[by points standings before the race]:
1) #18-Kyle Busch, 22nd
2) #29-Kevin Harvick, 2nd
3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 24th
4) #17-Matt Kenseth, 21st
5) #99-Carl Edwards, 4th
6) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 10th
7) #22-Kurt Busch, 6th
8) #39-Ryan Newman, 9th
9) #14-Tony Stewart, 1st
10) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3rd
11) #2-Brad Keselowski, 5th
12) #11-Denny Hamlin, 31st
(9-19-2011)
