Matt Kenseth claimed his second NASCAR Sprint Cup win of the season by driving through the carnage of a last-lap pile-up at Talladega.
The Roush Fenway racer emerged up front after reigning champion Tony Stewart drove down on the charging tandem of Michael Waltrip and Kasey Kahne in an attempt to try and preserve the lead out of the final corner in a green-white-chequered finish.
The contact between Stewart's Chevrolet and Waltrip's Toyota ignited a multi-car accident that caught most of the field, including many of the title contenders.
Kenseth was racing for the lead immediately before the chaos and was able to come through unscathed to win his second restrictor-plate race of the season in his final year driving for Roush Fenway Racing.
Penske's Brad Keselowski drove through the carnage to finish seventh and increase his Chase lead over Jimmie Johnson, who was credited with 17th place after being among those involved in the crash.
Full report to follow...
Results - 189 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford 2h56m12.000s
2. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 1.819s
3. Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota + 2.384s
4. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 6.927s
5. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 8.137s
6. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 8.609s
7. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 12.474s
8. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 13.391s
9. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 14.996s
10. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 23.828s
11. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 24.231s
12. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet + 25.298s
13. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 25.785s
14. Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota + 25.928s
15. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 30.013s
16. Terry Labonte FAS Lane Ford + 35.183s
17. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 39.677s
18. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota + 42.410s
19. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 1m02.103s
20. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 1m09.307s
21. Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Ford + 1 lap
22. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 1 lap*
23. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota + 1 lap*
24. Sam Hornish Jr Penske Dodge + 1 lap*
25. Michael Waltrip Waltrip Toyota + 1 lap*
26. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 1 lap*
27. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 1 lap*
28. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 1 lap*
29. Dave Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet + 1 lap*
30. Landon Cassill BK Toyota + 1 lap
31. Michael McDowell Parsons Ford + 1 lap
32. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 2 laps
33. David Stremme Inception Toyota + 2 laps
34. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 5 laps*
35. Robert Richardson Jr R3 Chevrolet + 9 laps*
36. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 10 laps
Retirements:
David Reutimann Baldwin Chevrolet 163 laps
Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet 156 laps
Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet 98 laps
Cole Whitt Circle Sport Chevrolet 16 laps
Joe Nemechek NEMCO Toyota 12 laps
Timmy Hill NEMCO Toyota 8 laps
Josh Wise Front Row Ford 5 laps
* Not running at finish