Brad Keselowski won the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
from the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
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Keselowski held off Martin Truex Jr. in the closing
laps to pick up the victory. It was the first
race with NASCAR’s new rules package for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series,
and Keselowski said it was special that his team was able to win the first one.
“With the first race with the new rules…to be able to
win it is really special,” Keselowski said.
“I know everybody here is excited about that.”
With the victory, Keselowski passed Mark Donahue for
the most wins for Team Penske.
Keselowski said it was an honor to be on top of a list with some of the
most legendary drivers across all racing series.
“I think any win means a lot, but [60] is a big
number,” Keselowski said. “What a
tremendous honor.”
Truex fell just short of passing Keselowski. After the race, Truex said he was frustrated
with the way Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was racing the leaders in the closing laps.
“The 17 [of Stenhouse] rode in front of us forever and
ever just running the bottom,” Truex said.
“I told him I needed the bottom and these cars are just so bad in dirty
air.”
“Once I got around him I drove up to Keselowski in two
laps; just needed one more.”
Unofficial results:
1. Brad Keselowski
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Kurt Busch
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Clint Bowyer
6. Kyle Busch
7. Erik Jones
8. Aric Almirola
9. Chris Buescher
10. Daniel Suarez
11. Denny Hamlin
12. Kyle Larson
13. Ryan Newman
14. Paul Menard
15. Alex Bowman
16. David Ragan
17. William Byron
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19. Chase Elliott
20. Daniel Hemric
21. Austin Dillon
22. Ryan Blaney
23. Joey Logano
24. Jimmie Johnson
25. Ty Dillon
26. Matt DiBenedetto
27. Bubba Wallace
28. Matt Tifft
29. Corey LaJoie
30. Parker Kligerman
31. Ross Chastain
32. BJ McLoed
33. Cody Ware
34. Landon Cassill
35. Ryan Preece
36. Garrett Smithley
37. Michael McDowell
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