Journey POV.
we went to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Chase got Coffee. I got Bottled Root Beer. Chase got Momma's Pancake Breakfast Three Buttermilk Pancakes topped with butter and served with two eggs. Plus Thick-Sliced Bacon and 100% Pure Natural Syrup. I got Biscuit Beignets buttermilk biscuit dough, deep-fried then tossed in cinnamon sugar with butter pecan sauce for dipping. then I got Loaded Hashbrown Casserole Tots Hashbrown Casserole fried into crispy bite-sized tater tots loaded with bacon and melted Colby cheese. Served with buttermilk ranch dressing. then we went to Sonic Drive-In. I got Mango Slush with Cheese Fries and OREO Big Scoop Cheesecake Blast Creamy cheesecake soft serve mixed with OREO cookie pieces and then topped with a big scoop of OREO cheesecake. Chase got water with Quarter Pound Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Tots.
then we went back to the track and hang out until its time for the race. I met with Noah and Josh chat with them for a bit then I talked to Ryan and Austin. then I got to the pit box as they just started National anthem.
Starting Grid.
1 Tyler Reddick
2 Brad Keselowski
3 Chris Buescher
4 Ty Gibbs
5 William Byron.
6 Kyle Larson.
7 Denny Hamlin
8 Bubba Wallace
9 Ross Chastain.
10 Martin Truex Jr.
11 Kyle Busch.
12 Christopher Bell.
13 Chase Briscoe.
14 Joey Logano
15 Todd Gilliland.
16 Michael McDowell.
17 Ryan Blaney.
18 Alex Bowman.
19 Daniel Suarez
20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
21 Carson Hocevar.
22 John Hunter Nemechek
23 Austin Dillon
24 Corey LaJoie.
25 Austin Cindric.
26 Ryan Preece
27 Zane Smith.
28 Justin Haley.
29 Daniel Hemric.
30 Erik Jones.
31 Chase Elliott.
32 Derek Kraus.
33 Josh Berry.
34 Kaz Grala.
35 Harrison Burton.
36 Noah Gragson.
Green Flag.
Start of Stage one.
No cars starting in the rear.
LAP 1 Tyler Reddick leads field to green from outside, Brad Keselowski second inside.
LAP 3 Ross Chastain up the track scrapes the wall from 10th and drops back to 15th.
LAP 33 Ryan Preece and Harrison Burton pit from outside the top-20 under green.
LAP 34 Michael McDowell, Austin Cindric pit.
LAP 35 Denny Hamlin pits from 10th, Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe, Corey LaJoie, Chase Elliott, Daniel Hemric pits.
LAP 36 Kyle Larson, Ty Gibbs, William Byron, Martin Truex Jr., Todd Gilliland, Christopher Bell ,Joey Logano, Ross Chastain pit all form top-10 Kyle Larson slid in pit stall delaying stop making it two seconds slower than Ty Gibbs and William Byron who came out ahead.
LAP 37 Tyler Reddick pits from lead Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher pit.
LAP 38 Ty Gibbs, William Byron, Brad Keselowski and Brad Keselowski pass Tyler Reddick during the blend had pit the lap before.
LAP 44 Bubba Wallace pits.
LAP 45 Ryan Blaney pits to complete the cycle Ty Gibbs takes the lead.
LAP 55 William Byron challenging Ty Gibbs for the lead, William Byron getting held up in the high lane by Daniel Suarez who is trying to stay on the lead lap.
LAP 79 Ty Gibbs leading held up behind Carson Hocevar and gets into the wall in turn 4 and Kyle Larson passes for the lead.
LAP 90 Kyle Larson wins stage 1.
1 Kyle Larson.
2 Ty Gibbs
3 Brad Keselowski
4 Tyler Reddick
5 Martin Truex Jr.
6 Todd Gilliland.
7 Chris Buescher
8 Ryan Blaney.
9 William Byron.
10 Bubba Wallace
End of stage one.
LAP 93 Leaders pit all take four tires, Tyler Reddick takes the lead after stops, pitting in the first pit stall.
Start of stage two.
LAP 99 Restart Tyler Reddick leads outside, Brad Keselowski second inside.
LAP 104 Kyle Busch into turn 2 wall from 24th keeps going.
LAP 121 John Hunter Nemechek spins from 17th exiting turn 4.
LAP 124 Leaders pit take four tires, Tyler Reddick maintains lead after stops.
LAP 129 Restart Tyler Reddick leads outside, Brad Keselowski second inside, William Byron, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney go three wide off turn 2 William Byron gets loose under Martin Truex Jr. sending Martin Truex Jr. up and into Ryan Blaney both hit the outside wall, Chris Buescher into the back of Ryan Blaney in the check up. Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson also make contact door to door.
LAP 130 Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney pit for repairs.
LAP 131 Derek Kraus and Daniel Hemric pit after waving back to lead lap last caution.
