Truex wins Stage 2 as Coca-Cola 600 hits halfway point

A long rain delay didn't back off Martin Truex Jr. as he commanded Stage 2 of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Truex gathered 10 indicates his race add up to and earned one playoff point for the fragment triumph.

"It's unquestionably a considerable measure harder this year," Truex stated, alluding to his predominance in a year ago's Coca-Cola 600. "The autos aren't driving so great. It's been a modest bunch throughout the night. The folks are making better than average alterations. That has been marvelous. Having a fabulous time around here. Far to go yet. We'll check whether we can't continue tuning on it and keep her up here."

Jimmie Johnson completed second, Matt Kenseth third, Kyle Busch fourth and Kurt Busch fifth. Adjusting the main 10: Jamie McMurray, Austin Dillon, Erik Jones, Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin.

Amid pit stops between Stages 1 and 2, Kevin Harvick left leading pit street taken after by Truex, Kenseth, Johnson and Kyle Busch. The race come back to green on Lap 108.

Truex dashed into the lead before the autos achieved Turn 1.

On Lap 125, Harvick made an unscheduled pit stop under green for four tires and fuel after he said he trusted he had a tire "falling to pieces." His group found he had a free left-raise wheel Harvick come back to the track one lap down.

Matt DiBenedetto hit the Turn 2 divider in the wake of slicing a tire to being out an alert on Lap 142. Not long after the alert was shown, NASCAR requested all autos to pit street as lightning was accounted for in the territory of the track.

The warning was shown on Lap 144 at roughly 7:54 p.m. ET. Harvick got the free go amid the alert and come back to the lead lap.

The race come back to alert one hour and after 40 minutes and come back to green on Lap 154.

Danica Patrick hit the divider on Lap 175 to draw out an alert. The vast majority of the lead-lap autos pit for tires and fuel, however Paul Menard stayed on the track to acquire the lead on the restart on Lap 180.

It look under two corners for Truex to control once again into the lead.