Clint Bowyer ends 190-race winless streak at Martinsville

The final stage kicked off on Lap 272 of 500 with Ryan Blaney leading the way. Bowyer was able to slip by Kyle Busch for second on the restart and began to hunt Blaney down.

Just 14 laps later, he would take the lead for the first time and set sail. Blaney then fell back into the grasp of Busch and Denny Hamlin.

Back in the pack, things got heated between Joey Logano and Jimmie Johnson, leading to Logano commenting, "Should have wrecked him."

Bowyer's team was concerned about fuel after failing to get it filled at the end of the second stage, but a spin on Lap 384 by Jamie McMurray saved them from making an early stop. 

Bowyer kept the lead through pit stops and held the lead for the remainder of the race with Kyle Busch unable to run him down, settling for second.

“To come here, this is a place where I’ve gotten so close," said Bowyer in Victory Lane. "I wanted to win this grandfather clock so bad.

"Brian Pattie came over. We got so close back in 2012 and to see him and everybody – everybody on this team at Stewart-Haas Racing. Obviously, Harvick came on strong at the end of last year, but it was a learning year for our team, the 14 bunch.

"For whatever reason, it felt right driving up here. It’s such a cool place to be able to drive up through the countryside on a two-lane road and think about the race. I told him this morning, I was like, ‘Dammit, we’ve got to get our picture in victory lane.’ He told me he wanted a checkered flag.

"Let me tell you something, Gene Haas, Tony Stewart, to give this old dog a fresh chance and fresh blood with a new opportunity... finally to get the 14 in victory lane is just a weight off the shoulders.

"It’s been a long time. You start to question if you can get it done or not. To have it come at this place meant a lot."

Blaney was third, Martin Truex Jr. fourth and Kevin Harvick fifth. Logano, Alex Bowman, A.J. Allmendinger, Chase Elliott, and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top 10.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led
1	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	500		215
2	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	500	1.146	24
3	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	500	5.825	145
4	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	500	8.286	4
5	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	500	10.627
6	22	Joey Logano	Ford	500	12.071
7	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	500	14.646
8	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	500	15.234
9	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	500	15.475
10	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	500	15.939	1
11	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	500	16.756
12	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	500	16.858	111
13	21	Paul Menard	Ford	500	19.291
14	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	500	21.857
15	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	499	1 lap
16	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	499	1 lap
17	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	497	3 laps
18	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	497	3 laps
19	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	497	3 laps
20	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	497	3 laps
21	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	497	3 laps
22	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	496	4 laps
23	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	496	4 laps
24	95	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	496	4 laps
25	38	David Ragan	Ford	495	5 laps
26	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	495	5 laps
27	72	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	493	7 laps
28	96	D.J. Kennington	Toyota	493	7 laps
29	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	493	7 laps
30	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	493	7 laps
31	55	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	493	7 laps
32	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	488	12 laps
33	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	486	14 laps
34	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	486	14 laps
35	51	Harrison Rhodes	Chevrolet	482	18 laps
36	23	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	481	19 laps
37	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	481	19 laps
38	00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	211	289 laps