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
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