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It was a Richard Childress 1-2 finish at Texas, as Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick would lead the way to the checkered flag. Ryan Blaney would in fact dominate a majority of the event, having led the first two race stages and 150 of the 334 laps in total. However, due to a foolish mistake caused by Quin Houff, with under 30 laps left. They would need to throw out a caution, reshuffling the deck. With the caution, a majority of the top cars would stay on the track while both Dillon and Reddick would choose to hit pit lane. This decision proved to pay off in the long run for the two Childress drivers.

Austin Cindric left Kentucky Speedway on cloud nine, as he would sweep the doubleheader. Cindric makes history as the only driver to win two straight nights at Kentucky. The only other NASCAR driver to have ever won on back to back nights at one track was in fact Richard Petty. Cindric is currently locked into third place in the Xfinity standings, just 14 points behind Noah Gragson.

Wednesday night the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Thunder Valley for the 2020 All-Star race. The race will not have any points on the line. Instead, the winner will receive one million dollars. Second place will receive nothing except for being the first loser. It will be checkers or wreckers for every one of these drivers so we will get to see them leave it all on the line for the top prize. That will make daily fantasy very tough to pick this week.

What looked like a potential victory for Denny Hamlin at the Brickyard 400 on Sunday afternoon, would end up being dashed within a blink of an eye. With just seven laps left to go and leading second-place driver Kevin Harvick by just under a second, his right front tire would give out.

This week the NASCAR Cup Series heads to the track most famous for the Indy cars and the Indianapolis 500. The race this weekend is the Brickyard 400. The 400 is not nearly as big as the 500. However, it is still one of those races that drivers really want to win. Kissing the bricks is a huge moment for the teams no matter which series they are racing in.

Chase Briscoe is sizzling hot at the moment, having just won his second race in the past three weeks this past Saturday at Pocono. It’s also a huge bounce back result after finishing 18th the week prior at Talladega Superspeedway. Briscoe and Ross Chastain traded the lead in those last two laps, however, it was Briscoe that eventually gained the upper hand on Chastain. Briscoe would beat out the runner-up by just over a second. Chastain did not go away empty handed either, after he won the $100,000 Dash for Cash grand prize. It was awarded to the highest finisher among four eligible drivers.

As was to be expected at Talladega Superspeedway, it was a race that would inevitably come down to an overtime finish. Kevin Harvick would get the jump on the restart, leading the first two laps. However, during that final lap Ryan Blaney would make a sharp pass on the outside of Harvick, giving Blaney the race lead. Ricky Stenhouse Jr would then give Harvick a hard bump and run, and then make his pass on the outside.

This week, NASCAR heads down to Talladega. This is one of the biggest wild card races of the year. Not only will it be a different package, but it will be the driver’s first time racing with this package. This wouldn’t be a big deal but since there’s no practice the first couple laps in a big pack could get dicey. The package will slow the cars down in an attempt to keep cars from flipping as Ryan Newman did at Daytona. 

Last weekend was a little offbeat for the Xfinity Series, as there would be back to back races at Homestead-Miami. After finishing in seventh place on Saturday, Chase Briscoe would wrap up the doubleheader with a nail-biting victory at the Contender Boats 250.  Brandon Jones, Ross Chastain, and A J Allmendinger would round out the top four. In order to win, Briscoe would need to do it with a completely new man on the pit box.