Jamie McMurray had the best Chevrolet race car when it counted tonight in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. McMurray jumped to the lead in turn one of the final restart of the race on lap 314 and led the final 20 laps of the 334-lap/501-mile race to take his No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet to victory lane.
It is the third NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win for McMurray in 2010. He led three times for a total of 65 laps on the way to his sixth career victory.
With a third place finish tonight, Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, maintained his lead in the Chase standings by 41 points with five races remaining in the season. The four-time defending Series’ champion led once tonight for a total of 15 laps.
Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, remains third in the standings after finishing eighth in final order tonight. Harvick is 77 points down to the leader.
Kyle Busch (Toyota) Denny Hamlin (Toyota) and Greg Biffle (Ford) complete the top-five finishers.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, remains fourth in the standings despite a 23rd place finish at Charlotte. The four-time champion and tonight’s pole sitter suffered an electrical issue mid-way through the race that put him a lap down. He battled back to the lead lap but received a pit road speeding penalty late in the race that dropped him in the final order.
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet, finished 21st after battling an ill-handling car for the majority of the race. The two-time champion dropped one position to sixth in the Chase standings.
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, also battled handling issues throughout the race to score the 20th place finishing position. He is now 10th in the points order after 31 races.
Clint Bowyer, No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet, remains 12th in the standings and finished 17th in tonight’s race.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 6 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 7 20 Joey Logano Toyota 8 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 9 0 David Reutimann Toyota 10 6 David Ragan Ford 11 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 12 99 Carl Edwards Ford 13 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 14 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 15 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 16 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 17 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 18 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 19 82 Scott Speed Toyota 20 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 21 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 22 110 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 24 98 Paul Menard Ford 25 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 26 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 27 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 28 38 David Gilliland Ford 29 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 30 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 31 34 Travis Kvapil Ford 32 37 Dave Blaney Ford 33 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 34 71 Andy Lally Chevrolet 35 21 Bill Elliott Ford 36 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 37 26 Patrick Carpentier Ford 38 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 39 46 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 40 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 41 164 Jeff Green Toyota 42 9 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 43 36 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet
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