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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 11 of 36
Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 3:57:35
Average speed: 126.605 mph
Pole speed: 180.37 mph		Cautions: 11 for 56 laps
Margin of victory: 1.908 sec
Attendance: 67000
Lead changes: 20
Green flag passes: 1,538 (4.9 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary    2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2010 standings

PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLedPts
1 811   Denny Hamlin FedEx Express   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota367288525running104190
2 11   Jamie McMurray McDonald's   (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)Chevrolet367243779running71175
3142   Kurt Busch Miller Lite   (Roger Penske)Dodge367188698running0165
4 224   Jeff Gordon DuPont / National Guard Facebook   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet367180601running110170
51542   Juan Pablo Montoya Target   (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)Chevrolet367152156running0155
63529   Kevin Harvick Shell / Pennzoil   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet367151076running2155
73918   Kyle Busch Doublemint   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota367146556running29151
81131   Jeff Burton Caterpillar   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet367136915running31147
9 639   Ryan Newman Haas Automation   (Stewart Haas Racing)Chevrolet367125904running0138
10 383   Brian Vickers Red Bull / Bi-Lo   (Dietrich Mateschitz)Toyota367127173running9139
11 400   David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine   (Michael Waltrip)Toyota367119906running3135
12 912   Brad Keselowski Penske Racing   (Roger Penske)Dodge367115835running0127
132917   Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Black   (Jack Roush)Ford367133651running0124
14216   David Ragan UPS   (Jack Roush)Ford36795025running0121
154199   Carl Edwards Aflac   (Jack Roush)Ford367123098running0118
16 55   Mark Martin GoDaddy.com   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet367100775running0115
173278   Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing   (Barney Visser)Chevrolet36792075running0112
181988   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. AMP Energy / National Guard   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet36791200running0109
193356   Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts   (Michael Waltrip)Toyota36682425running0106
20109   Kasey Kahne Budweiser   (Richard Petty Motorsports)Ford366122290running0103
213819   Elliott Sadler Hunt Brothers Pizza   (Richard Petty Motorsports)Ford36688950running0100
221716   Greg Biffle 3M   (Jack Roush)Ford36688575running097
232414   Tony Stewart Old Spice / Office Depot   (Stewart Haas Racing)Chevrolet366116923running599
243126   David Stremme Air National Guard   (Bill Jenkins)Ford36586775running091
25 747   Marcos Ambrose Kingsford / Scott Branded Products   (JTG-Daugherty Racing)Toyota364105148running088
264034   Travis Kvapil A&W All American Food   (Bob Jenkins)Ford36477300running085
271320   Joey Logano The Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota363112840running082
281682   Scott Speed Red Bull / Bi-Lo   (Dietrich Mateschitz)Toyota36392423running284
294313   Max Papis GEICO   (Germain Racing)Toyota36173650running076
302098   Paul Menard Turtle Wax / Menards   (Richard Petty Motorsports)Ford35983975running073
312577   Sam Hornish, Jr. Mobil 1   (Roger Penske)Dodge35883725running070
322733   Clint Bowyer The Hartford   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet33180050running067
334237   Kevin Conway Extenze   (Bob Jenkins)Ford30989398crash064
342371   Bobby Labonte TaxSlayer.com   (Kevin Buckler)Chevrolet29771750crash061
353438   David Gilliland Taco Bell   (Bob Jenkins)Ford28390260crash058
362248   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet179125903crash055
371243   A.J. Allmendinger Insignia HDTV / Best Buy   (Richard Petty Motorsports)Ford178108501crash052
38267   Robby Gordon BAMVIP.com / James Otto / Whitney Duncan   (Robby Gordon)Toyota17082998engine129
393764   Todd Bodine Little Joe's Auto Sales   (Larry Gunselman)Toyota4770800brakes046
401855   Michael McDowell Prism Motorsports   (Phil Parsons)Toyota4470650crash018
413046   J.J. Yeley Whitney Motorsports   (Dusty Whitney)Dodge4270475brakes040
422866   Dave Blaney Prism Motorsports   (Phil Parsons)Toyota3570380transmission037
433632   Reed Sorenson Braun Racing   (Todd Braun)Toyota1970739crash034

To the back:
NameNbrReason
Kyle Busch18backup car

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
PosNameNbrSponsorOwnerCar
44Joe Nemechek87FrontRowJoe.comJoe NemechekToyota
45Casey Mears36Tommy Baldwin RacingTommy Baldwin, Jr.Chevrolet
46Mike Bliss09Phoenix Construction / Graceway Pharm.James FinchChevrolet

Caution flag breakdown:
ConditionFrom
Lap		To
Lap		# Of
Laps		ReasonFree
Pass
14545  
46505   #55 accident turn 2#99
51544  
55584   #20 accident frontstretch#82
59624  
63664   #14,98 accident backstretch#26
678418  
85884   #16,48,56 accident turn 4#71
8917183  
1721787   debris#48
1791802  
18119010   #37 accident turn 2#16
19120010  
2012044   #14 spun frontstretch#99
20522824  
2292324   debris#6
2332331  
2342374   debris#26
23828144  
2822865   #38,71 accident turn 2#9
28734256  
3433475   #20 accident turn 2#99
34836720  
  Percent of race run under caution: 15.3%             Average green flag run: 25.9 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap		To
Lap		# Of
Laps
  Jeff Gordon13737
  Brian Vickers38469
  Robby Gordon47471
  Jamie McMurray488538
  Tony Stewart86905
  Jeff Gordon9114050
  Denny Hamlin1411466
  Kevin Harvick1471482
  Scott Speed1491502
  Denny Hamlin15117323
  Jamie McMurray17420532
  Kyle Busch20622823
  Jamie McMurray2292291
  David Reutimann2302323
  Jeff Burton23326028
  Jeff Gordon26128323
  Kyle Busch2842896
  Denny Hamlin29034051
  Jeff Burton3413433
  Denny Hamlin34436724

Points Standings after this race:
RankDriverPointsDiff
1   Kevin Harvick 1622    
2   Jimmie Johnson 1512   -110  
3   Kyle Busch 1509   -113  
4   Jeff Gordon 1475   -147  
5   Matt Kenseth 1472   -150  
6   Denny Hamlin 1458   -164  
7   Greg Biffle 1431   -191  
8   Kurt Busch 1420   -202  
9   Jeff Burton 1394   -228  
10   Mark Martin 1357   -265  
11   Carl Edwards 1345   -277  
12   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 1318   -304  
13   Martin Truex Jr 1302   -320  
14   Ryan Newman 1280   -342  
14   Clint Bowyer 1280   -342  
16   Jamie McMurray 1279   -343  
17   Juan Pablo Montoya 1264   -358  
18   Tony Stewart 1259   -363  
19   Joey Logano 1198   -424  
20   Brian Vickers 1158   -464  
21   David Ragan 1142   -480