Looked to me like the most contenders were eliminated by Coons' sudden oil dump on a restart and Tyler's radiator hose. 7 or 8 good cars right there on two unlucky instances.

They were slow to catch Welpott's issue, and the push trucks are always a question mark. Windom could have blamed the trucks & a crossed-up car pushing off from his first stop, had he lost. But Little 500 is all about dealing with the typical obstacles. Was great to have a battle over the final green-flag run.