Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, finished ninth at Atlanta Motor Speedway and maintains the lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with four races in the record books.
Four-time defending NSCS champion Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, finished 12th today and jumped one position in the points to fourth place.
Despite being involved in a multi-car accident as the field came down for the first of two green-white-checkered attempts at the finish, Clint Bowyer, maintained his top-five position in the standings sitting fifth after his 23rd place finish today.
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, jumped one position in the standings to sixth with a 20th place run. He led once for one lap.
Mark Martin, No. 5 Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet is seventh in the standings after being sidelined before the finish as a victim of the multi-car accident and was scored in 33rd place.
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet, now sits eighth in points with his 13th place finish.
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kevin Harvick 644 Leader 2 Matt Kenseth 618 -26 3 Greg Biffle 585 -59 4 Jimmie Johnson 570 -74 5 Clint Bowyer 558 -86 6 Jeff Burton 538 -106 7 Mark Martin 521 -123 8 Tony Stewart 510 -134 9 Paul Menard 505 -139 10 Kurt Busch 502 -142 11 Jeff Gordon 482 -162 12 Scott Speed 482 -162 13 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 475 -169 14 Joey Logano 471 -173 15 Kyle Busch 468 -176 16 Brian Vickers 466 -178 17 Kasey Kahne 447 -197 18 David Reutimann 440 -204 19 Jamie McMurray 439 -205 20 Carl Edwards 435 -209 21 Juan Montoya 418 -226 22 Denny Hamlin 409 -235 23 A.J. Allmendinger 398 -246 24 Martin Truex Jr. 386 -258 25 Elliott Sadler 380 -264 26 Regan Smith 373 -271 27 David Ragan 360 -284 28 Marcos Ambrose 349 -295 29 Ryan Newman 337 -307 30 Bobby Labonte 328 -316 31 Sam Hornish Jr. 325 -319 32 Travis Kvapil 318 -326 33 Brad Keselowski 295 -349 34 Mike Bliss 276 -368 35 Boris Said 252 -392 36 Robby Gordon 249 -395 37 David Gilliland 248 -396 38 Max Papis 247 -397 39 Bill Elliott 202 -442 40 Kevin Conway* 195 -449 41 Michael McDowell 175 -469 42 Joe Nemechek 171 -473
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