Ladies and gentlemen. Come one. Come all this Sunday Sept 18th at 2PM (on ESPN for those on the couch) to Chicagoland Speedway for the first stop in our 10 race Chase to the Sprint Cup trophy. Where feuds may be settled. Where dreams may crash. Where beatin' and bangin' are just boys having at it. Where one and only one will walk away with that trophy. Let the introductions begin.

CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY - Located in Joliet, Illinois, it's a 1.5 mile tri-oval with 18 degrees of banking in the turns. An average race is 14.8 lead changes, 7 cautions for 30 laps and 29.7 laps in a green flag run. But of course with all the body style changes and different tires Goodyear keeps bringing there's really no average race this year. So crew chiefs will have many sleepless nights till this is over trying to figure out how to factor in all the changes.

NASCAR STOCK CAR - Weighing in at around 3500 LBs with full tank and driver. Has a manual 4 speed hooked up to a carbureted V8 that can put out around 850 horses. Plans to change over to fuel injection are in the works  2012. When racing at Talladega and Daytona a restrictor plate is put in under the carburetor to keep speeds at or under 200 mph. Tires provided by Goodyear and fuel by Sunoco.

SPRINT CUP CONTENDERS

   1. KYLE BUSCH - 2012 points / 1 Pole / 4 Wins / 13 Top 5's / 16 Top 10's - Hometown - Las Vegas Nevada. Crew chief -Dave Rogers. Drives the #18 M&M's Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (Yes. Coach Joe Gibbs). Started his full time ride in 2005 with Hendrick Motor Sports. His extreme drive to win at all costs or wreck doing so got him replaced and he ended up at JGR in 2008. He drives in the Nation Wide Series as well as owns 2 trucks in the Camping World series which he drives one. With all the distraction of driving in all 3 NASCAR series plus his on track altercations usually due to fighting over track real estate as well as his publicized run in with Richard Childress's fist and 128 mph speeding ticket on a public street this summer, add in all the other non NASCAR events he races in and you'd wonder just how he keeps it together to be at the top right now. I for one am surprised. This kid is only 26 years old and has broken records. I could write a book on him but I'll leave it to his fans. CHANCE TO BE THE CHAMP? If he can keep his temper in check, his feud with Kevin Harvick in check and nobody decides to accidently on purpose help him into the wall for one of the many pay backs he's owed, then he has a chance. 

   2. KEVIN HARVICK - 2012 points / 0 Poles / 4 Wins / 7 Top 5's / 13 Top 10's - Hometown - Bakersfield, CA. Crew chief - Gil Martin. Drives the #29 Budweiser Chevy for Richard Childress Racing. Started his Cup ride in 2001 in Dale Earnhardt Sr's car after his passing in a Daytona wreck. The cars number was changed to #29 and the #3 has been on ice ever since. He's known as a good closer. He'll race as hard as he needs to wherever the car will race till changes can be made. This is known as big picture racing. Known as Happy Harvick, he can be anything but happy. Rather sarcastic in interviews at times. Once he told a reporter he thought Jimmie Johnson had a golden horseshoe lodged up his ass. This was in reference to Jimmies flat out dominance and luck on the track. CHANCE TO BE THE CHAMP? If he and Kyle can keep their feud under wraps and Gil can give him the right set up then he very well may get that Cup.

   3. JEFF GORDON - 2009 points / 1 Pole / 3 Wins / 10 Top 5's / 14 Top 10's - Hometown - Vallejo, CA. Crew chief - Alan Gustafson. Drives the #24 Dupont Chevy for Hendrick Motor Sports. He started his Cup ride in 1993 with HMS. His average points finish is 5.1. Only going over 10th place  twice. He has 4 Championships - 1995 - 1997 - 1998 & 2001. Usually low key, speaks the company line well and he is a sponsor pleasing spokesman. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? Really can't see any on track incidents that would bring retribution his way. He's had back issues in the past few years but seemed to get that squared away. The man is focused on his drive for 5 championships. If Alan can keep the car to Jeff's liking, if the pit crew is on their game and Jeff can stay out of other peoples mishaps than the 5th championship is totally doable. 

