2024 Iowa Corn 350 odds, picks and predictions

Looking at the odds for Sunday’s 2024 Iowa Corn 350, with NASCAR expert picks and predictions.

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The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Iowa Speedway Sunday for the 2024 Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol. Green flag is scheduled to drop shortly after 7 p.m. ET (USA Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the 2024 Iowa Corn 350 odds, and make our expert NASCAR picks and predictions.

2024 Iowa Corn 350: What you need to know

Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson is on the pole for the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa after posting a best speed of 136.458 mph in qualifying
RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski goes off 5th on Sunday. He has 7 Xfinity Series races under his belt at Iowa, posting 3 wins, 6 top-5 finishes and an Average-Finish Position (AFP) of 3.0 with 332 laps led
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell also has an extensive history at Iowa from his Xfinity Series days, taking checkers twice in 5 races with 4 top-5 finishes and a 4.4 AFP
Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney starts on the outside of Row 1. He has an Xfinity Series win in 5 starts, while posting 3 top-5 finishes and a 5.4 AFP. Blaney also won a Truck Series race in 4 tries at Iowa
Hendrick’s William Byron has won an Xfinity race at Iowa in just 2 tries, leading 78 laps while posting a 5.0 AFP. He also won his only Truck Series start at Iowa. Byron goes off 4th on Sunday
Erik Jones has won once in an Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway, while also posting 2 wins in the Truck Series in 4 career starts
Other NASCAR Cup Series drivers in the field this week with an Xfinity Series win at Iowa include Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (3), Chase Briscoe (1), Chris Buescher (1), Kyle Busch (1) and Ryan Preece (1)
Ross Chastain didn’t make an Xfinity Series start at Iowa, but he has 6 runs in the Truck Series. He was a runner-up once, but he has a dismal 17.3 AFP in a truck, while posting just the 1 top-10 finish

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2024 Iowa Corn 350 – Expert pick

Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 1:37 a.m. ET.

It’s a good idea to focus on a driver who has been on the track before for a competitive race. While Larson (+400) tore it up in qualifying, WILLIAM BYRON (+1100) is a much better value to pick up the win at the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway.

Byron has the history at this track spanning longer than this weekend. He has picked up checkers in the Xfinity Series at Iowa Speedway, and he has a win in his lone start in the Truck Series. He has the chance at the trifecta Sunday.

2024 Iowa Corn 350 – Contender

BRAD KESELOWSKI (+1400) is worth a roll of the dice if you don’t take one of the favorites or Byron.

Keselowski has 7 races in the Xfinity Series under his belt at Iowa, and he has never finished lower than 8th place, while leading the pack for 332 laps. In 7 career starts, he has been inside the Top 5 on 6 occasions, with 3 checkered flags.

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Clock ticking for RFK to get both cars locked into Cup playoffs

The calendar is working against Brad Keselowski. “I think my goal that we set was to have it done by the middle of June – to have both cars locked into the playoffs,” Keselowski said at Iowa Speedway. “So, there’s still time.” Not exactly. While …

The calendar is working against Brad Keselowski.

“I think my goal that we set was to have it done by the middle of June – to have both cars locked into the playoffs,” Keselowski said at Iowa Speedway. “So, there’s still time.”

Not exactly. While there is still time to lock both cars into the playoffs, there’s not as much as Keselowski thought. Friday was June 14th, which took him by surprise. He was off on the date by a few days, thinking it was still early in the month.

“That’s less than I thought,” he laughed. “But we’re really happy with how competitive the cars are, how well the teams are clicking, and there is some happenstance involved in winning races and some performance. I think we have solid cars right now.

“Were we as fast as [Kyle Larson] last week? No, no, we weren’t. We weren’t anywhere close to that with either of our two cars, but I expect we’ll be very competitive over the next three weeks and have shots to compete for wins.”

There are divergent feelings within the two RKF Racing teams. Keselowski has a victory at Darlington and is locked into the postseason. It was his first since 2021 and first since aligning with Jack Roush.

“To some degree, I feel a little bit of personal weight off my shoulders,” Keselowski said. “But until we get both cars locked into the playoffs, we still have a big mountain to climb. Obviously, we’ve been very close to that with Chris [Buescher] and the No. 17 car with a number of second-place finishes and a really good run last week at Sonoma.

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“I’m eager to punch that through and have both cars locked in.”

The weight that left Keselowski landed on Buescher’s shoulders. The driver of RFK’s No. 17 is just above the playoff cutline by 32 points heading into Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350.

