RICHMOND, Va, (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. assumed the lead when Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch was penalized for speeding with about 50 laps to go and won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night. Truex led a 1-2-3 finish for JGR — the sixth in its history — with Denny Hamlin finishing second and Christopher Bell third. Truex won despite being black-flagged on the first lap for beating Hamlin, the pole-sitter, to the start-finish line for the start of the race. POINTS RACEHamlin cut 10 points off Larson’s lead — from 34 to 24 — with Truex another 14 points back. “So very good to be able to do this and go to Bristol without any worries next week,” Truex said.

Source: thestar September 12, 2021 03:22 UTC