Brad Keselowski pulled off his best finish of the 2024 season after a wild race at Texas on April 14th, 2024, but it was a hard-fought second-place finish for the No. 6 NASCAR Ford Mustang Dark Horse. In fact, Keselowski almost wasn’t credited with second place thanks to a scoring discrepancy that forced officials to take a second look at the finishing order after the race was over.
During the second of two Overtime finishes, Keselowski was running behind the No. 9 Chevy Camaro ZL1 of Chase Elliott, the No. 1 Camaro of Ross Chastain and the No. 24 Camaro of William Byron. Chastain and Byron made contact after the white flag had waved, sending the former spinning down the track and forcing Keselowski to dive past both Bow Tie drivers to avoid incident. The yellow flag waved, ending the race, and at first Keselowski was credited as being in second place when the caution came out. However, shortly after, NASCAR rolled back that decision, putting Byron in second and Keselowski in third.
“I’m not sure we finished third,” Keselowski said after the race. “I’m gonna have to see the replay from NASCAR.”
Eventually, officials amended the finishing order again after reviewing footage along with scoring and timing results. They found Keselowski’s No. 6 NASCAR Ford was, in fact, in second place when the caution came out.
“We didn’t have a ton of speed, I was more frustrated than anything because I feel like we have a great team and we don’t have the speed to go with it and we’re doing all we can do to overcome that,” Keselowski said. “So proud of the team for the pit stops, the strategy and the execution [today].”
Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Camaro, won the race, snapping a 42-race winless streak. Chase Briscoe was the only other NASCAR Ford team to finish inside the top 10, taking the No. 14 Mustang across the line in sixth.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hooters Chevrolet | 276 | 39 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 2 | 22 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | BuildSubmarines.com Ford | 276 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 3 | 6 | 24 | William Byron | Liberty University Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 4 | 4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | The Beast Unleashed Toyota | 276 | 37 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 5 | 17 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Kubota Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 6 | 5 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Rush Truck Centers/Cummins Ford | 276 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 7 | 10 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | Columbia Sportswear Company Toyota | 276 | 5 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 8 | 15 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 9 | 35 | 8 | Kyle Busch | zone Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 10 | 16 | 77 | Carson Hocevar # | Premier Security Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 11 | 20 | 22 | Joey Logano | AAA Insurance Ford | 276 | 14 | Ford Mustang |
| 12 | 26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | HaasTooling.com Ford | 276 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 13 | 2 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 276 | 5 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 14 | 9 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 276 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 15 | 19 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Fifth Third Bank Ford | 276 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 16 | 36 | 16 | Ty Dillon(i) | Sea Best Seafood Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 17 | 3 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Rheem Toyota | 276 | 1 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 18 | 21 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Overstock.com Ford | 276 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 19 | 27 | 43 | Erik Jones | Dollar Tree Toyota | 276 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 20 | 38 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | South Point Hotel and Casino Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 276 | 77 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 22 | 23 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Schluter Systems Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 23 | 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Boost by Kroger/Blue Buffalo Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 24 | 32 | 51 | Justin Haley | Jacob Construction Ford | 276 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 25 | 8 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Discount Tire Ford | 276 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 26 | 18 | 71 | Zane Smith # | Ambetter Health Chevrolet | 276 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 27 | 33 | 15 | Kaz Grala # | N29 Capital Partners Ford | 276 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 28 | 29 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Freightliner Ford | 276 | 7 | Ford Mustang |
| 29 | 37 | 84 | * Jimmie Johnson | AdventHealth Toyota | 276 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 30 | 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Yahoo! Toyota | 276 | 37 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 31 | 28 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Long John Silver's Ford | 276 | 3 | Ford Mustang |
| 32 | 12 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Worldwide Express Chevrolet | 275 | 33 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 33 | 7 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Menards/Knauf Insulation Ford | 268 | 17 | Ford Mustang |
| 34 | 30 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Romco Equipment Co. Toyota | 226 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 35 | 13 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Love's/Fleetguard Ford | 143 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 36 | 25 | 4 | Josh Berry # | Miner DOCKS DOORS AND MORE Ford | 136 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 37 | 14 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 38 | 34 | 33 | * Austin Hill(i) | United Rentals Chevrolet | 98 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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