Matt Kenseth ends a long day with his first trip to victory lane since 2013.
Matt Kenseth started first and ended the night in the same position. All he had to do in-between was endure three red flags due to rain, escape myriad incidents that took out several contenders and complete a flawless late restart to win Sunday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Persistent rain wreaked havoc on a race that was supposed to begin shortly after 1 p.m. ET, but didn't take the green flag until almost 90 minutes after its scheduled start. Two other showers forced NASCAR to put the Food City 500 under the red flag.
The last stoppage occurred following a wreck involving Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch and several others six laps from the finish. But before the race could restart, rain began falling and after having cars circle for several laps, officials called drivers to park on pit road.
Once the rain stopped, the race was decided by a green-white-checkered finish with Kenseth, Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman holding the top three positions. Kenseth got the jump on the restart and pulled away for his first victory of the season, snapping a 51-race winless streak dating to September 2013.
"It means a lot," Kenseth said of winning. "Last year was tough and not winning again this year had been tough. I've been trying to put myself in a position to finally get one."
Jimmie Johnson finished second, followed by Jeff Gordon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Newman.
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