LAP 135 Restart Tyler Reddick leads outside, Brad Keselowski second inside.
LAP 163 Zane Smith spins front stretch from 33rd.
LAP 165 Leaders pit All take four tires Tyler Reddick keeps the lead from the first pit stall.
LAP 168 Kaz Grala, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Daniel Suarez wave around back to lead lap.
LAP 170 Restart Tyler Reddick leads outside, Brad Keselowski second inside, Brad Keselowski able to stay door to door with Tyler Reddick on this restart.
LAP 171 Tyler Reddick clears Brad Keselowski and moves out to the lead.
LAP 185 Tyler Reddick wins stage 2.
1 Tyler Reddick
2 Brad Keselowski
3 Ty Gibbs
4 Joey Logano
5 Kyle Larson.
6 William Byron.
7 Chris Buescher
8 Denny Hamlin
9 Bubba Wallace
10 Ross Chastain.
End of stage two.
LAP 188 Leaders pit: All take four tires, Tyler Reddick again keeps the lead following stops.
Start of stage three.
LAP 194 Restart Tyler Reddick leads outside, Brad Keselowski second inside, Kyle Larson goes low and takes Tyler Reddick and Brad Keselowski three wide, Tyler Reddick pulls away but then William Byron goes below Kyle Larson to again go three wide, Brad Keselowski able to keep second after both times.
LAP 223 Kyle Busch pits from 21st under green.
LAP 225 Tyler Reddick and Brad Keselowski battling for the lead getting held up by Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek.
LAP 226 Tyler Reddick held up by Daniel Hemric and Brad Keselowski able to make the pass for the lead. Christopher Bell pits from 28th, Ross Chastain from 15th, Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr. also pit.
LAP 229 Chris Buescher pits from 9th first to pit from top-10.
LAP 235 Kyle Larson 3rd hits the wall in turn 2 comes to pit road.
LAP 236 Tyler Reddick pits from second Josh Berry, Chase Briscoe, Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton pit.
LAP 237 Brad Keselowski pits from lead.
LAP 238 Brad Keselowski returns to track ahead of Tyler Reddick but behind Ty Gibbs.
LAP 241 Brad Keselowski passes Ty Gibbs for third, the two cars ahead of them will have to pit Carson Hocevar and Daniel Suarez.
LAP 243 Cycle complete Brad Keselowski leads, Tyler Reddick second by 0.4 seconds, Brad Keselowski had a 2 second lead prior to pit stops.
LAP 248 Kyle Busch into the turn 2 wall from 11th.
LAP 250 Kyle Busch pits.
LAP 254 Kyle Larson spins from 6th in turn 4 with a flat left rear tire backs the car into the wall.
LAP 255 Leaders pit: All take four tires Tyler Reddick first off pit road from the first pit stall, Brad Keselowski second. Joey Logano penalized for speeding he was 6th before he stopped.
LAP 261 Restart Tyler Reddick leads outside, Brad Keselowski second inside, Brad Keselowski shoves Tyler Reddick up track in turn 3 and stays along side in turn 4.
LAP 262 Tyler Reddick has to lift giving Brad Keselowski advantage but still side by side.
LAP 263 Chris Buescher gives Brad Keselowski a shove into turn 1.
LAP 264 Tyler Reddick and Brad Keselowski door to door off turn 4, slows both cars and Chris Buescher dives low and crosses over.
LAP 265 Chris Buescher clears both Brad Keselowski and Tyler Reddick in turn 1 to take the lead.
LAP 282 Tyler Reddick scrapes wall from 2nd, Brad Keselowski beginning to close in third.
LAP 285 Tyler Reddick dives on Chris Buescher into turn 3 trying to slide job Chris Buescher, both cars make contact in turn 4.
LAP 286 Tyler Reddick slow and Brad Keselowski shoots past, Chris Buescher then slows on back stretch and Brad Keselowski takes lead, both Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick pit for flat right rear tires.
LAP 292 Brad Keselowski takes the white flag as the leader.
LAP 293 Brad Keselowski wins, ends a 110 race winless streak.
