Harvick wins at Atlanta, Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Results

Kevin Harvick won the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Chase Elliott would begin the event on the pole thanks to a random draw and mead his first laps at the 1.5 mile while Kurt Busch had the unfortunate penalty of a drop to the rear and a pass through penalty to start the race after his car failed inspection three times. Busch would get the lucky dog on lap 25 during a competition caution.

Kevin Harvick again reminded everyone he is always a threat at Atlanta taking the lead and extending it during a round of green flag pit stops. Martin Truex Jr. would assume the lead from Harvick and go onto win the first stage.

Just before the midway point of stage two Clint Bowyer would be forced to pit for a tire issue placing him a lap down but green flag pit stops would end up benefitting him as his No. 14 car would move to the lead. Truex would work his way around Bowyer to reassume the lead.

With eight laps to go in the second stage John Hunter Nemechek would play a role in teammate Michael McDowell spinning on the front stretch to bring out a caution. Kyle Busch would assume the lead following pit stops but Truex wastes no time in retaking it and claiming the stage win.

Pit stops before stage three yielded the lead to Busch. Harvick would immediately pounce and retake the lead when the race went green.

In the end no one had anything for Harvick who claimed his 51st Cup Series race on crew chief Rodney Childers birthday moving into 12th on the all-time wins lead ahead of Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson.

Folds of Honor/QuikTrip 500 Results

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