Stubbs: Austin Cindric coming into his own behind wheel of No. 2

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Following the 2021 NASCAR season, Austin Cindric was about to enter a pressure-packed situation.

With Brad Keselowski leaving Team Penske to become an owner-driver at RFK Racing, a Cup Series seat was open at Team Penske. But it wasn't just any vacant ride. It was the famed No. 2, which had been the flagship car of Roger Penske's NASCAR operation since 1991. And in 2