Monday Morning Pit Box: 4 Tires Better Than 2 at the Finish in Kansas
Several playoff contenders ran into issues on pit road during the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.
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Several playoff contenders ran into issues on pit road during the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Two-tire pit calls produced mixed results for Cup Series playoff drivers at The Magic Mile.
Issues entering pit road cost Ty Gibbs a chance to contend for his first career Cup Series win.
Tyler Reddick and Shane van Gisbergen also had pit road issues at Gateway.
On a night that called for precise pit road execution, several playoff pit crews fell short of that expectation.
John Hunter Nemechek’s fuel man fell over the team’s pit line, taking the fuel can with him on their last stop of the night.
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