Journey POV.
I open my eyes and it feels different. I saw Chase up and ready to leave for breakfast so I get up get dress and we left. we went to Fixe Southern House. Chase and Noah got coffee. kids and I got sweet tea. we got Cinnamon rolls with biscuits. River and Emma got Brioche French Toast. Chase got Bacon, egg, and grits. Noah got Perfect brunch portion chicken biscuit got spicy honey and kale on the side. I got Chicken fried steak with fries instead of collards comes with gravy on the side. then we went walked around for couple hours shopping and stuff then we went to Tropical Smoothie Cafe. after we was on pit road and I see Chase He smile and said"I'll win today for you and the kids." I kiss him and said"I hope soo. I believe in you Chase." he smile and hug me. he went to the car and then its time for Auto Trader Echo Park Automotive 400.
1 Kyle Larson.
2 Ty Gibbs
3 Christopher Bell
4 Tyler Reddick
5 Chase Briscoe.
6 William Byron.
7 Ryan Blaney.
8 Austin Cindric.
9 Martin Truex Jr.
10 Bubba Wallace
11 Denny Hamlin
12 Ross Chastain.
13 Michael McDowell.
14 Alex Bowman.
15 Austin Dillon
16 Carson Hocevar.
17 Daniel Suarez
18 Zane Smith.
19 Chris Buescher
20 Joey Logano
21 Noah Gragson.
22 Brad Keselowski
23 Corey LaJoie.
24 Chase Elliott.
25 Josh Berry.
26 Ryan Preece
27 Erik Jones.
28 Todd Gilliland.
29 Harrison Burton.
30 John Hunter Nemechek
31 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
32 Justin Haley.
33 Kaz Grala.
34 Austin Hill
35 Kyle Busch.
36 Ty Dillon
37 Jimmie Johnson.
38 Daniel Hemric.
Green Flag.
Start of stage one.
Practice: Kyle Busch spins in practice in turn 2 and hits the wall, Jimmie Johnson spins and gets into the wall in turn 2.
Kyle Busch (backup car), Kaz Grala, Jimmie Johnson (unapproved adjustments) to the rear.
LAP 1 Kyle Larson leads the field to the green from the inside with Ty Gibbs on the outside. Kyle Larson holds the lead.
LAP 8 Brad Keselowski down to 31st after starting 22nd.
LAP 20 Lap times are about a second slower after 20 laps.
LAP 22 Lots of cars complaining about being tight, lots of cars shifting.
LAP 34 Kyle Larson begins lapping cars, Denny Hamlin pit from 10th starting green flag stops.
LAP 35 Austin Cindric, Bubba Wallace, Michael McDowell, Martin Truex Jr., Chris Buescher, Noah Gragson pit.
LAP 36 Kyle Larson pits from the lead, he had a .73 second lead over Ty Gibbs who stayed out, Tyler Reddick pits.
LAP 37 Christopher Bell pits from 2nd with Ty Gibbs still leading.
LAP 38 Fire on pit road goes through Ty Gibbs pit box.LAP 40 Ty Gibbs pits from the lead, Chase Elliott becomes the leader, Ty Gibbs has a long stop.
LAP 42 Chase Elliott, Todd Gilliland, Austin Hill, Daniel Hemric only cars yet to pit.
LAP 48 Chase Elliott continues to lead, he was 21st before the cycle started, Todd Gilliland runs 2nd, he was 29th before the cycle started.
LAP 50 Jimmie Johnson spins from 36th in turn 4 bringing out the caution, Chase Elliott, Todd Gilliland, Austin Hill, Daniel Hemric had yet to pit.
LAP 51 Chris Buescher free pass.
LAP 52 Chase Elliott, Todd Gilliland, Austin Hill, Daniel Hemric, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Martin Truex Jr., Ross Chastain, Michael McDowell pit with all others staying out, Ross Chastain took 2 tires.
LAP 53 Martin Truex Jr. pits again with a loose wheel.
LAP 54 Ty Gibbs pits from 3rd with the socket of the gun stuck on the lug.
LAP 55 Alex Bowman, Carson Hocevar, Austin Dillon, Daniel Suarez, Joey Logano, Noah Gragson, Corey LaJoie, Zane Smith, Ryan Preece, John Hunter Nemechek, Josh Berry, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Erik Jones wave to the lead lap.
LAP 56 Kyle Larson leads the field to the green from the inside with Christopher Bell on the outside, Tyler Reddick restarts 3rd with William Byron in 4th, Kyle Larson holds the lead.
LAP 81 Kyle Larson wins stage 1.
End of stage one.
1 Kyle Larson.
2 Christopher Bell.
3 Denny Hamlin
4 Tyler Reddick
5 Chase Briscoe.
6 Ryan Blaney.
7 Chase Elliott.
8 Michael McDowell.
9 William Byron.
10 Bubba Wallace
LAP 82 Kyle Busch free pass.
LAP 84 Ryan Blaney stays out, Austin Hill, Chris Buescher, Ty Gibbs join him with all others pitting, Martin Truex Jr. wins the race off of pit road with two tires, Todd Gilliland equipment interference penalty, Zane Smith removing equipment penalty, Austin Cindric, Joey Logano also took 2 tires.Start of stage two.
