Catchfence

David Reutimann held off Carl Edwards by 0.727 seconds to capture the NSCS LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

This was Reutimann’s first series win of the 2010 season, his second series career win and and his first series win at Chicagoland Speedway.

Following Reutimann and Edwards to the drop of the checkered flag were Jeff Gordon finishing in the third position, Clint Bowyer in the fourth position, pole sitter Jamie McMurray fifth, Kasey Kahne sixth, Jeff Burton seventh, Denny Hamlin eighth, Tony Stewart ninth and Paul Menard rounding out the top-ten finishing positions.

Kevin Harvick (who finished 34th) now leads Jeff Gordon by 103 points in the points standings.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 145.138 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 45 Mins, 34 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.727 Seconds
Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
Attendance: 67,500

Unofficial Top-12 in the Points Standings: 1. Kevin Harvick - 2745; 2. Jeff Gordon – 2642 (-103 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Jimmie Johnson – 2557 (-188) 4. Denny Hamlin – 2542 (-203) 5. Kurt Busch – 2524 (-221) 6. Kyle Busch – 2488 (-257) 7. Jeff Burton – 2465 (-280) 8. Matt Kenseth – 2446 (-299) 9. Tony Stewart – 2389 (-356) 10. Carl Edwards – 2345 (-400) 11. Greg Biffle – 2292 (-453) 12. Clint Bowyer – 2286 (-459).

On the Outside Looking In to Make the Chase: 13. Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2271 (-474 Points Behind the Leader) (-15 Points Behind 12th-Place) 14. Mark Martin – 2249 (-496) (-37) 15. David Reutimann – 2190 (-555) (-96) 16. Ryan Newman – 2187 (-558) (-99).

Next Up: The NSCS teams will have next weekend off, and then will descend on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400 on July 25th.

2010 NSCS LifeLock.com 400 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	7	0	David Reutimann	TUMS Toyota	267	190	5	Running	3	52
2	11	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Silver Ford	267	175	5	Running	1	2
3	6	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	267	170	5	Running	2	47
4	15	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	267	165	5	Running	1	1
5	1	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's Chevrolet	267	160	5	Running	1	72
6	12	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Ford	267	150		Running
7	14	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	267	146		Running
8	17	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground Toyota	267	142		Running
9	3	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot Chevrolet	267	138		Running
10	9	98	Paul Menard	Moen / Menards Ford	267	134		Running
11	8	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	267	130		Running
12	26	6	David Ragan	UPS Freight Ford	267	127		Running
13	34	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Black Ford	267	124		Running
14	13	43	A J Allmendinger	Geek Squad / Best Buy Ford	267	121		Running
15	21	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	267	118		Running
16	10	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	267	120	5	Running	1	1
17	33	18	Kyle Busch	Snickers Toyota	267	112		Running
18	30	12	Brad Keselowski	Penske Dodge	266	109		Running
19	18	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot Toyota	266	106		Running
20	41	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	266	103		Running
21	16	19	Elliott Sadler	Stanley Ford	266	100		Running
22	19	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation Chevrolet	266	97		Running
23	25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet	266	94		Running
24	5	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Mobil 1 Dodge	266	91		Running
25	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	266	98	10	Running	1	92
26	22	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge	265	85		Running
27	24	83	Reed Sorenson	Red Bull Toyota	265	82		Running
28	23	47	Marcos Ambrose	Clorox / Kleenex Toyota	265	79		Running
29	20	9	Bobby Labonte	Phoenix Construction Chevrolet	265	76		Running
30	39	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull Toyota	264	73		Running
31	43	38	Travis Kvapil	Long John Silver's Ford	261	70		Running
32	40	37	David Gilliland	Taco Bell Ford	261	67		Running
33	42	34	Kevin Conway #	Extenze Ford	256	64		Running
34	27	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet	251	61		Running
35	4	16	Greg Biffle	3M Filtrete Ford	225	58		Engine
36	36	26	David Stremme	Air Guard / gtwgps.com Ford	184	55		Running
37	29	21	Bill Elliott	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford	176	52		Accident
38	38	7	Robby Gordon	MAPEI / Menards Toyota	174	49		Accident
39	32	71	Landon Cassill	TRG Motorsports Chevrolet	73	46		Brakes
40	35	36	Casey Mears	Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet	49	43		Brakes
41	37	32	Mike Bliss	Braun Racing Toyota	40	40		Brakes
42	31	13	Max Papis	GEICO Toyota	40	37		Overheating
43	28	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	20	34		Rear Gear