Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, continued his strong season after scoring his ninth top-10 finish in 12 races to stay atop the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings following race at Dover International Speedway. Harvick finished 7th in the 400-lap/400-mile race after starting 30th in the 43-car field.
Busch led six times for 131 laps, and the win moved him to second in the point standings. He trails points leader Kevin Harvick, who finished seventh, by 69 points.
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, led eight times for a race-high 225-laps before suffering an speeding penalty on pit road exiting from his last pit stop of the race. The four-time defending champion is fourth in the standings, 131 points out of the lead.
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, finished second in the Autism Speaks 400, leading once for one lap. It is Burton’s third top-five and fifth top-10 of the season and moved him to eighth in the standings.
Tony Stewart, No.14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet, moved up four positions in the standings to 14th with his ninth place finish today.
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kevin Harvick 1768 Leader 2 Kyle Busch 1699 -69 3 Matt Kenseth 1642 -126 4 Jimmie Johnson 1637 -131 5 Denny Hamlin 1618 -150 6 Jeff Gordon 1605 -163 7 Greg Biffle 1581 -187 8 Jeff Burton 1569 -199 9 Kurt Busch 1531 -237 10 Carl Edwards 1487 -281 11 Mark Martin 1475 -293 12 Martin Truex Jr. 1434 -334 13 Ryan Newman 1404 -364 14 Tony Stewart 1397 -371 15 Clint Bowyer 1392 -376 16 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1391 -377 17 Jamie McMurray 1346 -422 18 Joey Logano 1332 -436 19 Juan Montoya 1322 -446 20 David Reutimann 1262 -506 21 Kasey Kahne 1237 -531 22 David Ragan 1227 -541 23 Paul Menard 1217 -551 24 Brad Keselowski 1210 -558 25 A.J. Allmendinger 1202 -566 26 Scott Speed 1185 -583 27 Brian Vickers 1158 -610 28 Marcos Ambrose 1068 -700 29 Elliott Sadler 1050 -718 30 Sam Hornish Jr. 1013 -755 31 Regan Smith 1010 -758 32 Travis Kvapil 985 -783 33 Bobby Labonte 945 -823 34 Robby Gordon 899 -869 35 David Gilliland 817 -951 36 Kevin Conway* 743 -1025 37 Mike Bliss 621 -1147 38 Max Papis 499 -1269 39 David Stremme 474 -1294 40 Joe Nemechek 463 -1305 41 Dave Blaney 422 -1346 42 Michael McDowell 348 -1420 43 Bill Elliott 290 -1478 44 Casey Mears 255 -1513
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Kyle Busch Wins ‘Autism Speaks 400’ NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at Dover
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