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Goodyear 400 Race Results

Darlington Raceway

May 12th, 2024

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RESULTS

START POS

FINAL STATUS

LAPS COMPLETED

LAPS LED

POINTS

PLAYOFF POINTS

1

Brad Keselowski

6 |

2

Running

293

37

57

5

2

Ty Gibbs

54 |

4

Running

293

34

52

0

3

Josh Berry

4 |

33

Running

293

0

34

0

4

Denny Hamlin

11 |

7

Running

293

1

36

0

5

Chase Briscoe

14 |

13

Running

293

0

32

0

6

William Byron

24 |

5

Running

293

2

38

0

7

Bubba Wallace

23 |

8

Running

293

6

33

0

8

Alex Bowman

48 |

18

Running

293

0

29

0

9

Justin Haley

51 |

28

Running

293

0

28

0

10

Michael McDowell

34 |

16

Running

293

0

27

0

11

Ross Chastain

1 |

9

Running

293

0

27

0

12

Chase Elliott

9 |

31

Running

293

0

25

0

13

Christopher Bell

20 |

12

Running

293

0

24

0

14

Noah Gragson

10 |

36

Running

293

0

23

0

15

Todd Gilliland

38 |

15

Running

293

0

27

0

16

Corey LaJoie

7 |

24

Running

293

0

21

0

17

Ryan Preece

41 |

26

Running

293

0

20

0

18

Kaz Grala

15 |

34

Running

293

0

19

0

19

Erik Jones

43 |

30

Running

293

0

18

0

20

Austin Cindric

2 |

25

Running

293

0

17

0

21

Joey Logano

22 |

14

Running

293

0

23

0

22

Harrison Burton

21 |

35

Running

293

0

15

0

23

Ricky Stenhouse Jr

47 |

20

Running

293

0

14

0

24

Daniel Suárez

99 |

19

Running

293

0

13

0

25

Martin Truex Jr

19 |

10

Running

293

0

18

0

26

Carson Hocevar

77 |

21

Running

293

2

11

0

27

Kyle Busch

8 |

11

Running

293

0

10

0

28

Austin Dillon

3 |

23

Running

293

0

9

0

29

Derek Kraus

16 |

32

Running

292

0

8

0

30

Chris Buescher

17 |

3

Running

291

21

15

0

31

John H. Nemechek

42 |

22

Running

291

0

6

0

32

Tyler Reddick

45 |

1

Running

291

174

22

1

33

Daniel Hemric

31 |

29

Running

290

0

4

0

34

Kyle Larson

5 |

6

Accident

252

15

19

1

35

Zane Smith

71 |

27

Accident

161

0

2

0

36

Ryan Blaney

12 |

17

DVP

129

1

4

0

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  • POS 1 | LEADER

    headshot of Brad Keselowski

    POS1

    LEADER

    Brad Keselowski

    Driver badge number 6 |

  • POS 2 | 1.214

    headshot of Ty Gibbs

    POS2

    1.214

    Ty Gibbs

    Driver badge number 54 |

  • POS 3 | 1.477

    headshot of Josh Berry

    POS3

    1.477

    Josh Berry

    Driver badge number 4 |

Brad Keselowski snaps 110-race drought, scores Darlington victory

DARLINGTON, S.C. — A combination of stubbornness and patience paid off handsomely for Brad Keselowski on Sunday at Darlington Raceway, where the driver of the No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford ended a 110-race winless streak with victory in the Goodyear 400.

Keselowski‘s triumph, which came at the expense of hard-luck teammate Chris Buescher and pole winner Tyler Reddick, gave the Ford Dark Horse Mustang its first NASCAR Cup Series victory this season in 13 races and led to a heated exchange between Buescher and Reddick on pit road after the fact.

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It was also Keselowski‘s first win as a principal owner in RFK Racing, his second at Darlington and the 36th of his career.

“What a heck of a day,” exulted Keselowski, who finished 1.214 seconds ahead of runner-up Ty Gibbs. “It’s Darlington, so whether it’s your first win, your last win, this is a really special track. The history of NASCAR, it’s as tough as it gets, and that battle at the end with my teammate and Tyler Reddick, we just laid it all out on the line, it was freaking awesome.

“I thought it couldn’t get much better than Kansas. It did today. That was awesome. I’m so glad you guys got to see that (addressed to the fans). That was incredible. Thanks for being here.”

Keselowski was stubborn in the way he raced Reddick after the final restart on Lap 261 of 293, aggressively staying beside the No. 45 Toyota and running him up the track in Turn 3.

For four straight laps, Keselowski and Reddick battled side-by-side, allowing Buescher to slip past into the lead at the start/finish line on Lap 264. Reddick cleared Keselowski shortly thereafter and took off in pursuit of Buescher.

That‘s when Keselowski exercised patience and stayed within striking distance, waiting for the drama that unfolded ahead of him.

On Lap 284, Reddick‘s ill-timed bid for the lead went awry. His No. 45 Camry slid up the track into Buescher‘s Ford, pinning it against the outside wall in Turn 4. Both cars were damaged and unable to maintain pace, and Keselowski charged into the lead on Lap 285.

Buescher, still smarting from last week‘s loss to Kyle Larson at Kansas in the closest finish in Cup Series history (0.001 seconds), confronted Reddick on pit road after the drivers climbed from their cars.

We got wrecked,” Buescher said later. “That one‘s clear as day. Don‘t need any cameras to tell us. I don‘t know what to say. We‘ve raced really clean through the years, tried to be really respectful about it, and we get used up.

“It (Reddick‘s move) is just something that you know is not going to work. I‘m just really pissed off about it right now. We certainly had a chance to win another one. I‘m proud to have that speed. Just huge congratulations to Brad and the 6 bunch on their win. That‘s awesome, but I wanted it for our group right here.”

Reddick took responsibility for the incident and punctuated his conversation with Buescher with the words “I know. I (screwed) up—I‘m sorry.”

Reddick elaborated after he and Buescher separated.

I completely understand where he is coming from,” Reddick said. “He was running the top, running his own race, running his own line to keep me at bay. I made a really aggressive move and was hoping I was going to clear him. When I realized I wasn‘t going to, I tried to check up to not slide up into him, but, yeah, I wish I wouldn‘t have done that.

“I completely understand why he is that mad. He did nothing wrong. Just trying to win the race, and to take myself out—that‘s one thing—I can live with that, but just disappointed it played out the way that it did, and I took him out of the race as well.”

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All but lost in the late-race drama was Gibbs‘ career-best second-place finish. The driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota also finished second in Stage 1 and third in Stage 2 behind respective stage winners Kyle Larson and Reddick.

Josh Berry finished third in his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, followed by Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe. William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Alex Bowman, Justin Haley and Michael McDowell completed the top 10.

Hamlin led one lap during a cycle of green-flag pit stops in the final stage, extending his streak of consecutive races with at least one lap led to 17.

Larson (34th on Sunday after a late-race crash) leads the series standings by 30 points over Martin Truex Jr., who finished 25th after suffering alternator issues.

Ryan Blaney was the race’s first retiree after a restart crash at Lap 129. William Byron dove three-wide beneath Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. in Turn 2 and drifted high, squeezing Truex into Blaney, who then contacted the outside wall. Blaney’s No. 12 Team Penske crew was unable to repair the car within the allotted time on the Damaged Vehicle Policy clock, ending Blaney’s race. Blaney swerved at Byron on the race track to show his displeasure before returning to the garage.

NOTE: There were no issues in post-race inspection, confirming Keselowski as the race winner.

Contributing: Staff report