For Keselowski, the only negative lasting effect from the race – which was unexpectedly dominated by tire wear and tire management strategy – was smoldering remains of tire burning on his No. 6 Ford when the race ended. Like many, Keselowski was pushing his tires to the limit on the final roughly 50-lap run after a round of green flag pit stops. He managed to remain one of the five cars on the lead lap and captured a season’s best third place finish.
Although Goodyear brought the same tire combination to this race, the tire fall-off laid no rubber on the track, which resulted in unusually excessive tire wear. Midway through the race, NASCAR allowed Goodyear to provide teams with one additional set of tires but with many teams only able to go between 47-50 laps before developing problems, that big changes to the pace of the race and pit strategy.