LAP 89 Ryan Blaney leads the field to the green from the inside with Austin Hill on the outside, Chris Buescher is 3rd with Ty Gibbs in 4th, Martin Truex Jr. is 5th with 2 fresh tires, Kyle Larson is 6th with 4 fresh tires, Ryan Blaney holds the lead.
LAP 96 Bubba Wallace gets loose and falls from 15th to 20th.
LAP 99 Austin Hill has a steering issue and goes to pit road. all others staying out.
LAP 101 Christopher Bell gets loose off of turn 4 and spins from 10th, Alex Bowman spins from 19th and John Hunter Nemechek gets collected from 22nd, all 3 cars have lots of damage.
LAP 102 Justin Haley free pass.
LAP 103 Todd Gilliland stay out with all other lead lap cars pitting, Chris Buescher has an equipment interference penalty, Martin Truex Jr., Tyler Reddick, Michael McDowell, Corey LaJoie, Austin Dillon, Bubba Wallace took fuel only, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Ross Chastain, Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe, Ryan Preece, Noah Gragson, Zane Smith took 2 tires with all others taking 4.
LAP 107 Todd Gilliland leads the field to the green from the inside with Kyle Larson on the outside, Kyle Larson gets the lead, Ty Gibbs and Bubba Wallace make contact and fall through the field.
LAP 114 Carson Hocevar spins from 23rd bringing out the caution.
LAP 115 Ty Dillon free pass.
LAP 116 Kyle Larson has a right rear wheel come off the car as the leader under caution.
LAP 119 Denny Hamlin leads the field to the green from the inside with Martin Truex Jr. on the outside, Kyle Larson being held for 2 laps serving his penalty.
LAP 121 Josh Berry spins in turn 2 from 12th bringing out the caution after he got the front end chopped by Ricky Stenhouse Jr he will get what coming to him.
LAP 122 Jimmie Johnson free pass.
LAP 123 Corey LaJoie, Austin Dillon pit with all others staying out.
LAP 126 Denny Hamlin leads the field to the green with Martin Truex Jr. on the outside, Tyler Reddick is in 3rd with Todd Gilliland in 4th, Denny Hamlin holds the lead.
LAP 137 Josh Berry spins and gets into the wall from 33rd in turn 2 bringing out the caution.
LAP 138 Christopher Bell free pass.
LAP 139 Ross Chastain, Michael McDowell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Erik Jones, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Harrison Burton, Carson Hocevar stay out with all others pitting, Ty Gibbs wins the race off of pit road followed by Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, William Byron. Daniel Suarez had an equipment interference penalty, Corey LaJoie drove through too many boxes, Ty Gibbs, Joey Logano and Todd Gilliland took 2 tires with all others taking 4.
LAP 143 Ross Chastain leads the field to the green from the inside with Michael McDowell on the outside, Michael McDowell spins from 2nd and gets into the wall in turn 4 after hitting a bump bringing out the caution.
LAP 144 Kyle Larson free pass, he makes up 1 of his 2 laps he lost under penalty.
LAP 146 Kyle Larson pits.
LAP 147 Christopher Bell, Corey LaJoie pit.
LAP 150 Ross Chastain leads the field to the green from the inside with Ricky Stenhouse Jr on the outside, Ross Chastain holds the lead.
LAP 166 Ross Chastain wins stage 2.
End of stage two.
1 Ross Chastain.
2 Bubba Wallace
3 Ryan Blaney.
4 Erik Jones.
5 Chase Briscoe.
6 Brad Keselowski
7 Harrison Burton.
8 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
9 Ty Gibbs
10 Chase Elliott.
LAP 167 Kyle Larson free pass.
LAP 168 Ross Chastain, Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Carson Hocevar, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Ryan Preece, Corey LaJoie, Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, Jimmie Johnson, Todd Gilliland, Daniel Hemric pit with all others staying out.
Start of stage three.
LAP 173 Bubba Wallace leads the field to the green from the inside with Chase Briscoe on the outside, Bubba Wallace and Chase Briscoe wreck running 2nd and 3rd when Harrison Burton passed them low for the lead.
LAP 178 Harrison Burton leads the field to the green from the outside with Tyler Reddick on the outside, Harrison Burton holds the lead.
LAP 180 Tyler Reddick gets the lead.
LAP 181 John Hunter Nemechek gets into the wall from 14th but the field stays green, Ryan Blaney spins into the wall from 15th and brings out the caution.
LAP 182 Kaz Grala free pass.
LAP 185 Tyler Reddick leads the field to the green from the inside with Harrison Burton on the outside, Tyler Reddick holds the lead, Harrison Burton falls back to 7th.
LAP 200 Harrison Burton pits from 13th after last pitting on lap 115.
LAP 206 Austin Cindric pit from 20th after last pitting on lap 139.
LAP 208 Justin Haley, Chris Buescher pit.
LAP 211 William Byron pits from 4th 11.2 seconds back.
