Martin Truex Jr. sweeps stages at Auto Club Speedway
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Busch Pole Award winner Martin Truex Jr. grabbed Stage 1 and Stage 2 victories in Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway.
In Stage 1, Kyle Busch finished second after flanking Truex on the front row. Busch led 19 laps in Stage 1 after taking the lead away from Truex on Lap 11. Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five.
RELATED: Stage 1 results | Photos from Fontana | Lap-by-Lap updates
The biggest news in Stage 1 occurred on Lap 37 when Kevin Harvick made contact with Kyle Larson on the backstretch, sending the No. 4 Busch Beer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford into the outside wall.
Finish
Driver
Team
Race points
1
Martin Truex Jr.
Furniture Row Racing
10
2
Kyle Busch
Joe Gibbs Racing
9
3
Joey Logano
Team Penske
8
4
Brad Keselowski
Team Penske
7
5
Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
6
6
Kyle Larson
Chip Ganassi Racing
5
7
Kurt Busch
Stewart-Haas Racing
4
8
Erik Jones
Joe Gibbs Racing
3
9
Clint Bowyer
Stewart-Haas Racing
2
10
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
1
Stage 2
Stage 2 winner at Auto Club, MTJ.
Martin Truex Jr. did more Martin Truex Jr. things at Auto Club Speedway, earning the Stage 2 victory to sweep both stages of the Auto Club 400.
RELATED: Stage 2 results
Truex led 48 circuits of the 60-lap stage on his way to the win. Brad Keselowski finished second as Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Erik Jones completed the top five-finishers.
The only caution flag of the stage occurred on Lap 108 when Trevor Bayne slammed the outside wall in Turn 4.