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In a statement with its decision, the panel said the teams did violate NASCAR rules and retained the $100,000 fine and four-race suspensions to each of the four crew chiefs – Cliff Daniels, Rudy Fugle, Alan Gustafson and Blake Harris.

When Brad Keselowski’s Ford Mustang pulled off with no power in the Esses with 12 laps to go, it unfortunately spoiled what would’ve been a fascinating endgame over who had sufficient fuel to make the finish to a thus-far excellent stock car road course race.

Project 91’s stated intention is to field “world-class drivers from other disciplines to compete at NASCAR’s highest level”.

Project 91’s stated intention is to field “world-class drivers from other disciplines to compete at NASCAR’s highest level”.

The final 10 laps of the Cup event took almost an hour to complete, with a trio of overtime restarts required following a series of Turn 1 multi-car pileups after restarts, which resulted in car and tire damage causing cautions for debris.

The final 10 laps of the Cup event won by Tyler Reddick took almost an hour to complete, with a trio of overtime restarts required following a series of Turn 1 multi-car pileups after restarts, which resulted in car and tyre damage causing cautions for debris.

At least Kimi Raikkonen had faced the NASCAR Cup experience once before, arriving at the Circuit of the Americas having been booted out of last year’s race at Watkins Glen and into the tyrewall, so at least he knew what he could expect.

Suarez was running in the top-five and in contention for the win as the race went into the first of three two-lap overtimes, but got shoved off the course and into Martin Truex Jr. heading up the hill to Turn 1.

Suarez, who was running in the top-five and in contention for the win as the race went into three two-lap overtimes, got shoved off the course and into Martin Truex Jr. heading up the hill to Turn 1 on the first overtime restart.

Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button said that he suffered heat exhaustion and nearly retired from the race before finishing 18th at his NASCAR debut in Texas on Sunday. The 43-year-old Briton, who won the F1 world championship in 2009, said he feared fainting while driving his Ford Mustang…

On his second Cup outing with the Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet squad, Raikkonen started 22nd in Sunday's race and ran in the midfield for most of the day.