   4. MATT KENSETH - 2006 points / 1 Pole / 2 Wins / 7 Top 5's / 14 Top 10's. Hometown - Cambridge, Wisconsin. Crew chief - Jimmy Fennig. Drives the #17 Crown Royal Ford for Roush-Fenway Racing (Yes. That Fenway Park). Started his Cup ride with Roush back in 2000 winning a championship in 2003. Exchanged helmets with Brett Favre in 2003 on Monday night football on Lambeau Field. Safe to say he's a Packers fan. Also low key in personality and was dubbed The Silent Assassin for his ability to lurk around near the front and close in on the win or great finish. He won his 2003 championship with only one win , 11 Top 5's and 25 Top 10's. Was very boring to watch but the point system then rewarded consistency. Except for 4 of his 10 years in Cup he's always in the Top 10 in points at the end of the season giving him an 8.7 average. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? RFR has been struggling all year with set ups. The team has fought hard to be in the top 10 this year. Matt has a low key personality and no feuds going at the moment. If Jimmy can find the magic set up for each track, Matt stays out of other peoples mishaps and he can keep that Silent Assassin approach going than he has a chance.

   5. CARL EDWARDS - 2003 points / 2 Poles / 1 Win / 12 Top 5's / 17 Top 10's. Hometown - Columbia, MO. Crew chief Bob Osborne. Drives the #99 Aflac Ford for Roush-Fenway Racing. Started his Cup ride with RFR in 2004. He'd been passing out business cards trying to get a ride so Jack Roush gave him a Gong Show type racing audition which he passed and then climbed into the #99 taking over for Jeff Burton who had left for RCR. Carl was attending college and was a substitute teacher when his big break came. Carl also races in the Nation Wide Series. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? We haven't been seeing Carl's signature back flips that he does from the window of the car after a win this year like in years past. Just like his team mate Matt he's been struggling with ill handling cars all year. If Bob can find some of that set up magic from before, if Carl can pull some more of his gas mileage stretching skills out of the hat and he doesn't reignite his feud with Brad Keselowski and the first one is a big if then he has a chance.

   6. JIMMIE JOHNSON -  2003 points / 0 Poles / 1 Win / 11 Top 5's / 17 Top 10's. Hometown - El Cajon, CA. Crew chief Chad Knaus. Drives the #48 Lowes-Kobalt Tools Chevy for Hendrick Motor Sports. Started his Cup ride with HMS in 2002 and has never finished less then 5th in the points at the end of the season giving him a 2.1 average. He has 5 consecutive Cup championships. The only one to do so in the history of NASCAR. Jimmie has a very politically correct vanilla corporate speaking sponsor pleasing personality. The closest I've ever heard him to trash talk was when he and Jeff Gordon were bumping and banging on the track and he told the reporter he was disappointed in Jeff. CHANCE TO BE THE CHAMP? Jimmie and his Evil Genius crew chief Chad haven't been so flat out dominant this year. They have had to work hard for every spot on the track which is why I feel Jimmie and Kurt Busch have developed a feud. They always seem to be near each other and fighting over the track real estate becomes fierce with those 2. If Chad can find some thing in his filing cabinet or under a rock to get Jimmie up there, if Jimmie and Kurt can keep their feud on the down low and he can get past his car owner Jeff then he has that chance. His horseshoe may have been lost at the cleaners or he has it safely tucked away to be gotten out for The Chase.

   7. KURT BUSCH -  2003 points / 3 Poles / 1 Win / 7 Top 5's / 14 Top 10's. Hometown - Las Vegas, Nevada. Crew chief - Steve Addington. Drives the #22 Shell-Pensoil Dodge for Penske Racing. Started his Cup ride with Roush Racing in 2001. Won a championship in 2004. In 2005 he left Roush Racing for HMS after Jack suspended him. He missed the last 2 races. He is the big brother of Kyle and they share the same personality. Kurt had a run in with Jimmy Spenser's fist once as well as lots of temper tantrums and mouth battles a long the way. Very good with the sponsor pleasing talk though. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? Up until Kurt fussed enough to get one of the engineers to leave the one and only Dodge team on the track was having issues with car set up and handling. Since this person departed Kurt and team mate Brad have been on a tear. Can this keep up is the question. If it does and Kurt can keep his feud with Jimmie under wraps he has a chance.

   8. RYAN NEWMAN -  2003 points / 2 Poles / 1 Win / 8 Top 5's / 13 Top 10's. Hometown - South Bend, IND. Crew chief - Tony Gibson. Drives the #39 US Army Chevy for Stewart-Haas Racing with HMS equipment & tech support. Started his ride in 2002 with Penske Racing till he left in 2009 to be with his buddy Tony Stewart when Stewart decided to try being an owner-driver. No championships but he got rookie of the year honors over Jimmie setting a rookie record of 22 Top 10's that year. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? Ryan has PO'd quite a few drivers on the track for his give no breaks and race every lap like it's the last lap mentality. He even went toe to toe with Joey ( if I turn sideways I disappear) Logano when Joey went up to him after a race to let him know he wasn't happy with him. SHR has been having set up and handling issues this year. Unless that gets better and if Ryan can learn to step a little lighter around other drivers he might have a chance. 

   9. TONY STEWART - 2000 points / 0 Poles / 0 Wins / 3 Top 5's / 11 Top 10's. Hometown - Columbus, IND. Crew chief - Darien Grubb. Drives the #14 Office Depot-Mobile1 Chevy for himself at Stewart-Haas Racing with HMS equipment &tech support. Has an Indy Championship in 1997 and a Cup championship in 2002. He started his Cup ride in 1999 with JGR in the #20 Home Depot Chevy. He left JGR in 2009 to become an owner-driver. He had a great first year with a win at the non points event The All Star Race and 4 other wins to finish 6th in the point standings that year. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? He bearly made it into the chase. SHR has been having set up and handling issues this year and Tony more so then Ryan. Unless this changes, all the Cup racing, dirt track racing and Indy racing combined will not be enough experience to pull him through to a championship.

   10. DALE EARNHARDT JR - 2000 points - 1 Pole / 0 Wins / 3 Top 5's / 9 Top 10's. Hometown - Kannapolis, NC. Crew chief Steve Letarte. Drives the #88 Amp Energy-National Guard Chevy for Hendrick Motor Sports. Started his Cup ride on his Daddies team DEI in #8 Budweiser Chevy. left for HMS in 2008. Has 2 Nation Wide championships (1998 & 1999) but no Cup championship. He's a Redskins fan. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? Jr has floundered in mediocrity since his dad's passing. The drive to win isn't showing. He's happier with his new team and crew chief and the results are much better but I'm not seeing a hungry tiger. Unless he brings it he won't be champ this year.

WILD CARD DRIVERS

   11. BRAD KESELOWSKI - 2000 points - 1 Pole / 3 Wins / 6 Top 5's / 10 Top 10's. Hometown - Rochester Hills, MI. Crew chief - Paul Wolfe. Drives the #2 Miller Lite Dodge for Penske Racing. Started his Cup ride in 2009 with 15 races starting with 5 for Phoenix Racing, 7 for Hendrick Motor Sports and 3 for Penske Racing. In 2010 he was full time for Penske. He drives in the Nation Wide series. Won the Talladega race in spectacular fashion when he turned a blocking Carl Edwards. Edwards went flying into the fence and eventually crawled out to trot to the finish line about 50 feet away from his crumpled car and Brad got the W. Things soured between the 2 at one point and Carl put Brad into the fence at another track. Probation for both calmed that situation down. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? Brad broke his ankle in a wreck during practice a few weeks ago and still seems to be focused despite the pain. If the progress the Penske drivers have made keep going in the chase and no more feuds pop up between Brad and who ever he has a better chance than most in the bottom half of the point standings to be champ.

