NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: Kyle Busch vence a Coca-Cola 600

Kyle Busch (Toyota) venceu neste domingo (27/05) a Coca-Cola 600, no Charlotte Motor Speedway, 13ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a quarta vitória do ploto da Joe Gibbs Racing no ano, e 47ª na categoria. Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota) e Denny Hamlin (Toyota) completaram os três primeiros.

Pole-position Busch venceu todos os quatro segmentos da prova (a mais longa do calendário da categoria), liderando 377, das 400 voltas disputadas. O piloto do carro #18 recebeu a bandeira quadriculada com 3s823 de vantagem sobre Truex Jr. Hamlin foi o terceiro.

Foi a primeira vitória de Busch no Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Brad Keselowski (Ford) terminou em quarto, seguido por Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet).  Jamie McMurray (Chevrolet).

Kyle Larson (Chevrolet), Kurt Busch (Ford), Alex Bowman (Chevrolet) e Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford) completaram os dez primeiros.

Kyle Busch lidera o campeonato com 573 pontos, seguido por Joey Logano com 506 e Kevin Harvick com 485.

A próxima etapa acontece no Pocono Raceway, no dia 03 de junho.

Final:

1 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 voltas em 4h23m22s
2 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 3.823s
3 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 13.598s
4 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 16.777s
5 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 17.164s
6 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 17.925s
7 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 20.548s
8 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 26.093s
9 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.140s
10 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1 volta
11 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1
12 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1
13 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1
14 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1
15 Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1
16 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 1
17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1
18 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 1
19 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1 Lap
20 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 1
21 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 1
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1
23 A.J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 1
24 Ross Chastain Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 2
25 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 4
26 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 4
27 Parker Kligerman Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 6
28 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 6
29 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 6
30 Jeffrey Earnhardt Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 11
31 Gray Gaulding BK Racing Toyota 12
32 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 17
33 B.J. McLeod Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 27
34 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 52
35 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 56

Abandonos:

36 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford Engine 122
37 Matt DiBenedetto Go FAS Racing Ford 143
38 J.J. Yeley NY Racing Team Chevrolet 209
39 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 261
40 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 317