Matt Kenseth cruised to victory in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where Jimmie Johnson’s hopes for a sixth consecutive title took a violent hit figuratively and literally.
Kenseth passed Kyle Busch with 25 laps remaining and held on for his third Sprint Cup victory of the season.
Johnson finished 34th after sustaining a heavy impact with the SAFER barrier in Turn 2. His No. 48 Chevrolet hit at virtually full speed after Johnson lost control trying to pass Newman on the inside.
At the midpoint of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, he fell five spots to eighth in the standings and trails Edwards by 35 points with five races left in the 10-race title run. USA Today
Following the Bank of America 500, Edwards holds the Chase points lead by five points over Kevin Harvick and Kenseth is seven points behind Edwards.
Rounding out the top 10 were Harvick in sixth, followed by A.J. Allmendinger, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman.
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Matt Kenseth Wins Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at Charlotte
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Bank of America 500 at Charlotte - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Carl Edwards 2203 Leader 2 Kevin Harvick 2198 -5 3 Matt Kenseth 2196 -7 4 Kyle Busch 2185 -18 5 Tony Stewart 2179 -24 6 Brad Keselowski 2178 -25 7 Kurt Busch 2176 -27 8 Jimmie Johnson 2168 -35 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2143 -60 10 Ryan Newman 2142 -61 11 Jeff Gordon 2137 -66 12 Denny Hamlin 2117 -86 13 Clint Bowyer 868 -1335 14 A.J. Allmendinger 865 -1338 15 Kasey Kahne 857 -1346 16 Greg Biffle 856 -1347 17 David Ragan 829 -1374 18 Marcos Ambrose 821 -1382 19 Juan Montoya 819 -1384 20 Mark Martin 816 -1387 21 Paul Menard 802 -1401 22 Joey Logano 791 -1412 23 Martin Truex Jr. 790 -1413 24 Jeff Burton 761 -1442 25 Brian Vickers 721 -1482 26 Regan Smith 717 -1486 27 Jamie McMurray 705 -1498 28 David Reutimann 642 -1561 29 Bobby Labonte 618 -1585 30 David Gilliland 502 -1701 31 Casey Mears 427 -1776 32 Dave Blaney 403 -1800 33 Andy Lally* 377 -1826 34 Robby Gordon 251 -1952 35 J.J. Yeley 165 -2038 36 Tony Raines 129 -2074 37 Michael McDowell 114 -2089 38 Bill Elliott 100 -2103 39 Terry Labonte 92 -2111 40 Ken Schrader 87 -2116
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