   12. Denny Hamlin - 2000 points - 0 Poles / 1 Win / 4 Top 5's / 10 Top 10's. Hometown - Chesterfield, VA. Crew chief - Mike Ford. Drives the #11 Fed Ex Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Started his Cup ride in 2005 for JGR. No championships but he had one in the bag last year despite having knee surgery till he lost the points lead to Jimmie when he was racing too hard in the beginning of the race and ended up spinning out. Despite his come back at the end of the race at Homestead it wasn't enough and Jimmie got it. Denny's team is snake bit. They're either red hot or way off. This year they've struggled. He barely made it as a wild card. CHANCE TO BE CHAMP? The winning vibe is very low on that team right now. Struggles to set up the car are on going. Denny gets this fixed and he has a chance.

CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY SUMMARY

    Racing this year has been unpredictable. This years races saw drivers up front in the top 10 that normally wouldn't be there. NASCAR has achieved it's directive. The cars are now all equal. Well pretty much. The bigger multi car teams have the advantage and Dodge has 2 cars on the field so it's as equal as things are going to get. So choosing a winner for this weeks race will be tough. Jeff Gordon comes in first in the law of averages with a 8.6 at this track. Then Tony with a 9.5...Jimmie with 10.0....Kevin at 11.2 and Matt at 11.4. So by the law of averages it would be Jeff but despite his 25 percent average I wouldn't rule out Brad or Kyle with his 13.5. Brad and Kyle make things happen. This being a cookie cutter track, I guess I'll go with Jeff. Tough decision. Only 12 points separate the 12 drivers. One or 2 bad races could spell doom for any of these drivers. All except Brad have years of experience in the chase. There are 6 teams in the chase. Actually 5 because SHR runs HMS equipment so you could say they're a satellite team. The cream has risen to the top and we're off to Chicagoland Speedway to watch the beginning. Hope you enjoyed my intro.

Take care all and have a great day...

Welcome to this weeks edition of Special K's FEARLESS TOP 10 PREDICTIONS. This week the Sprint Cup series is in the Pocono Mountains at Long Pond, Pennsylvania for the Pocono 500. They were joined by the Camping World Truck series this weekend and Klassless Kevin Harvick raced to victory tdaoy over Kyle Busch. The race was ran this morning after being rained out yesterday. Last nigh Ricky Stenhouse Jr held off Carl Edwards to win the Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway. Stenhouse swept the races there this year. Todays race could come down to fuel milage, passing is difficult at times, there are very few cautions and track position will be important as always. The one-lap-wonders this week in qualifing include Kasey Kahne 2nd, Paul "Daddy buys my Ride" Menard (who is coming off his fluke win last week at the Brickyard) 7th, Brad KeseClownski 13th, David Ragan 15th, Regan Smith 17th and Dale "The most overrated driver in NASCAR" Earnhardt Jr 19th. Other drivers in the back of the pack where you usually find them are Juan Problem Montoya 23rd, AJ Allmendinger 29th, David Crash Reutimann 33rd, David "Slideways" Stremme 37th and Scott Speed 40th. Jeff Gordon is staring 31st and will have a long way to go. Last week due to fuel milage and pit strategy yours truly had only 4 drivers finish in the top 10 including correctly picking Jeff Gordon in 2nd, and 4 others in the top 20. With rain washing off the rubber on the track don't be surprised if NASCAR has a competition caution early in the race. Here are this weeks picks.

1.---Denny Hamlin has 4 wins in 11 starts here and his average finish is 9th. Look for my favorite driver to get a huge win today.

2.---Kurt Busch was fast in practice and is starting up front. Look for a solid run for the #22.

3.---Joey Lagano is on the pole and gaining momentum for the stretch run.

4.---Kyle Busch doesn't always run well on flat tracks but the team is on a roll this season despite Crew Chief Dave Rogers.

5.---Carl Edwards has been fast all season and is up front againd today.

6.---Matt Kenseth is up front and that bodes well for a solid finish.

7.---Jeff Gordon will need pit stategy to get to the front.

8.---Jimmie Johnson is struggling on pit road this season but starts 15th.

9.---Klassless Kevin Harvick manages to get to the front.

10.--Martin Turex Jr is my surprise pick of the week.

