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Logano recorded his 34th career win and second
of 2024 by beating Suarez by 0.212 seconds, advancing the No. 22
Ford to the Round of 12 following the next two races.
Blaney, Christopher Bell and Alex Bowman completed the top five.
The next five finishers were Tyler Reddick, Kyle Busch, Chase
Elliott, William Byron and Austin Cindric.
For the fifth time in 2024, polesitter Michael McDowell brought
them down to start the first playoff race on the 1.54-mile
layout and led the first 30 laps, but the first caution on Lap
56 was a two-car wreck and a major blow to a pair of
championship contenders.
Entering the championship run with the most playoff points,
Larson (37th place) had his No. 5 Chevrolet snap and turn hard
to the right in Turn 2, eventually smashing into the wall and
sliding into traffic.
Then Briscoe (38th), last week's surprising winner Southern 500
winner at Darlington, came through and struck the rear of the
Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at near full speed.
Blaney won the segment's 10 points, followed by Cindric and
Bowman.
The same three topped Stage 2 as well but in a different order
-- Cindric, Blaney and Bowman -- in a quick segment that set up
a race just under 100 laps to the checkers.
With less than 60 laps left, Chris Buescher lost his No. 17 Ford
similarly to Larson and hit Blaney, whose No. 12 Ford struck the
wall, came down and tagged Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 19 Toyota.
Ty Gibbs took the lead with 27 laps left but was shuffled back
in the final laps and finished 17th.
With two to go and Suarez and Logano battling side-by-side, Noah
Gragson brought the seventh caution on the backstretch to set up
NASCAR overtime.
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