Brad Keselowski showed early and often that his No. 2 Ford was the best car at Kentucky Speedway, dominating the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night to become the track’s first repeat winner.
The Penske Racing driver and 2012 race winner followed his record-breaking pole effort to lead 199 of 267 laps en route to his second victory of the season and 12th of his career.
Keselowski won from the pole for the first time, pulling away after rallying from sixth on a restart to chase down and pass leader Kyle Busch on Lap 248.
Busch was second, followed by Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who rallied from a 29th-place start.
POS. | CAR | DRIVER | MANUFACTURER |
1 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford |
2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota |
3 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet |
4 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota |
5 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet |
6 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet |
7 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet |
8 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet |
9 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford |
10 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet |
11 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet |
12 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet |
13 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford |
14 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford |
15 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet |
16 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet |
17 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford |
18 | 7 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet |
19 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet |
20 | 13 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet |
21 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet |
22 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet |
23 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota |
24 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet |
25 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford |
26 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Toyota |
27 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet |
28 | 26 | Cole Whitt | Toyota |
29 | 98 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet |
30 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford |
31 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford |
32 | 40 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet |
33 | 83 | Ryan Truex | Toyota |
34 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Ford |
35 | 33 | David Stremme | Chevrolet |
36 | 23 | Alex Bowman | Toyota |
37 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet |
38 | 66 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota |
39 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford |
40 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet |
41 | 93 | Mike Bliss | Toyota |
42 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota |