The 26-year-old beat out Kyle Larson to secure his first Monster Energy Cup Series win in his 134th career start.

This could just be the beginning for Bowman, who said after the race the win was special.

“It’s all I’ve wanted my whole life,” Bowman said. “I feel like this is a lot of validation for a lot of people that said we couldn’t do this. So proud of everybody at Hendrick Motorsports, Axalta, Hendrick Engine Shop. My guys work so hard.”

The top-five were rounded out by Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski, respectively.

NASCAR results at Chicagoland Speedway

  1. Alex Bowman2. Kyle Larson 3. Joey Logano​4. Jimmie Johnson5. Brad Keselowski​6. Ryan Blaney​7. Erik Jones8. William Byron9. Martin Truex Jr.10. Austin Dillon11. Chase Elliott12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.13. Kurt Busch 14. Kevin Harvick​15. Denny Hamlin 16. Aric Almirola​17. Ryan Newman18. Chris Buescher​19. Daniel Hemrick20. Michael McDowell21. Paul Menard​22. Kyle Busch23. David Ragan24. Daniel Suarez25. Bubba Wallace26. Ross Chastain​27. Matt Dibenedetto​28. Ryan Preece​29. Matt Tifft​30. Corey LaJoie​31. Landon Cassill 32. Bayley Currey​33. Josh Bilicki​34. Reed Sorenson35. Ty Dillon36. B.J. McLeod37. Clint Bowyer38. Quin Houff

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