The 2010 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 16, 2010, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Kyle Busch finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started tenth, clinched third.

The result moved him up to 13th in the Drivers' Championship, 75 points ahead Ryan Newman in 14th.

[8] Matt Kenseth and Clint Bowyer were eleventh and twelfth with 5,432 and 5,426 respective points.

[11] During the first practice session, Stewart-Haas Racing's Ryan Newman was fastest ahead of Joey Logano and Kyle Busch in second and third respectively.

[12] Stewart, Reed Sorenson, Scott Speed, David Ragan, and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session.

[14] The six drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Joe Nemechek, Casey Mears, Mike Bliss, Jason Leffler, Kevin Conway and Johnny Sauter.

[17] Kahne managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of Jamie McMurray and Kyle Busch.

[17] Speed was scored seventh, Menard took eighth, Truex was ninth, and Biffle took tenth.

[17] The race, the thirty-first out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 7:30 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on ABC.

[18] Car owner Joe Gibbs began pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation.

[18] Gordon accelerated faster than Edwards off the line, getting ahead of him down the front straightaway.

On the following lap, Newman spun sideways and collided into the wall, prompting the first caution to be given.

Gordon initially maintained the lead on the restart, though Edwards passed him at the end of the eighth lap.

Gordon and Kyle Busch made pit stops two laps later, resulting in Juan Pablo Montoya receiving the lead.

Carpentier made a pit stop on lap 84, which resulted in Kyle Busch reclaiming the lead.

Kyle Busch led the drivers on the restart, ahead of Gordon, Montoya, Biffle, and Logano.

On the restart, Martin was the leader, ahead Truex, McMurray, Montoya, and Johnson.

On the following lap, McMurray took over second, as Johnson and Kyle Busch moved past Montoya.

Afterward, Hamlin passed Gordon for the eighth position, as McMurray became the leader.

On the following lap, Gordon's car lost power, which resulted in him making unscheduled pit stop.

On lap 203, the sixth caution was given because Marcos Ambrose spun near pit road.

On lap 239, Robby Gordon spun sideways, prompting the seventh caution to be given.

During the caution, the front runners made pit stops, which resulted in Busch maintaining the lead ahead of Hamlin, McMurray, Johnson, and Biffle on the restart.

On lap 261, Logano passed Martin for tenth, as Kenseth moved into eighth.

During the pit stop cycle, Montoya, Sorenson, and Allmendinger briefly held the lead.

[20] Johnson was third, ahead of Hamlin, Biffle, Kenseth, Logano, Harvick, Reutimann, and Ragan, who rounded out the top ten.

McMurray appeared in victory lane to celebrate his sixth win of the season in front of 103,000 people who attended the race.

"[24] After finishing fourth, Hamlin remained optimistic about his chances in his championship battle with Johnson: "He's a champion, and I'm not.

"[25] The race result left Johnson leading the Drivers' Championship with 5,843 points.