NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Brad Keselowski vence em Kentucky

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.

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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)