Kevin Harvick had a happy ending in NASCAR’s longest race of the season at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t.
In a wild finish that kept the tone of the day’s premier races, Harvick steered through the carnage and conserved enough of his fuel to make it to the checkered flag in Sunday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Harvick certainly had not been a contender for much of the race. He started 28th, and then ran outside of the top 10 for most of the night.
Harvick led only two laps in the 402-lap affair. It was his first win a Sprint Cup points-paying race at Charlotte, a track he considers as one of his least favorites
Harvick also moved up three spots to second in the standings. And that may be the biggest gain of all.
Carl Edwards retained the top spot with his 16th-place finish and has 445 points, 36 more than Harvick.
Johnson, the five-time defending series champion, dropped one spot to third, one point behind Harvick.
Earnhardt remained fourth with 402 points. He has gone 105 races without a win following his seventh-place finish.
Busch dropped two spots to fifth after placing 32nd Sunday.
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Kevin Harvick Wins Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Carl Edwards 445 Leader 2 Kevin Harvick 409 -36 3 Jimmie Johnson 408 -37 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 402 -43 5 Kyle Busch 392 -53 6 Kurt Busch 377 -68 7 Matt Kenseth 374 -71 8 Clint Bowyer 365 -80 9 Tony Stewart 356 -89 10 Ryan Newman 353 -92 11 Greg Biffle 343 -102 12 Denny Hamlin 339 -106 13 A.J. Allmendinger 335 -110 14 Mark Martin 334 -111 15 Juan Montoya 329 -116 16 Jeff Gordon 324 -121 17 Marcos Ambrose 320 -125 18 David Ragan 313 -132 19 Kasey Kahne 309 -136 20 Paul Menard 306 -139 21 Martin Truex Jr. 300 -145 22 Jeff Burton 282 -163 23 Joey Logano 279 -166 24 David Reutimann 279 -166 25 Brad Keselowski 277 -168 26 Jamie McMurray 275 -170 27 Bobby Labonte 271 -174 28 Brian Vickers 264 -181 29 Regan Smith 262 -183 30 David Gilliland 213 -232 31 Dave Blaney 191 -254 32 Casey Mears 190 -255 33 Robby Gordon 150 -295 34 Andy Lally* 127 -318 35 Tony Raines 109 -336 36 Bill Elliott 100 -345 37 Ken Schrader 73 -372 38 Terry Labonte 40 -405 39 J.J. Yeley 38 -407 40 Michael McDowell 37 -408
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