Harvick led 177 of the 337 laps during the event, and appeared on his way to an easy win after passing leader Ryan Blaney with 17 laps remaining. But a caution for Joey Gase’s spin with three laps remaining set up an overtime restart.
Harvick took the top line on the overtime restart, and after Blaney pulled slightly ahead, Harvick rocketed past him and held on for the victory.
The win earns Harvick an automatic spot in the Championship 4 playoff finale at Homestead. It’s the 2014 NASCAR Cup champion’s fourth appearance in the playoff finale in the past five seasons.
Harvick now has eight victories in 2018, and 45 in his career.
“I’m really really proud of everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing for these cars we’ve had for five years now,” Harvick said.
Blaney held on to finish second.
“We got by him on one restart (with 33 laps to go), but I just couldn’t hold him off,” Blaney said. “He motored around me.”
Joey Logano, Erik Jones and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five.
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup results at Texas
- Kevin Harvick2. Ryan Blaney3. Joey Logano4. Erik Jones 5. Kyle Larson6. Chase Elliott7. Kurt Busch8. Aric Almirola9. Martin Truex Jr.10. Austin Dillon 11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.12. Brad Keselowski13. Paul Menard14. Alex Bowman15. Jimmie Johnson16. William Byron17. Kyle Busch18. Ryan Newman19. Jamie McMurray20. AJ Allmendinger21. Trevor Bayne22. Ty Dillon 23. Chris Buescher24. David Ragan25. Bubba Wallace26. Clint Bowyer27. Regan Smith 28. Daniel Suarez29. Michael McDowell30. Denny Hamlin31. Parker Kligerman32. Ross Chastain 33. Reed Sorenson34. Kyle Weatherman35. Landon Cassill36. J.J. Yeley37. Joey Gase38. Matt DiBenedetto39. David Starr40. Corey LaJoie
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