Some top contenders will not compete Monday in Michigan
When the NASCAR Cup Series race resumes Monday in Michigan, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, William Byron and Josh Berry will not be competing.
All four drivers crashed out in the first 74 laps. The final 126 laps will resume around noon ET Monday (Broadcast: USA, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, MRN).
Kyle Busch crashed in turn two while racing Ryan Blaney on lap 14. Busch’s spotter, Derek Kneeland, came over the radio and told the team, “The f-cking 12 ran down on our quarter panel and wrecked us.”
Then, 20 laps later, Chase Elliott blew a tire in the middle of turns one and two. Elliott immediately put the window net down and bowed out of the race.
Then, at the end of stage one, at lap 45, William Byron smacked the outside wall. Byron told his crew the right-front was “killed.” The crew validated that as repairs took up the entire DVP clock and knocked him out of the race.
When stage two began, Josh Berry wrecked on the lap 50 restart exiting turn four. He spun, smacked the outside wall and fell out of the race.
Berry, Byron, Elliott and Busch will finish 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th, respectively, out of the race.
Christopher Bell, who wrecked on lap 64 in a similar wreck as the other four drivers, kept going and runs 32nd. He is the last car on the lead lap.
Martin Truex Jr. won stage one ahead of Bubba Wallace, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Daniel Suarez, Alex Bowman, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones and Corey LaJoie.
Here is the full running order after lap 74:
| 1 | Tyler Reddick |
| 2 | Alex Bowman |
| 3 | Kyle Larson |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. |
| 5 | Erik Jones |
| 6 | Austin Cindric |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski |
| 8 | Austin Dillon |
| 9 | Bubba Wallace |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin |
| 11 | Ty Gibbs # |
| 12 | Chris Buescher |
| 13 | Daniel Suarez |
| 14 | Harrison Burton |
| 15 | AJ Allmendinger |
| 16 | Ryan Blaney |
| 17 | Ross Chastain |
| 18 | Ryan Preece |
| 19 | Corey LaJoie |
| 20 | Joey Logano |
| 21 | Chase Briscoe |
| 22 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 23 | Kevin Harvick |
| 24 | Todd Gilliland |
| 25 | Aric Almirola |
| 26 | Ty Dillon |
| 27 | Michael McDowell |
| 28 | Justin Haley |
| 29 | * Austin Hill(i) |
| 30 | Cole Custer(i) |
| 31 | Josh Bilicki(i) |
| 32 | Christopher Bell |
| 33 | JJ Yeley(i) |
| 34 | Josh Berry(i) |
| 35 | William Byron |
| 36 | Chase Elliott |
| 37 | Kyle Busch |
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com
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