Keselowski wins at Kansas
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Stretching his fuel mileage to the maximum, Brad Keselowski coasted across the finish line to win Sunday's STP 400 at Kansas Speedway.
In winning his first Sprint Cup race of the season and the second of his career, Keselowski got 57 green-flag laps out of his last tank of fuel. Keselowski prevented runner-up Dale Earnhardt Jr., his old boss at JR Motorsports, from ending a drought that reached 106 races. Denny Hamlin, who like Earnhardt was conserving fuel, came home third, followed by Jeff Gordon and series points leader Carl Edwards.
Keselowski's Penske Racing teammate, Kurt Busch, dominated the race, leading 152 of the 267 laps. But he had to pit late for fuel and finished ninth.
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Results
FIN | ST | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | PTS/BNS | LAPS | STATUS |
1 | 25 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 47/1 | 267 | Running |
2 | 28 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | 42/0 | 267 | Running |
3 | 15 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 42/1 | 267 | Running |
4 | 22 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 40/0 | 267 | Running |
5 | 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac "Now Hiring" | 40/1 | 267 | Running |
6 | 21 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Affliction Clothing: Live Fast | 38/0 | 267 | Running |
7 | 31 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 37/0 | 267 | Running |
8 | 13 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Glades / Office Depot | 37/1 | 267 | Running |
9 | 1 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | AAA | 37/2 | 267 | Running |
10 | 14 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M / Walgreens | 34/0 | 267 | Running |
11 | 10 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 33/0 | 267 | Running |
12 | 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's | 33/1 | 267 | Running |
13 | 19 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS "We Love Logistics" | 31/0 | 267 | Running |
14 | 17 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 30/0 | 267 | Running |
15 | 12 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 29/0 | 267 | Running |
16 | 4 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 28/0 | 267 | Running |
17 | 2 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 28/1 | 266 | Running |
18 | 27 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | American Ethanol | 26/0 | 266 | Running |
19 | 9 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Zecol / Menards | 25/0 | 266 | Running |
20 | 8 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 24/0 | 266 | Running |
21 | 18 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance / GoDaddy.com | 23/0 | 266 | Running |
22 | 23 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Tums | 22/0 | 266 | Running |
23 | 5 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 21/0 | 266 | Running |
24 | 11 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 20/0 | 266 | Running |
25 | 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 19/0 | 266 | Running |
26 | 35 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 18/0 | 266 | Running |
27 | 26 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | STP | 17/0 | 266 | Running |
28 | 20 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Clorox / Kleenex | 16/0 | 266 | Running |
29 | 6 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 15/0 | 266 | Running |
30 | 40 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Ford | U.S. Chrome | 0 | 265 | Running |
31 | 39 | 71 | Andy Lally * | Ford | TRG Motorsports | 13/0 | 265 | Running |
32 | 42 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Accell Construction | 12/0 | 264 | Running |
33 | 38 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell | 11/0 | 263 | Running |
34 | 30 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver's | 0 | 243 | Running |
35 | 24 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit | 0 | 190 | Running |
36 | 41 | 7 | Johnny Sauter | Dodge | Speed Energy | 0 | 101 | Brakes |
37 | 33 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 8/1 | 100 | Ignition |
38 | 32 | 46 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | Red Line Oil | 6/0 | 38 | Brakes |
39 | 29 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | Inception Motorsports | 5/0 | 37 | Brakes |
40 | 43 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Big Red | 0 | 34 | Ignition |
41 | 37 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | Victory Junction | 3/0 | 33 | Electrical |
42 | 36 | 181 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | WhitneysCollision.com | 0 | 20 | Rear Gear |
43 | 34 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports | 0 | 19 | Rear Gear |
* Denotes Rookie