Who won the NASCAR race yesterday? Complete results from dirt race in Bristol

The winner of Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway had to avoid the checkered flag with a two-lap overtime sprint.

Joey Logano went on to win the final restart of the rain-delayed Food City Dirt Race. Logano first edged out Denny Hamlin, who lost a lot of ground as they were trying to pass Logano from the high lane, and then faced a late challenge by Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

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The extra laps capped a chaotic run that was marked by tire wear, poor visibility, and multiple debris on the restart. The crash prompted NASCAR to switch to a single-file restart in Stage 2.

Despite all this, NASCAR announced before the end of the race that it would run another dirt race in Bristol in the spring of 2022. Prior to this year, NASCAR’s top national series last ran on dirt in 1970.

Below is more about Logano’s win, as well as the overall results of Monday’s race.

Who won the NASCAR race yesterday?

José Logano became the seventh winner in the first seven races of the NASCAR Cup Series 2021 season. He joins Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Kyle Larson, Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Blane in that group. All seven are automatically eligible for NASCAR playoffs.

“There’s nothing like winning in Bristol, but putting dirt on it and doing it is the first,” Logano said in his on-track post interview to Jamie Little of Fox Sports.

Logano was getting ready to oust Hamlin for the win when Mike Meller cut a tire with four laps to go to do overtime. Due to a single-file restart, Hamlin resumes behind Logano next to him. Instead of trying to bump and drive, Hamlin went high, while Logano stayed low, and it cost him.

Hemlin said in her PN-track interview that she cut “22 (Logano) a lot of breaks”, while Logano was “cutting us off” in the final stages.

Hamlin later said in a zoom call with the media, “He is doing what he has to do to save the lead and I’m trying to get it.”According to Fox Sports’ Bob Paucus) Belongs to. “I just wasn’t aggressive enough. I just kind of had to get him out. When I was in a down position I should have just gone up and dusted it off and got rid of it. But I I wanted to pass that, and I didn’t win and that’s why I didn’t win. “

Trucks dominated the first half of the 250-lap race after winning the Truck Series race in the first afternoon. He won Stage 1 but lost the lead in Stage 2 and never regained it. Logano went on to win Stage 2.

NASCAR results from Bristol

Logano, Stenhouse and Hamlin finished 1-2-3. The third was Hamlin’s sixth top-five final in seven races. The rest of the top 10: Daniel Suarez, Ryan Newman, Byron, Tyler Redick, Blaney, Eric Jones and Chase Elliott.

Truex finished 19th after cutting a tire on the final restart.

The Cup Series will now take a week off for Easter and then return to Martinsville (7:30 pm; FS1, MRN, SeriousXM NASCAR Radio) on April 10 for more low track racing.

NASCAR on Bristol Results