Was pulling hard for Truex last week. Sucks for him. Being from NJ, my girlfriend's and family's favorite driver. Probably had the best car..His crew chief made a boneheaded call. The choice was either stay out of pit and get fuel and 2 tires. Fuel and no tires was just dumb...
"....Truex led five times for a race-high 95 laps and was second behind Kevin Harvick when the final caution of the night flew on Lap 257. With many teams concerned about fuel mileage, crew chief Cole Pearn called his driver to pit road for a fuel-only pit stop.
While Truex was able to win the race off pit road, four cars -- Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon -- did not pit and restarted in the first two rows when the race went back to green with six laps to go.
When Busch struggled to get going on the restart, Truex dropped through the field as drivers scrambled for position on the final run of the race. Unable to get back into contention, Truex finished the night in the ninth spot, his 10th top-10 finish of the 2015 season......
....By stopping for fuel but not taking any tires, along with Busch backing up the inside lane on the restart, Truex was unable to hold off those with tires behind him....."
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Johnson gets his 3rd win of the season, Harvick 2nd and Junior 3rd. ..18 year old Erik Jones, in his 1st Sprint Cup start, was subbing for Kyle Busch in the #18 M&Ms and was running 5th when he got loose on and went into the wall on lap 196 (of 267).
Last night in the Camping World Truck Race from Charlotte Jones was neck and neck with Kasey Kahne at the end, losing by .005 of a second in a photo as people were wreckin behind them. Most impressive 18 yr old driver I have ever seen.
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