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Austin Cindric 完全にするs Xfinity sweep at Kentucky Speedway

Published: 03:58 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 05:22 BST, 11 July 2020

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SPARTA, Ky. (AP) - In two nights, Austin Cindric went from the cusp of winning on ovals to showing his ability to 支配する those layouts.

As Cindric threw his 手渡すs in the 空気／公表する after his most impressive 勝利，勝つ, Harrison Burton and Noah Gragson threw punches at each other in the only real 戦う／戦い at Kentucky Speedway.

Cindric 支配するd Friday night to sweep the NASCAR Xfinity Series doubleheader at Kentucky. A night after racing to his first career oval victory in an overtime finish, the Team Penske driver was even stronger in the No. 22 Ford Mustang in the 300-mile capper.

Cindric was third in the first 行う／開催する／段階, won the second and stretched it out in the final segment. He 追跡するd 簡潔に on the final 再開する, then sliced through two cars out of Turn 2 and rolled to victory by 2.262 seconds over points leader Chase Briscoe in the No. 98 Ford.

"What we did tonight was really impressive because we ran one 体制／機構 last night and won the race and （機の）カム with another 体制／機構 and won the race again," said Cindric, who started 15th. "That happens at the shop, that happens with the guys on the box. All credit to them."

Just after Cindric celebrated his victory with a burnout, Burton and Gragson argued before throwing punches in a fight that lasted several moments before they were separated. Burton had on a mask, while Gragson didn't.

Austin Cindric (22) celebrates after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series 自動車 race Friday, July 10, 2020, in Sparta, Ky. (AP Photo/示す Humphrey)

The two 衝突する／食い違うd in the final （競技場の）トラック一周s, with both cars 小衝突ing the 塀で囲む. The 失望／欲求不満s 流出／こぼすd over after the race, first with the drivers arguing nose to nose before they 押すd each other and started duking it out.

"This has been two times since we´ve come 支援する from the COVID-19 pandemic on 再開するs," said Burton, alluding to previous 衝突／不一致s with Gragson. "Same 状況／情勢. We 決起大会／結集させるd all night to get our Supra into fourth place and then the No. 9 (Gragson) happens to start in third and I don´t know if he forgets what race 跡をつける we´re at or what, but both times puts us in the 盗品故買者 - Charlotte and now here.

"I had a lot of people come up to me and say that was a long time coming, so I guess that was the popular move. I was just 失望させるd, and sorry for our team that that happened."

Gragson was seventh, and Burton finished 12th.

NASCAR talked to both drivers but doesn´t 心配する any 刑罰，罰則s or 中断s.

"We´re all racing hard," Gragson said. "I really don´t have a comment, 港／避難所´t seen everything that happened."

Justin Haley was third, followed by fellow Chevy drivers Ross Chastain and Justin Allgaier, who was （疑いを）晴らすd to race earlier in the day after 存在 taken to a hospital に引き続いて Thursday night's race for a 非，不，無-racing 関係のある医療の目的s.

The 21-year-old Cindric, son of Team Penske 大統領，／社長 Tim Cindric, won twice last year on road courses at Watkins Glen and 中央の-Ohio. On Friday night, he led the final 43 （競技場の）トラック一周s and 130 of 200 全体にわたる.

"He (Cindric) was in a league of his own," Briscoe said. "It seems like Penske h as always been really good here."

Gragson again showed 早期に strength in taking the 45-（競技場の）トラック一周 first 行う／開催する／段階, his third segment 勝利，勝つ in two nights on the 1.5-mile oval. The race belonged to Cindric after that and the question was who would finish behind him.

The final 再開する on （競技場の）トラック一周 188 申し込む／申し出d some hope for Briscoe before Cindric quickly took it away by darting 負かす／撃墜する the banking and between two cars and putting it out of reach.

It was much like the night before, just sooner and more 徹底的な.