By Matt Marr
Pole-sitter Kyle Larson led Ty Gibbs and the rest of the field to the green flag.
As green flag pit stops took place, on lap 38 a fire near Ty Gibbs’ pit stall delayed his scheduled stop, costing him the lead.
The caution came out at lap 50 for Jimmie Johnson spinning off of Turn 4 - this was Johnson’s first start since the Daytona 500.
Larson led the final 25 laps of Stage One to take the win on lap 80.
The third caution of the day came out as Christopher Bell went around in Turn Four and in a chain reaction collected Alex Bowman and John Hunter Nemechek.
Initially believing it to be a tire going flat, Kyle Larson lost a wheel during a caution on lap 173. Larson was held for a two-lap penalty, and further crew member suspensions will take place.
After Josh Berry spun and hit the wall for the second time of the race bringing out another caution, Ross Chastain and Michael McDowell led the field to the restart on lap 142.
Chastain hung on to win Stage Two.
Harrison Burton stole the lead from Bubba Wallace after the restart as another caution waved for Wallace and Chase Briscoe spinning in Turn Three on lap 173.
Chase Elliott took the lead going three wide off the restart with 33 laps to go over Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin.
Hamlin spun and crashed with 2 laps to go after fighting Elliott for the lead.
On the ensuing overtime restart, William Byron got into the back of Chastain bringing out the caution. However, the white flag had already been thrown, thus guaranteeing the victory for Chase Elliott and snapping his 42-race winless streak.
Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 Top 5:
1. Chase Elliott
2. William Byron
3. Brad Keselowski
4. Tyler Reddick
5. Daniel Suarez
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