Rounding out the top 10 were Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Tyler Reddick, and Christopher Bell.

Busch started from the pole and led the first 54 laps. Truex, the defending race winner, was strong again and led 87 laps. For Bell, he earned a career-best finish in the series.

Joey Logano won the third stage and finished 14th. Alex Bowman led a race-high 164 laps and won the first two stages. But on older tires having stayed out for the overtime attempt, Bowman fell from third to a 20th-place finish.

The No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team of Denny Hamlin had a long night. Hamlin missed the start of the race as his team had to replace the ballast in his car, which fell out during the pace laps. Hamlin finished 30th, multiple laps down, and his team faces a severe penalty from NASCAR.The 61st annual Coca-Cola 600 featured eight cautions with 20 lead changes among 11 drivers. Keselowski led three times for a total of 21 laps.

“We might not have been the fastest car today, but, wow, did we grind this one out,” said Keselowski. “The pit crew at the end, the yellow right before the last, had a blazing stop to get us upfront and put us in position. All these things just came together, and I’m tickled to death. It’s a little overwhelming, to be honest.”

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