In the NASCAR Duel No. 2 race, Michael McDowell and Austin Cindric lead the pack, with Kaz Grala and BJ McLeod competing for the final spot. McDowell takes the lead with a push from Cindric, while Grala fights to maintain position. The race sees intense competition with drivers like Hamlin, Bell, and Keselowski making strategic moves on the track. Grala finishes in fifth place, securing a spot in the next round of the competition.
Replay: Bell gets around Hamlin. Burton was there but gets shuffled by Cindric. Then Bell kept Cindric behind him. Meanwhile, McLeod and Grala were part of a three-wide coming to the stripe. Great stuff!
Hamlin leads Bell with two laps to go. Grala in position for the final transfer spot.
Hamlin trying to protect, Cindric and Keselowski up top. Grala in the third lane trying to hang on. #NASCAR | #BluegreenDuels
GREEN with 8 to go. McDowell and Cindric up top, Hamlin and Bell down low. Hamlin got too far out there and McDowell with a MASSIVE push from Cindric! McDowell to the lead and Kaz Grala to fifth! #NASCAR | #BluegreenDuels
Back to green, McDowell leads with eight laps left in Duel 2. Open cars: Grala 7th, Ragan 10th, McLeod 13th
Coming back to the green flag with eight laps to go in Duel 2. McDowell-Hamlin-Cindric-Bell-Nemechek. Grala is P7, McLeod is P13.
McDowell, Hamlin, Cindric lead a freight train up the outside down the back to retake the lead after pit stops. 15 laps to go. Grala lost the draft leaving pit road after a slow stop. #NASCAR | #BluegreenDuels
McDowell led lap 42 and brings a chunk of the Fords down pit road coming to 17 to go. Burton, Blaney, Keselowski, Ragan, and Grala the last five out there - they come completing lap 44. #NASCAR
McDowell and Cindric lead another group to pit road. #NASCAR
Bubba Wallace leads a pack of 8 down pit road with 18 to go. Includes McLeod, Bell and others. #NASCAR
Green flag for Duel No. 2. McDowell and Cindric on front row, Grala vs. McLeod for final spot.