Carl Edwards is the new Sprint Cup Series points leader following the NASCAR race at Fontana, a result of his sixth-place finish and former points leader Kurt Busch’s off-day.
Kurt Busch, who was leading the way, fell to third behind Ryan Newman. Kyle Busch, who dominated Sunday’s 400-mile race, is fourth.
“What an exciting race,” Edwards said. “For our team to come out of here leading the points is big considering how we ran all day. We really weren’t that good.”
Kurt Busch finished 17th after fighting an ill-handling car all afternoon.
“It’s disappointing because we wanted to come here and extend our point lead and gain some momentum heading into Martinsville next weekend,” he said.
“We went in the wrong direction. It’s a long season—a marathon, not a sprint. We’ll put this behind us and head short-track racing next week.” Daytona Beach News-Journal
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RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Carl Edwards 187 Leader 2 Ryan Newman 178 -9 3 Kurt Busch 177 -10 4 Kyle Busch 176 -11 5 Jimmie Johnson 173 -14 6 Tony Stewart 170 -17 7 Paul Menard 164 -23 8 Juan Montoya 161 -26 9 Kevin Harvick 157 -30 10 Matt Kenseth 157 -30 11 Kasey Kahne 157 -30 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 156 -31 13 Martin Truex Jr. 147 -40 14 Mark Martin 147 -40 15 A.J. Allmendinger 137 -50 16 Jeff Gordon 130 -57 17 Clint Bowyer 122 -65 18 Bobby Labonte 121 -66 19 Marcos Ambrose 121 -66 20 Greg Biffle 119 -68 21 Denny Hamlin 112 -75 22 David Ragan 111 -76 23 Brad Keselowski 107 -80 24 Brian Vickers 105 -82 25 Jeff Burton 103 -84 26 David Gilliland 101 -86 27 David Reutimann 100 -87 28 Jamie McMurray 97 -90 29 Joey Logano 93 -94 30 Regan Smith 92 -95 31 Bill Elliott 82 -105 32 Robby Gordon 69 -118 33 Casey Mears 67 -120 34 Andy Lally* 61 -126 35 Dave Blaney 58 -129 36 Tony Raines 52 -135 37 Terry Labonte 30 -157 38 J.J. Yeley 20 -167 39 Ken Schrader 11 -176 40 Michael McDowell 9 -178
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