Denny Hamlin survived a wild finish to claim the Cheez-It 355 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen.
Hamlin took the 90-lap affair from Joey Logano with Brad Keselowski taking third place. It was the first road course victory of Hamlin’s career.
The race was red flagged with six to go after a crash involving Kevin Harvick, David Ragan and Pocono winner Chris Buescher.
On the restart with four laps remaining Martin Truex jr quickly slipped past Logano to take second.
Meanwhile Logano fell into the clutches of Keselowski as the pair traded blows in for a period before the latter prevailed to claim third.
Truex jr unleashed some aggressive moves on the final lap which ultimately saw him spin on the final turn before he crossed the line in eighth place after Keselowski made contact with the #78 Camry.
AJ Allmendinger was fourth followed by Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch.
With Jamie McMurray finished seventh while Trevor Bayne and Matt Kenseth completed the top 10.
The race was red flagged for the first time with a multi-car pile-up that saw Jimmie Johnson, Ricky Stenhouse jr and Greg Biffle eliminated with 38 laps remaining.
VIDEO: Race recap
RESULTS: Cheez-It 355 at the Glen – Watkins Glen International
| POS. | CAR # | DRIVER | MAKE | START | LAPS | LAPS LED | FINAL STATUS | POINTS | BONUS POINTS |
| 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 6 | 90 | 10 | Running | 44 | 4 |
| 2 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 7 | 90 | 8 | Running | 40 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 12 | 90 | 28 | Running | 40 | 2 |
| 4 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 9 | 90 | 0 | Running | 37 | 0 |
| 5 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 3 | 90 | 0 | Running | 36 | 0 |
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 5 | 90 | 4 | Running | 36 | 1 |
| 7 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 14 | 90 | 1 | Running | 35 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 10 | 90 | 0 | Running | 33 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 32 | 90 | 0 | Running | 32 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | 4 | 90 | 0 | Running | 31 | 0 |
| 11 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 17 | 90 | 3 | Running | 31 | 1 |
| 12 | 13 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | 20 | 90 | 0 | Running | 29 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 16 | 90 | 0 | Running | 28 | 0 |
| 14 | 88 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 21 | 90 | 0 | Running | 27 | 0 |
| 15 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Toyota | 1 | 90 | 25 | Running | 27 | 1 |
| 16 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 8 | 90 | 0 | Running | 25 | 0 |
| 17 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet | 11 | 90 | 0 | Running | 24 | 0 |
| 18 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 28 | 90 | 0 | Running | 23 | 0 |
| 19 | 21 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 19 | 90 | 0 | Running | 22 | 0 |
| 20 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 23 | 90 | 0 | Running | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 31 | 90 | 11 | Running | 21 | 1 |
| 22 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 33 | 90 | 0 | Running | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | 38 | Landon Cassill | Ford | 40 | 90 | 0 | Running | 18 | 0 |
| 24 | 32 | Boris Said | Ford | 37 | 90 | 0 | Running | 17 | 0 |
| 25 | 44 | Brian Scott | Ford | 27 | 90 | 0 | Running | 16 | 0 |
| 26 | 30 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | 39 | 90 | 0 | Running | 15 | 0 |
| 27 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 34 | 90 | 0 | Running | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | 98 | Cole Whitt | Toyota | 22 | 90 | 0 | Running | 13 | 0 |
| 29 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 2 | 89 | 0 | Running | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | 34 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 25 | 89 | 0 | Running | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 18 | 89 | 0 | Running | 10 | 0 |
| 32 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 15 | 83 | 0 | Accident | 9 | 0 |
| 33 | 23 | David Ragan | Toyota | 26 | 83 | 0 | Accident | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | 83 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | 35 | 83 | 0 | Accident | 7 | 0 |
| 35 | 7 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 29 | 77 | 0 | Running | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | 55 | Alex Kennedy | Chevrolet | 36 | 76 | 0 | Engine | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | 46 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 38 | 74 | 0 | Running | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 30 | 52 | 0 | Accident | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 24 | 52 | 0 | Accident | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 13 | 52 | 0 | Accident | 1 | 0 |
Points standings
| POS | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | STARTS | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | DNF |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 727 | Leader | 22 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Kevin Harvick | 718 | -9 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
| 3 | Kurt Busch | 689 | -38 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 670 | -57 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 |
| 5 | Carl Edwards | 653 | -74 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 652 | -75 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
| 7 | Denny Hamlin | 620 | -107 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jr | 612 | -115 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | Matt Kenseth | 600 | -127 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | Jimmie Johnson | 578 | -149 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| 11 | Ryan Newman | 562 | -165 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 12 | Chase Elliott | 561 | -166 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | Austin Dillon | 559 | -168 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 14 | Jamie McMurray | 550 | -177 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | Kyle Larson | 520 | -207 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 16 | Trevor Bayne | 512 | -215 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Kasey Kahne | 509 | -218 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | Ryan Blaney | 502 | -225 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 19 | AJ Allmendinger | 486 | -241 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 475 | -252 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 21 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | 461 | -266 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 22 | Paul Menard | 422 | -305 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Greg Biffle | 416 | -311 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | Danica Patrick | 413 | -314 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Clint Bowyer | 397 | -330 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | Tony Stewart | 389 | -338 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 27 | Aric Almirola | 379 | -348 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 | Casey Mears | 359 | -368 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Landon Cassill | 334 | -393 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Ragan | 295 | -432 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | Chris Buescher | 292 | -435 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 32 | Regan Smith | 278 | -449 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | Brian Scott | 267 | -460 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Michael McDowell | 256 | -471 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Cole Whitt | 225 | -502 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Matt DiBenedetto | 210 | -517 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 37 | Michael Annett | 202 | -525 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Josh Wise | 115 | -612 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | Reed Sorenson | 94 | -633 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Brian Vickers | 86 | -641 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Jeff Gordon | 69 | -658 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 61 | -666 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | Bobby Labonte | 51 | -676 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | David Gilliland | 46 | -681 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Michael Waltrip | 42 | -685 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Boris Said | 17 | -710 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Patrick Carpentier | 11 | -716 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Eddie MacDonald | 5 | -722 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Alex Kennedy | 5 | -722 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Robert Richardson | 3 | -724 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | Ty Dillon | 0 | -727 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Alex Bowman | 0 | -727 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Jeb Burton | 0 | -727 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Joey Gase | 0 | -727 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Ryan Ellis | 0 | -727 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Dylan Lupton | 0 | -727 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Cody Ware | 0 | -727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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