About midway by way of Stage 2, a lightning strike inside eight miles of EchoPark Speedway (previously Atlanta Motor Speedway) pressured NASCAR to right away pink flag the race, bringing the sphere of 38 automobiles down pit street.
There have been no incidents within the first 100 or so laps of racing and all automobiles are nonetheless operating. The occasion wants to succeed in Lap 131 to be official as that’s the midway level of the race.
There are thunderstorms within the space, and rain started to fall simply after the automobiles have been stopped on pit street, with drivers allowed to exit their automobiles.
Ryan Blaney was main the race on the time of the stoppage, with Bubba Wallace second, Tyler Reddick third, Christopher Bell fourth, and Chase Elliott fifth.
Erik Jones, Kyle Larson, Carson Hocevar, Joey Logano, and Ty Gibbs fill out the rest of the present prime ten.
“I realized quite a bit, really,” stated Blaney in the course of the delay. “Begin of the race, you do not actually know what your automotive is like in race trim and within the draft — issues like that. Thankfully, we have been capable of management that first stage and made some changes for the second. I wasn’t fully happy with how we have been within the first stage. Particularly with the way in which my automotive modified from the beginning of the run to the tip of run — was large. I believe we acquired somewhat bit higher at that in Stage 2, and making an attempt to wrestle the lead away after we can. I really feel like that is the place I am greatest. My automotive has been quick sufficient to carry, and I have been adequate to get it again.
“Dealing with has actually come into play. There’s a number of guys form of hanging on, some guys dealing with rather well however they’re extra draggy — there’s a number of variation of automobiles on the market, however our Ford Mustang is fairly first rate proper now.”
This warning is a break for Ross Chastain as he’ll obtain the free move, placing 31 automobiles again on the lead lap.
Zane Smith, Brad Keselowski, and Todd Gilliland are presently trapped one lap down, whereas the automobiles of Noah Gragson, Cody Ware, and Chad Finchum are all two laps down. BJ McLeod runs final, three laps behind the race lead.
Together with presently main the race, Blaney additionally gained Stage 1, incomes ten extra factors within the course of. Reddick, Larson, Logano, Cindric, Hocevar, A. Dillon, Briscoe, Elliott, and Wallace all earned stage factors within the first stage as effectively.
As soon as the race resumes, your entire discipline will pit for gas and tires as they have been virtually during that stint earlier than the yellow flag flew.
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