Coca-Cola 600 winners and losers

Take a look at the winners and losers following a wild Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway:

Denny Hamlin — After miserable luck to start the season, Hamlin escaped the multiple melees Sunday night to score his first win in the crown jewel event and second victory of the season. His No. 11 Toyota was on the bottom of a four-wide battle for the lead coming to the white flag in the first overtime. And while the other three drivers crashed, Hamlin scooted away and held on for the victory. Suddenly, Hamlin joins Ross Chastain and William Byron as the only multi-time winners in 2022. There remain 11 different winners after 14 points-paying races this year. Hamlin now has two straight top-five finishes following a fourth-place finish at Kansas.

Kyle Busch — Another driver who avoided chaos — despite a Lap 47 spin — was Busch, who barely avoided the crashing leaders in that first overtime session. Busch lined up behind Hamlin on the final restart and drove to Hamlin’s outside, but Hamlin’s charge into Turn 1 pinned Busch back in second place. Busch notched his third top-three finish in the past five races and fourth top 10 following a third-place finish two weeks ago in Kansas.

Kevin Harvick — Harvick scored his second top five in the past three races with a third-place finish at Charlotte. The day began as a struggle for the No. 4 team, which went under the hood for an adjustment early in the race and saw its car bring out the caution at Lap 221. His winless streak extends to 57 races, but the 2014 champion is starting to post better results again, meaning a trip to victory lane may be coming soon.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — The top-10 finishes keep rolling in for Stenhouse, who scored his fourth consecutive top 10 Sunday