Michael McDowell secured his place in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with a dominant victory on the Indianapolis road course ⬇️
to extend his lead in Stage 2 and never looked back at Indianapolis. down the stretch as the race ended with a 77-lap green flag run. He cleared Elliott by 0.937 seconds to win Sunday’s race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
Although McDowell was in contention to make the 2023 playoffs based on points, his victory locks him into the 16-driver field. McDowell’s only other Cup win came in the 2021 Daytona 500. He finished a career-best 16th in the series standings that year.team also gives Ford three consecutive wins for the first time since the 2020 season.“Oh man, this is a dream come true. I’m just so thankful for everybody at Front Row Motorsports and Bob Jenkins,” McDowell said. “Man, we had a fast Ford Mustang today. We had the fastest car.
“I’m just so than to still be driving in the Cup series. To put on a performance like that, I don’t know if it was dominant, but it felt pretty dominant to me.” Asked about Elliott’s charge in the final laps, McDowell said, “I was just trying to pace myself. I figured there would be a late-race caution and I didn’t want to burn my stuff up. I was just trying to maintain that gap.”
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