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green flag is out the racing in Michigan down the backstretch into a headwind as they go into to turn three big run there by Kyle Larson can he take the lead in three slides up the race track and takes it away from rning what an aggressive move he caught those two guys side by side used the draft on the left and went right by them Denny Hamlin working to the inside now of that 45 trying to get second away little side drafting doesn't work out for Hamlin But Here Comes Chase Elliot as Elliot will try to take third away from Hamlin you see just how big the draft plays in overall straightaway speed the five had a huge run the lap before this time it was the nine now is the nine loses momentum off Corner exit behind them the 23 and the 45 now side by side you can see bubble Wallace getting past Tyler redic think about a win for Bubba Wallace what that would do to the playoff standings currently above with points but once you lock him in that kind of takes away that spot that opportunity side by side for the lead Hamlin and look at the run as those two went side by side the Run of Bubba Wallace blew by them both and Bubba Wallace has taken the lead here Michigan very similar to how the five of Kyle arson got the lead on that first lap end 10 it's the man himself Michael Jordan he's got to like that the 23 car takes the lead smile on the face big smile there as Hamlin now has gotten by the five of Larson take another look how this happened well see again they're side by side making tons of wake behind them as just clears the hole and then bubble Wallace just sees it opportunity just goes right by both of them going talk a lot about Drafting and the draft here in Michigan it's closed the Gap now with the five he was able to gain some racetrack position as the 11 and the 23 continue to fight for that lead and the 11 goes around the 11 slid into the wall and then into the grass he goes caution comes out that's the other side of that wake we've been talking about Steve as he got close to him he lost the down force and around he went Brooks stra down and straight away Brooks against you in the corners here he is watch Denny got good forward momentum making a big gain wide open in the gas slides up behind and as soon as he does he loses down force and around it goes didn't look like he actually tagged the wall he tried to keep it off of it right there he's in trouble saw the Fire come out of the exhaust pipes that's him lifting off of the throttle yeah when you get right behind that 23 but still have wheel in it the air shuts off to the diffuser underneath the back of the car instant Arrow shift downforce comes off the back sometimes even adds to the front makes the car turn we're seeing blay and Byron they will be restarting up front and the reason for them staying out are they looking for that playoff point I really think that's what it is Rick I know there's a bunch of points battles making the playoffs regular season points a lot of different things but the guarantee is when the stage in it's a playoff point we have seen cars not Advance out of rounds in the playoffs by one point so every playoff point you can accumulate makes that path easier and one more lap to go in stage one look at this chaos back in the middle of the pack three wide look at TR X on the outside made a big lunge at Bowman he's got Tyler reck behind him and those two working together it looked like they were going to make some big improvements but Bowman had to check up as blay will come out of turn four and a comfortable lead over Chase Elliott will give him the stage win third stage win already of 2024 for blay and Bowman goes all the way down to the apron so did Bowman get that spot it was really close it scor that he didn't but that mattered to Chastain cuz Chastain finished ninth there that's a point Rick the weather's Chang it is dry but it is windy big Tailwind down the front stretch it'll be intered to see how they adapt it'll be 55 laps completes when they get to the line and 65 to go in stage two it's underway from [Music] Michigan right away we see the 22 of legano jump out of line get down to the bottom of the racetrack makeing get three wide going into turn one about four wide there about the fourth row Risco in that out blue and white car on the outside he made it three wide in the middle of the corner big gain for him getting a shove from the five of Kyle lson oh Chastain to the left rear now the 20 of bell to the outside of Larson he's got him on either side and larsson's going the wrong direction Chase Elliot out in front here at Michigan he's unable to clear him fortunately for him Bubba Wallace pulled in line behind him he'll have another run look how quick the runs come can he complete it this time he drifts up in front of Elliott and he does Take the Lead 19 Seasons 19 years Kyle Busch has won a race this is the only one that's standing in his way to keeping that streak alive and now this is not a Daytona Talladega Atlanta rules package they do not have reduced horsepower they do not have high drag just the overall speed of this racetrack is allowing this kind of draft to dominate you see needing help down the