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Onto the final lap and Suarez is down to 2nd after Briscoe swoops past, working with team-mate Harvick to move into 1st place and with less than a lap to go he looks set to take victory today and advance to the Round of 12 race at Charlotte. Suarez is crawling towards his pit-box now, with the chasing pack surely about to relieve him of a Podium position...
...and that pack is headed up by Kyle Busch, who has team-mate Bowman (Suarez's Play-Off opponent...!) on the outside of him, while Truex. Jr, Elliott and Newman are all working together impressively well! Montoya is out behind them in 8th, though at least comes out ahead of Briscoe to preserve his leading lap status. Alfredo has now served his penalty and will try to exit the pits inside the Top 10 still, though he will surely lose a place to Harvick with the #4 bump-drafting beautifully with the race leader right now.
That duo has also been joined by Bell, who is looking nervously ahead with time running out for him to get out of last spot and ahead of another Play-Off contender...and though Kurt Busch looks like a relatively easy target, he has a BYE already and so Bell's best hope lies in catching Logano, though the #22 just reached his pit-box and will be up to full racing speed soon...!
https://i.imgur.com/3txlC5l.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/moeeQZP.jpeg
The following need to submit their 2 card choices:
@Steve Wade (A19) @Ivelin Dobrev (R140) @Stefan Gommans (P2) @Mike Baston (P23) @Rimantas Sagatas (M2)
The following need to confirm their new card hand and play 2 cards:
@Mairo Toom (A15) @Ricardo Antunes (R97)
The following need to confirm their pit-box choice:
@Nicholas Bryant (A23) @Mikko Suhonen (M4)
You all have until 23:59 CET on Tuesday 19th March to send these in...
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Just clocked that there was a mistake on the previous image and Bell should have been 3 laps down at the back, not 2 laps FYI.
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Briscoe powers to victory here to start the play-offs with an incredible dominant victory, with only a handful of drivers able to stay on the same lap as the #14! Of those drivers, Kyle Busch and Truex Jr. are currently in the Podium positions, as they are on track to make it 3 manufacturers in the Top 3 as it stands!!!
Threatening those positions are Elliott, Newman and Bowman, who all look likely to finish inside the Top 6 given the gap back to Montoya, who looks a dead cert to be 7th overall as the last driver to finish on the lead lap. The sub-plot here is Elliott v Newman who are Play-Off rivals, though both are guaranteed to advance.
That leaves Harvick, Alfredo and Suarez all 1 lap down, who will all also survive - though Harvick v Alfredo's Play-Off match should also have a thrilling conclusion. As such, the driver being eliminated this race will either be Logano or Bell, with them both practically neck-and-neck at this stage! Kurt Busch will finish last, but with his BYE through to the Round of 12 he will certainly still be in the running for both titles next time out...
https://i.imgur.com/d6GCq67.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/yMlbybM.jpeg
The following need to submit their 2 card choices:
@Mike Baston (P23) @Rimantas Sagatas (M2)
The following need to confirm their new card hand and play 2 cards:
@Mikko Suhonen (M4)
You all have until 23:59 CET on Sunday 24th March to send these in...
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A thrilling finish to this race sees Newman and Bowman bump-draft together to get themselves into the Podium positions and make it 3 manufacturers in the Top 3 positions...though perhaps not the drivers we originally expected! Truex Jr. holds on for 4th place, while Kyle Busch falls to 5th and Montoya manages to rise up to 6th place, while Elliott is forced to push his car home to 7th place.
All of that means Briscoe defeats Logano, Newman defeats Elliott, Bowman takes down Suarez (who finishes a lap down in 10th place after serving his speeding penalty), Kyle Busch wins against Bell and on the line it is Alfredo who defeats Harvick to take their play-off match and 8th place overall! Despite losing their play-off matches, Elliott, Harvick and Suarez all comfortably avoid elimination as they advance to the Round of 12 as a Fastest Loser...
...meaning it is simply Logano v Bell for who will advance - both get bump-drafting support and are clearly at maximum speed when they round the final corner and over the line it is...BELL who nicks it by the tiniest of margins to cause Logano to exit the Play-Offs this race. He can still compete for his league position in future races though, of course...
https://i.imgur.com/cti8NBb.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/qYuF3YV.jpeg
All other stuff to come another time - knackered now!
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Should have time over the bank holiday weekend to turn this around and get the next race ready FYI.
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