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No. 22 driver holds off Erik Jones and Kyle Busch

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SPARTA, Ky. — Brad Keselowski said before Friday night’s Kentucky 300 that he thought the Crosley jukebox trophy was ‘cool’ and he wanted one. He got it.

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A late two-tire call put Keselowski in front for a restart on Lap 170, and though the No. 22 Team Penske Ford ceded the lead to Jones for 22 circuits, Keselowski regained the top spot with a daring move to the inside through traffic entering the tri-oval on Lap 92 and held on to win by less than a quarter-second.

The victory was Keselowski’s third at Kentucky and the 33rd of his career. Behind Keselowski, Jones and Busch, Daniel Suarez ran fourth, followed by Elliott Sadler and Paul Menard.

Over the final run, Jones injected himself into what had been a two-way battle between Keselowski and Busch for the majority of the race.

Keselowski made the winning move after Jones’ progress was impeded by a lapped car in Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 92.

"I just caught a little break, to be honest," Keselowski said. “One of the lapped cars locked in Erik. He had done a heck of job and still was doing a heck of a job, and sometimes things don’t go your way.

"I kind of thought it might happen and went into the corner high, just ready for something to happen, and it did, and I was able to make the most of it coming off Turn 4 and make the pass for the lead.

"This team, the 22 team since it started in 2010, has been really a dream ride and an honor for me to be a part of it."

Jones got the lead on the final restart when Busch shoved Keselowski and caused the No. 22 Ford to spin its tires.

"I wish I would have known the lapped car was going to the bottom and he would have went to the top," Jones said. “Getting the lead on the restart, we had a shot at it at that point. It was good enough to maintain, and it’s a bummer it didn’t work out.

"But it’s nice to be running with those guys, with Kyle and Brad, and to be mixing it up with ’em. We’ll keep building and see what we can do next time."

At the outset, it didn’t take Busch long to move up from his sixth starting position to the lead. On Lap 16, the No. 54 Toyota shot past Ty Dillon through Turns 1 and 2 and took over the top spot for the first time in the race.

With the exception of the restart lap after a competition caution on Lap 2 — with Paul Menard surging ahead by a nose at the stripe to lead Lap 3 — Busch stayed firmly in control of the proceedings until a caution for Ryan Sieg’s spin in Turn 4 on Lap 71 slowed the field for the third time.

After pit stops under yellow, Keselowski wrestled the lead from Busch on Lap 79, moments before the No. 13 of Derek White clobbered the outside wall between Turns 3 and 4 to cause the fourth caution.

Undeterred by the yellow, Keselowski sped away after the subsequent restart on Lap 85 as Busch fell back to third behind Suarez. Busch, however, regained the second position on Lap 97 and narrowed his gap to the leader to a half-second before Keselowski pulled away to a 1.8-second advantage when Busch ran afoul of lapped traffic.

But Busch grabbed the top spot from Keselowski during an exchange of green-flag pit stops on Laps 136 and 137, leaving Keselowski at a half-second disadvantage. With both drivers saving fuel in the event of a green-flag run to the finish, Busch opened a one-second edge and maintained it until John Wes Townley’s brush with the wall on Lap 163 brought out the fifth caution.

Busch and Keselowski led the top cars to pit road on Lap 165, with Busch opting for four tires and Keselowski, Jones and Suarez for right sides only.

That left Keselowski in the lead and Busch in fourth for a restart on Lap 170. And on this night, two tires won the day, as Keselowski led Jones to the stripe by .241 seconds.

Note: Eleventh-place finisher Chris Buescher extended his series lead to 36 points over Chase Elliott, who ran 13th, the first driver one lap down.

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Qualifying rained out; field set by practice results

RELATED: Complete lineup | Practice results | Live Kentucky weather updates

SPARTA, Ky. — Kyle Larson got good news Friday afternoon when NASCAR canceled Sprint Cup Series qualifying for Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 race at Kentucky Speedway.

