Kevin Harvick is showing why he was a 9/4 favorite at the halfway mark of the race. The driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet has already led over 100 laps and is looking to both score his eighth win at Jeff Gordon Raceway and punch his ticket to the championship battle next Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Joey Logano runs second in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford and must win in order to battle for the championship again. Dale Earnhardt Jr. runs third in his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Carl Edwards runs fourth in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and Jeff Gordon rounds out the top-five in his No. 24 Pepsi Chevrolet. “Big Daddy” Gordon has been one of the stronger cars tonight despite lackluster runs in practice this weekend.
Martin Truex Jr. runs sixth in his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet and Kyle Busch runs seventh in his No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota. Pole sitter Jimmie Johnson runs eighth in his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet while Denny Hamlin runs ninth in his No. 11 FedEx Toyota. Kurt Busch has rallied back from his Lap 7 penalty to round out the top-10 in his No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet.
Brad Keselowski is the lowest running Chase driver in 12th.
The only car off track right now is the No. 62 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet of Timmy Hill.
The race been slowed only one time for the lap 40 competition caution.
We have passed the halfway mark, meaning the race is official if called due to rain. There’s still a small cell not too far to the southwest of the track. It’s expected to largely miss the track, but we could have brief showers from it.
