TC Daily Pit Stop: Blaney Dominates Inaugural Cup Race at Iowa; Larson Tangles with Hamlin; Sutton Passes Majeski for ASA STARS Win at Milwaukee
TC Daily Pit Stop: Monday, June 17, 2024
Ryan Blaney Dominates Inaugural Cup Series Race at Iowa Speedway
Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney has returned to Victory Lane for the first time in nearly eight months, holding off William Byron to take home the trophy in the inaugural Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway.
The 30-year-old driver had an exceptionally strong car throughout the afternoon in Newton, Iowa on Sunday, leading a staggering 200 of 350 laps, putting together a new personal best of laps led during a single NASCAR Cup Series event.
After leading much of the early portion of Sunday’s 350-lap contest, Blaney returned to the lead with 88 laps to go, courtesy of a two-tire strategy call by crew chief Jonathan Hassler, which got him the track position necessary to hold the race lead.
William Byron and Chase Elliott finished second and third, after unsuccessfully mounting a late-race charge on eventual race-winner Ryan Blaney. Christopher Bell rebounded to fourth, with Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. rounding out the top-five.
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Video: Suarez Makes Contact with Larson; Larson Crashes Into Hamlin
Kyle Larson, who has the been the driver to beat in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway is going to have a hard time competing for the win the rest of the way. Larson’s toe has been knocked out after a crash on Lap 220.
As Larson was in the middle of a wild four-wide situation following a Lap 219 restart, Larson received contact from Daniel Suarez on the frontstretch. The contact sent Larson shooting up the track, where plowed into the side of Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota Camry.
Both Larson and Hamlin hit the wall, and Larson spun backwards across the finish line.
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Dawson Sutton Passes Ty Majeski for ASA STARS National Tour Win at Milwaukee
Dawson Sutton ended Ty Majeski’s unbeaten run in the state of Wisconsin with the ASA STARS National Tour on Sunday at The Milwaukee Mile.
Sutton took the lead from Majeski with four laps to go in the Father’s Day 100, scoring his first career Super Late Model victory.
The Lebanon, Tennessee driver also became the first driver other than Majeski to win in the Badger State during the first two seasons of the ASA STARS National Tour. Majeski won all three Wisconsin events in 2023, as well as Friday’s Capital 200 at Madison International Speedway.
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