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SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 ODYSSEY BATTERY CHEVROLET
START: 3RD
FINISH: 4TH
POINTS: 8TH (-162)
RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 Odyseey Battery Chevrolet team led 32 laps in Monday’s Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix and used a late-race charge to score a fourth-place finish in Nashville. A strong, third-place qualifying effort on Saturday afternoon gave McLaughlin his fifth, top five starting position on the year. He and the “Battery Wagon” crew elected to begin the race on the primary Firestone tire, and they stayed inside the top five through the first stint. After pitting for the option tire on their first pit stop of the day at Lap 23, McLaughlin took control of the race for the first time on Lap 61. He would lead twice on the day as different strategies played out at the front of the field. Unfortunately, following the team’s fourth pit stop of the day, McLaughlin was caught out by an untimely caution before the pit cycle could be completed, trapping him a lap down until he could take the wave around to restart the final stint from the 12th position. Propelled by the speed in his No. 3 Chevy and determined to make up the lost track position, McLaughlin went to work and made his way back inside the top five by Lap 205. Moving into the fourth spot behind his teammates, McLaughlin simply had used up his tires before he could climb further up the scoring pylon and finished with his fourth, top five of the year.
MCLAUGHLIN’S THOUGHTS: “Overall, a pretty good day for the Odyssey Battery Chevy. We went for the race win there in the pit sequence and we went back to 12th. Managed to come back through. Chevy power was great. We managed to get back to 4th, but I ran out of tire by the time I got to the leaders. I thought we had the car to beat today. I thought we had the car to beat today. We didn’t win, but it’s coming.”
