Sunday, July 14, 2019

2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series - Quaker State 400

The whole world braced for what is known to be the greatest sporting weekend of the year. You have the Wimbledon finals, the Cricket World Cup finals, the African Cup of Nations Semi-finals, the British Grand Prix, and the two-part Formula E Season 5 finale. Here in NASCAR, they are not left behind to the biggest weekend for sporting fans because they're at Kentucky Speedway for the Quaker State 400, letting all out with this balls-out night race of the summer.

Screengrab via NASCAR

After the green flag, all hell breaks loose in Kentucky with early trouble for Jimmie Johnson as he was hounded by Denny Hamlin while the 18 and the 14 made contact. As Kurt Busch won at Stage 1, there's more hell at Kentucky as things get crazy after restarts. Following a series of crazy moments, Kyle Busch is like a man possessed as he goes all out all the way for nicking his Stage 2 win, while Jimmie Johnson got smacked at the wall and went around. Now, this is where it gets personal; a three-car battle between Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, and Clint Bowyer's more exciting to watch but as Kyle Busch involved in a dog fight between Joey Logano, Bubba Wallace got spun, triggering an overtime.

Coming out a turn 4 at the climax of the overtime, the clash of the Busch bros ended in a close quarter dogfight and by the slightest margin, Kurt Busch is "winner, winner, chicken dinner."

Next race is at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 on the 21st of July.

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