Last season, Team Penske’s first Cup victory came in the 15th race of the year when Austin Cindric won at Gateway ... team has been capable of winning a fair number of races here and we just ...

18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 176. 19. Michael McDowell, 174. 20. Ty Gibbs, 171. 21. John H. Nemechek, 171. 22. Austin Cindric, 171. 23. Justin Haley, 164. 24. Zane Smith ...

Austin Cindric looked like a force during the first two weeks of the season, but he’s fallen off a bit ever since. He’s P22 in points, with two top tens to his name at the moment.

Not to mention, Austin Cindric, who currently sits 22nd in the standings in large part due to a 50-point penalty at COTA and has 57 stage points to his credit but only a pair of top 10s.

Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric are in the top six in laps led in the series with a combined 617 circuits led in the early portion. Blaney seemed to have a win at Darlington in the bag ...