Denny Hamlin passed Kevin Harvick for the lead with 13 laps to go and went on to win Thursday night’s Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.
Hamlin beat Brad Keselowski to claim his series-leading fifth win of the season.
The top five was completed by Martin Truex Jr., Harvick and Erik Jones.
Hamlin’s win, his second in a row at Kansas, snapped a three-race streak of finishing 12th or worse.
STAGE 1 WINNER: Kyle Busch, earned his first stage win of the year.
STAGE 2 WINNER: Brad Keselowski
WHO HAD A BAD RACE: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished last after he dropped out in the first stage due to an electrical fire in his car. It’s his fifth DNF of the year … Bubba Wallace finished 37th after he spun on Lap 100 due to a flat tire and later ran into a spinning Matt Kenseth on Lap 171, ending his day … Matt DiBenedetto, Austin Dillon, Joey Logano were eliminated in a crash on a restart that also involved Jimmie Johnson. Johnson briefly continued, but was unable to make minimum speeding, ending his night … Ryan Preece earned his fourth consecutive DNF following a violent multi-car crash on a Lap 182 restart … Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch each suffered flat tires with 40 laps to go, forcing them to pit. Blaney finished 20th and Busch placed 11th.
NOTABLE: With Stenhouse’s DNF, JTG Daugherty Racing has had one of its drivers finish last in four straight races.
WHAT’S NEXT: Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at 3 p.m. ET Aug. 2 on NBCSN.
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