Brad Keselowski (Team Pesnke Ford) venceu neste domingo (24/03) a STP 500, no Martinsville Speedway, sexta etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a segunda vitória de Keselowski no ano, e 29ª na categoria. Chase Elliot (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) e Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) completaram os três primeiros.
Keselowski dominou a prova no oval de apenas 0,526 milha (0.847 km), vencendo os dois estágios, e liderando 446, das 500 voltas disputadas (incluindo as 127 finais). O campeão de 2012 recebeu a bandeira quadriculada com 0s594 de vantagem sobre Elliott. Busch foi o terceiro.
Ryan Blaney (Team Penske Ford) terminou em quarto, seguido por Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota).
Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford), Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford), Martin Truex Jr. (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota), Aric Almirola ((Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) e Daniel Suarez (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) completaram os dez primeiros.
Pole-position Joey Logano (Team Oesnke Ford) terminou na 19ª posição.
A próxima etapa acontece no Texas Motor Speedway, no dia 31 de março.
Final:
1 3 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 500
2 7 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500
3 13 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500
4 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 500
5 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500
6 4 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 500
7 10 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 500
8 8 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500
9 2 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 500
10 9 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 500
11 29 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500
12 19 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 500
13 22 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 500
14 16 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500
15 14 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 500
16 15 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 500
17 26 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 500
18 6 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 500
19 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 500
20 21 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 500
21 12 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 499
22 34 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 499
23 20 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 499
24 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 498
25 24 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 498
26 25 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 496
27 28 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 496
28 27 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 494
29 31 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 494
30 18 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 491
31 23 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 491
32 35 77 D. J. Kennington (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 489
33 32 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 489
34 30 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 365
35 36 52 Jeb Burton (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 163
36 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 55