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Atlanta Motor Speedway
Kobalt Tool's 500
March 7, 2010
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
Kobalt Tool's 500
March 7, 2010
Kurt Busch wins at Atlanta: #2-Kurt Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway for his 1st win of 2010, 21st of his career and 3rd at AMS. #17-Kenseth finished 2nd, followed by #42-Montoya, #9-Kahne, #98-Menard, #43-Allmendinger, #83-Vickers, #16-Biffle, #29-Harvick and #82-Speed. Pole sitter #88-Earnhardt Jr. finished 15th but lead no laps. #12-Keselowski made contacts with #99-Edwards early in the race, sending Edwards into the wall and to the garage. Edwards came back in to the race many laps down and with a few lapsto go, ran into the #12, which turned around then flipped over, landing on the roof and then back over. Keselowski was shaken up, but ok. Edwards was parked for the rest of the race and called to the NASCAR Hauler. 27 cars finished on the lead lap. There were 11 caution periods for 33 yellow flag laps. There were 31 lead changes among 13 drivers.
The race is scheduled to be re-aired, Wednesday, March 10 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED.(3-7-2010)
2010 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings
[after Atlanta, race 4 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick 644
2) #17-Matt Kenseth, 618, -26
3) #16-Greg Biffle, 585, -59
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [2 wins], 570, -74
5) #33-Clint Bowyer, 558, -86
6) #31-Jeff Burton, 538, -106
7) #5-Mark Martin, 521, -123
8) #14-Tony Stewert, 510, -134
9) #98-Paul Menard, 505, -139
10) #2-Kurt Busch [1 win], 502, -142
11) #24-Jeff Gordon, 482, -162
12) #82-Scott Speed, 482, -162
Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
13) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 475, 7 out of the Chase
14) #20-Joey Logano, 471, -11
15) #18-Kyle Busch, 468, -14
2009 Chasers not in top 15
16) #83-Brian Vickers 466, 16 out of chase
17) #9-Kasey Kahne, 447, -35
20) #99-Carl Edwards, 435, -47
21) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 418, -64
22) #11-Denny Hamlin, 409, -73
29) #39-Ryan Newman, 337, -145
See standings on Jayski's Drivers Points Standings page.(3-7-2010)
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 4 KOBALT TOOLS 500 ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY Hampton, Ga. – March 7, 2010 1.54-Mile Oval 500.5 M – 325 L – Purse: $4,948,689 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fin. Str. Car NSCS Bonus Driver Pos Pos No. Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings Status___ 1 11 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 341 190 *5 133.3 $176,498 Running 2 14 17 Matt Kenseth Valvoline Ford 341 170 107.9 170,151 Running 3 3 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 341 170 *5 118.0 149,306 Running 4 6 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Ford 341 170 **10 138.1 146,890 Running 5 23 98 Paul Menard CertainTeed/Menards Ford 341 160 *5 88.7 100,750 Running 6 25 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy/Insignia Ford 341 150 99.9 120,926 Running 7 26 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 341 146 89.6 117,623 Running 8 13 16 Greg Biffle U.S. Census Ford 341 142 94.3 88,525 Running 9 35 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 341 138 66.7 127,776 Running 10 32 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Toyota 341 134 71.2 97,398 Running 11 12 47 Marcos Ambrose Lance/Tom's Toyota 341 130 84.9 106,973 Running 12 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet 341 127 103.6 128,178 Running 13 15 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot Chevrolet 341 124 99.3 114,198 Running 14 38 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 341 121 53.0 84,925 Running 15 1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet 341 118 88.0 92,425 Running 16 34 21 Bill Elliott Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 341 120 *5 56.3 73,575 Running 17 7 39 Ryan Newman Tornados Chevrolet 341 112 67.3 103,604 Running 18 5 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont/National Guard Chevrolet 341 109 97.2 119,426 Running 19 8 19 Elliott Sadler Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford 341 111 *5 60.4 83,450 Running 20 22 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 341 108 *5 75.1 111,815 Running 21 20 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 341 105 *5 106.4 91,200 Running 22 21 71 Bobby Labonte TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 341 97 54.0 74,575 Running 23 18 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet 341 99 *5 64.3 83,225 Running 24 30 36 Mike Bliss Wave Energy Drink Chevrolet 341 96 *5 49.4 70,775 Running 25 2 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 341 93 *5 72.8 125,556 Running 26 37 38 David Gilliland Charter Air Transport/Taco Bell Ford 341 90 *5 54.6 92,710 Running 27 19 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota 341 82 79.9 79,275 Running 28 36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge 340 79 62.7 81,025 Running 29 24 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 340 76 63.1 107,479 Running 30 40 34 Travis Kvapil Long John Silver's Ford 339 73 39.3 74,200 Running 31 41 37 Kevin Conway # Extenze Ford 334 70 30.5 88,698 Running 32 42 26 Boris Said Sacred Power/Southern Pride Trucking Ford 333 67 31.5 77,525 Running 33 4 5 Mark Martin Hendrickcars.com/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 331 64 58.5 90,650 Accident 34 31 13 Max Papis GEICO Toyota 329 61 33.2 69,375 Running 35 29 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 323 58 43.0 105,580 Running 36 28 12 Brad Keselowski Mopar/FLO TV Dodge 322 55 76.5 96,065 Accident 37 17 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 211 52 53.1 77,270 Running 38 33 87 Joe Nemechek FrontRowJoe.com Toyota 175 54 *5 37.6 69,235 Clutch 39 10 99 Carl Edwards Scotts Ford 170 46 53.0 105,023 Parked 40 9 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 167 43 63.9 99,566 Overheating 41 27 66 Dave Blaney PRISM Motorsports Toyota 48 40 31.9 69,115 Brakes 42 43 55 Michael McDowell PRISM Motorsports Toyota 37 37 28.4 69,065 Transmission 43 39 7 Robby Gordon Warner Music Nashville/Blake Shelton Toyota 3 34 25.3 80,702 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. * Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) #09 Aric Almirola, #90 Casey Mears, #46 Terry Cook. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 85,000, Kurt Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500, his 21st NASCAR Sprint Cup victory. To start the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 16 (backup car); Nos. 14, 39 (engine change).
