{"id":27062,"date":"2019-06-30T22:40:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T03:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=27062"},"modified":"2019-06-30T23:03:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T04:03:15","slug":"nascar-sunday-chicago-notebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/30\/nascar-sunday-chicago-notebook\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR: Sunday Chicago Notebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

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Team Penske trio finishes in the top 6 at Chicagoland<\/b> <\/b><\/p>\n

Joliet, Ill. \u2013 Penske Racing drivers turned in a stealth but impressive finish in the Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway \u2013 all three drivers finishing among the top six.<\/p>\n

Joey Logano rallied to a third-place finish in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford and was joined by teammate Brad Keselowski, who placed fifth and Ryan Blaney, who took sixth.<\/p>\n

Blaney was the only one among the trio to lead a lap (one) and that was more noteworthy considering he went a lap down early in the race after his car suffered a tire problem.<\/p>\n

While Keselowski scored stage points with a second-place run in the opening stage, none of the team cars scored any points in Stage 2 of the race \u2013 important to note considering the late-race work of all three.<\/p>\n

Logano\u2019s third-place showing was his seventh top-10 finish in 11 Chicagoland races. His performance, combined with Kyle Busch\u2019s 22nd-place run, increased his standings lead over Busch to 18 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn one word, it was a \u201cbattle\u201d out there,\u2019\u2019 Logano said. \u201cThe restarts were insane, three, four-wide and cars were all over the place.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat recovery,\u2019\u2019 Logano said of the team\u2019s finish. \u201cWe didn\u2019t score any stage points. We were running 12th or 13th most of the race and then we got the Shell-Pennzoil Mustang quite a bit better to get a top-three. I\u2019s hard to say I\u2019m happy with that, but all things considered, we\u2019ll take it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s Ford, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 30, 2019 in Joliet, Illinois. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

HARVICK\u2019S MIGHTY RUN<\/b><\/p>\n

Equipped with a fast race car and full of motivational vigor, Kevin Harvick was an easy pick to win this weekend at Chicagoland. And for much of Sunday\u2019s race, he looked to make good on it and collect his first victory of 2019 after an eight-win 2018.<\/p>\n

He started his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford on the outside of the front row, finished seventh in the opening stage and won the second stage. He led a race-best 132 of the 267 laps \u2013 up front in all three portions of the race. But Harvick\u2019s Ford hit the outside wall on lap 173 bringing out the fifth caution of the race and relegating him to catch-up mode. He ultimately finished 14th \u2013 his 14h top 15 through the opening 17 races.<\/p>\n

He heads to Daytona International Speedway next week fourth in the standings, 67 points behind leader Joey Logano and is the only driver among the top-seven drivers in the championship standings without a victory yet.<\/p>\n

He has 11 top-10 and five top-five finishes \u2013 with a best showing of fourth four times.<\/p>\n

BYRON ON BOARD<\/b><\/p>\n

William Byron continued his summer success streak on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway, earning an eighth-place finish and leading twice for nine laps on the day. He now has three top-10 finishes in the last five races in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet \u2013 the most productive five-race streak in his year-and- a-half Cup career.<\/p>\n

Byron moved up two positions in the Cup standings to 12th place and is only 27 points behind 11th-place Aric Almirola.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe, as a team, are really close,\u2019\u2019 Byron said. \u201cIt\u2019s a little disappointing now that we have the speed that we do, but it\u2019s good to take the lead at some point in the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s six or seven in a row for that, so we just have to continue to do that. It\u2019s good for Alex (Bowman) and hopefully we can piggy-back on that. I think we had another good points day, which doesn\u2019t sound great, but we are making our way up the Playoff Grid.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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