straightaways Martin shrunks Jr he got to the back bumper of the nine let's see if he goes to the outside he'll try to take second away from Elliott he does it through turn two on the outside and now we'll see if marrex Jr has anything for Kyle bus yeah even yesterday TRX like the outside of the racetrack now going to the bottom three champions of the sport fighting for the lead here at Michigan and Martin's going to have it as they go into turn number one here comes Chase Elliot and how about that speed on the nine 205 milph at the under the front end of the front straight away the draft the Tailwind that is rolling look look at the 24 of William Byron go from 25th all the way up to 7th he's worked his way through a Labyrinth of cars to get up to this position I talked to him whoa that was close right there off the bumper of Ross Chastain he said the car was a little bit tight early but they adjusted on it and they adjusted on it very well is the five of Kyle Larson he is going to be exiting turn four start finish line now heading into turn one I think he's going to go by the 19 you see 19 left side of Kyle Larson there you go 19 was the leader of the race pre- stops Kyle Larson over 3 seconds back between Pit Stop fresher tires traffic a lot goes into the recipe the result lson now in front of the 19 on the racetrack caution is back out at Michigan and this time it was from three different issues so Tire issues for we saw gilland the 22 of legano and then also alond Dinger yeah it it was crazy cuz it all happened at once right rear tires it looks like on all three of them okay so two things number one incredible job saving that race car where that tire started to have its issue he was still in the corner really good job it's good thing it didn't happen two seconds before cuz he wouldn't have been able to then the 16 that thing blows on the straight yep all the tires went down after he was sliding it so remember the the concept of lower air pressure so at short tracks we have different conversations right you get the tires really close to Flat cuz they grip better as you run at these higher speed race tracks the travel of the car is limited by rules pushes him out and trying to close the gap on Chastain and Bush who rocketed on this restart oh and a round goes to five big Kyle Larson involved in this one as well as the 14 of Brisco multiple cars you see busher last year's winner in the grass busher is one of those guys he's racing to try to get in the playoffs lot of damage he have look at the damage to the five of lson Christopher Bell gilland also involved in this you mentioned those points busher fighting to get into the playoffs doesn't look bad of course we can't see the other side the nose has some damage for sure something happens down here I'm not sure if he just gets loose up the racetrack the 15 slow in front of him oh the five just gets loose by himself spins out and as he comes up he really collects I think that's the 23 we didn't see that originally but that's a pretty heavy damage to the front of the 23 another car Jeff who is in this bubble conversation yeah nothing he can do lon's just on a slide right now now he's in the gas trying to keep from hitting the wall Bubba Wallace trying to avoid him contact attack Gillan comes in hard Gillan had gotten sideways too on the lower part of the track got into the 20 of bell it looked like Lano had already had issues he was racing to try to be the first car lap down but you this just so there's no argument about Kyle lon's skill level the guy you know people make the statement that he's perhaps the best to drive a race car right with everything we see him do and then you take a race car that could run up front with great raw speed and you put him in these air situations and his car spins out Jeff that's the wrinkle that you and I didn't really experience well most of our points racing was just a math equation this kind of win and Advance changes the finish line or changes the line you're shooting for as we see Gibbs is caught up to Byron let's see what Ty Gibbs can do with this second place Ty one of those drivers we talk a lot about trying to make the playoffs on points he's thinking if I win a race the stress is gone heading to Daytona next week caring the gap between the top two Gibbs Peak to the inside to get a little clean air Cory lejoy bringing out the caution he was just upside down rolled back over onto his tires once he hit the grass great sign right there when you see the window net come down but oh what a wild ride Cory lejoy just had going by Noah a little bit of contact on the with the right front fender car turned sideways and just flipped in the air that is quite honestly that's just not acceptable there's no way that a car when it turns like that should get up in the air that easily there has been millions of dollars and hours and hours of time spent to prevent that from happening that's going to catch everybody by surprise and you see right there slide that gives you a great view of the whole under body we talk about the underwing everything that people talk about for damage and then here it catches the grass and a couple pretty violent tumbles I mean you said it rick 3,000 