After the repairs, the green flag was waived on lap-83 with Kyle Busch leading. Busch, in the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, realized he was not going to catch Martin Truex Jr. at the end of stage-1 visited Pit Road and was able to get out in front when the rest of the field went into the pits.
Just five-laps into the start of stage-2 another caution took place. On lap-88 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drives the #17 Fastenal Ford, got into the #3 Dow Chevrolet is driven by Austin Dillon on turn-4.
The fifth caution of the day lasted five laps with the green flag waiving on lap-93. Busch took over the stage from their opening a two-second lead on Kevin Harvick in the #4 Busch Beer Ford.
That lead would only grow for Busch, getting as large as 5.4-seconds on lap 140. On that lap, Denny Hamlin in the #11 FedEx Office Toyota was able to get by Harvick to take over second-place.
Busch finished the stage off duplicating Truex’s performance from stage-1, leading every lap of the 75-lap stage to secure the stage-2 victory and continuing a successful weekend that saw a NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in the Overton’s 200 on Saturday.
The stage win was the fifth of the season for Busch. Joining him in the top-five are Hamlin, Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Jimmie Johnson.
