[by points standings before the race]:
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3rd
2) #11-Denny Hamlin, 4th
3) #29-Kevin Harvick, 8th
4) #24-Jeff Gordon, 23rd
5) #14-Tony Stewart, 21st
6) #2-Kurt Busch, 30th
7) #99-Carl Edwards, 12th
8) #31-Jeff Burton, 20th
9) #18-Kyle Busch, 2nd
10) #16-Greg Biffle, 5th
11) #17-Matt Kenseth, 6th
12) #33-Clint Bowyer, 17th
(10-16-2010)