LAP 212 Chase Elliott pits from 3rd 11.029 back, Noah Gragson pits.
LAP 213 Tyler Reddick pits from the lead with a 5.88 seconds lead over Denny Hamlin who also pits, Tyler Reddick has a long stop on the right rear.
LAP 214 Martin Truex Jr., Ricky Stenhouse Jr pit giving Ross Chastain the lead, Ross Chastain last pit on lap 168 compared to the drivers who had been pitting who last pit on lap 139.
LAP 218 Ross Chastain pits from the lead, Kyle Larson pits.
LAP 219 Martin Truex Jr. pits again with a loose wheel.
LAP 220 Christopher Bell, Todd Gilliland pit.
LAP 222 Bubba Wallace pits.
LAP 229 John Hunter Nemechek gets into the wall from 27th bringing out the caution.
LAP 230 Zane Smith free pass.
LAP 232 Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Preece, Corey LaJoie, Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez, Carson Hocevar, Austin Dillon, Daniel Hemric, Ty Dillon, Kaz Grala pit with all others staying out.
LAP 233 Noah Gragson, Ty Gibbs, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Erik Jones, Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher, Todd Gilliland, Austin Cindric, Christopher Bell, Bubba Wallace, Justin Haley, Harrison Burton, Jimmie Johnson wave to the lead lap.
LAP 235 Tyler Reddick leads the field to the green from the inside with Denny Hamlin on the outside, Chase Elliott is 3rd with William Byron in 4th, Chase Elliott gets to the lead.
LAP 242 Brad Keselowski passes Ross Chastain for 4th with his fresher tires.
LAP 245 Denny Hamlin passes Chase Elliott for the lead off of turn 4.
LAP 246 Tyler Reddick gets into the wall from 3rd after getting loose and falls to 8th.
LAP 254 Ricky Stenhouse Jr wrecks from 19th after getting loose.
LAP 255 Martin Truex Jr. free pass.
LAP 257 Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, Christopher Bell, Austin Cindric, Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton, Todd Gilliland, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson pit with all others staying out.
LAP 260 Denny Hamlin leads the field to the green from the inside with Chase Elliott on the outside, Brad Keselowski lines up 3rd with Ross Chastain in 4th, Kyle Larson wrecks on the restart after contact from Zane Smith who had contact from Ty Dillon, Chase Elliott ruled the leader.
LAP 261 Ricky Stenhouse Jr free pass.
LAP 266 Chase Elliott leads the field to the green from the inside with Denny Hamlin on the outside, Ross Chastain is 3rd with Brad Keselowski in 4th, William Byron is 5th with Daniel Suarez in 6th, Denny Hamlin spins from 2nd in turn 4.
LAP 267 Ryan Blaney free pass.
LAP 271 Overtime: Chase Elliott leads the field to the green from the inside with Ross Chastain on the outside, Brad Keselowski lines up 3rd with William Byron in 4th, Harrison Burton and Kaz Grala wreck bringing out the caution.
LAP 275 Overtime 2: Chase Elliott leads the field to the green from the inside with Ross Chastain on the outside, Brad Keselowski lines up 3rd with William Byron in 4th, Daniel Suarez in 5th, Tyler Reddick in 6th, Chase Elliott pulls ahead off of turn 4.
LAP 276 Ross Chastain wrecks from 2nd after contact from Brad Keselowski on the backstretch, Chase Elliott gets the win.
1 Chase Elliott.
2 William Byron.
3 Brad Keselowski
4 Tyler Reddick
5 Daniel Suarez
6 Chase Briscoe.
7 Austin Dillon
8 Bubba Wallace
9 Kyle Busch.
10 Carson Hocevar.
11 Joey Logano
12 Ryan Preece
13 Ty Gibbs
14 Martin Truex Jr.
15 Ty Dillon
16 Noah Gragson.
17 Daniel Hemric.
18 Chris Buescher
19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
20 Kyle Larson.
21 Kaz Grala.
22 Erik Jones.
23 Christopher Bell.
24 Zane Smith.
25 Corey LaJoie.
26 Jimmie Johnson
27 Austin Cindric.
28 Justin Haley.
29 Harrison Burton.
30 Denny Hamlin
31 Todd Gilliland.
32 Ross Chastain.
33 Ryan Blaney.
34 John Hunter Nemechek
35 Michael McDowell.
36 Josh Berry.
37 Alex Bowman.
38 Austin Hill
Hell yeah. my husband still has it. I knew he still had it.
after Chase did every thing he needed to do we went to Hooters. we got Boneless Wings Chicken battered and breaded with ranch. then Chase got Tenders 5pc Bone in Wings & Waffle Fries Crispy, hand breaded tenders (3) perfect for dipping in dressing and choice of wings. River and I got Cheese Sticks Fried mozzarella cheese with marinara sauce. Emma got Kids Boneless 5 boneless wings. I got 24 Buffalo Shrimp Hand breaded shrimp. we all got Caramel Fudge Cheese Cake. then we got Funnel Fries 20 Served with chocolate sauce for dipping. as we eat we talked and spend time together as a family.
