NASCAR Official Extended Highlights: Darlington Southern 500 ends with nail-biting finish

Green Flag, Bubba Wallace leads the field to green in the Southern 500 it's time to bring the action at Darlington Raceway it is time to continue one of the best traditions in racing it's time to the southern 500 three wide the that is aggressive Martin Truex Jr. gets loose on lap 3 and takes out Ryan Blaney cont mon TRX Jr he's lost it takes blay up into the wall with him two of the best cars in practice I thought blay had the best long run car I'm an idiot and here you heard him I'm an idiot Truex says he's in he knows he made a mistake only two laps into the race TRX 58 above the cut line mathematically not a guarantee but I thought everything was going to be easy this is an uphill battle already that is a huge moment in this race and perhaps in the year how much damage do TRX car have it hurts Ryan blay from the standpoint of potential stage points and then the overall points he's locked into the playoffs but this was what neither driver wanted TRX just simply got into the corner too hard for the amount of grip that he had that's part of this though lap three he doesn't really know it chases the car up the racetrack makes contact with William Byron overcorrects the car big damage to Restart lap 10 let's get this cookout Southern 500 going again let's do it huge crowd here in Martinsville and we're back to action Wallace and lson Chase Brisco in that black and white high point forward right behind here comes Tyler reck the 2311 cars are on the charge and that begs the question what kind of a role will Tyler reic play in helping his teammate make the playoffs tonight so he backed it up Kyle Larson beats Bubba Wallace off of pit road twice and here we go pit stops are happening race leader is in Kyle Larson follows Bubba to pit Lane Marty snid is standing by take it away Kyle Larson comes to his pit ST which is down turn turn towards turn four also Joey legano here on Pit Road everybody should fit in a very small window here Cliff Daniel said hey how's your car to Kyle Larson he simply said really good bubble Wallace seemed very happy with the 23 car when he was asked to give a balance check by his crew he said it's just a little greasy when I'm running really hard that's not something they really adjust for that's just what they want to hear from the driver in terms of what he's feeling he'll get four Goodyear tires and a fuel F here and he's got that first pit stall Marty Tyler Reed who ran second to his teammate Bubba Wallace for much of that run said at the very end I feel like I'm burning up the rears just a little bit so I could stand to be a hair tighter otherwise very happy as green flag pit stops the first set happening here at Darlington in the southern 500 and look how busy Pit Road is lead and successful for Kyle Lon the five beat the 23 off yeah that first pissed off at the 23 will be a big Advantage under yellow but under green no real Advantage almost a disadvantage cuz you're so close to getting up to speed as we see reic pull away Kyle Larson overtook the 23 car still some cars to come to Pit Road but the five will assume the lead of the race when it Kyle Busch wall contact in Stage 1 Cycles so as Hamlin leaves we want to take you back and show you this that involves Kyle Bush boom it's pretty good little contact right there flat luckily but take a listen that's a part of the race track where the wall actually comes back out into the track off of turn two very very easy to hit the wall there when this race is over though he won't be the only one to do it himim a moment Tyler Reddick sick inside the race car- 8 to go in Stage 1 ago Tyler reic lost third to chase Brisco and then almost immediately gave another health update listen in cop I think the car is okay just really fighting it right now here get some crackers or something too just plain crackers I don't know bread something y we get you so that is what the team has done they have fashioned a bag that they're going to hand to Tyler reic once he makes the stop here at the end of stage one in that bag does have the Tums and also two packs of crackers and some regular crackers as well so Steve I can't imagine being in Billy Scott's shoes right now so put me in those shoes you kind of feel I'm Miss you're helpless as a crew chief right you can't do much to help your driver what would you do if you were Billy Scott Steve to let your driver make sure that he can make it to the end of the race final lap Kyle Larson wins Stage 1 at Darlington Raceway of stage one Kyle Larson it has been a very strong performance it's his ninth stage win of this 2024 season is fifth the Darlington ready for stage two here Start of Stage 2 of the Southern 500 Kyle Larson and poan BBA Wallace let's go here in Darlington this is going to be a tough SLO for Tyler reck can he hang in there he's up on that High Line Chase Brisco is doing the chasing of Kyle L and reck around his teammate to Third and ever present is that 11 of Denny Hamlin he's just been creeping and sneaking his way forward and Ty Gibbs his teammate is going with him Brisco blocks R but since they both clear traffic Denny Hamlin bumps William Byron for 3rd place late in Stage 2 William Byron's Car has really come to life now H throw it down to the inside oh a little touch loosens up the 24 and Hamlin's by oh I don't think William Byron's going to love that on the radio I knew he would you know he knew he had to fight the 11 off but aggressive for stage two I think this goes back to that engine penalty I think Denny is driving with just a little bit more fer it because he feels like he has given up so much yeah then he just up the RAC trck into the left quarter panel if you're William baring you're like what the what the heck man like I'm up against the wall what do you want me to [Music] Kyle Larson wins Stage 2 do final lap of this second stage and the pilot of the Hendrick cars.com Chevy for hendrik Motorsports one stage one in Vegas one stage two in Vegas and drove all the way to Victory Lane in Vegas in just the third round of this 2024 Cup Series championship is that an omen for tonight here in the southern 500 nobody has really been close Chase Brisco yes but Kyle Larson in control stage two Victory 10th stage win of this year when we come back to green here to Start of Stage 3, Larson and Briscoe fight for the lead start stage three we're going to listen inside the five teams let's get ready to go stage three of the Southern 500 let's do it I'll roll here still rolling you have no help here still tight still tight still tight here still tight all the way bottom Lane still tight still tight inside still tight to you still very tight still there just shooting him still there still there still just shooting him shoo [Music] still there still