[11] Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.379 and a speed of 190.282 mph (306.229 km/h) after only two rounds of qualifying were completed due to weather.

Under the caution, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson were sent to the tail-end of the field on the following restart for speeding on pit road.

Joey Gase brought out the sixth caution two laps later when he suffered a tire failure and slammed the wall in Turn 2.

[16] Kurt Busch's engine gave up on the frontstretch and that brought out caution #7 with two laps to go, forcing an overtime finish.

[17] Truex opted to stay out, while Kyle Busch, Larson and the other five drivers on the lead lap hit pit road.

[19] Larson with 4 fresh tires gave a shove to Truex coming to the green, giving him the lead going into Turn 1.

Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.