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No. 2 NASCAR Ford Mustang Wins At Gateway 2024: Video

When the leader ran out of fuel with less than one lap to go, the No. 2 NASCAR Ford Mustang Dark Horse of Austin Cindric leaped into action, earning his second career victory at Gateway on June 2nd, 2024.

Unfortunately, the driver who ran his tank dry heading to the checkered flag was a fellow NASCAR Ford driver: Ryan Blaney. Blaney nursed his No. 12 Mustang to a finish outside the top 20 all said and done, while his Team Penske teammate Cindric celebrated in Victory Lane.

“Honestly, I’m heartbroken for the 12 team,” Cindric said after the race. I don’t know what happened to them at the end of the race, but they deserved to win this race… this weekend was a great weekend for everybody involved. To have two cars in the fight and an eventual one-two there, like I said, I’m heartbroken for those guys, but this is huge for me.”

Cindric added, “The funny thing about it is this Freightliner Ford Mustang is probably one of the best-looking cars at the racetrack and I’ve had terrible races every single time with this car and it’s great to win with a great paint scheme.”

Blaney was understandably disappointed after the race, and said that he didn’t know he was running out of fuel.

“I never thought in my mind we were short,” he said. “It’s one of those things. I’m proud of the 12 boys. The Menards/Richmond Ford was fast.”

NASCAR Cup Series Race Results, Gateway, June 2, 2024
Finish Start Car Number Driver Team Laps Run Laps Led Car
1 2 2 Austin Cindric Freightliner Ford 240 53 Ford Mustang
2 6 11 Denny Hamlin Yahoo! Toyota 240 0 Toyota TRD Supra
3 7 6 Brad Keselowski Solomon Plumbing Ford 240 17 Ford Mustang
4 5 45 Tyler Reddick SiriusXM Toyota 240 0 Toyota TRD Supra
5 12 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 240 1 Ford Mustang
6 18 3 Austin Dillon DOW/Rivers are Life Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
7 4 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT Toyota 240 80 Toyota TRD Supra
8 20 77 Carson Hocevar # Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
9 21 51 Justin Haley MotoRad Ford 240 0 Ford Mustang
10 13 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 240 7 Chevrolet Camaro
11 9 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 240 0 Toyota TRD Supra
12 16 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
13 17 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
14 26 17 Chris Buescher Travel Centers of America Ford 240 0 Ford Mustang
15 11 24 William Byron Valvoline Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
16 35 38 Todd Gilliland Ruedebusch Ford 240 6 Ford Mustang
17 23 14 Chase Briscoe Overstock.com Ford 240 0 Ford Mustang
18 28 31 Daniel Hemric Poppy Bank Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
19 36 71 Zane Smith # Focused Health Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
20 24 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger Health/Oikos Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
21 8 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald's Toyota 240 0 Toyota TRD Supra
22 27 10 Noah Gragson SERVPRO Ford 240 0 Ford Mustang
23 31 99 Daniel Suarez Choice Privileges Chevrolet 240 0 Chevrolet Camaro
24 3 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford 240 20 Ford Mustang
25 1 34 Michael McDowell Siteman Cancer Center Ford 239 40 Ford Mustang
26 22 43 Erik Jones Family Dollar Toyota 239 0 Toyota TRD Supra
27 33 42 John Hunter Nemechek Bommarito.com Toyota 239 0 Toyota TRD Supra
28 14 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 239 0 Chevrolet Camaro
29 32 41 Ryan Preece Overstock.com Ford 239 0 Ford Mustang
30 25 16 Derek Kraus Kafka Conveyors Chevrolet 239 0 Chevrolet Camaro
31 30 21 Harrison Burton Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 239 0 Ford Mustang
32 15 7 Corey LaJoie Chili's Catch-a-Rita Chevrolet 239 0 Chevrolet Camaro
33 34 15 Cody Ware Jacob Construction Ford 238 0 Ford Mustang
34 19 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 237 1 Toyota TRD Supra
35 10 8 Kyle Busch Rebel Bourbon Chevrolet 139 15 Chevrolet Camaro
36 29 4 Josh Berry # Overstock.com Ford 109 0 Ford Mustang

# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver

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Alexandra is a Colorado-based journalist with a passion for all things involving horsepower, be it automotive or equestrian.

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