C’è sempre una prima volta e Kasey Kahne ne sa qualcosa: il driver della Hendrick Motorsports, infatti, si aggiudica la gara di Charlotte della Nascar Sprint Cup, il primo successo da quando fa parte della squadra dieci volte vincitrice della Sprint Cup Series.
Per la Hendrick Motorsports si tratta della terza vittoria nel giro di tre settimane, anche se nelle due precedenti occasioni, a Darlington e Charlotte nell’All-Star Race, era stato Jimmie Johnson l’artefice.
Dietro a Kahne troviamo, a completare il podio, Denny Hamlin e Kyle Busch, per una doppietta tutta all’insegna del Joe Gibbs Racing.
Di seguito l’ordine d’arrivo al termine dei 400 giri:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet 3h51m14.000s
2. Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota + 4.295s
3. Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota + 10.676s
4. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 16.010s
5. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 19.174s
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 22.533s
7. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 24.561s
8. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 26.083s
9. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 27.239s
10. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 1 lap
11. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 1 lap
12. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 1 lap
13. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota + 2 laps
14. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 2 laps
15. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 2 laps
16. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 2 laps
17. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 2 laps
18. Landon Cassill BK Toyota + 2 laps
19. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 2 laps
20. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 2 laps
21. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 3 laps
22. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 3 laps
23. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 3 laps
24. Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Ford + 3 laps
25. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 3 laps
26. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 3 laps
27. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet + 4 laps
28. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota + 4 laps
29. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 5 laps
30. Danica Patrick Stewart/Baldwin Chevrolet + 5 laps
31. TJ Bell FAS Lane Ford + 10 laps
32. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 33 laps
33. AJ Allmendinger Penske Dodge + 39 laps
Retirements:
Mark Martin Waltrip Toyota 338 laps
David Ragan Front Row Ford 281 laps
Michael McDowell Parsons Ford 228 laps
Scott Speed Leavine Family Ford 136 laps
David Stremme Inception Toyota 86 laps
Stephen Leicht Little Joe's Chevrolet 74 laps
Dave Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet 54 laps
Joe Nemechek NEMCO Toyota 47 laps
Cole Whitt Turn One Chevrolet 33 laps
Josh Wise Front Row Ford 15 laps