“It’s just a part of our sport,” Buescher said. “You reset those bags on your shoulders as soon as the year concludes in Phoenix, and you start all over again. We’ve been competitive to Brad’s point. One of the biggest goals I had going through the offseason was, ‘How do we make sure the first eight races are way more competitive than where we were last season?’”

In hindsight, Buescher & Co. gave up a lot of time going through that, but their ceiling is much higher now. He came up short in a few races in heartbreaking fashion, which, had they gone differently, could have been potential victories. There was contact with Tyler Reddick inside 10 laps to go at Darlington Raceway while he led, and he was on the losing end of NASCAR’s closest ever finish at Kansas Speedway.

Buescher described some of his chances at victory as being close but ending in “some catastrophic ways.” He has three top-three finishes on the year.

“We’ve got to capitalize and conclude one of these things,” Buescher said. “The bigger goal at the start of the season was how…we make sure that we’re locked in with a chance to win a championship [and] not just participate. We’re in a good spot, but we’re not in a great spot yet. We’ve got to go through these next handful of races and make all the pieces fit together and click right and, certainly, there has been some frustration on a lot of parts of it. But we’re doing our best to not let that continuously build up and get worse.”

Brad Keselowski thinks the NASCAR Cup Series should race in Toronto

Brad Keselowski thinks the NASCAR Cup Series should race in Toronto. Plus, Keselowski believes “multiple areas in Canada” would work too.

NASCAR is likely to have at least one big surprise on the 2025 Cup Series schedule, and it could be an international event. NASCAR is expected to have one international race on the Cup Series calendar in 2025. This would be a massive addition for NASCAR. However, which places or tracks do drivers want NASCAR to compete at in the Cup Series?

FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass asked several drivers, including [autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag], this question, and the answers were fascinating. Keselowski advocated for an international location, but it may not be somewhere that people expect.

“I feel like if we raced in Toronto, Canada — really multiple areas in Canada, we would experience that same sentiment,” Keselowski said. “Hopefully, one day, we’ll do that.”

NASCAR has been linked to Montreal, but a move to Toronto, Canada, would be really appealing. Toronto is a massive market that hasn’t been discussed as much as Montreal. Yet, Keselowski also said that multiple areas in Canada would be good for NASCAR. Toronto may be at the top of the list, but Canada, in general, deserves a NASCAR date.

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Brad Keselowski discusses the importance of NASCAR racing at Iowa Speedway

Brad Keselowski discusses the importance of NASCAR racing at Iowa Speedway. What did Keselowski have to say about NASCAR’s exposure in Iowa?

NASCAR is making a big return to Iowa Speedway, and there is excitement in the air. The NASCAR Cup Series has never raced at Iowa, but that will change when the green flag waves on Father’s Day night. The speedway should have been on the NASCAR calendar long ago, but the sport has progressed with its schedule-making over the years.

[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] is one of many drivers who agree. Keselowski talked to FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass about the importance of NASCAR racing in Iowa. It goes much further than the actual racing on the track.

“[Iowa] is exposing us to just a different part of the country, different region that’s hungry for our sport and it’s going to embrace us at all levels — whether it be the fans in the stands or the corporate partnerships,” Keselowski said. “I think we get caught up in this flashy New York City or pick your hot city of the day, and we forget sometimes to serve markets that already love us.”

RAISE THAT FLAG, BK 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/eX4F6Ej3Zq

— RFK Racing (@RFKracing) May 12, 2024

“That’s a tough balancing act that I have empathy for NASCAR when they make those decisions. But is nice to go somewhere like that, where the fan base is already there. They’re ready. They’re excited, and they’re committed to our sport.”

NASCAR fans in Iowa will finally get to prove how much they care about racing in their state. The Cup Series has never raced at Iowa, which was always a weird decision on the surface. NASCAR will grow even more when it commits to markets that care about the sport, and the decision to return to Iowa represents such a process.

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Early end to Coca-Cola 600 especially frustrating for Keselowski

Everyone wanted the Coca-Cola 600 to go the distance, but no one more than Brad Keselowski. “It’s pretty disappointing,” Keselowski said of his second-place finish in the weather-shortened race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “I felt like we had a car …

Everyone wanted the Coca-Cola 600 to go the distance, but no one more than Brad Keselowski.

“It’s pretty disappointing,” Keselowski said of his second-place finish in the weather-shortened race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “I felt like we had a car to win the race. We kind of ran down the 20 car [Christopher Bell] twice and just didn’t get to see it play out. So, it kind of slipped through our fingers there. I would have liked to have just had more laps and ran the Coke 600.”

Keselowski was scored second to Bell when the final caution flew on lap 245 for rain. It quickly escalated to a red flag for lightning and then a severe thunderstorm moved into the area. NASCAR declared the race official about two hours later.