With the field set by rainout rules, Larson will start on the pole for the 18th Cup race of the season because he posted the fastest time in the only practice the elements have allowed so far this week.

Larson ran a lap at 182.537 mph in a truncated 50-minute practice session that was halted by rain at 11:20 a.m. on Friday. Defending race winner Brad Keselowski will start beside Larson on the front row after posting a practice lap at 181.641 mph.

Taking the green flag from the third position will be Jeff Gordon, who has won a Sprint Cup race at every active track with the exception of Kentucky. Joey Logano will start fourth, followed by Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Jamie McMurray and Denny Hamlin.

Kyle Busch is ninth, with last week’s Daytona race winner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., starting 10th.

NASCAR opted to cancel qualifying in favor of giving Cup teams additional practice time with the low-downforce aerodynamic package introduced for the Kentucky race.

NASCAR XFINITY Series qualifying also was canceled, putting JJ Yeley on the pole for Friday night’s scheduled Kentucky 300.

"Looking at all the factors and variables involved, including the fact that we are running a new rules package for the Sprint Cup Series here at Kentucky Speedway, we have determined that this schedule is in the best interests of safety and in the best interests of putting on the most competitive events that we possibly can Friday and Saturday evenings," NASCAR spokesperson Kerry Tharp said.

Larson was happy that teams got a chance to practice with the new package, even though the session was abbreviated.

"I was glad we got a little bit of track time there," Larson said. "We were quick off the truck, which I was really proud of my team for, just because we haven’t had any laps on this new package, unlike some other teams that have gotten to do some testing.

"So I was happy with that. We were quick in race trim off the truck, and then we went to mock qualifying trim, and we were really fast. I was able to lay down a really fast lap."

If the rainout was good news for Larson, it was another blow for Wood Brothers Racing and driver Ryan Blaney, who was one of three competitors (along with Michael McDowell and Travis Kvapil) who failed to make the field based on a lower number of qualifying attempts this year.

Blaney was knocked out of the race by rain for the second straight week.

"The rules are the rules," said team co-owner Eddie Wood. "In the event of a rainout, they set the field by attempts, which means how many races you’ve attempted to race this year. So us and the 95 (McDowell) have attempted less races than 43 other guys, so we’re the ones that are out, but that’s not a new rule. It’s been that way for as long as I can remember, and then they set the field by the practice speeds.

"A lot of times people get it confused with how it works, but we’ve gone a long time and not missed a race with weather. Missing races, if you’re slow and you miss a race because you’re not fast enough, is a bad deal. That just kills your soul, but you can’t do anything about the weather. We’ve been really lucky for the past seven years and haven’t missed one, but now the numbers seem to be leveling out. I’ve always heard that numbers always level out, and that’s kind of what’s going on.

"We’re going to run next week at Loudon, so we’ll head up that way and hope we don’t get rained out. I’m going to stop looking at weather apps, I tell you that. I’m done as far as that is concerned."

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Kyle Larson gets prime pick after qualifying is rained out

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying was rained out Friday at Kentucky Speedway, so practice speeds were used to set the starting order, putting Kyle Larson on the pole and giving him the pick of pit boxes.

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The No. 42 Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Chevrolet will be serviced in the first pit stall leading into Turn 1. Second-place qualifier Brad Keselowski chose the second pit stall with a front exit for the No. 2 Team Penske Ford, the No. 14 pit stall midway between the start/finish line and Turn 1.

Starting in third place for Saturday’s Quaker State 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN/Live Extra, PRN, Sirius XM), Jeff Gordon‘s No. 24 team will use the pit box with a front exit in the first section of pit stalls coming off of Turn 4. Hendrick Motosports teammate Jimmie Johnson chose the first pit box coming off of Turn 4, the last pit box.

