The Kevin Harvick show continued with his fifth victory of 2018 in Round 12 of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Kansas Speedway.
Harvick was only sixth when the KC Masterpiece 400 restarted for the final time with nine laps remaining after a fiery seven-car crash.
Martin Truex Jnr led the race at that point but was rounded up the by #4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford on the penultimate lap.
Harvick had fallen just short of winning Stage 1 when he was held out by Ryan Blaney (#12 Team Penske Ford) and also finished second in Stage 2, to Kyle Larson (#42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet).
He was prominent throughout the final stage before dropping a handful of positions with a four-tyre pit stop during the penultimate Caution with just over 15 laps remaining.
It wasn’t enough, however, to deny the 42-year-old a second straight win.
Truex Jnr got his second podium of the year in the #78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota, while Joey Logano rounded out the top three.
Logano had led late on when he did not pit during the second-last Caution, caused when Blaney hit Larson and then the wall, but the #22 Team Penske Ford was passed by Truex Jnr on the next green lap.
Larson lost a left-rear tyre in that incident but still managed to finish fourth, from Denny Hamlin (#11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota).
The rest of the top 10 was Paul Menard (#21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford), Erik Jones (#20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota), Kurt Busch (#41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford), Aric Almirola (#10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford), and points leader Kyle Busch (#18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota).
William Byron extricated himself from his wrecked #24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet after a heavy hit in the crash which caused the final Caution.
Byron got loose and tagged Clint Bowyer on his way to hitting the wall all but head-on, before landing on top of Ryan Newman’s #31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Bowyer still managed to take the #14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to 15th at the chequered flag.
The All-Star weekend is next up at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 18-19 (local time).
Replay: Byron triggers a seven-car crash
Replay: Final two laps and Harvick post-race interview
Results: KC Masterpiece 400, Kansas Speedway
| Pos | Num | Driver | Make | Laps | Led | Status |
| 1 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 267 | 79 | Running |
| 2 | 78 | Martin Truex Jnr | Toyota | 267 | 13 | Running |
| 3 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 267 | 6 | Running |
| 4 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 267 | 101 | Running |
| 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 6 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 7 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 8 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Ford | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 10 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse | Ford | 267 | 10 | Running |
| 12 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 13 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 14 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 15 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 267 | 0 | Running |
| 16 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 266 | 0 | Running |
| 17 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 266 | 4 | Running |
| 18 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 266 | 0 | Running |
| 19 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 265 | 0 | Running |
| 20 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 265 | 0 | Running |
| 21 | 95 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 264 | 0 | Running |
| 22 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 263 | 0 | Running |
| 23 | 43 | Darrell Wallace Jnr | Chevrolet | 262 | 0 | Running |
| 24 | 72 | Corey LaJoie | Chevrolet | 262 | 0 | Running |
| 25 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 260 | 0 | Running |
| 26 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 259 | 0 | Running |
| 27 | 55 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 259 | 0 | Running |
| 28 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 258 | 0 | Running |
| 29 | 23 | Gray Gaulding | Toyota | 257 | 0 | Running |
| 30 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 253 | 0 | Crash |
| 31 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 253 | 0 | Crash |
| 32 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 253 | 0 | Running |
| 33 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 252 | 0 | Crash |
| 34 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 252 | 0 | Crash |
| 35 | 51 | BJ McLeod | Chevrolet | 251 | 0 | Running |
| 36 | 6 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 250 | 0 | Crash |
| 37 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 247 | 54 | Crash |
| 38 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 247 | 0 | Crash |
Standings
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap | Starts | Wins | Pl’off pts |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 503 | 12 | 3 | 17 | |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 491 | -12 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Kevin Harvick | 484 | -19 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 396 | -107 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Kurt Busch | 393 | -110 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Clint Bowyer | 386 | -117 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Denny Hamlin | 380 | -123 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jnr | 376 | -127 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 365 | -138 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Kyle Larson | 356 | -147 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Aric Almirola | 342 | -161 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Jimmie Johnson | 286 | -217 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Erik Jones | 285 | -218 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Alex Bowman | 271 | -232 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Chase Elliott | 266 | -237 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ricky Stenhouse Jnr | 265 | -238 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Austin Dillon | 241 | -262 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Paul Menard | 240 | -263 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | William Byron | 229 | -274 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ryan Newman | 225 | -278 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Suarez | 223 | -280 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Darrell Wallace Jnr | 207 | -296 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | AJ Allmendinger | 200 | -303 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jamie McMurray | 194 | -309 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | David Ragan | 191 | -312 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Chris Buescher | 176 | -327 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Kasey Kahne | 165 | -338 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Michael McDowell | 158 | -345 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Matt DiBenedetto | 153 | -350 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 148 | -355 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Trevor Bayne | 145 | -358 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Gray Gaulding | 84 | -419 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Cole Whitt | 78 | -425 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Landon Cassill | 55 | -448 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DJ Kennington | 55 | -448 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Reed Sorenson | 31 | -472 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 28 | -475 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Corey LaJoie | 28 | -475 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Brendan Gaughan | 24 | -479 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Harrison Rhodes | 23 | -480 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Mark Thompson | 15 | -488 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Danica Patrick | 2 | -501 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Matt Kenseth | 1 | -502 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Derrike Cope | 1 | -502 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Justin Marks | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | David Gilliland | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Ross Chastain | 0 | -503 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Timothy Peters | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Cole Custer | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Joey Gase | 0 | -503 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | JJ Yeley | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Timmy Hill | 0 | -503 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Daniel Hemric | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Chad Finchum | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | BJ Mcleod | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Cody Ware | 0 | -503 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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