Kyle Busch Secures Second Straight Victory of 2018 at Bristol

Kyle Busch passed Kyle Larson during the final stages of the race to secure his second straight victory at the Bristol Motor Speedway and second straight victory of 2018. Larson's car fell off during that final round and he had to settle for second. Jimmie Johnson was able to earn his first top-five finish of the season while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Alex Bowman rounded out the top-five.

The caution came out with a little over 20 laps remaining after Brad Keselowski, the winner of both stage one and two, blew a left front tire and smacked the outside wall. The extra set of tires that Goodyear gifted teams had just arrived late in that green flag run. Larson led the field down pit road and ultimately won the race off.

He started on the outside and got a stellar push from Stenhouse to put him in the lead. Stenhouse had a super fast car before the caution came out for Keselowski's blown tire. Stenhouse used the bumper to take over the lead but Larson would quickly get it back as Stenhouse began to fall off. Busch began ticking off the lead that Larson had and with five laps remaining, Busch took the lead and never looked back earning his 45th career victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

The caution came out a total of 13 times for 114 laps. The red flag was displayed a total of three times during the race, once for accident cleanup and the other two for weather. Kyle Busch continues to lead the points standings followed by Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, and Brad Keselowski.

Results from the Food City 500

  1. Kyle Busch
  2. Kyle Larson
  3. Jimmie Johnson
  4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  5. Alex Bowman
  6. Aric Almirola
  7. Kevin Harvick
  8. Clint Bowyer
  9. Joey Logano
  10. Ryan Newman
  11. Daniel Suarez
  12. David Ragan
  13. Paul Menard
  14. Denny Hamlin
  15. Austin Dillon
  16. Darrell Wallace Jr.
  17. AJ Allmendinger
  18. William Byron
  19. Jamie McMurray
  20. Landon Cassill
  21. Matt DiBenedetto
  22. Kurt Busch
  23. Brad Keselowski
  24. Trevor Bayne
  25. Corey LaJoie
  26. Erik Jones
  27. DJ Kennington
  28. Ty Dillon
  29. Chase Elliott
  30. Martin Truex Jr.
  31. Gray Gaulding
  32. Reed Sorenson
  33. Chad Finchum
  34. Kasey Kahne
  35. Ryan Blaney
  36. Chris Buescher
  37. Harrison Rhodes
  38. Michael McDowell
  39. Ross Chastain
Photo Credit - Jonathan McCoy/Jonathan McCoy Photography

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