Joining Gordon on the second row Saturday is Joey Logano, who will pit the No. 22 Team Penske Ford in the middle of the first set of pits heading into Turn 1. Martin Truex Jr. rounds out the top five starting positions forthe Quaker State 400, and he chose the pit box with an open rear entry in the first set of pit stalls, claiming pit stall No. 13.


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See where every driver will pit in race at 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network

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When the XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying was cancled due to rain at Kentucky Speedway, the lineup for Friday’s race (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM) was set by practice speeds from Thursday’s session. 

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J.J. Yeley claimed the Coors Light Pole for Friday night’s race and also selected the 14th pit stall. 

Ty Dillon driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, lines up second and chose the first pit stall off pit road with an empty space in front of him.

Erik Jones also chose a pit stall with an empty space in front of him. Jones will start the race seventh.

Ryan Reed, who is starting the race 12th, chose the first stall onto pit road with an open box behind his stall.

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Coors Light Pole Qualifying canceled; lineup set by practice speeds

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With rain continuing to fall at Kentucky Speedway, NASCAR officially canceled the XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying event scheduled for 3:45 p.m. ET, and the lineup for Friday’s Kentucky 300 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network) was set according to Thursday’s practice times. 

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This put No. 28 J.J. Yeley on the pole for Friday night’s event with Richard Childress Racing driver Ty Dillon lining up next to him in second. 

Brendan Gaughan, Brad Keselowski and Paul Menard completed the top five.

The XFINITY Series has had only an hour and 10 minutes on the track for one practice on Thursday due to the weather in Kentucky. The XFINITY Series was supposed to have two practices on Thursday, but the first was canceled due to rain.

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Chip Ganassi Racing driver off to good start at 1.5-mile speedway

RELATED: Practice results | Live Kentucky weather updates

Sprint Cup Series cars were able to get back on the track at Kentucky Speedway in a revised second practice on Friday, but the results were largely the same as the first session, as Kyle Larson topped the charts and Brad Keselowski followed.

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Larson paced the second session with a best speed of 178.412 mph, with defending race-winner Keselowski just off his pace at 178.124 mph. Keselowski’s Team Penske teammate Joey Logano nearly matched the 2012 champ at 178.042 mph, good for third. Denny Hamlin (177.626 mph) and Kurt Busch (177.357 mph) rounded out the top five.

Austin Dillon doesn’t appear to be suffering any ill effects from the hard wreck he endured at Daytona early Monday morning, as he placed sixth in the session at 177.352 mph.

Matt Kenseth landed his No. 20 Toyota in the grass after spinning with five minutes remaining in the session.

Qualifying was canceled, so Larson will start Saturday’s Quaker State 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, PRN, SiriusXM) on the pole position alongside Keselowski.

Larson tops rain-shortened opening session | Results

In the first on-track session testing a new track-specific aero package, Kyle Larson topped the leaderboard for Sprint Cup Series practice at Kentucky Speedway on Friday morning.

The series was originally supposed to run two sessions, but the two were combined with the threat of rain in the area. That threat proved to be true, as rain halted the on-track activity shortly before 11:30 a.m. ET.

Larson’s best speed of 182.537 mph paced the field, followed by defending race-winner Brad Keselowski (181.641 mph). Jeff Gordon, looking for his first win at the Sparta, Kentucky, track, was third on the charts at 180.373 mph. Joey Logano (180.102 mph) and Martin Truex Jr. (179.958 mph) closed out the top five.

With time on track at a premium, Kyle Busch (179.551 mph) and Alex Kennedy (168.052 mph) ran the most laps, with 26 circuits each.

There was a small incident between the No. 35 of Cole Whitt and No. 9 of Sam Hornish Jr. in the garage area. Whitt rear-ended Hornish, who’d slammed on the brakes at the garage exit to avoid the No. 10 of Danica Patrick.

Sprint Cup Series qualifying is set to begin at 5:45 p.m. ET, with coverage on NBC Sports Network.

Tune in Saturday night for the Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network (PRN, SiriusXM) and Live Extra.

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Rookie finishes fourth in Kentucky XFINITY, Truck Series races

SPARTA, Ky. — The progress thus far of NASCAR Next product Daniel Suarez has been an upward arc, one that nearly took a significant spike Friday night at Kentucky Speedway.

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Though his results in his first full season of NASCAR XFINITY Series competition for Joe Gibbs Racing have been marked by pockets of inconsistency, Suarez’s part-time participation for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series has been a clean 7-for-7 sweep of top-10 finishes. Friday night, the 23-year-old Mexico native took another step toward leveling the XFINITY side.

Fourth-place Suarez was the top-finishing XFINITY Series regular in Friday’s Kentucky 300, logging his second top-five effort this season in just his first race weekend at the 1.5-mile track. The finish came on the heels of another fourth-place finish in a KBM truck the night before in the Bluegrass State — an indication, Suarez said, that dividing his time between both series is helping him improve.

"I feel like just a different driver from a few months ago to right now, and I hope that that I’m a different driver three months from now," Suarez said with a laugh. "So I really think that is helping me a lot to race in both series and to have that double practice. It’s helping me a lot to learn about the race track, the race car, the communication and everything. So far, it’s working out pretty good."

Suarez entered the season as a fresh face, but also as a fairly full-fledged rookie. Aside from running the majority of four seasons in the developmental NASCAR K&N Pro Series and NASCAR Mexico Series, Suarez had just three NASCAR national series starts — two in XFINITY, one in trucks. Accordingly, his 2015 schedule was front-loaded to help accelerate his growth.

"The experience of all the stuff he learns on track, it’s hard to teach all of it without just racing every week," said Eric Phillips, Suarez’s crew chief in the XFINITY Series. "He’s got good trucks to drive over there with KBM, he’s doing a good job, and I think the more seat time we can get him, the better we’ll be."

Suarez’s elation was heightened by the presence of a special family visitor; the driver said his mother was on hand at Kentucky, watching him race for the first time in the United States. What she saw was a steady, consistent night of racing from her son, who jumped into the top five in the running order after the first caution period and never left it.

As much extra support as he received Friday night in Kentucky, Suarez said he’s been riding a wave of backing from his JGR team ever since embarking on his Sunoco Rookie of the Year campaign.

"They’re a great organization, and the best thing is that they’re an even better family," Suarez said. "Everybody is a very good group of people and everyone takes care of each other. I stay by myself, I have a real family and everything, but I really see them like my family and they have been supporting me in everything. Just really, really proud to be part of this organization."

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Catch up before the start of Saturday’s Quaker State 400 (7:30 p.m. ET)

What: Fifth annual Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts
Where: Kentucky Speedway, 1.5-mile D-shaped oval in Sparta, Ky.
When: Saturday, July 11, 2015
TV/Radio: NBC Sports Network, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 267 laps (400.5 miles)
Green Flag: 7:45 p.m. ET
Competition Caution: Lap 25
Pit Road Speed: 45 mph
Caution Car Speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 50 laps

On the front row | Complete lineup
(Coors Light Pole Qualifying rained out; lineup set according to 2015 NASCAR Rule Book, based on opening practice speeds)

1. Kyle Larson, Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 Chevrolet
2. Brad Keselowski, Team Penske No. 2 Ford

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Failed to qualify
Ryan Blaney, Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 Ford; Michael McDowell, Leavine Family Racing No. 95 Ford; Travis Kvapil, The Motorsports Group No. 30 Chevrolet.

Fastest in practice
First Practice: Kyle Larson, Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 Chevrolet (182.537 mph)
Final Practice: Kyle Larson, Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 Chevrolet (178.412 mph)

Rules recap
In case you missed it, Saturday’s 400-miler will mark the first appearance of a new, lower-downforce rules package in race conditions. A shorter spoiler, a front splitter with less overhang, and a reduction in the length of the splitter extension panel (radiator pan) are expected to raise the demands on driver control.

