Truex survives overtime to win in Charlotte

Martin Truex Jr. has taken his second win of the 2017 NASCAR Playoffs as the Round of 12 got underway at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Truex faced two late-race restarts as the Bank of America 500 went into an overtime finish but held his nerve to secure a place in the Round of 8 and an extended championship lead.

The #78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota driver lead a total 91 laps, taking the lead for the final time in the round of pit stops which took place with just under 60 laps to go after Kyle Busch spun and brought out the yellows.

Truex led Kevin Harvick through the next stint of the race, following the Lap 284 restart, while Chase Elliott moved up from sixth to third.

Kyle Busch brought out another Caution when he hit the wall at Turn 2 with nine laps remaining, wiping out what had become a 1.5s lead for Truex.

He held the lead out of the pits while Denny Hamlin moved up from sixth to second and Elliott was a net neutral in third.

The race restarted on Lap 331 and Truex quickly gapped Hamlin before Kurt Busch brought out the 10th and final Caution when he made contact with Kyle Larson and spun.

However, Truex stayed in front at the Lap 336 restart, two laps beyond the scheduled distance, to lead the field home.

Elliott moved up to second and Harvick third, followed by Hamlin and Jamie McMurray, meaning that post-season drivers locked out the top five.

Harvick won both of the first two stages.

The series moves to the Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday 16 October (AEDT).

VIDEO: Race highlights

VIDEO: Truex in Victory Lane

Results: Bank of America 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway

Pos	Num	Driver	Make	Laps	Laps led	Status	Pts
1	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	337	91	Running	47
2	24	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	337	12	Running	53
3	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	337	149	Running	54
4	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	337	45	Running	43
5	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	337	4	Running	41
6	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	337	0	Running	33
7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	337	0	Running	34
8	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	337	0	Running	31
9	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	337	2	Running	28
10	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	337	12	Running	38
11	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	337	0	Running	38
12	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	337	0	Running	25
13	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	337	0	Running	24
14	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	337	0	Running	23
15	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	337	0	Running	22
16	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	337	0	Running	21
17	77	Erik Jones	Toyota	337	0	Running	20
18	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	337	0	Running	19
19	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	337	0	Running	18
20	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	337	0	Running	17
21	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	337	0	Running	16
22	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	337	0	Running	24
23	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	337	0	Running	14
24	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	337	0	Running	13
25	34	Landon Cassill	Ford	336	0	Running	12
26	22	Joey Logano	Ford	335	0	Running	11
27	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	335	0	Running	10
28	23	Corey LaJoie	Toyota	333	0	Running	9
29	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	331	22	Running	14
30	33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	330	0	Running	7
31	15	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	330	0	Running	6
32	51	B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet	326	0	Running	0
33	66	Timmy Hill	Chevrolet	326	0	Running	0
34	72	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	295	0	Running	3
35	95	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	293	0	Running	2
36	55	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	267	0	Running	1
37	38	David Ragan	Ford	263	0	Crash	1
38	10	Danica Patrick	Ford	263	0	Crash	1
39	83	Brett Moffitt	Toyota	89	0	Crash	0
40	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	43	0	Crash	1

Standings

Pos	Driver	Pts	Gap	Wins	Starts	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles
1	Martin Truex Jr.	3106		6	30	14	21	2
2	Kyle Larson	3072	-34	4	30	14	19	3
3	Kevin Harvick	3069	-37	1	30	10	18	4
4	Chase Elliott	3059	-47	0	30	9	17	1
5	Denny Hamlin	3056	-50	2	30	13	17	1
6	Kyle Busch	3055	-51	4	30	12	18	8
7	Jimmie Johnson	3051	-55	3	30	4	11	0
8	Jamie McMurray	3044	-62	0	30	3	16	0
9	Matt Kenseth	3043	-63	0	30	8	14	2
10	Brad Keselowski	3042	-64	2	30	12	17	2
11	Ryan Blaney	3039	-67	1	30	3	11	1
12	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	3034	-72	2	30	4	7	1
13	Austin Dillon	2086	-1020	1	30	3	4	0
14	Kasey Kahne	2074	-1032	1	30	3	5	0
15	Kurt Busch	2068	-1038	1	30	5	13	0
16	Ryan Newman	2068	-1038	1	30	6	11	0
17	Clint Bowyer	760	-2346	0	30	5	12	0
18	Joey Logano	752	-2354	1	30	9	14	1
19	Erik Jones	748	-2358	0	30	4	12	1
20	Daniel Suarez	686	-2420	0	30	1	12	0
21	Trevor Bayne	548	-2558	0	30	1	4	0
22	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	541	-2565	0	30	1	5	1
23	Paul Menard	507	-2599	0	30	2	3	0
24	Ty Dillon	489	-2617	0	30	0	0	0
25	Chris Buescher	464	-2642	0	30	0	3	0
26	A.J. Allmendinger	452	-2654	0	30	1	5	0
27	Michael McDowell	450	-2656	0	30	1	1	0
28	Danica Patrick	441	-2665	0	30	0	1	0
29	David Ragan	360	-2746	0	30	0	2	0
30	Aric Almirola	354	-2752	0	23	2	3	0
31	Matt DiBenedetto	312	-2794	0	30	0	2	0
32	Landon Cassill	307	-2799	0	30	0	0	0
33	Cole Whitt	276	-2830	0	30	0	0	0
34	Corey LaJoie	202	-2904	0	27	0	0	0
35	Reed Sorenson	125	-2981	0	24	0	0	0
36	Gray Gaulding	120	-2986	0	23	0	0	0
37	Jeffrey Earnhardt	115	-2991	0	28	0	0	0
38	Derrike Cope	36	-3070	0	13	0	0	0
39	Michael Waltrip	29	-3077	0	1	0	1	0
40	Billy Johnson	15	-3091	0	1	0	0	0
41	Boris Said	15	-3091	0	2	0	0	0
42	Gary Klutt	6	-3100	0	1	0	0	0
43	Cody Ware	6	-3100	0	5	0	0	0
44	Alon Day	5	-3101	0	1	0	0	0
45	Stephen Leicht	5	-3101	0	1	0	0	0
46	Kevin O’Connell	4	-3102	0	1	0	0	0
47	Tommy Regan	3	-3103	0	1	0	0	0
48	D.J. Kennington	2	-3104	0	2	0	0	0
49	Timmy Hill	0	-3106	0	15	0	0	0
50	B.J. McLeod	0	-3106	0	7	0	0	0
51	Brett Moffitt	0	-3106	0	6	0	0	0
52	Joey Gase	0	-3106	0	5	0	0	0
53	Ryan Sieg	0	-3106	0	5	0	0	0
54	Darrell Wallace Jr.	0	-3106	0	4	0	0	0
55	J.J. Yeley	0	-3106	0	4	0	0	0
56	Brendan Gaughan	0	-3106	0	3	0	1	0
57	Elliott Sadler	0	-3106	0	3	0	0	0
58	Regan Smith	0	-3106	0	2	0	0	0
59	Ross Chastain	0	-3106	0	2	0	0	0
60	Carl Long	0	-3106	0	2	0	0	0
61	Josh Bilicki	0	-3106	0	2	0	0	0
62	Ray Black Jr.	0	-3106	0	1	0	0	0