NASCAR: Five Lessons Learned From The Pure Michigan 400

With the race at Michigan over, NASCAR has a new driver locked into the Chase and is now only two races away from the post season. Here are 5 lessons learned from the Pure Michigan 400 this past Sunday.

The Pure Michigan 400 was full of high speeds and a handful of cautions, but that didn’t stop the race from seeing several different leaders and a new driver emerge with his first win of the Sprint Cup Series.

The final laps of the race on Sunday saw a battle between two young drivers, and proved that the future of NASCAR is very much upon us.

Kyle Larson went on to win his first race after competing against Chase Elliot and the two drivers, along with Ryan Blaney who finished in 4th, have helped bring in a younger generation to the Sprint Cup Series.

He still has a lot of work to do even though he is now in the Chase, but after winning his first race of the season Kyle Larson can start focusing on the bigger picture; the Sprint Cup Series Championship.

Michigan wasn’t just exciting because of it’s finish though; there was plenty of green flag racing at high speeds, but driver’s weren’t able to run away from the rest of the field like we’ve seen at so many other races this season. We saw several different leaders, and both restarts and pit stops were extremely important, putting more emphasis on how much NASCAR can be a team sport.

We’ve got another new winner this year and now only two races left in the regular season before the start of the Chase.

With the Pure Michigan behind us, here are 5 lessons learned from this week’s race.

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