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Matt Kenseth (who started on the outside pole for the NSCS Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway) quietly positioned himself into the lead ahead of Kyle Busch with 25-laps to go, and was able to keep him there at the drop of the checkered flag.

With his victory, Kenseth moves into 3rd in the series’ point standings, receives his 3rd series win of the 2011 season, his 21st series career win and his 2nd series win at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Busch (who had to start from the rear of the field due to an engine change) was able to work himself to the lead; as well as, lead the most laps (111 out of 334) but that (dominating) effort ended once Kenseth got out front and finished a disappointing 0.968 seconds behind.

Following Kenseth and Busch to the checkered flag were Carl Edwards (who extends his points lead over Kevin Havick to 5-points) finishing in third, Kasey Kahne fourth and Marcos Ambrose finishing fifth.

Round out the top-ten finishers were Kevin Harvick finishing sixth, AJ Allmendinger seventh, pole sitter Tony Stewart eighth, Denny Hamlin ninth and Ryan Newman finishing in the tenth position.

RACE NOTES:

The Best Finishing “Chase” Driver in the Race: Matt Kenseth, 1st
The Worse Finishing “Chase” Driver in the Race: Jimmie Johnson, 34th
Average Speed: 146.194 MPH
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 25 Mins, 37 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.968 Seconds
Lead Changes: 16 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 34 laps
Attendance: 105,000

Unofficial Top-12 in the Point Standings: 1. Carl Edwards – 2203 (Leader) 2. Kevin Harvick – 2198 (-5 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Matt Kenseth – 2196 (-7) 4. Kyle Busch – 2185 (-18) 5. Tony Stewart – 2179 (-24) 6. Brad Keselowski – 2178 (-25) 7. Kurt Busch – 2176 (-27) 8. Jimmie Johnson – 2168 (-35) 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2143 (-60) 10. Ryan Newman – 2142 (-61) 11. Jeff Gordon – 2137 (-66) 12. Denny Hamlin – 2117 (-86).

Next Up:  The Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, Oct. 23rd, with ESPN beginning their (pre-race) coverage at 1:00 PM (ET) and the drop of the green flag approximately at 2:20 PM (ET).

2011 NSCS Bank of America 500 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	2	17	Matt Kenseth	Fluidmaster Ford	334	47	4	Running	3	46
2	25	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	334	44	2	Running	2	111
3	3	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Now Hiring Ford	334	42	1	Running	1	1
4	8	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Toyota	334	40		Running
5	12	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley Bostitch Ford	334	39		Running
6	14	29	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	334	38		Running
7	4	43	A J Allmendinger	Best Buy Ford	334	37		Running
8	1	14	Tony Stewart	Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet	334	37	1	Running	3	94
9	17	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express Toyota	334	35		Running
10	6	39	Ryan Newman	cookies for kid's cancer Chevrolet	334	35	1	Running	1	6
11	11	6	David Ragan	UPS Freight Ford	334	34	1	Running	1	1
12	16	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot Toyota	334	32		Running
13	20	22	Kurt Busch	Shell Pennzoil Ultra Dodge	334	31		Running
14	32	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	334	31	1	Running	1	2
15	5	16	Greg Biffle	3M Give Kids A Smile Ford	334	30	1	Running	2	68
16	26	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	333	28		Running
17	7	27	Paul Menard	CertainTeed/Menards Chevrolet	333	27		Running
18	28	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	333	26		Running
19	15	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy/Natl Guard/Chevy 100th Anniv Chevrolet	333	25		Running
20	31	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	333	24		Running
21	23	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive To End Hunger/Chevy 100th Anniv Chevrolet	333	23		Running
22	38	38	J J Yeley	Long John Silver's Ford	333	23	1	Running	2	4
23	18	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	332	21		Running
24	19	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	332	20		Running
25	21	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	332	19		Running
26	29	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	332	18		Running
27	27	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevrolet	332	17		Running
28	30	51	Landon Cassill(i)	Phoenix Construction/Thank A Teacher Chevrolet	332	0		Running
29	22	47	Bobby Labonte	Lance Snacks/Tom's Toyota	331	15		Running
30	42	32	Mike Bliss(i)	Street King Ford	331	0		Running
31	10	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford	329	0		Running
32	24	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Toyota	323	12		Engine
33	41	71	Hermie Sadler(i)	Susan G Komen for the Cure Ford	322	0		Running
34	9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's/Chevy 100th Anniversary Chevrolet	316	11	1	Accident	1	1
35	35	36	Dave Blaney	Golden Corral Chevrolet	292	9		Engine
36	33	34	David Gilliland	Tasty Kake Ford	289	8		Running
37	13	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com/Chevy 100th Anniversary Chevrolet	287	7		Running
38	43	7	Robby Gordon	SPEED Energy/Harris Teeter Dodge	33	6		Vibration
39	37	66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing LLC Toyota	30	5		Suspension
40	34	55	Travis Kvapil(i)	Ingersoll Rand Ford	27	0		Overheating
41	36	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports Chevrolet	22	3		Overheating
42	40	77	Andy Lally #	HOD Ford	20	PE		Brakes
43	39	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves Toyota	11	0		Vibration

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie
PE Post-Entry (No Points Awarded)