Coke 600: Martin Truex Jr. wins after wild four-wide pass

Truex lined up third on a restart with five go and as the field moved off Turn 2, a four-wide battle erupted for the lead with Truex emerging with the lead.

It was an improbable conclusion to the race for Truex, who had brought out a caution early in the race after hitting the wall.

"That was just incredible - what a race," Truex said after exiting his No. 19 Toyota on the frontstretch. "This is for everybody who gave their life so we could be here doing this tonight. 

"What a hell of a team - we never gave up on it. I thought we were done. We blew a tire and hit the wall. We never gave up on it. Just kept fighting, just kept fighting.

"What a race there at the end. That was pretty wild."

Asked at what point he thought he had a car with which he could win, Truex deadpanned, "Before I hit the fence the first time. Before I blew a tire, I was like, 'This thing is unbelievable.' Then it was really tight and we freed it up and then it was too loose. 

"I just thank Cole (Pearn, crew chief) and all the guys. We're gaining on it."

The win is the third of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for Truex – all in the last five races – and 22 of his career.

Kyle Busch finished third, Chase Elliott was fourth and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. completed the top-five.

Rounding out the top-10 were Chris Buescher, Alex Bowman, Jimmie Johnson, William Byron and Kevin Harvick.

Stage 4

Following the break between Stages 3 and 4, all of the lead-lap cars elected to pit with Elliott the first off pit road.

On the restart on Lap 308, Elliott was followed by Truex, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney and Stenhouse.

Off Turn 4 on Lap 309, Kurt Busch wrecked and made contact with Kyle Busch which brought out a caution. Harvick also received some minor damage in the incident.

On the restart on Lap 315, Elliott remained in the lead, followed by Truex, Kyle Larson, Blaney and Logano.

Larson appeared to get loose after contact with Truex in Turn 2 on Lap 316 and triggered an accident that also collected Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and Ryan Preece which brought out another caution.

“I got a bad restart and put myself back where I shouldn’t have been,” Larson said. “I just screwed up.”

Only a handful of cars elected to pit and on the restart on Lap 324, Elliott remained in the lead followed by Truex, Blaney, Logano and Bowman.

With 60 laps remaining, Elliott maintain a small advantage over Truex. Blaney ran third, Logano fourth and Brad Keselowski in fifth.

On Lap 343, Truex cleared Elliott after the two made slight contact to retake the lead.

With 45 laps to go, several drivers began a round of green flag pit stops, which would be their final stop needed for fuel.

Denny Hamlin hit the wall on Lap 358 and the debris on the track brought out a caution. All of the lead-lap cars pit, with Truex the first off pit road.

On the restart on Lap 366, Truex led the way followed by Elliott, Stenhouse, Blaney and Newman.

Logano, who had not been in contention most of the race, powered into the second position on Lap 368.

With 30 laps remaining, Truex held a small lead over Logano with Blaney in third and Kyle Busch had moved up to fourth.

After 380 laps, Truex still held a slight advantage over Logano with Blaney still in third. Kyle Busch remained in fourth and Stenhouse ran fifth.

With 10 laps to go, Keselowski spun off Turn 4 and down the entrance to pit road to bring out a caution. Just before his spin, Blaney had headed down pit road under green for a bad vibration.

Most of the lead-lap cars elected to pit but David Ragan stayed out and inherited the lead. Ryan Newman was the first off pit road thanks to a two-tire stop and lined up second.

On the restart on Lap 396, Truex lined up third, Kyle Busch fourth and Elliott fifth.

#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led
19	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	400		116
22	Joey Logano	Ford	400	0.330
18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	400	1.421	79
9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	400	1.770	43
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	400	2.374
37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	400	2.561
88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	400	3.178	8
48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	400	3.338
24	William Byron	Chevrolet	400	3.461	31
4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	400	3.819	14
10	Aric Almirola	Ford	400	3.840
32	Corey Lajoie	Ford	400	4.357
12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	400	4.605	2
21	Paul Menard	Ford	400	4.631
38	David Ragan	Ford	400	5.196	3
6	Ryan Newman	Ford	400	6.083
11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	400	30.888	21
41	Daniel Suarez	Ford	399	1 lap
2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	398	2 laps	76
36	Matt Tifft	Ford	398	2 laps
8	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	398	2 laps	7
34	Michael McDowell	Ford	398	2 laps
13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	397	3 laps
14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	397	3 laps
43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	396	4 laps
96	Parker Kligerman	Toyota	396	4 laps
1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	396	4 laps
77	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	396	4 laps
53	B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet	395	5 laps
27	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	389	11 laps
47	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	343	56 laps
66	Joey Gase	Toyota	334	66 laps
42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	315	84 laps
3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	315	84 laps
52	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	245	154 laps
15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	134	265 laps
00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	108	291 laps
51	Cody Ware	Ford	51	348 laps
95	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	47	352 laps
20	Erik Jones	Toyota	22	377 laps