Other drivers who DNQ were thankfully Geoff Bodine, TJ Bell and Mike Skinner. All eyes will be on the most overrated driver in NASCAR, Dale Jr as he attempts to stay in the Top 10 in points. They will have to use pit strategy to get him to the front since he is unable to drive his way to the front. Other drivers to watch include Mark Martin, Cry'In Ryan Newman, Clint Crybaby Bowyer and Tony Stewart. Finally we are getting awesome TV Coverage by ESPN who is without a doubt the best network covering NASCAR. Their coverage really makes us fans all realize how horrible some of the announcers on the FOX/HMS network are and how bad the coverage really is.

Have a great day everybody

Special K
 

Welcome to this weeks edition of Special K's FEARLESS TOP 10 PREDICTIONS. This week the Sprint Cup series is at the hollowed grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 18th running of the Brickyard 400. It is the 20th race of the Sprint Cup season. Across town at the Lucas Oil Raceway Park formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park to us long time fans, the Camping World Truck Series raced Friday night and the Nationwide series raced last night for the final time. Next year they move to the Brickyard for the first time. With all of the history of the famed Brickyard this has become the 2nd biggest race of the season. Passing is difficult, there are very few cautions and fuel milage can come into play. You will need pit strategy to get to the front if you are starting in the back of the pack. Look for possible short-pitting and two tire stops to get to or maintain track position. It should be an exciting race. As always there were several one-lap-wonders in the top 20. Some of those include David Ragan pole, Kasey Kahne 2nd, Brad Keseclownski 5th, AJ Allmendinger 6th, Juan Problem Montoya 7th, Paul "Daddy Buys my ride" Menard 15th and Dale Earnhardt Jr 22nd. Last week yours truly had 5 drivers in the Top 10 and 3 others in the Top 20. Here are this weeks picks.

1.---Kasey Kahne has been having probably his best overall season in NASCAR. He is my surprise pick of the week and he usually gets a solid finish here.

2.---Jeff Gordon has 4 wins here and seems to have thisplace figured out.

3.---Tony Stewart has 2 wins here and loves this place.

4.---Jimmie Johnson has 3 wins and 4 finishes of 22nd or worse in his last 7 races here. He is the defending champion.

5.---Klassless Harvick is a former winner here and will probably use pit strategy to get up front.

6.---Denny Hamlin was 3rd fastest in early practice and blew a motor and will start shotgun on the field 43rd. My favorite driver will be in contention by the end of the race.

7.---Kurt Busch is starting up front and usually runs well here.

8.---Kyle Busch doesn't have consitantcy on the flat tracks as a rule. However they are on a roll this season.

9---Carl Edwards is the points leader and has been fast all season and today is no exception.

10.--Matt Kenseth is starting up front and that means he usually stays there.

Other drivers to watch include Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr, Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle, Problem Montoya, Joey Lagano  and Cry'in Ryan Newman. Look for Dale Earnhardt Jr to continue his slide in the points and could be out of the Top 10 and the Chase at the end of the race.

Have a great day everybody.

Special K

Welcome to this weeks edition of Special K's FEARLESS TOP 10 PREDICTIONS. This week both the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series are in Loudon, New Hampshire at the New Hampshire Speedway. It is the 19th race of the 2010 season for the Sprint Cup series. Yesterday Kyle Busch picked up his 100th win of his career in  NASCAR's top three series. It is an amazing accomplishment for the young driver who is only 26 years old. Matt Crafton won the Camping World Truck series at the Iowa Speedway. It was just his 2nd career win. Last week yours truly attended the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series races at the Kentucky Speedway. It has been well documented of all the problems some of the race fans experienced. I've been going to the speedway since 2001 and have learned the back way in and out of the track and virtually encountered no problems whatsoever. It was a great race as I expected it to be and am looking forward to next year already. As usual their were several one-lap-wonders throughout the Top 20 in qualifing. Those included David Crash Reutimann 3rd, Brad Keseclownski 5th, Juan Problem Montoya 8th, Paul "Daddy buys my ride" Menard 9th, Regan Smith 11th, AJ Allmendinger 17th and Klassless Kevin Harvick (who is usually 26th or worse at most tracks). Some other drivers in the back of the pack where you usually find them include Jamie McMurray 25th, David Ragan 26th and Dale Earnhardt Jr 27th. The last copuple of weeks yours truly has had 2 great weeks with my picks. At Daytona I had 5 drivers in the Top 10  and 4 others in the Top 20. Last week I had 6 drivers in the Top 10, also including 11th, 12th, 14th and 16th. All my picks last week made the top 16!!!!. Here is this weeks picks.

