Brad Keselowski won the first stage of the Apache Warrior 400 at Dover International Speedway. He led for 29 of 120 laps for his fifth stage win of the season.
Brad @keselowski wins Stage 1 @MonsterMile! Kyle Busch second, Martin Truex Jr. third, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. fourth, & Danica Patrick fifth. pic.twitter.com/haJBQh5RmJ
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) October 1, 2017
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Kyle Busch was second, and Martin Truex Jr. was third. Truex led for 47 laps of the race.
The race was paused for 15 minutes after a red flag came out so crews could fix wrecked barrels.
Red flag to fix the barrels at the entrance of pit road. ?#NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/CFTgVqjJuZ
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 1, 2017
#NASCAR ... For those scoring at home ... red flag was 15 minutes, 9 seconds@NASCARonNBC
— Dustin Long (@dustinlong) October 1, 2017
It was a big first stage for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Stenhouse earned points, which is great news for him considering he's on the brink of being eliminated from the playoffs today.