Brad Keselowski survived Heavy Winds, Periodic Rains, A Sandstorm, and Kyle Busch to return to Gatorade Victory Lane for the first time since Auto Club in 2015. On a final restart, Brad and teammate Joey Logano fought for the 2nd place spot and battled for who would go and challenge Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch had a terrible vibration which caused him to slow. With Brad Keselowski heavy on his heels Kyle did everything he could do to keep the Blanco Deuce behind him. Those efforts would come up short which would then have Brad dominate the last few laps and en route to his 2nd win at Las Vegas. Joey Logano held his end of the bargain giving Roger Penske another one-two finish. Jimmie Johnson finish third followed by Kyle Busch, and Austin Dillon. Those drivers rounded out the Top 5. Contenders Chase Elliott and Matt Kenseth who were front runners majority of the day were involved in a wreck at lap 224. Matt Kenseth continues a 3 week streak of bad finishes that were looking to change. NASCAR News Source Driver of The Week
After getting a speeding ticket leaving pit road Brad Keselowski was relegated to the back of the pack. Brad showed how good he was at Vegas and was back in the contender spot just in time to take the victory at Las Vegas defeating Hometown Driver Kyle Busch. Brad continues to show he is championship caliber yet again, Could this be the year the #2 car gets Championship #2? We will just have to find out! Congratulations to Brad on winning Vegas and becoming the newest Driver of The Week joining Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch!
Results from Today's Race!
1 2 Brad Keselowski
2 22 Joey Logano
3 48 Jimmie Johnson
4 18 Kyle Busch
5 3 Austin Dillon
6 21 Ryan Blaney
7 4 Kevin Harvick
8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
9 41 Kurt Busch
10 5 Kasey Kahne
11 78 Martin Truex Jr.
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
13 31 Ryan Newman
14 47 AJ Allmendinger
15 27 Paul Menard
16 1 Jamie McMurray
17 6 Trevor Bayne
18 19 Carl Edwards
19 11 Denny Hamlin
20 16 Greg Biffle
21 10 Danica Patrick
22 15 Clint Bowyer
23 13 Casey Mears
24 43 Aric Almirola
25 7 Regan Smith
26 34 Chris Buescher
27 44 Brian Scott
28 38 Landon Cassill
29 95 Michael McDowell
30 46 Michael Annett
31 83 Matt DiBenedetto
32 23 David Ragan
33 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt
34 42 Kyle Larson
35 30 Josh Wise
36 14 Brian Vickers
37 20 Matt Kenseth
38 24 Chase Elliott
39 98 Cole Whitt
Next Weekend
As we head to the median race of the West Coast Swing we look back to 2015 where heavy rains soaked Phoenix. Let's hope we got all of the rain storms and sandstorms over this weekend and head to a sunny and clear Phoenix International Raceway. One of my personal favorite tracks for the Good Sam 500. Kevin Harvick is the odds on favorite and well the odds on favorite won today in Las Vegas. We look forward to the Phoenix Race this weekend!
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