Despite Increased Penske Speed, Austin Cindric Remains a Longshot at Michigan
3 months agoAlthough Austin Cindric is frequently strong in qualifying, he continues to be consistently slower over a full race distance than in qualifying sessions for the most part, particularly outside road courses and drafting tracks, where he has gotten most of his top-10 finishes. Cindric is one driver who could possibly surprise when considering the speed he had at Gateway along with the general uptick in Penske speed lately, but admittedly, he has only finished one Michigan race in the NASCAR Cup Series (a 12th place last year) and never even earned a top-10 finish in the Xfinity Series, so the odds are likelier he will have a mid-pack run, particularly since he only ranked 25th-fastest in practice.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference