Cole Custer has his first Cup Series win. And no one saw it coming.
Custer passed Ryan Blaney, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. with a four-wide move at the white flag to win Sunday’s race at Kentucky and secure a berth in the playoffs.
Custer, a rookie, restarted sixth with two laps to go. Harvick and Truex were the top two and Truex gave Harvick a bump on the backstretch on the penultimate lap. Custer got a huge run off turns 3 and 4 as Blaney went to the inside of Harvick and Truex and Custer somehow cleared all three drivers into turn 1 on the final lap.