“But all in all, I’m really happy with our performance,” Keselowski said. “The car was really fast. Our pit stops were phenomenal. We just didn’t get to see it through. I’m bummed for our team. I’m bummed for everybody, but the weather is what the weather is.”

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The RFK Racing driver started the night in 30th position. But by the end of the first stage, through speed and pit cycles, Keselowski was eighth. He was fifth at the end of the second stage.

As weather approached the area, the third stage came down to what ended up being the final pit stop under a lap 229 caution. Keselowski came off pit road second to Bell and restarted on the outside of the front row. But Bell dispatched the field and Keselowski missed his opportunity to be in the right place at the right time when weather ended the night.

Keselowski thought he had something for Bell…right before the conditions brought an end to the race. Motorsport Images

“I think everybody knew the situation,” Keselowski said. “I can’t claim ignorance to that. We were going as hard as we could. I feel like I needed another 10 laps or so to be able to make a pass, but that’s not how it played out.”

The effort was Keselowski’s second consecutive top-two finish on an intermediate track. Keselowski won the series’ most recent points race on an intermediate — Darlington Raceway — and was 11th at Kansas Speedway in the race prior. Between Kansas, Darlington and Charlotte, Keselowski combined for 39 laps led.

“It was good to be that fast,” he said. “You want to make it count with wins. You don’t want to be a sore loser for second, but it stings because I know we had a car to win today and if it doesn’t hurt, you’re in the wrong business. We’ve got a lot of work to do on our short track program and our road course program, but our mile-and-a-half stuff seems really good right now.”

NASCAR’s record fine quickly becoming quite the conundrum

Brad Keselowski believes NASCAR has found itself in a conundrum. A $75,000 fine to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earlier this week was the largest in history issued to a driver for fighting. As a result, NASCAR did the seemingly impossible in uniting the fan …

Brad Keselowski believes NASCAR has found itself in a conundrum.

A $75,000 fine to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earlier this week was the largest in history issued to a driver for fighting. As a result, NASCAR did the seemingly impossible in uniting the fan base and the garage area in the belief that the fine amount was surprising and contradictory to the sport continuously promoting the fight between Stenhouse and Kyle Busch.

On the one hand, actions have consequences. On the other, such actions also drive media attention.

“If I’m NASCAR, certainly I want to be careful about the message I’m sending through the garage area and even more than the garage area, through the other levels of the sport about what may or may not be acceptable,” Keselowski said. “I understand why they need to react, but then I also understand this competing agenda of [how] it garners attention whenever there are fights in the garage area because it communicates a level of passion, and passion itself is not a bad thing.”

NASCAR’s official YouTube page has multiple videos of the fight and its aftermath. The footage of Stenhouse and Busch in the garage has 275,000 views. There were also multiple posts about the fight, different angles of the altercation, in-car audio, and other related content on NASCAR’s social media pages.

The incident also reached mainstream media throughout the week. NASCAR issued its penalty to Stenhouse Wednesday. Ricky Stenhouse Sr. and two JTG Daugherty Racing crew members were issued suspensions.

“I think it’s just this spot that our sport is in where it’s like, ‘Hey, we want the attention. We want people to like us. We want people to talk about us,’” Keselowski continued. “We don’t always get that when we have great events. It seems kind of silly to me – we’ve had some great races this year, and some of the moments that I think we would like to break through as a sport to nontraditional media … doesn’t seem to do that.

“Then someone throws a punch and all of a sudden we’re on all kinds of traditional media. I just have a lot of empathy for NASCAR. If I was in their shoes, I don’t know how I’d handle it any differently.”

Chase Elliott knew that Stenhouse got fined but he was shocked in the Charlotte Motor Speedway media center at how much the fine ended up being.

“That’s a lot of money,” Elliott said. “That seems wild to me. Yeah, that seems like a lot for that situation.

“You’re going to fine him, but you’re going to promote with it? Like, what are we doing? That’s a little strange to me. … It’s not OK, but we’re going to blast it all over everything to get more clicks. I don’t really agree with that.”

JTG Daugherty Racing has until 5 p.m. ET Tuesday to appeal the penalties. In the meantime, Stenhouse continues to hear drivers like Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and others, and even the fans disagree with him being penalized for showing his emotion while bringing attention to the sport.

Daniel Suarez was one driver who reacted on social media soon after the fine was announced. He reposted the NASCAR tweet with the penalty details and said, “If it’s so wrong, then why is it all over NASCAR social channels? We should be allowed to show our emotions, I don’t get it …”

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Suarez reiterated his feelings when asked about them Saturday before practice for the Coca-Cola 600.