there tight quarter sh two still there quarter tight clear clear clear well we have a big battle Bubba Wallace points update going right here you see on the bottom right that is Chris busher who is now been overtaken by the eight of Kyle bus and why that matters is cuz this Gap right here is down the four I mentioned we needed 12 spots between the two well now on the bottom of the screen is a 23 of Bubba Wallace and if you look up here he's got three cars up to Chastain right in front of him that I think he can get here's reic coming back to him in a hurry I mean the 23 is much better than the 45 the one and even the 54 in their tire situation so now it's down to three points I think this is going to be a high pressure high nerve situation for the 17 and the 23 over these last 16 we Carson Hocevar brings out the yellow late in Stage 3 are under caution for just the second on track incident and it is Spire Motorsports Carson hostar who started on the front row earlier today losing control of the 77 all by himself it was underneath Eric Jones not sure if anything happened before they got to turn three but just underneath him and he lot loses it so slick getting to the end of this tire run and rear grip just goes away and unfortunate couldn't be worse timing for the one of Ross Chastain who had just entered pitro oh boy what a nail Restart with 48 to go- Larson leads over Hamlin biter between 231s Bubba Wallace and RFK Racing's Chris Pusher for that 16th and final spot to contest the final 10 Rounds the playoffs of this 2024 Cup Series it is Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin with 48 laps to go let let's go Hamlin on the inside and it's the first time in a long time that we've seen anybody really hassling Kyle Larson Hamlin's ahead they touch heading down the back straight here in Darlington Larson is unrelenting he does not want to relinquish the lead he has led for 245 laps tonight and his making life hard for Hamlin as you will oh Chris Buescher turns Todd Gilliland contact on the he gets into Todd gillin they ran out of real estate on the exit of two it started with the 38 sliding up pushing the 17 into the wall lucky for the 17 to avoid this let's have a look at what happened to the front row Motorsports driver yeah Gillan underneath busher trying to make the pass get up the racetrack squeezes busher a little bit busher back down into him listen so how bad was that hit J I don't think it was I don't think it was that bad but what you know when when busher gets into the wall he then comes back hits the wall then it comes back and hits the 38 Restart with 40 to go 40 laps to go when the green flies here in Darlington let's see how those closing 40 laps Shape Up lson gets a great restart Hamlin pushed him last time and here comes Chase Brisco brisco's not done with yet look at that move sweeping around Denny Hamlin as lson clears them what a runoff turn two that was for Chase Brisco and now he's got lson in his sights and here comes Chris buer bottom right look at this traffic jam Hocevar brings out the yellow with 32 laps to go cautions out oh and it's for Co Carson josar again significant damage on the front right and for the likes of Kyle Bush and Christopher Bell this brings everybody closer together and from what we just saw with three laap pressure tires I think there is no conversation for anyone on Pit Road but to make the pressure higher Jeff you keep talking about it now we're at 21 cars on the lead lap with another free pass we'll be at 22 what that means is if you're Chris busher three and four on the last corner could be five position that could be eliminating you from the playoffs you know you get to a point where there's not enough cars in the lead left you start to feel safe we're going the other way at this point Restart with 26 laps to go, Chase Briscoe takes the lead all right get ready be 26 laps to go Ross Chastain in the one doing whatever he can to try and stay alive and hope that he has a chance but everybody that he's surrounded by on Fresh tires here we go Gibbs on that high line lson on the low line Brisco feels he has a chance Gibbs is looking good on points to make it Brisco wants to race his way in like Chastain does here goes Brisco on the inside the big move from Chase Brisco this could be the difference between making the playoffs or not wow the one of Chastain got an amazing start better than I expected 54 kind of paid that off but what a move by the 14 down the backstretch that was epic and look at this three wide wow we 11, 4 and 54 go three wide and a massive wreck breaks out. Bubba Wallace involved got a caution multicar incident Ty Gibbs Josh Barry Bubba Wallace it's over Wallace's playoff hopes bush is trying to dodge the Carnage William Byron's Car is torn apart and Noah gron in it as well how badly damaged is that 23 watch this how did it unfold Josh Barry pushing his way through the middle of Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs keep watching it yeah three wide into turn one at darington never works it's just not enough room somebody had to lift there Josh Barry extremely aggressive shooting the middle here and it's just to to two wi through there Steve is difficult and now they just all stack into each other and Bubba W was doing a really nice job some front end contact but then Noah GRE and nowhere to go he was the one that made the heavy contact to the back of the 23 so you see right here Flames out the pipes he's on the brakes some front end contact but I don't think this was enough to kind of end it right you're going to see him run into the 24 I mean it's not great but then right there the big shot by the 10 pace car off track is clear Restart with 17 to go the green will fly with 177 to go here in Darlington for the win of the Southern 500 for an entry to the Nascar Cup series playoffs how ready is Chase Brisco gets a flyer watch that yellow and black car the eight of Kyle Bush on the inside of keslowski now lining up priest he goes to the inside of priest Christopher bell is out chasing Brisco a great start by the 14 Jeff matched by the start of the eight lots of positions in one set of Corners yeah Brisco did a great job he kind of caught Larson sleeping a little bit but look at go K Bush is coming Chase Briscoe holds off Kyle Busch to win the Southern 500 hard there is nothing between these two at the end of 500 miles one lap to go presented by Credit One Bank can Brisco hang on or has Kyle Bush got something both guys are going to break a very long winless streak but who will it be Kyle Bush throwing everything at Chase Brisco he can it's a win and you're in and the 29-year-old from Mitchell Indiana Chase Brisco wins the southern 500 and is going to the playoffs 2 weeks in a row we have been treated to a win and you're in this time it's Chase Brisco dude holy SM