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2010 Kobalt Tools 500 NSCS Race Results
Timing & Scoring
This was Busch’s 1st NSCS win of the 2010 season, his third series win at Atlanta Motor speedway, and he now has won at least one race in nine consecutive seasons.
The current series points leader, Kevin Harvick, finished ninth and no has a 26 point lead over Matt Kenseth.
Following Busch and Kenseth to the drop of the checkered flag were Juan Pablo Montoya finishing third, Kasey Kahne fourth, Paul Menard fifth, A J Allmendinger sixth, Brian Vickers, seventh, Greg Biffle eighth, Kevin Harvick ninth and Scott Speed rounding out the top-10 finishers.
RACE NOTES:
Average Speed: 131.294 MPH
Lead Changes: 31 among 13 drivers
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 59 Mins, 59 Secs.
Cautions: 11 for 53 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.482 Seconds
Attendance: 85,000
Unofficial Top-12 in the Points Standings: 1. Kevin Harvick – 644 2. Matt Kenseth – 618 (-26 Points Behind Leader) 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).
2010 Kobalt Tools 500 NSCS Race Results
| Fin | Str | Car | Driver | Team | Lap | Pts | BPts | Status | TLd | LLd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite Dodge | 341 | 190 | 5 | Running | 6 | 129 |
| 2 | 14 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Valvoline Ford | 341 | 170 | Running | |||
| 3 | 3 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevrolet | 341 | 170 | 5 | Running | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser Ford | 341 | 170 | 10 | Running | 8 | 144 |
| 5 | 23 | 98 | Paul Menard | CertainTeed/Menards Ford | 341 | 160 | 5 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 25 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Best Buy/Insignia Ford | 341 | 150 | Running | |||
| 7 | 26 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 341 | 146 | Running | |||
| 8 | 13 | 16 | Greg Biffle | U.S. Census Ford | 341 | 142 | Running | |||
| 9 | 35 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet | 341 | 138 | Running | |||
| 10 | 32 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Toyota | 341 | 134 | Running | |||
| 11 | 12 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Lance/Tom's Toyota | 341 | 130 | Running | |||
| 12 | 16 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet | 341 | 127 | Running | |||
| 13 | 15 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot Chevrolet | 341 | 124 | Running | |||
| 14 | 38 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet | 341 | 121 | Running | |||
| 15 | 1 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet | 341 | 118 | Running | |||
| 16 | 34 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford | 341 | 120 | 5 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 7 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Tornados Chevrolet | 341 | 112 | Running | |||
| 18 | 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont/National Guard Chevrolet | 341 | 109 | Running | |||
| 19 | 8 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford | 341 | 111 | 5 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 22 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevrolet | 341 | 108 | 5 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 20 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office Toyota | 341 | 105 | 5 | Running | 5 | 32 |
| 22 | 21 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet Chevrolet | 341 | 97 | Running | |||
| 23 | 18 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | BB&T Chevrolet | 341 | 99 | 5 | Running | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | 30 | 36 | Mike Bliss | Wave Energy Drink Chevrolet | 341 | 96 | 5 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Toyota | 341 | 93 | 5 | Running | 3 | 22 |
| 26 | 37 | 38 | David Gilliland | Charter Air Transport/Taco Bell Ford | 341 | 90 | 5 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | 19 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Toyota | 341 | 82 | Running | |||
| 28 | 36 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Mobil 1 Dodge | 340 | 79 | Running | |||
| 29 | 24 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet | 340 | 76 | Running | |||
| 30 | 40 | 34 | Travis Kvapil | Long John Silver's Ford | 339 | 73 | Running | |||
| 31 | 41 | 37 | Kevin Conway # | Extenze Ford | 334 | 70 | Running | |||
| 32 | 42 | 26 | Boris Said | Sacred Power/Southern Pride Trucking Ford | 333 | 67 | Running | |||
| 33 | 4 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrickcars.com/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet | 331 | 64 | Accident | |||
| 34 | 31 | 13 | Max Papis | GEICO Toyota | 329 | 61 | Running | |||
| 35 | 29 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 323 | 58 | Running | |||
| 36 | 28 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Mopar/FLO TV Dodge Dodge | 322 | 55 | Accident | |||
| 37 | 17 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 211 | 52 | Running | |||
| 38 | 33 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | FrontRowJoe.com Toyota | 175 | 54 | 5 | Clutch | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | 10 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Scotts Ford | 170 | 46 | Parked | |||
| 40 | 9 | 0 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 167 | 43 | Overheating | |||
| 41 | 27 | 66 | Dave Blaney | PRISM Motorsports Toyota | 48 | 40 | Brakes | |||
| 42 | 43 | 55 | Michael McDowell | PRISM Motorsports Toyota | 37 | 37 | Transmission | |||
| 43 | 39 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Warner Music Nashville/Blake Shelton Toyota | 3 | 34 | Accident |
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