“I just think that it’s very important to show emotions and to show personalities,” he said. “We have had several conversations with many people in NASCAR at all different levels, and the fans want to see personalities. They want to see emotions. Who is Daniel Suarez? Who is Ricky Stenhouse? Who is Chase Elliott? Who are all these people?

“In my mind, if we go down this route, eventually, every single driver is going to act exactly the same because we can’t show anything. I don’t think it’s a good thing in the long run, but that’s just my opinion and I could be wrong. The other thing is, I felt that [the fine] was a little bit excessive.”

Ryan Preece also didn’t like the fine amount and said he wouldn’t be able to race because he wouldn’t be able to pay it. Joey Logano said all that matters is that NASCAR is consistent about what is OK to do and what is not, and what is the price to pay if a driver does do something.

NASCAR has not offered many details on the penalties as they await for the fine to be paid or the penalties to be appealed. But the indication was that they stemmed from how long Stenhouse had to calm down between what happened on the racetrack and confronting Busch.

NASCAR being criticized for perceived inconsistencies is not new. Denny Hamlin is hearing the same this week about the penalties but feels NASCAR has always reacted one way when it’s a heat-of-the-moment confrontation versus one that happens after some time has passed.

“Still, it’s kind of unprecedented from a number standpoint,” Hamlin admitted.

Promoting the same incident that resulted in penalties doesn’t surprise him either.

“That’s been going on for a really long time,” he said. “I think there have certainly been things that they quietly like to root for, but publicly they have to do something different because they don’t want it to get out of hand. I don’t know how much more it really gets out of hand. Certainly, I think with that dollar [amount] fine, you are going to have people think, ‘I don’t want that.’ So you might not get what you probably are hoping for if you’re NASCAR. It might hurt a little bit in that instance.

“But I think they are OK with general altercations. I think … it was the amount of time that elapsed between the incident and when (the fight) happened that got them off guard.”

Brad Keselowski reveals price to buy NASCAR Cup Series charter in 2024

Brad Keselowski reveals the price to buy a NASCAR Cup Series charter in 2024. Find out how much it will cost to purchase a NASCAR charter!

[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] has turned RFK Racing upside down since he joined the organization in 2022. Keselowski and Chris Buescher have each won races in the NextGen car, with the team owner recently winning at Darlington Raceway. This has created the question of whether RFK Racing could expand, and Keselowski has revealed the price if the organization wants to buy a charter for the 2025 NASCAR season.

According to Keselowski on the FOX Sports 1 pre-race show for the 2024 All-Star Race, it will “cost $25 to 30 million to buy a charter” for the 2025 season. This comes as Stewart-Haas Racing could sell its entire NASCAR operation, which includes four charters. The hot charter market is likely why prices have dropped since last year.

In 2023, Live Fast Motorsports sold its charter for approximately $40 million, a $10 to 15 million decrease. If Stewart-Haas Racing sells all four charters, it could reach a sale of $100 million-plus. RFK Racing could be one team looking into the possibility, but buying a charter will take around $25 to 30 million.

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Brad Keselowski talks about winning first race with RFK Racing at Darlington

Brad Keselowski talks about winning his first race with RFK Racing at Darlington Raceway. Find out what Keselowski had to say!

[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] entered Darlington Raceway with a 110-race winless streak after coming up short several times since joining RFK Racing. Keselowski almost saw that streak snapped at Talladega Superspeedway, but a bad block by Michael McDowell ruined his chances. Fast forward to May 12, and the driver of the No. 6 car found luck on his side.

Keselowski won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington after Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick had issues with under 10 laps to go. It was a shocking development that ended the 2012 Cup Series champion’s winless streak. Following the event, Keselowski talked about winning his first race with RFK Racing.

“Yeah, it’s a heck of a ride,” Keselowski said. “So much has changed over the last three years from when I walked in the door, and I see just a group that keeps getting stronger. It’s tough because I feel like there’s been a lot of two step forwards, one steps back, and you keep doing those and you keep doing those. Everybody kind of looks at it like, we just took these two steps forward, why are we taking another step back, and it leads to the next gain.”

REPOST TO CONGRATULATE BRAD KESELOWSKI ON HIS WIN AT DARLINGTON! The winless streak is over. pic.twitter.com/oeg2zQvKhf

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 12, 2024

“We took a pretty big step back over the off-season. It was with a lot of intentionality in a couple critical categories. We paid for that dearly to start the year and kind of lost some performance. But it was in the name of being able to do this right here: Win races honest and be competitive, and the two steps forward are just now being realized.”

