brad tames darlington

The action kicked off right away with Deluso (99) using the outside to try and take an early lead on the race over impromptu pole sitter Hughes (7). On lap 2, Deluso's truck lost the rear end and spun to the inside wall bringing out the only caution in the first half of the race. It would be a 50 lap struggle of tire and space management for the 10 truck field. Lap 25 saw a competition caution fly for the 2nd of 3 total yellows.

The Chunks 29 of Connor Mire saw a lot of contact at the lady in black that night as he tango's with outside retaining wall and ran into issues on track once again with long time rival Benjamin Thomas in the 6 machine. Hard blocks and bumper tag played trivial to the truck of Thomas, once he finally got to the inside of the 29, his truck unloaded on the apron and spun ending the battle for this race as Connor finished 5th.

"I think he got us" - Deluso (99)

The competition yellow saw the closest battle off pit road in FARCA history as the P1 pit stall paid off for Deluso, allowing him to take the lead on pit road by a splitter, likely thanks to cone placement at the end of pit road put in place by the officials. Definitely was an exciting moment for what was just a routine portion of the race.

Final Restart

Jones (46) passes Douglas (21)

Hughes taking the Checkered

The battle for second between Deluso and Jones on the final lap was an intense one,  coming out of turn 4 Deluso went full throttle trying to take the edge on corner exit. The rear end tapped the wall and got loose, the 46 also struggling with handling getting sideways trying to hang on as the 99 crosses the line side by side. The 46 spun and went head on into the front stretch wall finishing 3rd. The two shook hands afterwards commending each other on the fun battle.

Brad walked away with Jimmie Johnson style burnout to cap off the win at Darlington in style! The #7 Budweiser machine burned it down on the front stretch to a roaring crowd after he successfully managed his tires on the final restart and pulled away from the Exide Machine.

Brad now takes the points lead with Aaron behind him as next week we head to Charlotte Motor Speedway to race on the front stretch legends oval.

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Points Standings

Race Results

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