1.---Denny Hamlin is a former winner here and usually has a solid finish. Last week my favorite driver had the beswt run of anybody starting 43rd he finished 11th led laps and was in the Top 5 several times.

2.---Kyle Busch has 3 wins in the last 2 weeks including the other 2 series. He won the Truck and Cup series races last week, and the Nationwide race yesterday.

3.---Tony Stewart is starting 2nd and is a risky pick considering all the bad calls his crew chief makes each and every week. He needs a solid finish to stay near the Top 10 in points.

4.---Jimmie Johnson starts 28th and has won here. He isn't runnung very well but Chad cheater Knaus seems to get him solid finishes.

5.---Clint Crybaby Bowyer has been showing his mediocracy as a driver this season. He won his 1st career race here and usually runs well here.

6.---Klassless Kevin Harvick runs well here and doesn't hesitate to take out other drivers if he can't pass them even if his car isn't good.

7.---Kurt Busch is a multiple winner here and has been running very well lately.

8.---Carl Edwards needs a solid finsih to reamin high in the points.

9.---Joey Lagano got his only career win in his rookie season in 2008. The race was shortened by rain so he would like get a real win here today.

10.--Jeff Gordon is a former winner here and is starting up front.

The drivers who DNQ were Tony Raines, Scott Riggs and thankfully Dennis Setzer. Look for Dale Earnhardt Jr to continue hsi drive out of the Top 10 in points. He has been in the Top 10 for most of season, but only because of pit strategy. He can't drive his way to front of the field without it. Passing will be difficult today and usually with very few cautions your car will need to be handling very well. Track position is important and the tires aren't dropping off very much. The last stops of the day will probably be for fuel only and it could be a fuel milage race.

Have a great day everbody and root for Phil Mickelson in the Open Championship!!!.

Special K

Welcome to Special K's NASCAR Coke Zero 400 wrap up. First I would like to take this opportunity to wish everybody a very happy and safe 4th of July holiday. Please remember all of our veterans who have served and are currently serving this great country of ours.

David Ragan survived 2 green-white-checkers to win his first career race for Roush-Fenway racing. Ragan has been very much maligned for his overall poor performance in the #6 UPS Ford. In fact I would be surprised if he keeps the ride for the 2012 season. Yours truly went to a Dayton Dragons minor league game on Saturday and missed the race. Yours truly set the VCR up tape the event and put the wrong time (I had 630 am) and missed the race. However Speed will show the replay on Wednesday at noon.  The below listed summary will have starting position, car make, laps completed, points earnjed and prize money won.

1.---David Ragan, (5), Ford, 170 laps, 47 points, $302,425

2.---Matt Kenseth, (16), Ford, 170 laps, 43 points, $239,061

3.---Joey Lagano, (37), Toyota, 170 laps, 41 points, $178,050

4.---Kasey Kahne, (13), Toyota, 170 laps, 41 points, $163,958

5.---Kyle Busch, (38), Toyota, 170 laps, 40 points, $170,691

6.---Jeff Gordon, (4), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 39 points, $153,761

7.---Klassless Kevin Harvick, (31), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 38 points, $160,711

8.---Paul "My Daddy buys my Ride" Menard, (10), Chevrolet, 37 points, $117,350

9.---Juan Problem Montoya, (30), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 36 points, $143,483

10.--AJ Allmendinger, (9), Ford, 170 laps, 34 points, $142,186

11.--Tony Stewart, (19), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 34 points, $143,783

12.--Brian Vickers, (20), Toyota, 170 laps, 32 points, $128,464

13.--Denny Hamlin, (36), Toyota, 170 laps, 32 points, $145,450

14.--Kurt Busch, (25), Dodge, 170 laps, 31 points, $141,000

15.--Brad KeseClownski, (26), Dodge, 170 laps, 30 points, $123,433

16.--David Gilliland, (39), Ford, 170 laps, 28 points, $114,633

17.--Marcos Ambrose (15), Ford, 170 laps, 27 points, $126,991

18.--Greg Biffle, (17), Ford, 170 laps, 27 points, $111,025

19.--Dale Earnhardt Jr, (6), Chevrolet, 26 points, $103,425

20.--Jimmie Johnson, (8), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 24 points, $145,611

21.--Jeff Burton (12), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 24 points, $102,500

22.--Jamie McMurray, (18), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 23 points, $128,414

23.--Cry'in Ryan Newman, (11), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 23 points, $137,950

24.--Regan Smith, (28), Chevrolet, 170 laps, 21 points, $118,145

25.--David Crash Reutimann, (23), Toyota, 170 laps, 19 points, $118,958

26.--Landon Cassill, (21), Chevrolet, 169 laps, $102,483

27.--Andy Lally, (7), Ford, 169 laps, 17 points, $100,050

28.--Terry Labonte, (41), Ford, 169 laps, 16 points, $98,472

29.--Travis Kvapil, (27), Ford,  169 laps, $88,200

30.--Joe Nemechek, (43), Toyota, 169 laps, $87,025

31.--Bobby Labonte, (24), Toyota, 168 laps, 13 points, $111,695

32.--Casey Mears, (32), Toyoya, 164 laps, 13 points, $85,225

33.--Mark Martin (1), Chevrolet, 164 laps, 12 points, $101,825

34.--Robby Gordon, (42), Dodge, 163 laps, 10 points, $84,950

35.--Martin Truex Jr, (34), Toyota, 162 laps, 10 points, $92,775

36.--Clint Crybaby Bowyer, (3), Chevrolet, 162 laps, 9 points, $129,733

37.--Carl Edwards (14), Ford, 144 laps, 8 points, $130,141

38.--Geoff Bodine, (35), Chevrolet, 143 laps, 6 points, $84,300

39.--Dave Blaney (40), Chevrolet, 47 laps, 5 points, $84,175

40.--Mike Skinner, (29), Toyota, 5 laps, $84,000

41.--Trevor Bayne, (2), Ford, 4 laps, $84,875

42.--Michael McDowell, (33), Toyota, 2 laps, 2 points, $83,725

43.--Kevin Conway (22), Toyota, 1 lap, $84,093

Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner:159.491 mph

Time of Race: 2 hours, 39 minutes, 53 seconds

Margin of Victory: Under Caution

Caution Flags: 6 for 21 laps

Lead Changes: 57 among 25 drivers

La Leaders: Martin 1-15, Earnhardt Jr, 16, Kt Busch 17-18, Edwards 19, Kt Busch 20-23, J Gordon 24, Klassless Harvick 25-26, Menard 27, Ragan 28, Smith 29-30, Truex Jr 31-36, Ragan 37-40, Kahne 41, Truex Jr 42, Kenseth 43-48, Kahne 49, Ky Busch 50, Kvapil 51, Kane 52-53, Truex Jr 54-57, Smith 58-59, Kenseth 60-63, Kahne 64, Menard 65, Kahne 66-69, Stewart 70, Truex Jr 71-73, Kahne 74, Mears 75-76, Nemechek 77, Kahne 78-85, Ky Busch 86-88, Kahne 89, Menard 90-92, Ky Busch 93, Mears 94, Burton 95-97, Crybaby Bowyer 98-99, Truex Jr 100, Ky Busch 101-102, Truex Jr 103, Ragan 104-105, Cry'in Ryan Newman 106, Hamlin 107-110, KeseClownski 111, Biffle 112, Problem Montoya 113-114, Klassless Harvick 115, McMurray 116, Klassless Harvick 117-121, Crybaby Bowyer 122, Cry'in Newman 123-130, Ky Busch 131-134, Klassless Harvick 135-142, Cry'in Newman 143-153, Kenseth 154-157, Cry'in Newman 158-162, Ragan 163-170

Have a great day everybody..

Special K