Keselowski needed a little bit of luck to fall his way, but the No. 6 car was the fastest car at the end of the race either way. In fact, the No. 6 car was the fastest at the end of the Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, too. Keselowski and RFK Racing can finally take a deep breath after winning a race, but the best has yet to come.

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Keselowski finally finds victory lane once again at Darlington

A combination of stubbornness and patience paid off handsomely for Brad Keselowski on Sunday at Darlington Raceway, where the driver of the No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford ended a 110-race winless streak with victory in the Goodyear 400. …

Keselowski’s triumph, which came at the expense of hard-luck teammate Chris Buescher and pole winner Tyler Reddick, gave the Ford Dark Horse Mustang its first NASCAR Cup Series victory this season in 13 races and led to a heated exchange between Beuscher and Reddick on pit road after the fact.

It was also Keselowski’s first win as a principal in RFK Racing, his second at Darlington and the 36th of his career.

“What a heck of a day,” exulted Keselowski, who finished 1.214s ahead of runner-up Ty Gibbs. “It’s Darlington, so whether it’s your first win, your last win, this is a really special track. The history of NASCAR, it’s as tough as it gets, and that battle at the end with my teammate and Tyler Reddick, we just laid it all out on the line, it was freaking awesome.

“I thought it couldn’t get much better than Kansas. It did today. That was awesome. I’m so glad you guys got to see that (addressed to the fans). That was incredible. Thanks for being here.”

Keselowski was stubborn in the way he raced Reddick after the final restart on lap 261 of 293, aggressively staying beside the No. 45 Toyota and running him up the track in Turn 3.

For four straight laps, Keselowski and Reddick battled side-by-side, allowing Buescher to slip past into the lead at the start/finish line on lap 264. Reddick cleared Keselowski shortly thereafter and took off in pursuit of Buescher.

THEY GET TOGETHER FIGHTING FOR THE LEAD 👀 👀 pic.twitter.com/bagN3scMRo

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 12, 2024

That’s when Keselowski exercised patience as stayed within striking distance, waiting for the drama that unfolded ahead of him.

On lap 284, Reddick’s ill-timed bid for the lead went awry, and his No. 45 Camry slid up the track into Buescher’s Ford, pinning it against the outside wall in Turn 4. Both cars were damaged and unable to maintain pace, and Keselowski charged into the lead on Lap 285.

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— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 12, 2024

Buescher, still smarting from last week’s loss to Kyle Larson at Kansas in the closest finish in Cup Series history (0.001s), confronted Reddick on pit road after the drivers climbed from their cars.

“We got wrecked,” Buescher said later. “That one’s clear as day. Don’t need any cameras to tell us. I don’t know what to say. We’ve raced really clean through the years, tried to be really respectful about it, and we get used up.

“It (Reddick’s move) is just something that you know is not going to work. I’m just really [angry] about it right now. We certainly had a chance to win another one. I’m proud to have that speed. Just huge congratulations to Brad and the No. 6 bunch on their win. That’s awesome, but I wanted it for our group right here.”

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Reddick took responsibility for the incident and punctuated his conversation with Buescher with the words “I know. I [screwed] up—I’m sorry.”

Reddick elaborated after he and Buescher separated.

“I completely understand where he is coming from,” Reddick said. “He was running the top, running his own race, running his own line to keep me at bay. I made a really aggressive move and was hoping I was going to clear him. When I realized I wasn’t going to, I tried to check up to not slide up into him, but, yeah, I wish I wouldn’t have done that.

“I completely understand why he is that mad. He did nothing wrong. Just trying to win the race, and to take myself out—that’s one thing—I can live with that, but just disappointed it played out the way that it did, and I took him out of the race as well.”

All but lost in the late-race drama was Gibbs’ career-best second-place finish. The driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota also finished second in Stage 1 and third in Stage 2 behind respective stage winners Kyle Larson and Reddick.

Josh Berry finished third in his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, followed by Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe. William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Alex Bowman, Justin Haley and Michael McDowell completed the top 10.

Hamlin led one lap during a cycle of green-flag pit stops in the final stage, extending his streak of consecutive races with at least one lap led to 17.

Larson (34th on Sunday after a late-race crash) leads the series standings by 30 points over Martin Truex Jr., who finished 25th after suffering alternator issues.

RESULTS

Brad Keselowski wins Cup Series race at Darlington, full results and race recap

Brad Keselowski wins the NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. Check out the full results and race recap from Darlington!

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.

REPOST TO CONGRATULATE BRAD KESELOWSKI ON HIS WIN AT DARLINGTON! The winless streak is over. pic.twitter.com/oeg2zQvKhf

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 12, 2024

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