For Owners Points, see my 2010 Sprint Cup OWNERS Points Standings page

Kyle Busch wins at Richmond: #18-Kyle Busch led the most laps [226] and made a late race pass of #24-Gordon on a restart and won the Crown Royal Presents The Heath Calhoun 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway for his 1st race of 2010, his first win in 21 races and 17th of his career. It was the first Sprint Cup Series win for crew chief Dave Rogers. Busch is the first pole sitter to win a race in 2010. #24-Gordon hel on to 2nd, followed by #29-Harvick, #31-Burton, #99-Edwards, #42-Montoya, #56-Truex Jr., #39-Newman, #47-Ambrose and #48-Johnson. Harvick takes the points lead by 10 points over Johnson. There were 12 lead changes among 8 drivers and 6 cautions for 37 yellow flag laps.
See race results, awards, laps led and more on Jayski's Richmond Race Results/Awards page.(5-1-2010)

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Richmond, race 10 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick [1 win], 1467
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins] 1457, -10
3) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 1358, -109
4) #17-Matt Kenseth, 1348, -119
5) #16-Greg Biffle, 1334, -133
6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1305, -162
7) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 1268, -199
8) #2-Kurt Busch [1 win], 1255, -212
9) #31-Jeff Burton, 1247, -220
10) #5-Mark Martin, 1242, -225
11) #99-Carl Edwards, 1227, -240
12) #33-Clint Bowyer, 1213, -254
Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
13) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1209, 4 points out of the chase
14) #56-Martin Truex Jr, 1196, -17
15) #14-Tony Stewart, 1160, -53
2009 Chase Drivers not in top 15
16) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 1142, 71 points out of the chase
18) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 1109, -104
22) #9-Kasey Kahne, 1026, -187
24) #83-Brian Vickers, 1019, -194
See standings on Jayski's Drivers Points Standings page.(5-1-2010)

Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Darlington:
Changes: #38-Conway drops out of the top35 and #37-Gilliland moves back in and has a guaranteed spot at Darlington. so do the drivers swap rides again to make sure Conway will run the race?
32) #78-Smith/Furniture Row: 807, +85
33) #7-Gordon/RGM/BAM: 800, +47
34) #34-Kvapil/Front Row: 792, +39
35) #37-Gilliland/Front Row: 769, 16 points ahead of 36th
these teams/ drivers must qualify by speed:
36) #38-Conway/Front Row: 753, 16 points out of 35th
37) #26-Stremme/Latitude43: 615, -154
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
For the owner points standings, see my Owners Points Standings page.(5-1-2010)

NOTE: DRIVERS points and OWNERS points are NOT the same, teams who fail to make the race still get points, while drivers who miss the race get no points

NOTE 2 MONEY: why do some drivers listed with out any starts have money won and some do not? Some of the drivers competed in the Gatorade Duels and/or the Sprint Open non-points races and were awarded winnings for those races.

NOTES 3: these points standings are directly from NASCAR Statistics, the unofficial are posted after the race and the official are posted when released, usually sometime Monday afternoon. If they differ from NASCAR.com, take it up with NASCAR.com, I do NOT run that site and have no idea why they would differ, usually with the way penalties are handled, Folks with questions can email NASCAR or NASCAR.com, see my Racing FAQ page this info. Most questions come from folks in Fantasy Leagues, I don't not participate or follow these, ask the person running it how they handles penalties, they should have a rule for such a thing, I do not mediate such things or draft drivers for anyone.

NASCAR has issued penalties to the #13, #47, #00 and #56 teams that compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as a result of rule violations committed at Texas Motor Speedway last week. Robert “Bootie” Barker, crew chief of the #13 team, and Frank Kerr, crew chief of the #47 team, have each been fined $75,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31 for violating Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 20-2.3A (unapproved added weight); 20-7 (all engine cooling system components must be approved by NASCAR prior to being used in competition); and 20-7.3A (radiator mount; failure to submit components) of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rule book.
Car owners Robert Germain (#13) and Tad Geschickter (#47) have each been penalized with the loss of 50 championship owner points for violating Sections 12-1 and 20-2.3A. Drivers Max Papis (#13) and Marcos Ambrose (#47) have each been penalized with the loss of 50 championship driver points for violating Sections 12-1 and 20-2.3A.
Rodney Childers, crew chief of the #00 team, and Pat Tryson, crew chief of the #56 team, have each been fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31 for violating Sections 12-1; 20-7; and 20-7.3A. All of these violations occurred during post-qualifying inspection on April 16.(NASCAR)(4-21-2010)
MWR Statement: Executive Vice President of Michael Waltrip Racing Cal Wells: “NASCAR indicated we were running a part, a radiator pan, which had not been officially submitted for approval. We accept NASCAR’s ruling and will not appeal because we cannot debate whether the part was submitted, only whether or not the part needed submission. This gives us a clear line of sight on how parts need to be submitted for approval. We will work diligently with NASCAR in the future on all new parts to ensure this does not happen to MWR again.”(MWR)(4-21-2010)

For records, some rules and more, see my Main Penalties News page