Harvick weathers the storm at Bristol

Kevin Harvick has won the rain-delayed Night Race at Bristol; outlasting the opposition nearly 24 hours after the scheduled start time.

After getting through just under 50 laps on Saturday night, the race was completed in the late afternoon on Sunday after further rain delays, which included a red flag period late in the running.

“We should have won a lot of races this year but we just had things not go our way,” said Harvick.

“We made mistakes, or whatever the case may be. But, to get back into Victory Lane here at Bristol feels really good. We’ve had some good cars here over the last few years.”

The mixture of the weather and the always tough racing at Bristol brought a somewhat different looking top-5 with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., second, followed by Denny Hamlin, Austin Dillon and Chris Buescher.

For Buescher the result was critical as despite his win at Pocono, he must finish the regular season of the NASCAR in the top-30 in points. He now sits 30th, 13 points inside the cut-off line.

Kyle Busch led 256 laps, but was involved in a four-car wreck on Lap 357.

His car spun due to what the driver said was a, ‘broken part in the rear’ and was then drilled by Justin Allgaier to end his race.

Shortly thereafter, an 11-car wreck, triggered when Kurt Busch got loose and collected Brad Keselowski, thinned the field further.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series now heads to Michigan International Speedway next Sunday afternoon.

VIDEO: Race recap

RESULT: Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race – Bristol Motor Speedway

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MAKE	START	LAPS	LAPS LED	FINAL STATUS	POINTS	BONUS POINTS
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	24	500	128	Running	44	4
2	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Ford	25	500	0	Running	39	0
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	2	500	19	Running	39	1
4	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	13	500	0	Running	37	0
5	34	Chris Buescher	Ford	12	500	0	Running	36	0
6	19	Carl Edwards	Toyota	1	500	31	Running	36	1
7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	16	500	0	Running	34	0
8	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	28	500	0	Running	33	0
9	47	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	8	500	0	Running	32	0
10	22	Joey Logano	Ford	10	500	38	Running	32	1
11	88	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	11	500	0	Running	30	0
12	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	22	500	0	Running	29	0
13	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	19	500	0	Running	28	0
14	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	17	500	0	Running	27	0
15	24	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	6	500	14	Running	27	1
16	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	34	500	0	Running	25	0
17	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	18	500	0	Running	24	0
18	44	Brian Scott	Ford	30	499	5	Running	24	1
19	95	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	26	499	0	Running	22	0
20	38	Landon Cassill	Ford	32	497	0	Running	21	0
21	23	David Ragan	Toyota	37	497	0	Running	20	0
22	10	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	29	496	0	Running	19	0
23	78	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	7	496	0	Running	18	0
24	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	23	495	0	Running	17	0
25	13	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	21	495	0	Running	16	0
26	7	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	33	491	0	Running	15	0
27	55	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	36	489	0	Running	14	0
28	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	15	487	9	Running	14	1
29	32	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Ford	38	479	0	Running	12	0
30	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	27	471	0	Running	11	0
31	15	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	31	470	0	Running	10	0
32	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	20	458	0	Running	9	0
33	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	9	458	0	Running	8	0
34	98	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	35	442	0	Running	7	0
35	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	4	437	0	Running	6	0
36	30	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	40	416	0	Running	5	0
37	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	5	373	0	Accident	4	0
38	41	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	14	372	0	Accident	3	0
39	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	3	357	256	Accident	4	2
40	46	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	39	354	0	Accident	0	0

 

STANDINGS

POS	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	DNF
1	Kevin Harvick	762	Leader	23	2	10	18	2
2	Brad Keselowski	735	-27	23	4	10	14	0
3	Kurt Busch	692	-70	23	1	6	16	1
4	Carl Edwards	689	-73	23	2	7	14	4
5	Joey Logano	684	-78	23	1	9	15	3
6	Kyle Busch	674	-88	23	4	11	15	5
7	Denny Hamlin	659	-103	23	2	8	12	3
8	Martin Truex Jr	630	-132	23	1	3	10	1
9	Jimmie Johnson	612	-150	23	2	7	9	4
10	Matt Kenseth	604	-158	23	2	4	10	3
11	Austin Dillon	596	-166	23	0	4	10	1
12	Chase Elliott	588	-174	23	0	6	11	1
13	Jamie McMurray	583	-179	23	0	1	7	1
14	Ryan Newman	576	-186	23	0	1	7	2
15	Trevor Bayne	541	-221	23	0	2	5	0
16	Kyle Larson	537	-225	23	0	4	7	2
17	Kasey Kahne	537	-225	23	0	2	6	1
18	AJ Allmendinger	518	-244	23	0	2	5	3
19	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	514	-248	23	0	3	5	3
20	Ryan Blaney	508	-254	23	0	1	6	2
21	Dale Earnhardt Jr	461	-301	18	0	5	6	4
22	Greg Biffle	441	-321	23	0	1	3	5
23	Danica Patrick	432	-330	23	0	0	0	3
24	Paul Menard	431	-331	23	0	0	2	4
25	Clint Bowyer	407	-355	23	0	0	3	2
26	Aric Almirola	406	-356	23	0	0	0	4
27	Tony Stewart	400	-362	15	1	5	7	2
28	Casey Mears	375	-387	23	0	0	0	0
29	Landon Cassill	355	-407	23	0	0	0	0
30	Chris Buescher	328	-434	23	1	2	2	4
31	David Ragan	315	-447	23	0	0	0	4
32	Regan Smith	293	-469	23	0	1	2	4
33	Brian Scott	291	-471	23	0	0	0	3
34	Michael McDowell	278	-484	19	0	0	1	2
35	Matt DiBenedetto	234	-528	23	0	0	1	8
36	Cole Whitt	232	-530	20	0	0	0	4
37	Michael Annett	202	-560	22	0	0	0	3
38	Josh Wise	120	-642	19	0	0	0	5
39	Reed Sorenson	108	-654	15	0	0	0	4
40	Jeff Gordon	99	-663	4	0	0	0	0
41	Brian Vickers	86	-676	5	0	0	1	1
42	Jeffrey Earnhardt	73	-689	11	0	0	0	1
43	Bobby Labonte	51	-711	3	0	0	0	0
44	David Gilliland	46	-716	2	0	0	0	0
45	Michael Waltrip	42	-720	2	0	0	0	0
46	Boris Said	17	-745	1	0	0	0	0
47	Patrick Carpentier	11	-751	2	0	0	0	0
48	Eddie MacDonald	5	-757	1	0	0	0	0
49	Alex Kennedy	5	-757	1	0	0	0	1
50	Robert Richardson	3	-759	1	0	0	0	1
51	Ty Dillon	0	-762	8	0	0	0	0
52	Alex Bowman	0	-762	1	0	0	0	0
53	Jeb Burton	0	-762	2	0	0	0	0
54	Joey Gase	0	-762	3	0	0	0	0
55	Ryan Ellis	0	-762	3	0	0	0	0
56	Dylan Lupton	0	-762	1	0	0	0	0
57	Justin Allgaier	0	-762	1	0	0	0	1
58	Cody Ware	0	-762	0	0	0	0	0