Brad Keselowski (Team Penske) venceu no sábado (28/06), a The Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts, no Kentucky Speedway, 17ª etapa da NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Foi a 2ª vitória de Keselowski no ano, e 12ª na categoria. Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing) e Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing) completaram os três primeiros.
Após liderar o maior número de voltas na prova da Nationwide Series no sábado (138 de 200 voltas), e ter problemas durante um pit stop, terminando a prova em segundo, Keselowski voltou a dominar no Kentucky.
Mas ao contrário do dia anterior, o campeão de 2012 não teve problemas nas paradas. E após alinhar na pole, e liderar 199, das 267 voltas, venceu em Kentucky, pela segunda vez nos últimos três anos. Busch, lÁder em 31 voltas, terminou em segundo, seguido por Newman.
Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing) foi o quarto, seguido por Dale Earnhardt Jr.(Hendrick Motorsports).
LÁder do campeonato, Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports) terminou em sexto. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing), Kasey Kahne (Hendrick Motorsports), Joey Logano (Team Penske), que liderou 37 voltas, e Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports) fecharam os dez primeiros.
Gordon lidera o campeonato com 618 pontos. Johnson e Earnhardt Jr somam os mesmos 594 pontos, mas Johnson tem três vitórias contra duas de Júnior.
A próxima etapa acontece no Daytona International Speedway, no dia 05 de julho.
Final:Â Â Â
1. #2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske 267 voltas em 2h51m59s
2. #18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing + 1.014s
3. #31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing + 2.191s
4. #20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing + 3.895s
5. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Motorsports + 4.795s
6. #24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports + 5.198s
7. #4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing + 7.668s
8. #5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports + 11.495s
9. #22 Joey Logano Team Penske + 12.228s
10. #48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports + 14.145s
11. #14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing + 17.929s
12. #41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing + 18.613s
13. #9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports + 21.471s
14. #16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing + 21.891s
15. #27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing + 23.027s
16. #3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing + 27.518s
17. #99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing + 29.318s
18. #7 Michael Annett Tommy Baldwin Racing + 29.907s
19. #78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Racing + 30.632s
20. #13 Casey Mears Germain Racing + 31.350s
21. #10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing + 31.472s
22. #47 AJ Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing + 1 volta
23. #15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing + 1
24. #51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports + 1
25. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Roush Fenway Racing + 1
26. #55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing + 1
27. #36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing + 2
28. #26 Cole Whitt BK Racing + 3
29. #98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing + 4
30. #38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports + 4
31. #34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports + 5
32. #40 Landon Cassill Hillman Racing + 5
33. #83 Ryan Truex BK Racing + 6
34. #32 Travis Kvapil FAS Lane Racing + 8
35. #33 David Stremme Circle Sport + 10
36. #23 Alex Bowman BK Racing + 12
37. #1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates + 17
38. #66 Joe Nemechek Jay Robinson Racing + 28
39. #43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports + 92
40. #42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates + 192
41. #93 Mike Bliss BK Racing + 237
42. #11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing + 240
Campeonato:
1. (–) Jeff Gordon 618pts
2. (–) Jimmie Johnson 594pts (-24pts)
3. (–) Dale Earnhardt Jr. 594pts (-24pts)
4. (+1) Brad Keselowski 560pts (-58pts)
5. (-1) Matt Kenseth 555pts (-63pts)
6. (–) Carl Edwards 536pts (-82pts)
7. (–) Joey Logano 519pts (-99pts)
8. (–) Ryan Newman 514pts (-104pts)
9. (–) Kevin Harvick 509pts (-109pts)
10. (+1) Kyle Busch 508pts (-110pts)
11. (+1) Paul Menard 488pts (-130pts)
12. (-2) Kyle Larson # 474pts (-144pts)
13. (+2) Greg Biffle 474pts (-144pts)
14. (–) Clint Bowyer 473pts (-145pts)
15. (+1) Kasey Kahne 465pts (-153pts)
16. (+1) Tony Stewart 460pts (-158pts)
17. (-4) Denny Hamlin 455pts (-163pts)
18. (–) Austin Dillon # 455pts (-163pts)
19. (+1) Brian Vickers 442pts (-176pts)
20. (+1) Marcos Ambrose 438pts (-180pts)
21. (-2) Jamie McMurray 432pts (-186pts)
22. (+1) AJ Allmendinger 413pts (-205pts)
23. (-1) Aric Almirola 405pts (-213pts)
24. (–) Casey Mears 397pts (-221pts)
25. (–) Martin Truex Jr 385pts (-233pts)
26. (–) Kurt Busch 379pts (-239pts)
27. (–) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 339pts (-279pts)
28. (–) Danica Patrick 322pts (-296pts)
29. (–) Justin Allgaier # 300pts (-318pts)
30. (–) Michael Annett # 275pts (-343pts)
31. (–) David Gilliland 246pts (-372pts)
32. (–) Cole Whitt # 244pts (-374pts)
33. (–) Reed Sorenson 216pts (-402pts)
34. (–) David Ragan 211pts (-407pts)
35. (–) Alex Bowman # 196pts (-422pts)
36. (–) Josh Wise 188pts (-430pts)
37. (–) Ryan Truex # 122pts (-496pts)
38. (–) Travis Kvapil 108pts (-510pts)
39. (–) Michael McDowell 83pts (-535pts)
40. (–) Parker Kligerman 54pts (-564pts)
41. (–) Terry Labonte 44pts (-574pts)
42. (+1) David Stremme 43pts (-575pts)
43. (-1) David Reutimann 37pts (-581pts)
44. (–) Brett Moffitt 32pts (-586pts)
45. (–) Bobby Labonte 29pts (-589pts)
46. (–) Jeff Burton 27pts (-591pts)
47. (–) Juan Pablo Montoya 26pts (-592pts)
48. (–) Michael Waltrip 23pts (-595pts)
49. (–) Timmy Hill 19pts (-599pts)
50. (–) Dave Blaney 16pts (-602pts)
51. (–) Alex Kennedy 10pts (-608pts)
52. (–) Boris Said 9pts (-609pts)
53. (–) Tomy Drissi 6pts (-612pts)