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 131.294 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.482 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (192.761 mph, 28.761 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Brian Pattie (crew chief for Juan Pablo Montoya) GOODYEAR GATORBACK BELTS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kyle Busch (187.215 mph, Lap 2) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kurt Busch MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Richard Labbe (crew chief for Paul Menard) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $50,000 at Bristol++ O’REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Kevin Harvick (26 places) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Conway SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kurt Busch TISSOT “PIT ROAD PRECISION” AWARD: Martin Truex Jr. (349.623 sec.) WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne (144 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 53 laps. [Beneficiary] 5-8 (#7-Accident Turn 1 [None]); 36-39 (Debris [13]); 41-43 (#12, 20, 99-Accident Turn 1 [33]); 80-83 (Debris [33]); 116-119 (#5-Spin Frontstretch [71]); 159-164 (#20-Accident Turn 2 [78]); 226-229 (Debris [1]); 289-292 (Debris [38]); 294-298 (#13, 19-Accident Frontstretch [5]); 324-331 (#12, 99-Accident Frontstretch [11]); 333-339 (#1, 5, 11, 18, 33, 38, 56-Accident Turn 4 [39]). LAP LEADERS: 31 lead changes among 13 drivers. Earnhardt-pole, Ky. Busch 1-13, Kahne 14-35, Ky. Busch 36, Nemechek 37, Kahne 38-39, Ky. Busch 40-47, Kahne 48-79, Hamlin 80, Sadler 81, Ku. Busch 82-116, Gilliland 117, Ku. Busch 118-147, Hamlin 148-159, Bliss 160, Hamlin 161-171, Montoya 172-174, Kahne 175-211, Hamlin 212-213, Burton 214, Elliott 215, Kahne 216-225, Ku. Busch 226, Kahne 227-229, Ku. Busch 230-243, Kahne 244-276, Menard 277, Hamlin 278-283, Kahne 284-288, Ku. Busch 289-327, Bowyer 328-331, Ku. Busch 332-341. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end, amount not included in race winnings.
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Kevin Harvick 644 (0) 2 –Matt Kenseth 618 (0) 3 –Greg Biffle 585 (0) 4 –Jimmie Johnson 570 (2) 5 –Clint Bowyer 558 (0) 6 –Jeff Burton 538 (0) 7 –Mark Martin 521 (0) 8 –Tony Stewart 510 (0) 9 –Paul Menard 505 (0) 10–Kurt Busch 502 (1) 11–Jeff Gordon 482 (0) 12–Scott Speed 482 (0)
O’REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD Car # Pts. Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Jeff Burton (#31) 1
MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER OF RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Todd Berrier (#31) 1 Richard Labbe (#98) 1 Lance McGrew (#88) 1 Pts Wins Chevrolet 31 3 Ford 21 0 Dodge 19 1 Toyota 17 0
MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 2 David Reutimann (#00) 1 Jamie McMurray (# 1) 1
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Kurt Busch 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Mark Martin 1 Jamie McMurray 1
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kevin Conway 33 Terry Cook 4
SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kurt Busch (# 2) 1 Jamie McMurray (# 1) 1
GOODYEAR GATORBACK BELTS FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 1 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Earnhardt/Childress (#29) 50 Hendrick (#48) 42 Roush Yates (#17) 42
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kevin Harvick (#29) 1 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 Tony Stewart (#14) 1
DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Gil Martin (#29) 2 Greg Zipadelli (#20) 1 Brian Pattie (#42) 1
TISSOT “PIT ROAD PRECISION” AWARD Car # Pts. Martin Truex Jr. (#56) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Juan Pablo Montoya (#42) 1 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the race NASCAR Race Number 4
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 85,000, Kurt Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500, his 21st NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. To start the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 16 (backup car); Nos. 14, 39 (engine change). Failed to Qualify: (3) 09 Aric Almirola, 90 Casey Mears, 46 Terry Cook #. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 59 Mins, 59 Secs. Coors Light Pole Award : Dale Earnhardt Jr, #88 192.761 mph NASCAR PR used with permission
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