Denny Hamlin holds off Kyle Busch to win wild NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 in overtime

CONCORD, N.C. — Denny Hamlin held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in overtime Sunday night to win the longest — and perhaps wildest — Coca-Cola 600 in history.

Hamlin won for the 48th time in the Cup Series.

«It is so special,» Hamlin said. «That is the last big one that is not on my resume. We weren't very good all day but got ourselves in the right place at the right time.»

NASCAR's longest and most grueling race lasted more than 5 1/2 hours and took 413 laps to complete. There were 18 caution flags, and 16 drivers failed to finish. The race featured a 12-car wreck and a crash that sent Chris Buescher's car flipping over five times before stopping upside down.

Defending race champion Kyle Larson appeared ready to win the race in regulation before Chase Briscoe crashed trying to pass him with two laps to go in regulation.

In the overtime period, Larson had the inside lane on the restart, but Austin Dillon got a push from the second row and soon was running four-wide along with Larson, Hamlin and Ross Chastain.

A crash ensued involving several cars, including Larson and Dillon.

«I got a little loose and tried to make it stick,» Dillon said. «It didn't quite work out there. I had to do what I had to do to win the race given where we are in points. We had a shot there to bring home another 600.»

On the next restart, Hamlin took the lead and held off Busch for the win. Kevin Harvick finished third, and Briscoe was fourth.

There was a huge wreck on lap 192 where Ryan Blaney, who won last weekend's All-Star race, got too low on the apron on the bottom of the track and spun back up the track. That started a chain reaction that caught up 12 cars, sending some of NASCAR's top stars — Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Bubba