Catchfence

Taking two fresh tires during the final caution, was the right gamble for Greg Biffle, as he captured the NSCS Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 victory at Pocono Raceway.

This was Biffle’s and Ford Racing’s 1st series win of the 2010 season (breaking a 64-race win less streak for Biffle with his last win coming at Dover on September 21, 2008) his 15th series career win, and his 1st win at “the tricky triangle.”

Finishing in second behind Biffle was pole sitter Tony Stewart, and they were followed by Carl Edwards in third, Kevin Harvick finishing fourth, Denny Hamlin fifth, Jeff Gordon sixth, Mark Martin seventh, Jeff Burton eighth, Martin Truex Jr. ninth and Jimmie Johnson (led the most laps with 96 out of the 200) rounding out the top-ten finishing positions.

Kevin Harvick now leads Jeff Gordon by 189 points in the point standings.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 132.246 MPH
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 46 Mins, 51 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 3.598 Seconds
Lead Changes: 19 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
Attendance: 100,000

Unofficial Top-12 in the Point Standings: 1. Kevin Harvick – 3080; 2. Jeff Gordon – 2891 (-189 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Denny Hamlin – 2820 (-260) 4. Jimmie Johnson – 2803 (-277) 5. Jeff Burton – 2757 (-323) 6. Kyle Busch – 2724 (-356) 7. Kurt Busch – 2722 (-358) 8. Tony Stewart – 2719 (-361) 9. Matt Kenseth – 2682 (-398) 10. Carl Edwards - 2666 (-414) 11. Greg Biffle – 2652 (-428) 12. Clint Bowyer – 2564 (-516)

On the Outside Looking in to Make The Chase: 13. Mark Martin – 2530 (-550 Points Behind the Leader) (-34 Points Behind 12th-Place) 14. Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2435 (-645) (-129) 15. Ryan Newman – 2426 (-654) (-138) 16. Kasey Kahne – 2396 (-684) (-168) 17. Jamie McMurray – 2392 (-688) (-172) 18. David Reutimann – 2381 (-699) (-183).

Next Up: The Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen International) on Sunday, August 7th at 1:00 PM (EST).

2010 NSCS Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	12	16	Greg Biffle	3M Ford	200	190	5	Running	3	28
2	1	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot / Old Spice Chevrolet	200	175	5	Running	1	2
3	25	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	200	170	5	Running	1	1
4	14	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet	200	160		Running
5	3	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office Toyota	200	160	5	Running	1	19
6	4	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	200	155	5	Running	7	39
7	10	5	Mark Martin	Hendrickcars.com / GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	200	146		Running
8	8	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	200	142		Running
9	28	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	200	138		Running
10	6	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	200	144	10	Running	3	96
11	15	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	PPG / Olympic Dodge	200	135	5	Running	1	9
12	5	39	Ryan Newman	U.S.Army Chevrolet	200	127		Running
13	23	98	Paul Menard	CertainTeed / Menards Ford	200	124		Running
14	18	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	200	121		Running
15	40	33	Clint Bowyer	The Hartford Chevrolet	200	118		Running
16	2	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	200	120	5	Running	2	5
17	24	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	200	112		Running
18	26	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Ford	200	109		Running
19	16	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Ford	200	106		Running
20	11	12	Brad Keselowski	Penske Dodge	200	103		Running
21	34	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	200	100		Running
22	9	1	Jamie McMurray	AXE Twist Chevrolet	200	97		Running
23	21	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	200	94		Running
24	7	43	A J Allmendinger	Insignia HDTV Ford	200	91		Running
25	17	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot Toyota	200	88		Running
26	27	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull Toyota	200	85		Running
27	20	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet	199	82		Running
28	22	71	Bobby Labonte	TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet	199	79		Running
29	32	38	Travis Kvapil	Long John Silver's Ford	199	76		Running
30	37	37	David Gilliland	Gander Mountain Ford	198	73		Running
31	41	34	Kevin Conway #	Extenze Ford	198	70		Running
32	31	83	Reed Sorenson	Red Bull Toyota	171	67		Overheating
33	13	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite / Vortex Dodge	164	64		Accident
34	29	19	Elliott Sadler	Air Force Ford	163	61		Accident
35	42	7	P J Jones	SpeedFactory.TV Toyota	63	58		Too Slow
36	39	36	Casey Mears	Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet	62	55		Brakes
37	43	64	Todd Bodine	FRED's Hometown Discount Store Toyota	49	52		Electrical
38	30	46	J J Yeley	Cash America Dodge	48	54	5	Vibration	1	1
39	19	47	Marcos Ambrose	Clorox / Kleenex Toyota	46	46		Engine
40	33	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	42	43		Brakes
41	35	9	Landon Cassill	Phoenix Construction Chevrolet	32	40		Vibration
42	38	66	Dave Blaney	PRISM Motorsports Toyota	24	37		Transmission
43	36	55	Michael McDowell	PRISM Motorsports Toyota	23	34		Vibration