JOLIET, Ill. (AP) The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway (all times local):
4:34 p.m.
Kyle Busch has won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, holding off Kyle Larson on a wild final lap.
It was Busch’s fifth win of the season and No. 48 for his career, matching Herb Thomas for 14th on the Cup Series’ list.
Busch moved into the lead on a restart with 58 laps to go, replacing Kevin Harvick at the front of the field. A hard-charging Larson passed Harvick, but he brushed the wall with seven laps left.
Larson kept going and was neck-and-neck with Busch on the final lap. They made contact a couple times, but Busch brushed him off on his way to the victory.
Busch was booed by the crowd when he got in the car. But Larson felt it was a fair finish.
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3:25 p.m.
Kevin Harvick has won the second stage of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Harvick went all the way up against the wall to pass Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kurt Busch near the end of the last lap of the stage. Harvick is going for his sixth win of the season.
Kyle Larson was third, followed by Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Blaney. Larson is trying for the weekend sweep after winning the Xfinity Series race on Saturday.
Busch is looking for his first win of the season in his No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. His brother Kyle has won four times.
Aric Almirola won the first stage and was in the lead before he had to pit on Lap 143 for a loose wheel.
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