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Martin Truex Jr. won the Goodyear 400 from Darlington Raceway on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Truex was dominant on Sunday, and won both stages while leading a race-high 248 laps.<\/p>\n

After the victory, Truex commented on how he became the first stage winner to finally take the checkered flag at Darlington.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve won a bunch of stages here the last couple of years; always lady luck got us,\u201d Truex said.\u00a0 \u201cReally proud of everybody on this Auto Owner\u2019s Camry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sean Gardner\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While dominant throughout the day, Truex had to hold off Kyle Larson over the final green-flag run.\u00a0 After Larson made up some time during the final green-flag pit cycle, he was able to chase down Truex as he worked his way through lapped traffic.<\/p>\n

Hamlin said the heavy traffic at the end of the race allowed Larson to challenge for the lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew the car would do what I wanted it to do, and I just had to manage those long runs,\u201d Truex said.\u00a0 \u201cIt was really loose that last run, and I was nervous with the 5 catching us.\u00a0 We got mired in some traffic there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larson said he was surprised he was able to challenge at the end of the race with how bad his car handled all afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cFelt like we were not very good all day, but I passed a lot of cars and found myself towards the front,\u201d Larson said.\u00a0 \u201cI was surprised I was able to get to him\u2026he was just a little better than I was on the long run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFun to come here to Darlington with low downforce and during the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unofficial results:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Martin Truex Jr.<\/li>\n
  2. Kyle Larson<\/li>\n
  3. Kyle Busch<\/li>\n
  4. William Byron<\/li>\n
  5. Denny Hamlin<\/li>\n
  6. Kevin Harvick<\/li>\n
  7. Chase Elliott<\/li>\n
  8. Ryan Blaney<\/li>\n
  9. Chris Buescher<\/li>\n
  10. Ryan Newman<\/li>\n
  11. Chase Briscoe<\/li>\n
  12. Tyler Reddick<\/li>\n
  13. Joey Logano<\/li>\n
  14. Christopher Bell<\/li>\n
  15. Ross Chastain<\/li>\n
  16. Austin Dillon<\/li>\n
  17. Alex Bowman<\/li>\n
  18. Erik Jones<\/li>\n
  19. Matt DiBenedetto<\/li>\n
  20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.<\/li>\n
  21. Bubba Wallace<\/li>\n
  22. Corey LaJoie<\/li>\n
  23. Daniel Suarez<\/li>\n
  24. Brad Keselowski<\/li>\n
  25. Ryan Preece<\/li>\n
  26. Anthony Alfredo<\/li>\n
  27. Michael McDowell<\/li>\n
  28. Justin Haley<\/li>\n
  29. JJ Yeley<\/li>\n
  30. Quin Houff<\/li>\n
  31. James Davison<\/li>\n
  32. BJ McLeod<\/li>\n
  33. Josh Bilicki<\/li>\n
  34. Cody Ware<\/li>\n
  35. Kurt Busch<\/li>\n
  36. Cole Custer<\/li>\n
  37. Aric Almirola<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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