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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series “All Star Race”

Kevin Harvick took control of the All Star Race early in the final stage and kept his #4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford in front over the final 10 laps to claim victory on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It’s Harvick’s second win in the annual non-points race and it came exactly eleven years after the first one, on May 19th, 2007. He wins a cool one million dollars and becomes the 7th driver with multiple victories in the 34 year history of the race.

Harvick started 4th in the 21-car field, dominated the opening stage and then reasserted that dominance after drivers lined up for the final 10-lap dash to the checkered flag. His margin of victory over runner-up Daniel Suarez was 0.32 of a second.  Joey Logano grabbed 3rd place with Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott completing the top five. Pole winner Matt Kenseth failed to lead a lap and placed 14th in the final running order.

The All Star Race primarily features race winners from the previous season, and included stage winners from the Monster Energy Open preliminary race: Suarez, Alex Bowman, and overall winner, AJ Allmendinger along with Elliott, who was the top vote getter in fan balloting. All Star runner-up Suarez had the highest finish among that quartet.

The race included 12 lead changes among 7 drivers, There were 8 cautions for 17 laps.

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– story by John Singler
www.mrn.com
Concord, North Carolina

 

Top 10 Drivers in the Standings as of 4/29/2018

1. Kyle Busch @ 503 points
2. Joey Logano (-12)
3. Kevin Harvick (-19)
4. Brad Keselowski (-107)
5. Kurt Busch (-110)
6. Clint Bowyer (-117)
7. Denny Hamlin (-123)
8. Martin Truex, Jr. (-127)
9. Ryan Blaney (-138)
10. Kyle Larson (-147)

For the complete driver standings, please visit the official page on nascar.com..

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