Michael McDowell had already earned a win in the NASCAR Cup Series\u2019 biggest race, but his victory Sunday provides the opportunity for a career-defining season.
Michael McDowell had already earned a win in the NASCAR Cup Series’ biggest race, but his victory Sunday provides the opportunity for a career-defining season.’s journeyman Cup career but his shock victory in the 2021 Daytona 500 put him in Victory Lane on NASCAR’s biggest stage.team qualified for the 16-driver playoff field for the first time with that win, but his best finish in the final 10 races was 16th and he ended up last in the playoff standings.
He picked up the first stage victory of his career in Stage 1 and emerged from the final round of green flag pit stops with the lead overIt was a dominant, emphatic victory that not only solidified McDowell’s spot in the 2023 playoffs but shows he and his FRM team plan to be much more than participants in the championship battle.Motorsport Images
Not to mention, the race was filled with a contingent of international stars, including three-time Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen who shocked the sport with a win in the Chicago Street Race last month in his series debut. “We’ve just got to keep on investing in those areas to try and improve our team and become a more constant top 10 threat, and when making the playoffs isn’t such a big story, it’s maybe expected.”
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