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1 11 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge
2 14 17 Matt Kenseth Valvoline Ford
3 3 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
4 6 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Ford
5 23 98 Paul Menard CertainTeed/Menards Ford
6 25 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy/Insignia Ford
7 26 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota
8 13 16 Greg Biffle U.S. Census Ford
9 35 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet
10 32 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Toyota
11 12 47 Marcos Ambrose Lance/Tom’s Toyota
12 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet
13 15 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot Chevrolet
14 38 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
15 1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet
16 34 21 Bill Elliott Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
17 7 39 Ryan Newman Tornados Chevrolet
18 5 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont/National Guard Chevrolet
19 8 19 Elliott Sadler Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford
20 22 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet
21 20 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota
22 21 71 Bobby Labonte TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet Chevrolet
23 18 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet
24 30 36 Mike Bliss Wave Energy Drink Chevrolet
25 2 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota
26 37 38 David Gilliland Charter Air Transport/Taco Bell Ford
27 19 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota
28 36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge
29 24 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet
30 40 34 Travis Kvapil Long John Silver’s Ford
31 41 37 Kevin Conway # Extenze Ford
32 42 26 Boris Said Sacred Power/Southern Pride Trucking Ford
33 4 5 Mark Martin Hendrickcars.com/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
34 31 13 Max Papis GEICO Toyota
35 29 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota
36 28 12 Brad Keselowski Mopar/FLO TV Dodge Dodge
37 17 6 David Ragan UPS Ford
38 33 87 Joe Nemechek FrontRowJoe.com Toyota
39 10 99 Carl Edwards Scotts Ford
40 9 00 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
41 27 66 Dave Blaney PRISM Motorsports Toyota
42 43 55 Michael McDowell PRISM Motorsports Toyota
43 39 7 Robby Gordon Warner Music Nashville/Blake Shelton Toyota

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RACE RECAP | ATLANTA
10 Scott Speed
9 Kevin Harvick
8 Greg Biffle
7 Brian Vickers
6 A.J. Allmendinger
5 Paul Menard first career top 5
4 Kasey Kahne led the most laps
3 Juan Montoya was another car to beat
2 Matt Kenseth moves to second in points

VICTORY LANE

1 Kurt Busch takes back to back spring race wins at Atlanta. It’s Kurt’s 3rd win at the track, surviving multiple restarts at the end. He moves from 19th to 10th in the point standings.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Pole Sitter Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t even lead lap 1, Kyle Busch did

-Robby Gordon brings out the first caution with his mangled #7 machine from a cut tire

-David Ragan pounds the wall hard, sending him to the garage

-Carl Edwards and Joey Logano brought out the 3rd caution. Brad Keselowski clipped the 99 sending him up the hill. Joey Logano later blew a right front tire to add to his misery.

-It seems that Carl Edwards intentionally wrecked Brad Keselowski with 6 laps to go, sending the 12 car on it’s roof. Keselowski was on his way to a top 5 run. Carl Edwards was parked by NASCAR and sent to meet with NASCAR officials.

-Dale Earnhardt Jr. came into the pits with a vibration, sending him to the back of the pack with the wave around rule

-Hendrick Motorsports and related teams had some tire issues, or set-up issues related to tires

-First Green-White-Checkered attempt, Jamie McMurray wrecked hard, along with Mark Martin, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and others. The #1 car seemed to just get twitchy in the middle of three wide.

-Kasey Kahne led the most laps at 144

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In a race that saw several championship contenders fall by the wayside, Harvick crossed the stripe 1.308 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch at the end of a 14-lap green-flag dash to the finish. Aric Almirola came home third, followed by Steve Wallace, the 25th driver to register a top-five in his first race in the series.

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