Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing Toyota) venceu neste sábado (14/07) a Quaker State 400, no Kentucky Speedway, 19ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a quarta vitória de Truex Jr. no ano, e 19ª na categoria. Ryan Blaney e Brad Keselowski, parceiros no Team Penske, completaram os três primeiros.
Atual campeão Truex Jr. dominou a prova, ao alinhar na pole, vencer os dois primeiros, e liderar 174, das 267 voltas disputadas. No final o piloto do carro #78 recebeu a bandeira quadriculada com 1s901 de vantagem sobre Blaney.
Truex Jr repetiu, no circuito de 1,5 milha, o desempenho do ano passado: Pole, maior número de voltas lideradas, e vitória.
Keselowski se recuperou de uma punição, por excesso de velocidade nos pits, terminando em terceiro.
Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota) foi o quarto, seguido por Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford).
Kurt Busch (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford), Erik Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota), Aric Almirola (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford), Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet) e Joey Logano (Team Penske Ford) fecharam os dez primeiros.
Kyle Busch lidera o campeonato com 799 pontos, seguido por Harvick com 740 e Truex Jr. com 689.
A próxima etapa acontece no New Hampshire Motor Speedway, no dia 22 de julho.
Final:
1 Martin Truex Jr. #78, Furniture Row Racing, Toyota
2 Ryan Blaney #12, Team Penske, Ford
3 Brad Keselowski #2, Team Penske, Ford
4 Kyle Busch #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
5 Kevin Harvick #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
6 Kurt Busch #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
7 Erik Jones #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
8 Aric Almirola #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
9 Kyle Larson #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
10 Joey Logano #22, Team Penske, Ford
11 Paul Menard #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford
12 Clint Bowyer #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
13 Chase Elliott #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
14 Jimmie Johnson #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
15 Daniel Suarez #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
16 Denny Hamlin #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
17 Jamie McMurray #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
18 David Ragan #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
19 Matt Kenseth #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford
20 William Byron #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
21 Ryan Newman #31, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
22 Austin Dillon #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
23 Chris Buescher #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
24 Michael McDowell #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
25 Kasey Kahne #95, Leavine Family Racing, Chevrolet
26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford
27 Darrell Wallace Jr. #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet
28 Ross Chastain #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet
29 Ty Dillon #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet
30 A.J. Allmendinger #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
31 Corey Lajoie #72, TriStar Motorsports, Chevrolet
32 B.J. McLeod #51, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
33 Landon Cassill #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet
34 Timmy Hill #66, MBM Motorsports, Toyota
35 Jesse Little #7, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet
36 Garrett Smithley #99, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet
37 Matt DiBenedetto #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford
38 J.J. Yeley #23, BK Racing, Toyota
39 Alex Bowman #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet