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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 4 of 36
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
325 laps* on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles)

Time of race: 3:59:59
Average speed: 131.294 mph
Pole speed: 192.761 mph
Cautions: 11 for 53 laps
Margin of victory: .482 sec
Attendance: 85000
Lead changes: 31
Green flag passes: 2,804 (9.7 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary    2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2010 standings

Qualifying results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeSpeed 
1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr.88Chevrolet28.761   192.761  
2   Kyle Busch18Toyota28.833   192.280  
3   Juan Pablo Montoya42Chevrolet28.859   192.106  
4   Mark Martin5Chevrolet28.903   191.814  
5   Jeff Gordon24Chevrolet28.909   191.774  
6   Kasey Kahne9Ford28.922   191.688  
7   Ryan Newman39Chevrolet28.943   191.549  
8   Elliott Sadler19Ford28.960   191.436  
9   David Reutimann00Toyota28.998   191.186  
10   Carl Edwards99Ford29.013   191.087  
11   Kurt Busch2Dodge29.018   191.054  
12   Marcos Ambrose47Toyota29.036   190.935  
13   Greg Biffle16Ford29.049   190.850  
14   Matt Kenseth17Ford29.058   190.791  
15   Tony Stewart14Chevrolet29.073   190.692  
16   Jimmie Johnson48Chevrolet29.081   190.640  
17   David Ragan6Ford29.091   190.574  
18   Clint Bowyer33Chevrolet29.093   190.561  
19   Martin Truex Jr56Toyota29.095   190.548  
20   Denny Hamlin11Toyota29.114   190.424  
21   Bobby Labonte71Chevrolet29.138   190.267   *
22   Jeff Burton31Chevrolet29.145   190.221  
23   Paul Menard98Ford29.181   189.987  
24   Jamie McMurray1Chevrolet29.192   189.915  
25   A.J. Allmendinger43Ford29.201   189.857  
26   Brian Vickers83Toyota29.210   189.798  
27   Dave Blaney66Toyota29.242   189.590   *
28   Brad Keselowski12Dodge29.245   189.571  
29   Joey Logano20Toyota29.304   189.189  
30   Mike Bliss36Chevrolet29.311   189.144   *
31   Max Papis13Toyota29.316   189.112   *
32   Scott Speed82Toyota29.321   189.079   *
33   Joe Nemechek87Toyota29.324   189.060   *
34   Bill Elliott21Ford29.330   189.021   *
35   Kevin Harvick29Chevrolet29.331   189.015  
36   Sam Hornish, Jr.77Dodge29.338   188.970  
37   Michael McDowell55Toyota29.371   188.758   *
38   David Gilliland38Ford29.436   188.341  
39   Aric Almirola09Chevrolet29.479   188.066   *
40   Regan Smith78Chevrolet29.496   187.958  
41   Casey Mears90Chevrolet29.540   187.678   *
42   Robby Gordon7Toyota29.742   186.403  
43   Terry Cook46Dodge29.787   186.121   *
44   Travis Kvapil34Ford29.898   185.430   OP
45   Kevin Conway37Ford29.998   184.812   OP
46   Boris Said26Ford30.309   182.916   OP

OP: qualified via owners points
PC: qualified as past champion
PR: provisional
QR: via qualifying race
* - had to qualify on time

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Aric Almirola (#09), Casey Mears (#90), Terry Cook (#46)