Custer’s No. 07 Ford clearly was the class of the field but slow stops on pit road repeatedly forced him fight back to the lead.
He restarted seventh on Lap 129 of 165 following a round of pit stops and grabbed the lead for the final time on Lap 145. Custer, however, then had to hold off a wave of challengers in three overtimes before securing his first series win since 2019.
Anthony Alfredo, who had the newest set of tires in the field, lined up alongside Custer on the final restart but Alfredo seemed to lose some of his advantage after waiting through a 23-minute red flag.
On the final restart, Alfredo briefly appeared to get pushed to the lead but Custer soon powered past him and held off Noah Gragson by 0.565 seconds for his 10th career win.
“It was just an awesome car. It was a rocket ship all day,” said Custer. “I can’t thank (team owner) Bobby Dotter enough and everybody who was involved on this car.
“It was just unreal how fast we were. It’s awesome to win…
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