It was one of the most anticipated events in several years in the NASCAR world. Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s broadcast debut on NBC Sports this weekend carried with it a great deal of pressure.
With two wins this season and a contender nearly every week, Clint Bowyer has been one of the hot drivers among the four car Stewart-Haas Racing stable in 2018.
Prior to Sunday the only lap Aric Almirola had led all season was a lap and a half in the season opening Daytona 500.
For the driver who had won the last two races at Chicagoland, the odds seemed to be in reigning NASCAR Cup champion Martin Truex Jr.’s favor heading into the weekend.
Kyle Larson called the final lap of Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series Overton’s 400 “One of the best NASCAR finishes of all time” and that’s saying a lot considering he finished second.