The Final Lap with Kerry Murphey

Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10
sDNFs Money Won PPos G/L
1 Tony Stewart 40 2403 0 0 36 1 5 9 19 1 $6,529,871 2 1
2 Carl Edwards 29 2403 0 0 36 3 1 19 26 0 $8,485,989 1 -1
3 Kevin Harvick 30 2345 -58 -58 36 0 4 9 19 1 $6,197,144 3 0
4 Matt Kenseth 34 2330 -73 -15 36 3 3 12 20 3 $6,183,584 6 2
5 Brad Keselowski 29 2319 -84 -11 36 1 3 10 14 1 $5,087,744 4 -1
6 Jimmie Johnson 33 2304 -99 -15 36 0 2 14 21 2 $6,296,359 5 -1
7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 9 2290 -113 -14 36 1 0 4 12 2 $4,163,688 7 0
8 Jeff Gordon 35 2287 -116 -3 36 1 3 13 18 3 $5,912,834 11 3
9 Denny Hamlin 20 2284 -119 -3 36 0 1 5 14 2 $5,401,193 10 1
10 Ryan Newman 24 2284 -119 0 36 3 1 9 17 0 $5,303,023 9 -1
11 Kurt Busch 29 2262 -141 -22 36 3 2 8 16 3 $5,936,466 8 -3
12 Kyle Busch 45 2246 -157 -16 35 1 4 14 18 4 $6,161,023 12 0
13 Clint Bowyer 20 1047 -1356 -1199 36 0 1 4 16 6 $5,633,951 13 0
14 Kasey Kahne 20 1041 -1362 -6 36 2 1 8 15 4 $4,775,156 14 0
15 A J Allmendinger 7 1013 -1390 -28 36 0 0 1 10 1 $4,825,564 16 1
16 Greg Biffle 17 997 -1406 -16 36 3 0 3 10 2 $4,318,053 15 -1
17 Paul Menard 11 947 -1456 -50 36 0 1 4 8 2 $3,853,688 18 1
18 Martin Truex Jr. 16 937 -1466 -10 36 1 0 3 12 3 $3,955,563 23 5
19 Marcos Ambrose 10 936 -1467 -1 36 0 1 5 12 1 $4,750,389 17 -2
20 Jeff Burton 9 935 -1468 -1 36 0 0 2 5 3 $3,807,776 22 2

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RACE RECAP | PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
10 Clint Bowyer
9 Paul Menard
8 Marcos Ambrose
7 David Reutimann
6 AJ Allmendinger
5 Ryan Newman
4 Jeff Burton
3 Tony Stewart led the most laps (160)
2 Carl Edwards hangs onto the points lead over Tony by 3

VICTORY LANE

1 Kasey Kahne breaks an 81 race winless streak (Sept 2009) to grab his first win of the season

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Edwards, Stewart Vie To Be “Penultimate Warrior”

This weekend’s race at Phoenix International Raceway is the penultimate race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, with the victor inheriting the title of “Penultimate Warrior.” (By no one in particular, of course.)
And the manner in which the latter half of this Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup has unfurled suggests Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart as the favorites on Sunday. Points leader Edwards leads Stewart by a scant three points in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 25, 2011) – NASCAR has issued penalties to the No. 00, No. 47 and No. 56 teams that compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as a result of rule infractions discovered during opening day inspection Oct. 21 at Talladega Superspeedway.

All three cars were found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules detailed in Section 20 of the rule book, or has not been approved by NASCAR prior to the event); and 20-3.2.1A (unapproved modification to an approved windshield) of the 2011 NASCAR rule book.

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1 – Carl Edwards (No. 99 Scotts Winterguard Ford)
· Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 99.1
2011 Rundown
· One win, 16 top fives, 22 top 10s; two poles
· Average finish of 10.0
· Led 21 races for 715 laps
Martinsville Speedway Outlook:
· One top five, four top 10s
· Average finish of 16.9 in 14 races
· Average Running Position of 16.0, 13th-best
· Driver Rating of 81.1, 14th-best
· 647 Green Flag Passes, fourth-most
· 3,721 Laps in the Top 15 (57.1%), 10th-most
· 390 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), fourth-most

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