Catchfence

Momentum from last week’s Pocono Raceway victory, carries over to Michigan International Speedway for Denny Hamlin, as he holds off Kasey Kahne to win the NSCS Heluva Go0d! Sour Cream Dips 400.

This is Hamlin’s fifth series win of the 2010 season, his thirteenth series career win and his first series win at Michigan International Speedway.

Following Hamlin and Kahne to the drop of the checkered flag were Kurt Busch finishing third, Jeff Gordon fourth, Tony Stewart fifth, Jimmie Johnson sixth, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. seventh, Jeff Burton eighth, Greg Biffle ninth and Joey Logano rounding out the top-ten finishers.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 156.386 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 33 Mins, 28 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.246 Seconds
Lead Changes: 18 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 14 laps
Attendance: 95,000

Unofficial Top-12 in the Points Standings: 1. Kevin Harvick - 2169; Kyle Busch – 2147 (-22 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Denny Hamlin – 2122 (-47) 4. Kurt Busch – 2051 (-118) 5. Matt Kenseth – 2019 (-150) 6. Jimmie Johnson – 1999 (-170) 7. Jeff Gordon – 1987 (-182) 8. Jeff Burton - 1945 (-224) 9. Greg Biffle – 1865 (-304) 10. Carl Edwards – 1856 (-313) 11. Tony Stewart – 1840 (-329) 12. Mark Martin – 1826 (-343 )

On the Outside Looking In to Make the Chase: 13. Clint Bowyer – 1783 (-386 Points Behind the Leader) (-43 Points Behind 12th-Place) 14. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 1745 (-424) (-81) 15. Ryan Newman – 1735 (-434) (-91) 16. Martin Truex Jr. – 1733 (-436) (-93) 17. Joey Logano – 1719 (-450) (-107).

2010 NSCS Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	7	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground Toyota	200	195	10	Running	4	123
2	4	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Ford	200	175	5	Running	2	6
3	1	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge	200	170	5	Running	6	60
4	6	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont / National Guard Job Skills Chevrolet	200	160		Running
5	17	14	Tony Stewart	Old Spice / Office Depot Chevrolet	200	155		Running
6	3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	200	150		Running
7	27	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet	200	146		Running
8	5	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	200	142		Running
9	16	16	Greg Biffle	3M Ford	200	138		Running
10	12	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot Toyota	200	134		Running
11	26	43	A J Allmendinger	Insignia HDTV / Best Buy Ford	200	130		Running
12	19	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	200	127		Running
13	10	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	200	124		Running
14	39	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Black Ford	200	126	5	Running	1	2
15	24	47	Marcos Ambrose	Clorox / Kleenex Toyota	200	118		Running
16	21	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	200	115		Running
17	13	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	200	112		Running
18	9	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	200	109		Running
19	31	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet	200	106		Running
20	15	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Pretzel Toyota	200	103		Running
21	11	19	Elliott Sadler	Stanley Ford	200	100		Running
22	25	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	200	97		Running
23	23	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	199	94		Running
24	2	1	Jamie McMurray	GE Reveal Chevrolet	199	96	5	Running	1	1
25	22	98	Paul Menard	Sylvania / Menards Ford	199	88		Running
26	18	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Mobil 1 Dodge	199	90	5	Running	1	5
27	33	12	Brad Keselowski	Penske Dodge	199	82		Running
28	29	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull Toyota	199	79		Running
29	28	21	Bill Elliott	FordParts.com Ford	199	76		Running
30	43	26	David Stremme	Air Guard Ford	199	78	5	Running	1	1
31	34	38	Travis Kvapil	Long John Silver's / Ice Flow Lemonade Ford	199	70		Running
32	8	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. Army Chevrolet	199	67		Running
33	20	7	Robby Gordon	SpeedFactory.TV Toyota	199	69	5	Running	1	1
34	14	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	198	61		Running
35	36	37	David Gilliland	Taco Bell Ford	197	58		Running
36	32	83	Casey Mears	Red Bull Toyota	149	55		Accident
37	37	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	66	57	5	Electrical	1	1
38	35	9	Landon Cassill	Phoenix Racing Chevrolet	51	49		Rear Gear
39	40	46	J J Yeley	Promise Village Dodge	47	46		Overheating
40	42	34	Kevin Conway #	Extenze Ford	38	43		Engine
41	30	71	Bobby Labonte	TRG Motorsports Chevrolet	31	40		Overheating
42	41	64	Todd Bodine	Little Joe's Autos Toyota	20	37		Rear Gear
43	38	13	Max Papis	GEICO Toyota	8	34		Overheating