WATCH: Breaking down Kentucky’s new rules package

Dillon ready to return
Austin Dillon proclaimed himself a little sore but in fine physical shape to race Friday afternoon, on the eve of his first event since his Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet took a wild tumble into the Daytona catch fencing at the end of the Coke Zero 400. Dillon emerged unhurt and will start 11th in the Quaker State 400.

"I feel pretty comfortable," Dillon said after opening Sprint Cup practice. "I think when you take a crash like that and you’re as healthy as I feel, you feel pretty confident in the safety equipment that you have around you that you’re ready to go, and run fast."

RELATED: No. 88 crew recalls frenzy to reach Dillon

Keselowski’s corral
In just four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in Kentucky Speedway’s history, Brad Keselowski has managed to win two, making him the only multiple winner at the 1.5-mile track. He was consistent in Friday’s pair of practices, placing second on the leaderboard both times. And he won Friday night’s XFINITY Series event.

"So far, I think we’re off to a good start," Keselowski said after opening practice. "Of course, that’s a little self-serving because we’re fast, but I’m looking forward to finding out fully when we get to race time."

MORE: Keselowski wins XFINITY race, gets coveted jukebox

Gordon’s void
Four-time premier series champion Jeff Gordon has won at 22 of the 23 tracks currently on the Sprint Cup calendar, save for Saturday’s venue at Kentucky Speedway. With his last chance to convert a victory for a clean career sweep of the schedule, Gordon has some extra motivation as his farewell tour continues. "It would be pretty cool if we pulled it off," said Gordon, who will start third in his Kentucky finale.

GORDON: Close miss would be a heartbreaker

History lesson
NASCAR’s premier series began racing at Kentucky Speedway in 2011, when Kyle Busch captured the inaugural checkered flag from the pole position. The 1.5-mile track has been a regular stop for other NASCAR national series, hosting the XFINITY tour since 2001 and the Camping World Truck Series since 2000. Speedway Motorsports, Inc., took ownership of the facility in 2008.

Driver Rating
Best driver rating average at Kentucky based on past four years:
1. Kyle Busch, 124.3
2. Jimmie Johnson, 116.6
3. Brad Keselowski, 116.1

Defending race winner
Brad Keselowski, Team Penske No. 2 Ford

Former Kentucky winners in the field
Brad Keselowski (2); Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth (1).

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Drivers, crew chiefs weigh in on what’s in store for Saturday

RELATED: Kentucky lineup | Vote: Who will win?

SPARTA, Ky. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams arrived at Kentucky Speedway with the prospect of just shy of seven hours of practice before racing with a new rules package. Because of a three-day drenching, teams actually got slightly less than 2 1/2.

So the question entering Saturday night’s 400-miler in the Bluegrass State: Was it enough?

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"I don’t think we’ll know how it races until tomorrow," said Chris Heroy, crew chief for the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 Chevrolet driven by Kyle Larson. "We were able to get a balance, which seems a little different to work with, but you can never have enough track time, you know? They give you what they give you, you do your best, and that’s what it is."

Sprint Cup teams finally got on track Friday in preparation for Saturday’s Quaker State 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM), giving the low-downforce rules package its first official laps. The two sessions — shortened, moved and intensified by seemingly omnipresent rain — came after three practices and Coors Light Pole Qualifying were scratched as weather-related casualties.

Though Heroy estimated he only worked through "maybe 20, 25 percent" of the setups he wanted to try before Saturday’s race, Larson still vaulted to the top of the leaderboard for both sessions. Still, neither session — consisting of mainly single-car runs, mock qualifying laps and occasional side-by-side racing — gave a clear indication of how a full field of 43 cars will behave in traffic.

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"It will be interesting," said Denny Hamlin, who was fourth-fastest in final practice. "I think there will be haves and have nots, for sure. Teams that have it figured out, or at least a little bit more than everyone else, and you’re going to have guys that struggled. I think eventually all these teams figure it out in due time and then we’re all right back running the same speed again. I’d say overall you’re going to see as much, if not more passing in this race than you normally would."

