Kevin Harvick finished second while Joey Logano, Paul Menard, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top five.

[15] Martin Truex Jr. missed the first practice session and qualifying after Sherry Pollex, his longtime girlfriend and business partner, underwent surgery to treat her ovarian cancer.

21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing in place of Trevor Bayne, who was competing in the Nationwide Series event at Mid-Ohio.

Ryan Truex was involved in a hard wreck seven minutes into the second practice session; he lost control of his car, overcorrected and hit the wall head on in turn two.

Following his heavy practice crash, BK Racing driver Ryan Truex was taken to hospital, complaining about a headache and shoulder pain.

He later stated that he was "not going to take a chance", in light of his high positioning in the Camping World Truck Series points.

[22] The race restarted on lap eight, and was able to run cleanly until a competition caution, which had been necessitated following overnight rain showers.

The race restarted on lap 25, but the caution flag flew almost immediately, after Danica Patrick started spinning in turn 1.

Justin Allgaier, Michael Annett, Trevor Bayne, Matt Kenseth, Martin Truex Jr. and Yeley were all involved in the crash.

Jimmie Johnson, who had stayed out along with Newman during the second caution, managed to move ahead of him prior to the yellow flag coming out, and thus assumed the lead.

The caution flew for the fifth time on lap 97 after Kyle Larson blew a right-front tire and hit the wall in turn 4.

Before the completion of a full lap of racing, the caution flags flew once again, when Brian Vickers got loose and spun in turn four.

Gordon stated that he had "got a really good restart, and I got to his quarter panel in Turn 1 and I was able to drag him back and it allowed me to get the momentum and get by him".