CONCORD, N.C. — Martin Truex Jr. didn’t avoid ladders or black cats, never worried about cracking mirrors or stepping on cracks. Truex showed that in a big way Sunday night, leading a NASCAR-record 588 of 600 miles to win the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway — and break free of the bad luck that seemed to hit him when dominating races. A year ago at Charlotte, Truex led the most laps at 131, but fell to fifth when he pitted for fuel late and four cars, including winner Carl Edwards, stayed out. Kevin Harvick was second, followed by Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch. The one-car Furniture Row Racing outclassed an armada of multi-car Sprint Cup powerhouses. Harvick, who won at Charlotte in 2011 and 2013, was the best of the rest as he got by Johnson 44 laps from the end — yet never made a serious run at the top. Owner Roger Penske, who had a disappointing day at the Indianapolis 500, hoped to rebound with his NASCAR duo of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, who won the All-Star race at the track last weekend. [...] Logano was set back by a pit road penalty and Keselowski could never make a serious challenge. The four caution periods took up just 19 laps, leading to Charlotte records for fastest average speed (160.644 mph) and fastest race (3 hours, 44 minutes, 8 seconds).

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