[by points standings before the race]:
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3rd
2) #11-Denny Hamlin, 8th
3) #29-Kevin Harvick, 7th
4) #99-Carl Edwards, 34th
5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 9th
6) #2-Kurt Busch, 21st
7) #18-Kyle Busch, 35th
8) #16-Greg Biffle, 41st
9) #31-Jeff Burton, 23rd
10) #14-Tony Stewart, WON
11) #17-Matt Kenseth, 30th
12) #33-Clint Bowyer, 2nd
(10-10-2010)
