In a battle between two drivers needing a win to clinch a Cup Series playoff berth, Michael McDowell got the better of Chase Elliott.
McDowell certainly has always been a driver to watch on road courses but his dominating performance in leading 54 of the 82 laps and outlasting Hendrick Motorsports driver"For a team like us at Front Row Motorsports to go out there, take the lead, keep the lead, execute all day, lead a lot of laps, just shows the strength of our team and where we're at," McDowell said.
"And I'm just so proud. It's just a really cool, humbling moment. ... It's such a grind, such a hard deal to win a Cup race. And to do it like we did today. I'm just really proud of everybody at Front Row."The victory was the second for McDowell, the 2021 Daytona 500 winner.
The fact that they beat the bigger teams and a driver in Elliott, who has won seven road-course races in his career, was a statement that they can win a race straight up without the benefit of rain, pit strategy or the superspeedway aerodynamic draft. "It's definitely a huge accomplishment, and it's going to take a while for that part of it to sink in," said McDowell crew chief Travis Peterson."I don't know that we even think about it like that. We just think, ‘What can we do to become the best we can be?' And this week it worked."Obviously Chase is great, and I think Michael could be considered one of the best road racers in the business. He just hasn't always had the best opportunities.
Takeaways from McDowell's victory, where four of the drivers in the top-5 needed a win to clinch a spot in the playoffs — McDowell, Elliott, third-place
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