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More than five hours after the green flag and more than 16 years after his first Coca-Cola 600 start, Denny Hamlin finally left Charlotte Motor Speedway with the Bruton Smith Trophy.

Ty Dillon Post-Race Thoughts: “Our Black Rifle Coffee Company team battled hard tonight. We showed adversity by overcoming numerous different obstacles - from starting the race with the steering being very tough to manage and almost having a left rear tire coming apart"...

THE MODERATOR: We are joined by our race winner tonight, Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Harvick earned his third top-five and seventh top-10 of the season. It was also his 10th top-five and 21st top-10 in 40 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Charlotte.

Late-Race Move Almost Pays Off For Austin Dillon and The No. 3 Bass Pro Shops / TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet Team

KYLE LARSON, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 9th - “Yeah, long race thankfully. The first half was a struggle for all of us, but I was especially frustrated with myself."

Race Rundown: Austin Cindric started sixth and finished 34th after cutting a left-rear tire. The extensive damage forced the No. 2 Menards/Cardell Cabinetry team to retire early from Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Denny Hamlin made a late move and survived an overtime restart battle with his teammate Kyle Busch to drive to his first 600-mile win at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Chris Buescher had his Fifth Third Bank Ford in position late in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600, but went for a scary ride after being collected in a multi-car incident. He walked away safely and was credited with a 26th-place finish.

Brad Keselowski’s Coca-Cola 600 ended prematurely Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway after he was collected in a multi-car incident just prior to halfway, relegating the Kohler Generators Ford to a 30th-place finish.