
The NASCARCup Series AdventHealth 400 has gone official, and the penalties rang empty. Zero cars ended the race under penalty to be served, thus meaning that the 400-lap event went quite cleanly. However, that does not mean that Sunday went scot-free. There were still a whole bunch of minor incidents of note.
The No. 4 of Noah Gragson and the No. 22 of Joey Logano were sent to the rear of the field pre-race due to unapproved adjustments. The teams made an effort to improve their cars' speed, but nothing resulted in better performance.
On lap 39, the cars are cycling through green-flag pit spots. As Ryan Blaney was leaving his pit stall, AJ Allmendinger was entering his stall that was a couple of spots in front of Blaney's. In a bout of bad timing, Blaney exited his pit, contacted Allmendinger, and spun the No. 16 car around, while Blaney exited quite okay.
On lap 265/267, Reddick was in the lead and seemingly destined for victory. While Hamlin kept making runs at the No. 45, they mostly fell short. With 3 to go, Reddick appeared to think that he ran out of gas. That caused Reddick to switch to backup pump No. 2 and, in the process, Reddick grazed the wall in turns 3-4. Hamlin would gain the lead.
Coming to the white flag, Ware spun on 60-lap-old tires in turns 3-4. As he got down to the apron to enter the pit lane, NASCAR did not see him do so quickly enough. The caution flag came out, and NASCAR went to a green-white-checkered, in which Reddick won out over Hamlin and Kyle Larson.
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