{"id":25642,"date":"2019-05-11T23:58:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T04:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=25642"},"modified":"2019-05-12T08:54:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T13:54:04","slug":"nascar-saturday-kansas-notebook-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/11\/nascar-saturday-kansas-notebook-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR: Saturday Kansas Notebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

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Clint Bowyer frustrated by blocking in overtime shootout<\/b><\/p>\n

KANSAS CITY, Kan. \u2013 To say Clint Bowyer was annoyed at the end of Saturday night\u2019s Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway is putting it mildly.<\/p>\n

In the two-lap overtime shootout that decided the race, Bowyer had a strong run through the tri-oval coming to the white flag, but as Bowyer\u2019s No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford flashed across the start\/finish line, Erik Jones steered his No. 20 Toyota up the track and blocked Bowyer\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n

Bowyer could have driven through the Joe Gibbs Racing driver\u2019s car, but he broke momentum, essentially giving Jones a break, rather than wrecking him. That kindness, however, cost Bowyer positions at the finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should have finished second,\u201d said Bowyer, who had to settle for fifth. \u201cI had a huge run on both those guys (Jones and race runner-up Alex Bowman), but that kid, I guess he was willing to wreck himself to hold the position \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, that wasn\u2019t very smart. If it had been another scenario where I would have had some room, I would have just turned him in front of the whole field, and he would be back there wishing he wouldn\u2019t have done that. Oh, well.\u201d<\/p>\n

ERIK JONES HAS NO REGRETS ABOUT PROTECTING HIS POSITION<\/b><\/p>\n

Though Clint Bowyer had a few choice words for Erik Jones after the race, Jones wasn\u2019t about to surrender his position after the final restart, even if it meant blocking Bowyer\u2019s run.<\/p>\n

As it was, with his third-place run, Jones matched his best finish of the season, and he was unapologetic about blocking Bowyer to start the final lap.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was just racing,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWe\u2019re racing hard, and I think this (competition) package really kind of leads into a lot of blocking and a lot of protecting your position.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we\u2019re taking the white flag. I\u2019m not going to give up a lane and give up two, three, four spots if he would have gotten to the inside. Besides that, the DeWalt Camry was good. We had a car that could have won. We just got in the wrong spot at the end of the race, and we weren\u2019t able to capitalize on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 third-place performance followed a sixth on Monday at Dover.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll keep moving forward,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been two good weeks. This was the best car we\u2019ve had in a long time\u2014since Texas (where Jones finished fourth on March 31)\u2014and it\u2019s nice to be up in contention and have that shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

CHEVROLETS MAKE STRONG SHOWING IN KANSAS NIGHT RACE<\/b><\/p>\n

When the curtain fell on Saturday night\u2019s Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway, seven Chevrolets\u2014starting with runner-up Alex Bowman\u2014were scored in the top 10, a high-water mark for the manufacturer this season.<\/p>\n

Stage 2 winner Chase Elliott ran fourth and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, capped a late-race charge with a sixth-place result.<\/p>\n

Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson came home seventh and eighth, respectively, and Tyler Reddick and Chris Buescher were ninth and 10th. It was the second Cup start for Reddick.<\/p>\n

For Buescher, it was the second top 10 of the year and his best run since finishing ninth at Atlanta in February.<\/p>\n

Race winner Brad Keselowski took note of the collective results of the Chevys and of Bowman\u2019s third straight second-place run.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, the 88 (Bowman) the last two weeks has looked very, very strong,\u201d Keselowski said. \u201cHe looked when I was behind him here today, very, very strong. I think they’re definitely starting to hit their stride, for sure, and we can’t let our guard down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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