NASCAR at Michigan 2015 Results: Winner, Standings, Highlights and Reaction

Kurt Busch emerged with the checkered flag at Sunday's storm-riddled Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway with just 138 of 200 laps completed because of severe weather.

It was an odd day all around, with multiple red flags and track-drying efforts as NASCAR's best completed just 55 laps over a little more than three hours, with the slick conditions and yellow cautions leaving only the most dedicated of fans in the grandstands.

Those drivers and their crews who best gambled ahead of more incoming storms gained the most, as Kurt Busch's late push instead of deciding to pit late in the race shows.

Here's a look at the entire top 10, with the full order available at NASCAR.com:

Position	Driver	Car No.
1	Kurt Busch	41
2	Dale Earnhardt Jr	88
3	Martin Truex Jr	78
4	Matt Kenseth	20
5	Joey Logano	22
6	Brad Keselowski	2
7	Jamie McMurray	1
8	Paul Menard	27
9	Trevor Bayne	6
10	Clint Bowyer	15

When it comes to standings, the event didn't shake up much. NASCAR.com provides a look at the updated leaderboard:

RK	DRIVER	POINTS
1	Kevin Harvick	576
2	Martin Truex Jr.	561
3	Joey Logano	520
4	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	508
5	Jimmie Johnson	506
6	Brad Keselowski	480
7	Jamie McMurray	464
8	Matt Kenseth	456
9	Kasey Kahne	447
10	Jeff Gordon	434

The storms impacted Sunday's proceedings with spouts of delays not even 10 laps into the event. Multiple red flags had drivers allowed to leave their cars, some even going up on set to join the broadcasters of Fox Sports 1 as the time passed.

Believe it or not, the race did pick up in pace in the late afternoon as storms subsided—but not without great cost to some drivers.

Take Kyle Busch, for example. Fresh off a Saturday triumph in the Xfinity Series event, the veteran came out of a lengthy red flag and hit a wet patch of track. Fox Sports 1 captured the accident, which ended Busch's day and puts a severe damper on his leaderboard hopes:

Busch wasn't the only major driver concerned about conditions, as FoxSports.com's Jay W. Pennell shared comments from Kevin Harvick:

Tony Stewart, who wound up finishing 28th, was also vocal about his displeasure. The race organizers seemed content to let some debris rest on the track in favor of getting to the halfway mark, which Stewart said hurt his car, per Richard Allen of RacingWithRich.com:

Speaking of the halfway mark, which meant the race could go official at the next sign of rain if organizers wanted to just call it a day: Danica Patrick seized the lead before finishing 16th after two laps led.

Around the 130-lap mark is when things escalated quickly, with more rain approaching and some drivers ready to pack it up and hope for better conditions next week.

Broadcaster Chris Myers captured these sentiments:

Before the storm hit, though, Harvick continued to battle with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson and a host of others.

For the leader, Harvick—owner of top-10 finishes in every race but one dating back to February—the storms and potential for more threw his strategy for a loop. With the officials potentially ready to call the race off early, the decision about whether to pit loomed as the most difficult of the day.

Allen captured the dilemma via radio:

One big name who did take the pit gamble late? Larson, who paid for it in a big way, finishing fifth after leading seven laps. That decision may loom large in the standings over the coming weeks.

When the caution did go up at Lap 136 because of rain, which morphed right into a red flag on account of lightning, it was Kurt Busch in the lead, with Larson, Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. hanging around hoping for the track to get dry.

NASCAR forecaster Aaron Studwell got up close and personal with the major storm, as did Fox reporter Jamie Little:

Landon Cassill, who finished 31st, joked about the conditions in Michigan:

"

If we can do the rest of this race as a swim, I think I'm good.

— landon cassill (@landoncassill) June 14, 2015"

Suffice it to say, officials didn't have any issues calling the race with perhaps a few hours of storms and track-drying festivities ahead of them.

As a result, Earnhardt Jr. wound up in second place after leading a single lap, helping his cause in the standings in a big way. Truex Jr., the surprise winner last week at Pocono Raceway, finished third, with Matt Kenseth and Logano not far behind.

For Kurt Busch, it's career win No. 27, his second victory of the year and his seventh top-10 finish. It's enough of a feat that he didn't seem to mind a makeshift Victory Lane inside a garage, as NASCAR recorded:

Up next for the winner and the rest of the Sprint Cup Series is the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, where drivers will hope for less rain and another chance to seize points and move around on the leaderboard.

Sunday was an event that may have made or broken a driver's championship push, although next week in Sonoma is another chance to right the wrongs or capitalize on newfound momentum.

Stats and info courtesy of ESPN.com unless otherwise specified.