Kevin Harvick’s propensity to finish in second place continued Sunday. Harvick, who has won two Sprint Cup races, has also finished second in eight of the season’s first 14 events.
“I think everybody is probably frustrated that we didn’t win, but I think it’s ‘frustrated’ in a good way,” Harvick said. “It’s very rare that you can come to the race track and be in those positions every week. You want to be frustrated because we’re not winning, but in the end, you don’t want to be greedy, either … Second is better than 10th.”
Although Truex’s victory was the sixth consecutive triumph for a Chevrolet in a Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway, it was the first of the six not won by a Hendricks Motorsports driver.
Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson was no match for Truex or Harvick on Sunday, but rebounded from a cut tire to finish third. “To be leading that next group of cars with our right side knocked off and our splitter missing up front, it was a good result,” Johnson said. “Third is not the end of the world.”
Despite contending for much of the afternoon, Hendrick’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 11th and Kasey Kahne 13th – one spot ahead of Jeff Gordon.
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