1 Brad Keselowski
2 Ty Gibbs
3 Josh Berry.
4 Denny Hamlin
5 Chase Briscoe.
6 William Byron.
7 Bubba Wallace
8 Alex Bowman.
9 Justin Haley.
10 Michael McDowell.
11 Ross Chastain.
12 Chase Elliott.
13 Christopher Bell.
14 Noah Gragson.
15 Todd Gilliland.
16 Corey LaJoie.
17 Ryan Preece
18 Kaz Grala.
19 Erik Jones.
20 Austin Cindric.
21 Joey Logano
22 Harrison Burton.
23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
24 Daniel Suarez
25 Martin Truex Jr.
26 Carson Hocevar.
27 Kyle Busch.
28 Austin Dillon
29 Derek Kraus.
30 Chris Buescher
31 John Hunter Nemechek
32 Tyler Reddick
33 Daniel Hemric.
34 Kyle Larson.
35 Zane Smith.
36 Ryan Blaney.
as I was walking with Cindy to Chase. we saw Chris go to Tyler and I was Hope fully to see a fight or at least a hit but no. we get to Chase and after he did what he needed to do we went to Applebee's Grill + Bar. Chase got water with boneless wings Crispy breaded pieces of tender boneless chicken house made ranch buttermilk ranch dressings and celery then got neighborhood burger A neighborhood classic. Two juicy, all beef 3.5 oz. patties are seared and stacked with American cheese and smothered with house made garlic mayo. Served with shredded lettuce and pickles on a Brioche bun. Served with classic fries. Cindy got water with BREW PUB pretzels & beer cheese dip Soft, Bavarian style pretzel sticks are ready to dip in blue moon white Cheddar beer cheese and honey Dijon mustard then got strawberry balsamic chicken salad Tart, fresh and flavorful, fresh greens served with garden tomatoes, red onions and fresh strawberries. Topped with grilled chicken, sliced almonds and a drizzle of balsamic glaze and sweet lemon olive vinaigrette on the side. Served with a golden brown signature breadstick brushed with buttery garlic and parsley.
I got mountain dew dark berry bash with mozzarella sticks Crispy outside with melty Mozzarella inside, this favorite is served with marinara sauce. then brew pub loaded waffle fries Load up on fries and flavor with our crispy waffle fries topped with a blend of melted Cheddar cheeses, blue moon white Cheddar beer cheese and crispy Applewood smoked bacon. Served with house made buttermilk ranch dressing. I got Oreo cookie shake vanilla ice cream and Oreo cookie pieces.
we got cinnamon mini swirls Cinnabon Mini Swirls are an irresistible sweet treat. Fried to a crisp, golden brown and dusted with Cinnabon cinnamon sugar, drizzled with caramel and paired with Cinnabon’s signature cream cheese frosting, sugar dusted donut dippers Delicious donut bites tossed and shaken in powdered sugar. Served with caramel and hot fudge dipping sauces. then we went back to the motor home to start getting ready to pack up. when River came in with a bloody lip and her hands all fucked up. then I see Clyde with a black eye and a bloody nose. I said"what in hell happened." Emma and Jack with Toby ran to Cindy and was talking to her as Chase and I took the older kids in the bed room and bathroom. Rose said"so Happy mother's day Mama." Chase look at Clyde who was being a baby with his eye. William said"well we all was hanging out in the stands Jack Colt Emma Toby was trying to find Dad on track and River and Rose was talking about food and Clyde and I was getting ready to go get some for them. then this guy came up and wanted to talk to River and we all know if he ain't Leo or family she don't give a damn. well he didn't take the hint. he was trying to talk her up and he wasn't leaving her like she wanted him to so Clyde told him off and he told Clyde to mind your own damn business and Clyde said River is my business and he went to hit Clyde and River hit first and then his sister and family ran up and Rose took care of the kids as River was on the sisters and Clyde was on him and I had the brother who didn't know what hit him." I finally look up to see William had a clean face. I shook my head and said"did y'all kill any of them?" River said"no Rose wouldn't let me." I smile. Clyde said"Dad stop it hurts." I look to see Clyde was on the bed as Chase was holding him down getting the blood from his nose to stop. I said"what will I do with you lot." River smrik and said"nothing you love us to much to do any thing." I smile but said"that I do. but if this happened again by this weekend you lot won't be going to the all Star Race." hopefully Chase win. River nod as William and Clyde. then Rose came in and said"Grandma is talking Toby for a few weeks for me. so I can help more. so no more blacking out." Chase said"who black out." Clyde said"Mama did." I could feel his eyes on me as I get River fixed up. then we all get pack up and left for home. then we get in at 12 am and get everything done and kids in bed and Clyde went back to school Rose was at the table in the kitchen drinking a cup of hot chocolate. I said"what wrong." she said"I love my life and I love my son but I don't think I love going to school and being away from home. I mean at first yes it was great but then I found out about Toby and his father didn't want nothing to do with him. he remind me of you Mama. but I think its time for me to come home and try to find a man and go to work in the office with you." I smile and said"now if that is something you want you are more than welcome to come back but please don't quit school because of me Rose. you and Kate are doing some thing with your life I didn't get to do. after I met Chase and found out about my family and where I came from I didn't do any thing but get done with high school. I had Colt River and Jack and Emma I couldn't really do any thing. but if you are doing this for you then you do what ever to make you happy." Rose said"Mama I love you and you do so much for us and yes I'll be here to help you more but you need me I know you missing me." I laugh as I fix some more hot chocolate for us. we chat about a little bit of every thing.
