BY C. JEMAL HORTON and MICHAEL FREER
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COCA-COLA 600 RESULTS
1 Martin Truex Jr.
2 Joey Logano
3 Kyle Busch
4 Chase Elliott
5 R. Stenhouse Jr.
6 Chris Buescher
7 Alex Bowman
8 Jimmie Johnson
9 William Byron
10 Kevin Harvick
11 Aric Almirola
12 Corey LaJoie
13 Ryan Blaney
14 Paul Menard
15 David Ragan
16 Ryan Newman
17 Denny Hamlin
18 Daniel Suarez
19 Brad Keselowski
20 Matt Tifft
21 Daniel Hemric
22 Michael McDowell
23 Ty Dillon
24 Clint Bowyer
25 Bubba Wallace
26 Parker Kligerman
27 Kurt Busch
28 Quin Houff
29 BJ McLeod
30 Reed Sorenson
31 Ryan Preece
32 Joey Gase
33 Kyle Larson
34 Austin Dillon
35 Bayley Currey
36 Ross Chastain
37 Landon Cassill
38 Cody Ware
39 Matt DiBenedetto
40 Erik Jones
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