REPORT - MartinTruex_Jr dominated both stages, and held off joeylogano in several late-race restarts to claim victory at NHMS on Monday. NASCAR
remained on the track and inherited the lead but was soon overtaken by Byron, who eventually relinquished the lead to Truex, who had taken four new tires.Truex reclaimed the lead on a restart with 11 of 115 laps to go and held off Larson to win Stage 2. Logano was third, Blaney fourth and Hamlin fifth.resulted in some different pit strategies with Almirola taking over the lead thanks to a two-tire pit stop. On the restart, Almirola wrecked in Turn 1 due to a loose right-rear wheel.
With 75 laps to go in the race, Truex maintained about a 1-second lead over Blaney as Logano ran third. Blaney was the first to hit pit road with 65 laps remaining to kick off a final round of green flag pit stops for new tires and fuel to make it to the end of the race. Once the cycle of stops was completed on lap 257, Truex returned to the lead with a 3-second advantage over Blaney and Larson in third.
Noah Gragson slammed the wall in Turn 2 on lap 271 to bring out the sixth caution of the race. Most drivers elected to pit and took two new tires.Blaney was penalized for running over equipment during his stop and had to restart from the rear of the field. Harvick stayed on the track and led the way on the restart with 24 laps to go.Ty Gibbs got into Bowman to bring out the seventh caution and set up a restart with 16 laps remaining and Truex still out front.
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