Austin Cindric clinched his fourth career stage win and his second of the season in the NASCAR Cup Series, narrowly winning Stage 1 of the GEICO 500 by a mere four thousandths of a second over Chase Elliott. The race remained clean and green throughout all 60 laps of the first stage. Cindric, who now has four career stage wins, was followed by Elliott, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, and Kyle Busch in the top five positions. The stage results contribute to the season's playoff points, with Cindric earning 10 points and a playoff point for his victory.
Stage 1 results: 1. @AustinCindric 2. @chaseelliott 3. @WilliamByron 4. @Blaney 5. @KyleBusch 6. @HBurtonRacing 7. @CBellRacing 8. @keselowski 9. @Alex_Bowman 10. @NoahGragson #NASCAR | #GEICO500
Clean and green for all 60 laps of Stage 1. Austin Cindric beats Chase Elliott to the line. 3. Byron 4. Blaney 5. Busch 6. Burton 7. Bell 8. Keselowski 9. Bowman 10. Gragson
STAGE 1: 1-10: Cindric, Elliott, Byron, Blaney, Busch, Burton, Bell, Keselowski, Reddick, Bowman 11-20: Wallace, Gragson, Gilliland, McDowell, Hocevar, Buescher, Gibbs, Chastain, Hemric, Jones
Stage 1: 1. @AustinCindric 2. @chaseelliott 3. @WilliamByron 4. @Blaney 5. @KyleBusch 6. @HBurtonRacing 7. @CBellRacing 8. @keselowski 9. @TylerReddick 10. @Alex_Bowman FREE PASS: @KyleLarsonRacin #nascar
Stage 1 comes to an end. Austin Cindric wins the Stage. S1 results 1. Cindric, 10 points (1 playoff point) 2. Elliott, 9 3. Byron, 8 4. Blaney, 7 5. Busch, 6 6. Burton, 5 7. Bell, 4 8. Keselowski, 3 9. Reddick, 2 10. Bowman, 1 #NASCAR
Stage 1 Results 1-Cindric 2-Elliott 3-Byron 4-Blaney 5-Busch 6-Burton 7-Bell 8-Keselowski 9-Reddick 10-Bowman #NASCAR
Clean and green for all 60 laps of Stage 1. Austin Cindric beats Chase Elliott to the line. 3. Byron 4. Blaney 5. Busch 6. Burton 7. Bell 8. Keselowski 9. Reddick 10. Bowman
Stage 1 winner: @AustinCindric by four thousandths of a second! Fourth career stage win in Cup for Cindric. Second of the season. #NASCAR | #GEICO500
CAUTION 1 — Lap 61: Stage 1 end. Austin Cindric wins it over Elliott, Byron, Blaney, Busch, Burton, Bell, Keselowski, Reddick and Bowman. #NASCAR
Stage 1 top-10 (Lap 60): Cindric elliott Byron Blaney Busch Burton Bell Keselowski Reddick Bowman ... Larson is free pass. Briscoe remains one lap down.
Austin Cindric wins Stage 1, his second stage victory of the season. #NASCAR
Austin Cindric wins Stage 1. #NASCAR
Last lap of the first stage. Here we go for the points. #NASCAR | #GEICO500
Two laps to go in Stage 1. #NASCAR
Five to go in stage one. #NASCAR | #GEICO500
10 to go in Stage 1. #NASCAR
Ten to go in the stage. Cindric leads outside, Larson inside but tail of lead lap. Elliott behind him runs second. #NASCAR