lb it looks like a Matchbox car just tumbling through the grass let's watch it again Jeff big run this was earlier so this this was they were racing this was the lap before and you know obviously drivers upset at each other but you know right here I just feel like got he's just turning right and I can't tell from this shot if if Noah comes down or not but either way this car to get in the air like that is shocking and Steve you've shown us over and over when those flaps open up that's supposed to help keep these cars on the ground we saw the flaps open up there but that thing immediately got upside down not normal yeah not normal noral I was trying to find a way to describe it not normal is a nice way I mean and as fans I'm a race fan it's just amazes me what these drivers are willing to do as the nine continues to lead the six and the 24 a little bit of a split remember some cars pitted some cars didn't the first car off Pit Road the one of Chastain back in eighth reic able to get beside the nine and now a little side drafting down the backstretch again that's for the lead re clears him we'll see if he drips up the racetrack but Tyler retic now out in front of the field here at Michigan I get Pitt Brad trying to come behind him what a j if Brad got the Pit Road speed he had to make up 15 carlings I just think he's going to be overtaken on the backstretch he's slipping and sliding on the apron trying to get that power down Jeff he knows they're coming he's going to be looking in the mirror I think he's got it it's going to be a potential block into turn three but he's going to drive a turn three wide open in the throttle he does not have to lift cuz he doesn't have the pace it's going to equal out right here it's going to start to equal out now the question is are two tires good enough to keep this lead yeah host of our leads the 99 of Suarez has pitted stous Burton Priest Jones to your point Rick must pit they're hoping for a yellow remember they're leading the race a yellow they'll be able to pit and not lose that lap improve their position so Tyler reck's been running a little bit higher than Kyle Busch this time he goes to the bottom can he clear him right here I don't think he's going to clear him Kyle Busch is going to get right to his right side no he does clear him no he doesn't nope not yet all right so Kyle bus he's got to carry enough speed here to keep reic from sliding him reck's going to drive in the corner deep go up the racetrack Kyle bus going to try to turn underneath him he just does not have enough car to do it not enough car not enough Tire remember that eight is on two tires that was the only call to even be in this position I loved the call yeah you know Toyota's come in and just done a great job at Joe Gibbs Racing a great partner to this team as well oh who we got a problem the 19 slow off turn four I can't tell if it's a tire caution has come out there will be a restart he got up in the wall he seems to be up back up to speed an amazing car all weekend yeah that just looks like to me got loose we've seen that a lot today he chased up the racetrack and ran out of racetrack big hit to the right rear not sure that car is not damaged yeah I think the right rear toe length has got to have damage the right rear tail door to door as they're going to enter turn one now a surge out of the 24 a great push from keslowski kazlowski goes to the bottom of the racetrack here comes reic on the outside once again reic with momentum going down the backstretch and looking him fan out behind him and around goes the one Ros Chastain spins into the inside wall caution comes out I don't think he ever hit no he never did hit the inside wall he's still on the gas trying to make sure he doesn't get stuck in thatass did you hit [Music] anything look at this he is just behind on the steering could never get caught back up and that car tried to lift and actually set back down which is what we'd love to see with cars spinning now we have to see how the field is going to line up remember they'll basically go to the last Loop line that all the cards when the caution came out and I'm looking at this and the 24 may have been in front well it's electronic it's not cameras at this point because it's not the finish of the race so we'll see all right so 24 is now the lead the race so which meant he led at the last Loop they crossed while they were still under green and now Gibbs a big shove as the six checked up that pulled a lot of them back renick out in front Gibbs trying to clear for second he's not going to be able to get by Byron as they go down the backstretch I don't know how he didn't wreck right there when the six checked up reic out front Byron he's going to look to the outside side three carlink separate the top two as they go through two slow on the racetrack the nine and the 12 they're backing up up front one more set of turns reic with a three car length Advantage now pulling away as he comes out of four Tyler reck is going to win again this time it's in Michigan hell yeah Tyler you are a man how about that for the Michigan stats [Music] [Music] hi I'm Parker cerman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports at NBC YouTube channel