Denny Hamlin won the Bristol Night Race, two former champions were eliminated and Bubba Wallace advanced in the playoffs on Saturday night.
Harvick, who is retiring at the end of the season, also was eliminated after finishing five laps down in 29th. Harvick was the first driver in 2014 to win the championship in this elimination format.
“It wasn’t enough. We were in a must-win situation,” McDowell said. “This is a learning experience. We’ll learn from this, get ready for next year.” Wallace also was booed and quoted recent U.S. Women's Open winner Coco Gauff for motivating him despite the discouragement. “I’m wore out. Gave it our all there. Battled hard and executed. That’s what you got to do,” Wallace said. “We know next week’s a reset. We just got to go out and have some fun.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NASCAR takeaways: Denny Hamlin wins, Joey Logano eliminated at BristolDenny Hamlin outdueled Kyle Larson for the victory at Bristol, while Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick were ousted from the playoffs.
Read more »
Denny Hamlin faces boos after Bristol win, NASCAR star delivers terse responseDenny Hamlin picked up a victory at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night and faced jeers from the crowd as he exited his vehicle to talk about the win.
Read more »
Bristol washes away the dirt with plans to run its 2024 NASCAR races on concrete surfaceBristol Motor Speedway will ditch the dirt track concept the Tennessee track has used the last three years.
Read more »
NASCAR: Bristol won't host a dirt race in 2024The Bristol dirt race experiment is over for now.
Read more »