halfway! Blaney continues to lead. Keselowski is right behind him in second.

[the H team]

Lap 101: BIG WRECK!

Chase Elliott crashes HARD in Turn 4. Keselowski, Patrick, Harvick, Kahne, Ragan involved.

[the H team]

Lap 103: Pit road is open. Some elect to pit, including Alex Bowman, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher

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