Coca-cola 600 top finishers

Sunday

At Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 136.692 mph

2. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota

3. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

4. (5) Brad Keselowski, Ford

5. (23) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet

Other Las Vegas finisher: Will Power giving owner Roger Penske his 17th win at the Brickyard.

Once Busch took the track, he quickly proved he would not be kept out of Charlotte’s Victory Lane again.

This race figured to be a match race between NASCAR’S two hottest drivers in Busch and Kevin Harvick.

Harvick had won five times, including the past two points events and the Allstar race here last week.

Instead, Harvick’s race ended early after an accident on lap 83. Harvick hit the wall, cut a front tire and trailed sparks on the track toward the garage.

Harvick showed off one of the best cars, rallying from starting 39th due to inspection problems this week to climb to fourth before his problems began.

“Happy” Harvick didn’t sound too broken up about his quick night. “I can’t complain about anything that’s happened this year,” said Harvick, who finished last. “We have to take the good with the bad.”