NASCAR: Winners And Losers From Michigan
By Cole Mentzel
NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series had a wild Sunday afternoon with wrecks and other issues creating an eventful race. Take a look at a few winners and losers from the FireKeepers Casino 400.
In an exciting race at Michigan, NASCAR’s new lower-downforce package was the highlight of much talk leading up to the race.
With smaller spoilers and splitters, the package impacted racing into the corner, as noted by Fox Sports analyst Jeff Gordon. We repeatedly saw cars enter at around 210-215 MPH and fall to somewhere between 170-180 MPH, before accelerating to the frontstretch or backstretch.
It ended up being a day for drivers searching for their first win of 2016 as Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Tony Stewart ran in the top-10 for the majority of the day.
Restarts were crazy yet again at one of the widest tracks in the circuit. There were plenty of three and four-wide moments as we saw many close calls–and a few accidents–come from the madness of Michigan’s smooth surface.
With Logano securing a victory, there are now 10 different winners this season, meaning just six spots remain in the Chase.
Check out a few winners and losers from Sunday’s race.
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