Austin Cindric Wins Stage 2 At Atlanta In Best Career Drive
4 weeks agoAlthough Austin Cindric came up short at Atlanta, he had probably his best ever NASCAR Cup Series run on a day that the three Team Penske teammates dominated in general. After finishing second to his teammate Ryan Blaney in the first stage, he outdueled Alex Bowman early in Stage 2 to take the lead, which he held for almost the entirety of the stage. His 92 laps led marked both his personal best in that statistic as well as the first time he led the most laps in a race. However, Cindric burned more fuel resulting in a longer pit stop on the Stage 2 caution, then stalled his car to add insult to injury. Although he only made it back to a tenth-place finish after that, he still scored the fourth-most points to place him 27 points above the cutline, making him likelier to advance than most people expected.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference