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PALA Casino 400

Sunday, February 26th, 2023

Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA

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  • 16 Chevrolet
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  • Sunday, February 26th, 2023
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Kyle Busch gets milestone NASCAR Cup victory in Fontana finale

The Kyle Busch era at Richard Childress Racing began three weeks ago at the Los Angeles Coliseum, but the coronation was reserved for Sunday’s Pala Casino 400 in the last NASCAR Cup Series race at 2.0-mile Auto Club Speedway.

Busch grabbed the lead from Ross Chastain on Lap 165 and regained it on Lap 180 at the end of a cycle of green-flag pit stops, as the race ran under green for the final 55 laps. He crossed the finish line on Lap 200 with a 2.998-second advantage over runner-up Chase Elliott.

The victory was the 61st of Busch’s career, most among active drivers and ninth all-time. For the 19th straight season, Busch has won at least one NASCAR Cup Series race, breaking a tie with seven-time champion Richard Petty for the series record.

Kyle and Kurt Busch now hold the record for most combined Cup victories by brothers with 95, one more than the total accumulated by Bobby and Donnie Allison.

Coincidentally, Busch claimed the first Cup win of his career at Auto Club, the bulk of whose property was recently sold—with plans to replace the 2.0-mile speedway with a half-mile short track.

Busch’s victory at Auto Club came in his second start in the No. 8 Chevrolet for RCR, the team he joined after 15 seasons and two series championships with Joe Gibbs Racing.

“I can’t thank Richard and Judy (Childress) enough, Austin (Dillon) for calling me and getting me talking and getting me the opportunity to come over here to RCR,” said Busch, who had to overcome a pit road speeding penalty under caution on Lap 43.

“The guys did a great job. (Crew chief) Randall (Burnett)—everybody that worked so hard in the offseason. We did a lot of sim stuff, a lot of testing in general, just trying to get up to speed. There is nothing more rewarding than being able to go to Victory Lane…

“You put yourself in a different situation and you’re able to reward your guys. It’s not about me always winning, but about the guys. I’ve worked with a lot of great people who’ve given me a lot of great opportunities in my career. It’s awesome to be able to reward them.”

With qualifying rained out on Saturday, Elliott started 31st according to a metric formula based on owner points and performance in the previous race (the DAYTONA 500). Throughout the race, Elliott’s crew made the No. 9 Chevrolet better. By race’s end, it was competitive with the fastest cars in the field.

“Yeah, just really proud of our team,” Elliott said. “We obviously didn’t run very good there toward the end of the year last year, and just everybody really went to work hard over the winter to try and get better…

“Obviously, I think we still have some work to do, but it was really nice to just see a lot of that hard work pay off and have the car driving like we were wanting it to do. So that’s always a good thing…

“Congratulations to Kyle. For him to leave and then to go get the job done like that is pretty cool. He’s always been really good to me, so happy for them and looking forward to getting to Vegas and hopefully competing for some more wins.”

Chastain led a race-high 91 laps to Busch’s 27 and finished third after sweeping the first two stages, the second by 6.673 seconds. Chastain’s Trackhouse Racing teammate, Daniel Suárez ran fourth, followed by Kevin Harvick. Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon and Joey Logano completed the top 10.

A multicar accident during a restart on Lap 86 eliminated polesitter Christopher Bell, as well as Ryan Preece, Aric Almirola and Tyler Reddick. Ryan Blaney, who ran at or near the front of the field in Stage 1, sustained heavy damage to his No. 12 Ford during the wreck and finished 26th.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 02.998 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 8 Minutes 5 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 127.603
  • Cautions: 8 for 38 laps
  • Lead Changes: 28
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,512 (21.7 passes per green flag lap)
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
Daytona Beach, Florida - January 29, 2023 : The NASCAR Garage 56 car is seen on display during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

DRIVER ST FIN # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
William Byron 32 25 8 29.468 10 10.623 2 40.091 1 35.531 41.390
Kyle Busch 21 1 7 29.051 2 11.290 11 40.341 2 39.435 41.194
Ty Gibbs 23 16 7 29.766 26 10.592 1 40.358 3 39.510 41.469
Ross Chastain 8 3 7 29.649 20 10.896 3 40.545 4 40.107 41.653
Kevin Harvick 10 5 8 29.613 17 10.956 4 40.570 5 39.290 41.605
Daniel Suarez 7 4 8 29.451 9 11.199 7 40.650 6 39.037 42.265
Brad Keselowski 16 7 5 29.294 4 11.421 12 40.715 7 40.412 41.105
Aric Almirola 17 35 4 29.664 22 11.053 6 40.717 8 40.198 41.015
Erik Jones 34 19 7 29.733 24 11.017 5 40.749 9 40.197 42.348
Joey Logano 3 10 7 29.299 5 11.548 16 40.847 10 40.102 41.274
Chase Elliott 33 2 7 29.355 6 11.632 17 40.987 11 39.635 43.343
Bubba Wallace 18 30 3 29.764 25 11.234 8 40.997 12 40.383 42.174
Austin Cindric 19 28 6 29.777 27 11.289 10 41.066 13 40.397 42.173
Kyle Larson 15 29 4 29.200 3 11.920 22 41.120 14 39.215 43.416
Chris Buescher 5 13 7 29.521 11 11.649 18 41.170 15 40.493 42.586
Austin Dillon 28 9 7 29.661 21 11.514 14 41.175 16 39.909 44.951
Alex Bowman 4 8 7 29.582 14 11.803 19 41.385 17 40.567 42.879
Corey Lajoie 12 14 8 29.598 16 11.896 21 41.494 18 40.096 43.894
Chase Briscoe 31 20 5 30.230 32 11.282 9 41.512 19 39.336 45.072
Denny Hamlin 13 6 7 29.395 7 12.123 23 41.519 20 40.022 45.218
Ryan Preece 27 33 4 30.005 30 11.527 15 41.531 21 40.802 42.338
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 2 12 7 29.919 29 11.839 20 41.758 22 40.091 43.771
Martin Truex Jr 14 11 7 30.360 33 11.508 13 41.868 23 39.711 44.355
Christopher Bell 1 32 3 28.955 1 13.072 29 42.026 24 39.930 44.121
Todd Gilliland 25 17 5 29.522 12 12.679 25 42.201 25 40.445 45.887
Tyler Reddick 35 34 5 29.644 19 12.599 24 42.243 26 40.875 44.920
AJ Allmendinger 6 36 3 29.629 18 12.932 27 42.561 27 41.644 43.638
Michael McDowell 26 18 6 29.665 23 13.039 28 42.704 28 41.802 43.454
Harrison Burton 24 15 7 30.064 31 12.780 26 42.845 29 40.762 48.523
Ryan Blaney 9 26 5 29.542 13 13.467 30 43.008 30 39.933 45.260
Cody Ware 11 27 4 29.905 28 13.585 31 43.489 31 41.533 46.021
Justin Haley 29 21 6 29.587 15 14.108 34 43.696 32 40.643 47.069
Noah Gragson 20 22 5 29.401 8 14.423 35 43.824 33 41.444 49.639
Ty Dillon 36 31 6 30.663 35 13.853 33 44.516 34 40.208 53.870
JJ Yeley 22 23 6 30.970 36 13.797 32 44.767 35 42.484 47.185
BJ McLeod 30 24 8 30.381 34 15.819 36 46.200 36 43.028 49.381

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 67 67 29.609 12.035 41.644 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 16 16 29.688 12.713 42.401 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 42 42 29.591 14.047 43.638 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 67 67 29.654 10.544 40.198 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 75 75 29.805 10.911 40.716 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 16 16 29.592 11.345 40.937 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 42 42 29.604 11.411 41.015 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 141 141 29.635 10.777 40.412 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 16 16 29.909 10.695 40.604 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 132 132 27.449 13.185 40.634 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 83 82 29.717 11.102 40.819 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 172 172 29.761 11.344 41.105 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 75 75 29.412 10.610 40.022 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 141 141 29.441 10.810 40.251 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 67 67 29.324 11.011 40.335 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 42 42 29.382 11.946 41.328 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 132 132 29.206 12.524 41.730 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 171 171 29.434 12.312 41.746 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 16 16 29.568 15.650 45.218 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 168 167 31.840 10.644 42.484 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 141 141 30.393 12.379 42.772 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 88 88 30.846 12.813 43.659 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 42 42 31.117 14.414 45.531 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 75 75 30.755 16.216 46.971 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 16 16 30.868 16.317 47.185 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 75 75 29.192 10.910 40.102 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 141 141 29.120 11.609 40.729 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 16 16 29.290 11.479 40.769 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 166 165 29.509 11.278 40.787 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 132 132 29.354 11.772 41.126 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 67 67 29.198 11.945 41.143 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 42 42 29.428 11.846 41.274 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 167 166 29.213 10.077 39.290 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 141 141 29.504 10.537 40.041 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 132 132 29.472 10.628 40.100 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 75 75 29.891 10.344 40.235 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 16 16 29.542 11.297 40.839 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 88 88 30.301 10.744 41.045 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 42 42 29.411 11.990 41.401 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 67 67 29.572 12.033 41.605 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 141 141 28.991 10.444 39.435 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 166 166 28.977 10.777 39.754 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 16 16 29.122 10.877 39.999 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 42 42 29.003 11.645 40.648 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 132 132 29.045 11.611 40.656 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 67 67 29.103 11.598 40.701 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 75 75 29.115 12.079 41.194 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 142 142 29.555 10.156 39.711 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 42 42 29.771 10.659 40.430 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 67 67 29.475 11.211 40.686 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 16 16 29.928 11.182 41.110 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 167 166 29.751 13.145 42.896 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 75 75 33.576 10.310 43.886 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 84 81 30.464 13.891 44.355 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 67 67 29.798 12.004 41.802 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 16 16 29.587 12.412 41.999 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 132 132 30.011 12.446 42.457 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 141 141 29.662 13.480 43.142 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 75 75 29.589 13.780 43.369 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 42 42 29.341 14.113 43.454 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 168 167 29.566 10.343 39.909 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 141 141 29.460 10.610 40.070 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 67 67 29.738 10.660 40.398 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 16 16 30.004 10.744 40.748 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 82 82 29.549 11.445 40.994 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 132 132 29.511 11.645 41.156 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 42 42 29.802 15.149 44.951 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 132 132 29.647 10.444 40.091 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 42 42 29.855 10.698 40.553 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 141 141 29.773 11.679 41.452 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 67 67 30.044 11.545 41.589 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 75 75 30.332 11.546 41.878 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 16 16 30.091 12.880 42.971 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 168 167 29.690 14.081 43.771 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 76 60 29.173 10.042 39.215 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 68 52 29.392 11.344 40.736 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 170 154 29.132 11.979 41.111 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 133 117 29.103 14.313 43.416 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 169 168 29.564 11.003 40.567 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 42 42 29.525 11.168 40.693 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 16 16 29.354 11.493 40.847 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 141 141 30.061 11.342 41.403 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 67 67 29.355 12.178 41.533 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 75 75 29.500 12.276 41.776 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 132 132 29.717 13.162 42.879 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 42 42 29.323 10.610 39.933 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 16 16 29.414 13.113 42.527 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 173 170 30.334 12.246 42.580 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 75 75 29.359 15.382 44.741 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 67 67 29.278 15.982 45.260 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 141 141 29.605 10.491 40.096 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 75 75 29.749 10.844 40.593 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 42 42 29.578 11.479 41.057 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 169 168 29.445 11.778 41.223 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 16 16 29.407 12.179 41.586 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 83 82 29.712 11.912 41.624 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 67 67 29.547 12.328 41.875 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 132 132 29.739 14.155 43.894 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 75 75 29.464 10.744 40.208 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 42 42 29.845 12.079 41.924 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 132 132 29.989 12.212 42.201 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 67 67 30.072 12.579 42.651 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 16 16 31.092 15.148 46.240 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 89 88 33.517 20.353 53.870 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 42 42 29.258 10.377 39.635 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 75 75 29.418 10.644 40.062 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 167 167 29.005 11.078 40.083 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 132 132 29.260 11.687 40.947 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 141 141 29.183 12.011 41.194 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 16 16 29.633 12.012 41.645 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 67 67 29.730 13.613 43.343 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 141 141 29.399 11.094 40.493 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 132 132 29.334 11.224 40.558 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 75 75 29.574 11.412 40.986 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 170 169 29.515 11.512 41.027 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 82 82 29.635 11.482 41.117 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 16 16 29.441 11.979 41.420 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 67 67 29.749 12.837 42.586 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 168 167 29.320 10.877 40.197 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 141 141 29.537 10.734 40.271 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 42 42 29.471 11.048 40.519 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 67 67 29.427 11.109 40.536 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 75 75 30.089 10.559 40.648 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 16 16 29.849 10.877 40.726 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 132 132 30.436 11.912 42.348 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 141 141 29.949 13.079 43.028 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 16 16 30.234 13.542 43.776 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 82 82 30.969 12.913 43.882 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 132 132 30.039 15.482 45.521 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 75 75 31.126 15.482 46.608 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 67 67 30.265 17.985 48.250 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 169 168 30.636 18.518 49.154 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 42 42 29.828 19.553 49.381 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 42 42 29.791 11.011 40.802 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 16 16 30.361 11.075 41.436 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 67 67 30.137 11.411 41.548 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 82 82 29.729 12.609 42.338 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 82 82 29.261 9.776 39.037 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 141 141 29.546 10.143 39.689 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 42 42 29.327 10.578 39.905 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 67 67 29.315 10.677 39.992 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 16 16 29.659 11.611 41.270 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 132 132 29.466 12.053 41.519 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 168 168 29.444 12.078 41.522 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 75 75 29.586 12.679 42.265 4-wheel change
Cody Ware 170 166 30.122 11.411 41.533 4-wheel change
Cody Ware 76 75 30.427 12.483 42.910 4-wheel change
Cody Ware 44 43 29.480 14.013 43.493 4-wheel change
Cody Ware 68 67 29.589 16.432 46.021 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 16 16 29.563 10.544 40.107 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 67 67 29.674 10.510 40.184 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 166 166 29.644 10.577 40.221 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 42 42 29.504 10.744 40.248 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 75 75 29.681 10.977 40.658 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 141 141 29.767 10.977 40.744 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 132 132 29.708 11.945 41.653 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 75 75 29.639 10.744 40.383 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 67 67 29.858 10.577 40.435 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 42 42 29.794 12.380 42.174 4-wheel change
William Byron 182 181 29.525 6.006 35.531 Right-sides only
William Byron 141 141 29.177 10.877 40.054 4-wheel change
William Byron 67 67 29.527 10.944 40.471 4-wheel change
William Byron 42 42 29.459 11.044 40.503 4-wheel change
William Byron 167 166 29.368 11.245 40.613 4-wheel change
William Byron 16 16 29.696 11.178 40.874 4-wheel change
William Byron 75 75 29.648 11.645 41.293 4-wheel change
William Byron 132 132 29.345 12.045 41.390 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 82 82 29.430 11.445 40.875 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 42 42 29.342 11.946 41.288 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 75 75 29.847 11.545 41.392 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 16 16 29.930 12.812 42.742 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 67 67 29.672 15.248 44.920 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 75 75 29.465 11.178 40.643 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 67 67 29.500 12.913 42.413 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 16 16 29.648 13.313 42.961 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 42 42 29.511 14.014 43.525 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 141 141 29.581 15.982 45.563 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 169 168 29.819 17.250 47.069 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 75 75 28.952 10.978 39.930 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 67 67 28.915 13.113 42.028 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 16 16 28.997 15.124 44.121 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 132 132 29.920 10.477 40.397 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 67 67 29.687 11.078 40.765 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 42 42 29.541 11.244 40.785 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 172 168 29.874 10.947 40.821 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 75 75 29.710 11.745 41.455 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 16 16 29.928 12.245 42.173 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 141 141 29.460 9.876 39.336 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 169 168 29.846 11.111 40.957 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 132 132 30.265 10.777 41.042 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 88 88 30.354 10.799 41.153 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 16 16 31.224 13.848 45.072 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 173 173 29.452 11.310 40.762 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 75 75 29.935 11.344 41.279 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 132 132 30.449 11.554 42.003 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 42 42 29.755 12.313 42.068 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 67 67 29.898 12.379 42.277 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 16 16 30.054 12.946 43.000 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 141 141 30.906 17.617 48.523 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 16 16 30.132 11.312 41.444 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 67 67 29.427 12.045 41.472 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 175 174 28.963 12.512 41.475 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 141 141 29.009 16.082 45.091 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 42 42 29.475 20.164 49.639 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 42 42 29.433 10.077 39.510 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 67 67 29.426 10.344 39.770 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 168 167 29.511 10.444 39.955 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 132 132 29.991 10.343 40.334 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 75 75 29.956 10.477 40.433 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 16 16 30.021 11.011 41.032 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 141 141 30.024 11.445 41.469 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 170 169 29.133 11.312 40.445 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 141 141 29.434 11.244 40.678 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 132 132 29.766 11.878 41.644 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 75 75 29.474 12.879 42.353 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 67 67 29.804 16.083 45.887 4-wheel change