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Ryan Blaney wins Stage 2 of the NASCAR playoffs. Blaney takes the lead and secures the stage win.
6 to go. Byron's lead is 1.3 second over second place Blaney.
Byron wins the race off of pit road, Blaney is second off pit road. #NASCAR
Blaney and Byron fighting really hard for the lead, and Blaney makes the car work extremely well on the bottom and maintains the top spot. #NASCAR
Blaney and Byron about leaning on each other for the race lead but Blaney will finally clear to the lead. #NASCAR
Another great battle for the lead, this time between Blaney and Byron. Looks like Blaney prevails for now. 92 laps to go.
Byron and Blaney side-by-side for the lead to open the final stage.
Ryan Blaney, William Byron, and Brad Keselowski are the first three off pit road. Denny Hamlin came off fourth and Kyle Larson is fifth (before the choose)
Ryan Blaney wins the race off pit road, followed by Byron and Keselowski. Then Denny Hamlin, as Kyle Larson lost two spots (P5). We've very much got a race here in Stage 3, folks.
Ryan @Blaney takes the lead and the Stage 2 win! #NASCARPlayoffs | NBC https://t.co/IMM8aTmBJ9
Ryan Blaney wins the second stage. Spirited battle with Kyle Larson, who fell off at the end of the run. William Byron got second too.
.@Blaney wins Stage 2
Blaney to the lead with 3 laps left in stage 2.
Blaney takes the lead with three laps left in the stage.
Kyle Larson getting very stalled out in traffic now, and suddenly Ryan Blaney is only 1.1 seconds behind as this long run nears an end (six to go in Stage 2).
Ryan Blaney is now in P2 ahead of Brad Keselowski. Larson-Blaney-Keselowski-Byron-Truex are top five.
Kyle Larson has led every lap of Stage 2 so far. Just over 50 laps to go in this stage. Brad Keselowski is trying to hang close, 2.3 seconds back. Green-flag pit stops about to start.
Keselowski now to P2 after a tight battle with Byron as Blaney lurks behind them. #NASCAR
Byron hounding the rear bumper of Larson for a bit here but Larson opens the gap again exiting Turn 4. Gap was 0.3 seconds at the line. Keselowski now all over Byron's bumper in a battle for second. #NASCAR
Leaders pit. Larson off first. Then Keselowski Byron Truex and Blaney
Ryan Blaney showing some strength early in this race. Passed William Byron for P3, still a way back from Brad Keselowski in P2 though. Larson up by 1.5 seconds with 15 laps to go in Stage 1, so his lead has shrunk slightly.
20 laps remaining in Stage 1. Larson now already out to a 2+ second lead and leaving everyone else in the dust.
Larson passes Keselowski for the lead. 26 laps left in the stage.
Kyle Larson has caught Brad Keselowski for the lead and swoops down low to make the pass out of Turn 4. New leader: Kyle Larson with 26 laps to go in Stage 1.
A few laps ago, Keselowski led Larson by 1.007 seconds. That gap now down to 0.3 seconds -- and now Larson at his door exiting Turn 2. New leader, Lap 54: Kyle Larson. #NASCAR
Larson has started to really close in. Under 6 tenths behind Keselowski for the lead, now. #NASCAR
Brad Keselowski is inching away from Kyle Larson and William Byron after that pit stop. He's up by 1.1 seconds now. Gotta say, when @bobpockrass picked Keselowski this morning I was skeptical, but looking good so far.
Brad Keselowski is the new race leader, he jumped Kyle Larson and William Byron on the pit cycle
Pit stops have cycled through and Keselowski takes the lead over Larson Byron Blaney and Truex.
After pit stops, Brad Keselowski is the leader.
Brad Keselowski jumped Kyle Larson during pit stops and stands to inherit the lead once it cycles through. Hamlin, Logano, Ty Dillon have not pitted yet.
William Byron gets to the inside line, and he gets around Truex for the race lead. #NASCAR
Another battle for the lead, and this time William Byron clears Martin Truex Jr. Three different leaders and three lead changes in the first 20 laps.
William Byron has raced up and passed Martin Truex Jr. for the lead on lap 20. #NASCAR
Byron around Truex to take the lead with 20 laps complete.
Here comes Kyle Larson...he's up to P4 now and chasing down Keselowski. William Byron has moved to P2.
Bubba Wallace and Martin Truex Jr. have been side-by-side for the race lead for three laps. Wallace now clear with the lead in Turn 1 on lap 4