Keselowski was hanging around the middle of the pack for much of the race, but down the stretch he came on strong and was able to win holding off Alex Bowman who finished in second place for his third consecutive race.
The race was looking to be all but decided, but thanks to a caution on behalf of Matt DiBenedetto it was forced into overtime with four laps to go.
This was the first-ever overtime finish at Kansas Speedway in a spring race.
Keselowski got off to a great start on the restart and held off Bowman and Erik Jones in third.
“We just got a great launch, and Alex Bowman I’ll tell you, he’s going to win a race,” Keselowski told FS1 after the race. “He did a great job today, we just had a little bit fresher tires than he did and we were able to make the move on the outside there and just caught everything perfect and I’m so thankful.”
Kyle Busch’s run of top-10 finishes came to an end as he finished 30th.
Busch was making a push for the win, but he made contact with other cars on a restart which sent smoke off his car and forced him to pit and go to the back of the field. His streak comes to an end at 11.
NASCAR results at Kansas Speedway
- Brad Keselowski 2. Alex Bowman 3. Erik Jones 4. Chase Elliott 5. Clint Bowyer 6. Jimmie Johnson 7. Kurt Busch 8. Kyle Larson 9. Tyler Reddick 10. Chris Buescher 11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12. Aric Almirola 13. Kevin Harvick 14. Daniel Suarez 15. Joey Logano 16. Denny Hamlin 17. Austin Dillon 18. Daniel Hemric 19. Martin Truex Jr. 20. William Byron 21. Matt Tifft 22. Corey Lajoie 23. Ryan Newman 24. Paul Menard 25. Ryan Preece 26. Michael McDowell 27. David Ragan 28. Ty Dillon 29. Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. 30. Kyle Busch 31. Ross Chastain 32. Ryan Blaney 33. Bayley Currey 34. Quin Houff 35. Reed Sorenson 36. Matt DiBenedetto 37. Landon Cassill 38. Joey Gase 39. Timmy Hill 40. Cody Ware
