RCR Lands First Double Top-10 Finish of Season

RCR Lands First Double Top-10 Finish of Season Sean Gardner - Getty Images For the first time this season, both Richard Childress Racing drivers produced top-10 finishes in a NASCAR Cup Series race. Austin Dillion took sixth in the Go Bowling at The Glen, for his first top 10 this season, while Kyle Busch finished eighth to winner Shane van Gisbergen for his second top 10 in the last three races. “We didn’t really worry about tires when we short pitted, and that got us our track position at the end of the Stage,” Dillon said after the race on the 2.

45-mile Watkins Glen road course. “After that, we were able to maintain, and it was fun saving fuel there behind (Chase) Briscoe. I probably should have pushed a little harder because I actually made it back all the way around on fuel.

So, I did a good job on saving fuel, which was cool. ” Dillon said his teammate “scared me into the bus stop with like two to go. ” “He just gave up on saving fuel, and he ran out (of fuel) at the (finish) line.

That was kind of fun getting him back by the line,” Dillon said. Kyle Busch. Icon Sportswire - Getty Images Busch noted his Chevrolet was a top 10 car for most of the race.