Matt Kenseth came late to the party and took home the prize—thanks to a spur-of-the-moment decision on pit road.
A two-tire call late in Sunday’s FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway put Kenseth on the front row for a restart on Lap 367 of 400, and that was all Kenseth needed to secure his second Sprint Cup Series victory of the season and the 20th of his career.
Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards dominated most of the race by combining for 324 of 400 laps led. But Johnson and Edwards took four tires each on their last stops, which ended up costing both drivers an opportunity to win.
The top five drivers remained unchanged. Carl Edwards ran seventh to remain first with 416 points, 24 more than five-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson, who was ninth Sunday.
Busch ran fourth and is third with 379 points. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was 12th and is fourth with 364 points, two more than Harvick, who was 10th.
Behind Kenseth are Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Greg Biffle. Stewart and Martin each fell three spots
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: FedEx 400 at Dover - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Carl Edwards 416 Leader 2 Jimmie Johnson 392 -24 3 Kyle Busch 379 -37 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 364 -52 5 Kevin Harvick 362 -54 6 Matt Kenseth 342 -74 7 Ryan Newman 340 -76 8 Clint Bowyer 336 -80 9 Kurt Busch 336 -80 10 Tony Stewart 328 -88 11 Mark Martin 324 -92 12 Greg Biffle 311 -105 13 Denny Hamlin 304 -112 14 Jeff Gordon 299 -117 15 Juan Montoya 296 -120 16 A.J. Allmendinger 295 -121 17 Paul Menard 291 -125 18 Kasey Kahne 286 -130 19 Martin Truex Jr. 282 -134 20 Marcos Ambrose 281 -135 21 David Ragan 270 -146 22 Jamie McMurray 267 -149 23 Jeff Burton 258 -158 24 Brad Keselowski 251 -165 25 Bobby Labonte 251 -165 26 David Reutimann 244 -172 27 Brian Vickers 238 -178 28 Joey Logano 238 -178 29 Regan Smith 226 -190 30 David Gilliland 202 -214 31 Dave Blaney 174 -242 32 Casey Mears 168 -248 33 Robby Gordon 144 -272 34 Andy Lally* 127 -289 35 Tony Raines 109 -307 36 Bill Elliott 100 -316 37 Ken Schrader 73 -343 38 Terry Labonte 40 -376 39 J.J. Yeley 36 -380 40 Michael McDowell 32 -384
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