Denny Hamlin was surrounded by Joe Gibbs Racing teammates at the front on the final restart, and that put Chase Elliott in the most difficult and precarious of situations. Hamlin roared away with a push from behind from teammate Kyle Busch on the second shot at a green-white-checkered finish, and Elliott was unable to chase him down. The entire field got through the first playoff restart cleanly, but Keselowski ran out of room deep in the pack and nudged Suarez, sending him into the wall. Hamlin got a good jump on the restart, and Elliott dived low and got in line. Logano edged Hamlin in the playoff race a year ago.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 21, 2019 00:11 UTC