NASCAR Cup COTA results: Chastain wins
Ross Chastain became the newest winner in the NASCAR Cup Series after a wild last-lap at the Circuit of the Americas.
Chastain, who led a race-high 31 laps, took the checkered flag for the first time in his 121st NASCAR Cup Series starts.
After Allmendinger pushed him wide on the final lap, Chastain quickly returned the favor. Alex Bowman, who had joined the battle, was caught in the crossfire. Allmendinger spun and Bowman went off track, allowing Chastain to get away and capture the race win.
There were nine cautions during the race. Nine different drivers took turns out front and there were 13 lead changes.
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Laps Led | Retirement | Points | Bonus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:20'57.006 | 31 | ||||||
| 2 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:20'58.337 | 1.331 | 1.331 | |||||
| 3 | 20 | Christopher Bell |
Toyota | 69 | 3:20'58.877 | 1.871 | 0.540 | |||||
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:20'59.667 | 2.661 | 0.790 | |||||
| 5 | 8 | Tyler Reddick |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'00.040 | 3.034 | 0.373 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'00.464 | 3.458 | 0.424 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota | 69 | 3:21'00.880 | 3.874 | 0.416 | |||||
| 8 | 2 | Austin Cindric |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'01.003 | 3.997 | 0.123 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | 43 | Erik Jones |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'01.809 | 4.803 | 0.806 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'02.176 | 5.170 | 0.367 | |||||
| 11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'02.382 | 5.376 | 0.206 | |||||
| 12 | 24 | William Byron |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'02.705 | 5.699 | 0.323 | |||||
| 13 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'03.378 | 6.372 | 0.673 | |||||
| 14 | 6 | Brad Keselowski |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'04.169 | 7.163 | 0.791 | |||||
| 15 | 31 | Justin Haley |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'04.961 | 7.955 | 0.792 | |||||
| 16 | 38 | Todd Gilliland |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'05.157 | 8.151 | 0.196 | |||||
| 17 | 21 | Harrison Burton |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'05.567 | 8.561 | 0.410 | |||||
| 18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 69 | 3:21'06.276 | 9.270 | 0.709 | 3 | ||||
| 19 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'06.534 | 9.528 | 0.258 | |||||
| 20 | 42 | Ty Dillon |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'07.564 | 10.558 | 1.030 | |||||
| 21 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'07.566 | 10.560 | 0.002 | |||||
| 22 | 77 | Josh Bilicki |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'08.056 | 11.050 | 0.490 | |||||
| 23 | 41 | Cole Custer |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'08.253 | 11.247 | 0.197 | |||||
| 24 | 99 |  Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'08.494 | 11.488 | 0.241 | 15 | ||||
| 25 | 50 | Kaz Grala |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'08.993 | 11.987 | 0.499 | |||||
| 26 | 66 | Boris Said |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'12.804 | 15.798 | 3.811 | |||||
| 27 | 51 | Cody Ware |
Ford | 69 | 3:21'16.641 | 19.635 | 3.837 | |||||
| 28 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 69 | 3:21'25.221 | 28.215 | 8.580 | |||||
| 29 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 69 | 3:21'39.690 | 42.684 | 14.469 | |||||
| 30 | 14 | Chase Briscoe |
Ford | 69 | 3:22'46.479 | 1'49.473 | 1'06.789 | 2 | ||||
| 31 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 69 | 3:22'51.742 | 1'54.736 | 5.263 | 2 | ||||
| 32 | 45 | Kurt Busch |
Toyota | 69 | 3:23'25.217 | 2'28.211 | 33.475 | |||||
| 33 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger |
Chevrolet | 68 | 3:18'40.810 | 1 Lap | 1 Lap | 2 | ||||
| 34 | 27 |  Loris Hezemans |
Ford | 62 | 2:56'17.368 | 7 Laps | 6 Laps | |||||
| 35 | 15 | Joey Hand |
Ford | 60 | 2:53'40.502 | 9 Laps | 2 Laps | |||||
| 36 | 7 | Corey Lajoie |
Chevrolet | 57 | 2:40'43.746 | 12 Laps | 3 Laps | |||||
| 37 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Chevrolet | 52 | 2:24'30.837 | 17 Laps | 5 Laps | |||||
| 38 | 23 | Bubba Wallace |
Toyota | 44 | 2:08'33.994 | 25 Laps | 8 Laps | |||||
| 39 | 78 | Andy Lally |
Ford | 19 | 50'00.674 | 50 Laps | 25 Laps |
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