Martin Truex Jr. wins Stage 1 at Auto Club Speedway
By Staff Report
NASCAR.com
March 18, 2018
at 4:42 pm
Busch Pole Award winner Martin Truex Jr. grabbed the Stage 1 victory in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway.
Kyle Busch finished second after flanking Truex on the front row. Busch led 19 laps in Stage 1 after taking the lead away from Truex on Lap 11. Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five.
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The biggest news in Stage 1 occurred on Lap 37 when Kevin Harvick made contact with Kyle Larson on the backstretch, sending the No. 4 Busch Beer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford into the outside wall.
The Auto Club 400 is scheduled to run 200 laps, 400 miles. Stage 2 ends at Lap 120.
| Finish | Driver | Team | Race points |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | 10 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | 9 |
| 3 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | 8 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | 7 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | 6 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | 5 |
| 7 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | 4 |
| 8 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | 3 |
| 9 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | 2 |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | 1 |
Source: https://www.nascar.com
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