Michael McDowell began twenty fifth for the 67th working of the Daytona 500 and rapidly superior the No. 71 Go Bowling Chevrolet ZL1 to seventeenth after a 10-lap green-flag run. A four-hour rain delay put a damper on the day’s festivities, however racing resumed as darkness encroached upon Daytona Worldwide Speedway. Technique positioned the father-of-five on the rear of the sector for almost all of Stage One. After starting Stage Two within the twenty first place, the 2021 Daytona 500 champion cycled to eighth and led his first lap of the day on Lap 91. The 41-year-old restarted twentieth within the Ultimate Stage, visiting pit highway for the ultimate time with 36 laps remaining to prime off on gasoline. After setting the race’s quickest lap at a pace of 199.292mph, McDowell was positioned for a robust end when a purple flag was issued with 4 laps to go resulting from a multi-car incident. On the following restart, McDowell navigated the late-race carnage to safe an Eleventh-place end.
Michael’s Submit-Race Feedback
Not the outcome we wished, however I am so grateful for everybody at Go Bowling. We ended up Eleventh; it simply wasn’t what we would have liked tonight. We had a gasoline pump difficulty early on however had been in a position to handle that. We misplaced observe place, however in the long run, the inevitable chaos broke out. Whereas it is not the end we wished, we’re completely happy a couple of clear end and bringing residence our No. 71 Go Bowling Chevrolet in a single piece to enhance on. I’m grateful for everybody and their effort in our first displaying as a bunch, and I am trying ahead to Atlanta subsequent week.
