Kyle Petty weighs in on the day that Joe Gibbs Racing team had at Homestead-Miami, with one driver in Victory Lane and two in the garage.
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00:00 Homestead Miami Speedway, what a crazy day.
00:04 I think for Kyle Larson, and for most people watching, it just looked like an extension
00:08 of Las Vegas to me.
00:09 Honestly, I think that was a statement from Kyle Larson.
00:12 We are here to play, we are here to win, we are on our way to Phoenix, no matter what
00:16 happened to him yesterday.
00:17 What a bizarre incident.
00:19 Who would have dreamed that Kyle Larson would hit the barrels at the end of Pitt Road and
00:23 eliminate the best car in the field.
00:26 But that's not what I want to talk about.
00:27 A horrendous day for Joe Gibbs Racing, even though Christopher Bale wins the race.
00:33 Two of their contenders, Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr., they were going to be good
00:38 in points, and all of a sudden within one lap, within one lap from lap 236 to 237, they're
00:46 both eliminated.
00:47 Denny Hamlin breaks something going into turn one and eliminates his day, gets in the wall.
00:52 Martin Truex has engine failure.
00:54 Now Martin Truex had a horrendous day on Pitt Road, and that's what put him in a bad position
00:59 all day long anyhow.
01:00 But the third thing that happened bad for Joe Gibbs Racing is Christopher Bale wins
01:05 the race, because that puts Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex at a deficit of minus 17.
01:12 I believe if Ryan Blaney or someone else had won the race, it was a little bit tighter.
01:18 Best case scenario, Kyle Larson wins the race.
01:20 But here's the deal.
01:21 When I look at Martinsville, I think, "Okay, what's the biggest day at Martinsville?"
01:25 The biggest day at Martinsville is going to be qualifying.
01:27 Where you qualify is kind of where you're going to finish.
01:30 You've got to have a great, solid day, but it starts on Saturday, and that's going to
01:34 be interesting to see what Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex do.
01:38 Of the contenders, Martin Truex has three wins, William Byron has a win, Christopher
01:42 Bale has a win, Kyle Larson has a win.
01:45 It's going to be tough, especially with this new car, to make up a 17-point deficit.
01:51 And even if one of them does, the other one's going to be eliminated.
01:55 That's the crazy part about this.
01:57 Two title contenders from JGR are eliminated, maybe, at Homestead.