NASCAR: Michigan results, standings – Kevin Harvick wins again

Kevin Harvick secured his third win at Michigan International Speedway since the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season and his fifth win of the 2020 season in the FireKeepers Casino 400.

The lead for Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin atop the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series wins list did not last long, as Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick secured his fifth win of the year at Michigan International Speedway.

Harvick has now won at the four-turn, 2.0-mile (3.219-kilometer) oval in Brooklyn, Michigan in each of the last three seasons, as he has won three of the last four races at the track.

He held off Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski along with several other drivers on a number of late restarts and choose rule decisions to win today’s overtime-extended 161-lap race, which featured 12 lead changes among seven different drivers. He won the race by 0.284 seconds over Keselowski in his #2 Ford.

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Harvick, who won both stage one and stage two en route to the race victory, led a race-high 92 laps in his #4 Ford.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. rallied from an early flat tire and falling a lap off the lead lap to lead the Toyota drivers in third place in his #19 Toyota.

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney finished in fourth place in his #12 Ford ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch in fifth in his #18 Toyota. Busch had the lead late before contact with Harvick mired him back in the pack.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin finished in sixth place in his #11 Toyota ahead of Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott, who took the lead on a late restart but lost a lot of ground on the final one en route to a seventh place finish in his #9 Chevrolet.

Team Penske’s Joey Logano, Richard Petty Motorsports’ Bubba Wallace, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch rounded out the top 10 in eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #22 Ford, #43 Chevrolet and #1 Chevrolet, respectively.

Here are the full race results of the 2020 FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Race Results
1st – Kevin Harvick
2nd – Brad Keselowski
3rd – Martin Truex Jr.
4th – Ryan Blaney
5th – Kyle Busch
6th – Denny Hamlin
7th – Chase Elliott
8th – Joey Logano
9th – Bubba Wallace
10th – Kurt Busch
11th – Erik Jones
12th – Jimmie Johnson
13th – Christopher Bell
14th – William Byron
15th – Matt DiBenedetto
16th – Aric Almirola
17th – Matt Kenseth
18th – Tyler Reddick
19th – Clint Bowyer
20th – Chris Buescher
21st – Alex Bowman
22nd – Corey LaJoie
23rd – Ty Dillon
24th – Daniel Suarez
25th – Ryan Preece
26th – J.J Yeley
27th – Quin Houff
28th – Ryan Newman
29th – Michael McDowell
30th – Reed Sorenson
31st – Austin Dillon
32nd – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
33rd – Timmy Hill
34th – Cole Custer
35th – Garrett Smithley
36th – John Hunter Nemechek
37th – Brennan Poole
38th – James Davison

Here are the updated point standings.

NOTE: * = Drivers locked into the playoffs. Those drivers have all won races.

Rank – Driver: Points (Behind), (Wins/Playoff Points OR +/- cut line)
1st* – Kevin Harvick: 863 (0), (5 WINS, 29 PP)
2nd* – Brad Keselowski: 769 (-94), (3 WINS, 21 PP)
3rd* – Denny Hamlin: 736 (-127), (5 WINS, 29 PP)
4th* – Ryan Blaney: 735 (-128), (1 WIN, 8 PP)
5th* – Chase Elliott: 693 (-170), (1 WIN, 10 PP)
6th* – Joey Logano: 682 (-181), (2 WINS, 14 PP)
6th* – Martin Truex Jr.: 682 (-181), (1 WIN, 7 PP)
8th – Aric Almirola: 635 (-228), (+144)
9th – Kurt Busch: 619 (-244), (+128)
10th – Kyle Busch: 602 (-261), (+111)
11th* – Alex Bowman: 584 (-279), (1 WIN, 9 PP)
12th – Clint Bowyer: 532 (-331), (+41)
13th – Matt DiBenedetto: 531 (-332), (+40)
14th – William Byron: 507 (-356), (+16)
————PLAYOFF CUT LINE————
15th – Erik Jones: 491 (-372), (-16)
16th – Tyler Reddick: 488 (-375), (-19)
17th – Jimmie Johnson: 485 (-378), (-22)
18th* – Austin Dillon: 472 (-391), (1 WIN, 5 PP)
19th* – Cole Custer: 384 (-479), (1 WIN, 5 PP)
19th – Bubba Wallace: 384 (-479), (-123)
21st – Christopher Bell: 379 (-484), (-128)
22nd – Michael McDowell: 367 (-496), (-140)
23rd – Chris Buescher: 354 (-509), (-153)
24th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 351 (-512), (-156)
25th – John Hunter Nemechek: 327 (-536), (-180)
26th – Ryan Newman: 314 (-549), (-193)
27th – Ty Dillon: 306 (-557), (-201)
28th – Matt Kenseth: 294 (-569), (-213)
29th – Corey LaJoie: 266 (-597), (-241)
30th – Ryan Preece: 228 (-635), (-279)
31st – Daniel Suarez: 227 (-636), (-280)
32nd – Brennan Poole: 147 (-716), (-360)
33rd – Quin Houff: 116 (-747), (-391)

The next race on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule is scheduled to take place tomorrow afternoon at Michigan International Speedway as well. This race, the Consumers Energy 400, is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET.