The NASCAR Cup Series arrived at Darlington Raceway, and the racing was as intense as usual. Tyler Reddick won the first two stages and had a really fast car, but contact with Chris Buescher while fighting for the lead ended his chances. Then, Buescher had a tire go down, which ended his chances of redemption from Kansas Speedway. At the end of the day, it was a new face in victory lane.
[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] won the Goodyear 400 at Darlington for his first victory of the 2024 NASCAR season. Keselowski passed Buescher and Reddick as luck finally went his way. The RFK Racing driver broke a 110-race winless streak dating back to his days at Team Penske. Keselowski arguably had the best car at the end of the race at Darlington as well.
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Keselowski has come up just short in agonizing fashion several times since joining RFK Racing, which makes this win even sweeter. It has almost been exactly three seasons worth of races for the driver of the No. 6 car to return to victory lane, and it came at one of the toughest race tracks on the NASCAR calendar.
Goodyear 400 finishing order:
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 4 Josh Berry
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 14 Chase Briscoe
- No. 24 William Byron
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 51 Justin Haley
- No. 34 Michael McDowell
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 9 Chase Elliott
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 10 Noah Gragson
- No. 38 Todd Gilliland
- No. 7 Corey LaJoie
- No. 41 Ryan Preece
- No. 15 Kaz Grala
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 22 Joey Logano
- No. 21 Harrison Burton
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 99 Daniel Suarez
- No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
- No. 77 Carson Hocevar
- No. 8 Kyle Busch
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 16 Derek Kraus
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 31 Daniel Hemric
- No. 5 Kyle Larson
- No. 71 Zane Smith
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney