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Kansas City, Kan. • Martin Truex Jr. finally ended his string of rotten luck at Kansas Speedway. Danica Patrick was left to rue more bad luck of her own.

Truex pulled away from Ryan Blaney and Kevin Harvick on a late restart Saturday night, winning the NASCAR Cup Series race that he seemed to dominate every year without reaching victory lane.

"They're all so special, honestly. These races are so hard to win," said Truex, who had a fluke tire change problem rob him of the win after leading 172 laps last year. "Any of those restarts I could have gotten beat on. You never know what's going to happen."

Brad Keselowski made a pass on the final lap to take second, followed by Harvick and Blaney. Kyle Busch rounded out the top five after winning the Truck Series race Friday night.

"We were really good all day and just never had a chance to show it," Keselowski said. "Every time we had a chance to pass cars and cycle up front, something happened, which was a real bummer. Toward the end we made some runs and made the most of it."

The race was halted with 67 laps to go when a broken brake rotor turned Joey Logano's car into Patrick, sending her hard into the fence in the first turn. Aric Almirola had nowhere to go and slammed into Logano, the force of the impact lifting his car into the air.

Logano and Patrick were treated and released from the infield care center, while Almirola was airlifted to the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was conscious and alert.

"I hope Aric is OK. He's definitely feeling the worst of everybody," Patrick said. "NASCAR does everything it can to make it safe for everybody but these things happen."

Patrick has had little fortune on the track, crashing out of the past four races and failing to finish five times this season.

The race tied a track record with 15 cautions, and the last of them for a spin involving Jimmie Johnson bunched up the field with two laps to go. Truex dived to the bottom and roared from the rest of the field, ensuring there would be no more misfortune for him at Kansas. —

NASCAR results

Monster Energy Cup Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway City, Kan. length: 1.50 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (3) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 267 laps, 57 points.

2. (17) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 41.

3. (8) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 267, 38.

4. (1) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 267, 51.

5. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267, 48.

6. (9) Kyle Larson, Chevy, 267, 47.

7. (15) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 267, 30.

8. (12) Jamie McMurray, Chevy, 267, 36.

9. (30) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 267, 28.

10. (16) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 267, 27.

11. (4) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 267, 26.

12. (14) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267, 28.

13. (35) Michael McDowell, Chevy, 267, 24.

14. (22) Ty Dillon, Chevy, 267, 23.

15. (31) Kasey Kahne, Chevy, 267, 28.

16. (11) Austin Dillon, Chevy, 267, 21.

17. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 267, 20.

18. (20) Chris Buescher, Chevy, 267, 19.

19. (6) Kurt Busch, Ford, 267, 19.

20. (33) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevy, 267, 17.

21. (36) Landon Cassill, Ford, 267, 16.

22. (32) Erik Jones, Toyota, 267, 0, 17.

23. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 22.

24. (29) Jimmie Johnson, Chevy, 267, 18.

25. (37) Reed Sorenson, Chevy, 267, 12.

26. (26) Cole Whitt, Chevy, 266, 11.

27. (38) Corey Lajoie, Toyota, 265, 10.

28. (39) Timmy Hill, Chevy, 259, 0, 0.

29. (10) Chase Elliott, Chevy, 258, 8.

30. (21) AJ Allmendinger, Chevy, 257, 7.

31. (40) Carl Long, Chevy, 256, 0.

32. (23) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 243, 5.

33. (27) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevy, 243, 4.

34. (25) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 231, 3.

35. (18) Paul Menard, Chevy, accident, 202, 2.

36. (24) Danica Patrick, Ford, accident, 199, 1.

37. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, accident, 199, 2.

38. (13) Aric Almirola, Ford, accident, 199, 1.

39. (28) Derrike Cope, Chevy, engine, 179, 1.

40. (19) Ryan Newman, Chevy, garage, 154, 1. Average Speed of Winner: 117.640 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 24 minutes, 16 seconds. Margin of Victory: 1.1 seconds. Wins: J.Johnson, 2; B.Keselowski, 2; M.Truex, 2; Ku.Busch, 1; K.Larson, 1; J.Logano, 1; R.Newman, 1; R.Stenhouse, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Larson, 475; 2. M.Truex, 431; 3. B.Keselowski, 408; 4. C.Elliott, 361; 5. J.McMurray, 354; 6. K.Harvick, 347; 7. Ky.Busch, 325; 8. J.Johnson, 323; 9. J.Logano, 320; 10. C.Bowyer, 317; 11. R.Blaney, 291; 12. D.Hamlin, 289; 13. R.Stenhouse, 276; 14. T.Bayne, 250; 15. Ku.Busch, 246; 16. K.Kahne, 242.