Monday
Injured knee doesn’t keep Hamlin out of victory lane
Caught in the Catchfence™A red flag and caution with about 20 laps to go in the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Monday afternoon (race was delayed due to rain on Sunday) when a multi-car wreck involving Jeff Gordon, who had led the most laps in the race; Tony Stewart, who was the pole sitter and also led several laps; Juan Montoya, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer; and Jamie McMurray, among others, set the stage for about a 15 lap sprint to the checkers.
“Tony was on two tires. Jeff was on four, and Jeff kind of got Tony up in the third lane, and I was going to follow Jeff down through the middle,” Edwards said. “There just wasn’t enough time. Tony started down just a little right there, and that’s all it took.”
From there, the cars just piled up behind them. - Full Story By Amanda Vincent
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