I've got the race on the computer with the sound off talking on the phone. I see Hamlins car blow up. A few minutes later there's a shot of Gibbs, Hamlin's crew chief and an engineer talking and Joe looks pizzed. Then Truex runs out of gas 100 yds from the finish line for 2nd place. Before that he made a bad mistake on a corner allowing Larson to overtake him for first place. JGR garage is not going to be a nice place to be this week. Engines blowing up, driver mistakes, allowing a car to run out of gas just before the finish line.
Joe Gibbs has to be miffed!
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Larson was going to pass him regardless with much fresher tires.
Truex finished 27th, Gibbs 37th , Hamlin 38th. I like Truex, feel bad for him. The other two..................HaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!
Good!
They must not be doing 5K OCI’s. 
I was miffed the High Limit race in Davenport got rained out Tuesday. I think it was going to be a good one.
Just my $0.02
I was miffed the High Limit race in Davenport got rained out Tuesday. I think it was going to be a good one.
Just my $0.02
I will be curious to know the cycle count on Hamlin's engine. C-Bell's sealed longblock that broke a valvespring at WWT was on its third use. The rules now state that at 18 events you have to use a already run engine. It is common to get them out of the way during the regular season, especially if you qualify for the playoffs early, so you can have as many fresh bullets in the playoffs as possible.
As far as the oil, Todd Gordon on the Late Shaft has said that when he was with Penske, they were given bottles of unlabeled oil from RoushYates specific to each track.
I thought they had to run the same engine for so many races??
They do. This article from ECR explains some of the process for 2024.
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