Kyle Busch, Hamlin’s teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, voiced similar conjecture Friday morning before cars got on track, wondering how limited to no practice time would affect their approach.

"A couple guys that I was talking to in the garage area yesterday, we were like are we going to drive off into the corner and just — whoosh! — slide out or is it going to stick?" Busch said. "What’s going to be the feeling? I was like, ‘I have no idea.’ We definitely would like to get some practice time, but if it all comes down to it where they line us up and we race, that might be the best race of the year just because of the unknown."

While some of the uncertainly should linger up until the green flag drops on Kentucky Speedway’s fifth Sprint Cup race in its brief history, drivers seem sold on the theory that the rules package — with shorter spoilers and splitters to reduce downforce — will put the car’s handling more into the drivers’ hands on an already bumpy layout. That suits drivers such as Brad Keselowski, the defending race winner, just fine.

"I want to be able to look a fan in the eye after a race that I’ve won and tell him, ‘I had a great car, but I drove a great race, too,’ " Keselowski said. "And to do that the driver has to play a role in it and this is an increased role for the driver. So that’s very good in my opinion and I’m very happy with it. Certainly the car is a little harder to drive. It’s a race car. It should be hard to drive. It shouldn’t be just point and play. This isn’t a video game, nor should it be. So I’m very happy with the package and what I’ve seen so far."

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With qualifying canceled, the two drivers sidelined for second straight weekend

SPARTA, Ky. — With rain creating havoc for the on-track activity at Kentucky Speedway, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage has been kept largely on lockdown for three straight days. The weather deck, however, was stacked even more severely against three unfortunate teams who will miss the race because of a qualifying washout.

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Part-time teams Wood Brothers Racing (with driver Ryan Blaney) and Leavine Family Racing (Michael McDowell) were sidelined for the second straight weekend after Coors Light Pole Qualifying was canceled by wet weather. The Curtis Key-owned Motorsports Group with driver Travis Kvapil also headed home after the starting lineup for Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM) was determined according to the NASCAR Rule Book.

NASCAR officials, faced with a third consecutive day of weather-related challenges, opted to cancel qualifying in an effort to provide teams with more practice time ahead of Saturday night’s event, the first for a new, low-downforce rules package. Hopes for that practice were dwindling Friday afternoon because of persistent sprinkles at the 1.5-mile track, but cars finally staged for the session at 4:25 p.m. ET.

For longtime team co-owner Eddie Wood, he was left to shrug and say, "the rules are the rules." The Wood Brothers No. 21 had made six previous Sprint Cup Series starts with Blaney at the wheel before the two early exits — at Daytona International Speedway last weekend, and now here in Kentucky.

"A lot of times people get it confused with how it works, but we’ve gone a long time and not missed a race with weather," Wood said. "Missing races, if you’re slow and you miss a race because you’re not fast enough, is a bad deal. That just kills your soul, but you can’t do anything about the weather. We’ve been really lucky for the past seven years and haven’t missed one, but now the numbers seem to be leveling out. I’ve always heard that numbers always level out and that’s kind of what’s going on."

Rain has plagued every day at Kentucky since Sprint Cup teams arrived for the expanded race weekend. An extended Wednesday practice and its rescheduled make-up session Thursday were washed out, and Sprint Cup teams only completed 50 minutes of opening practice Friday before a heavy shower throttled the speedway.

Both Blaney and McDowell tweeted their exasperation before their team haulers headed for the infield tunnel, just before the start of final practice. Wood said the team planned to enter next weekend’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, hoping that Mother Nature would look kindly on stock-car racing and their team for a change.

 

"We’re gonna run next week at Loudon, so we’ll head up that way and hope we don’t get rained out," Wood said. "I’m gonna stop looking at weather apps, I tell you that. I’m done as far as that is concerned."