Afterward, Kyle Busch became the leader, and would eventually lead to the race high of 282 laps.

David Reutimann led after the final pit stops, ahead of Kyle Busch and Jamie McMurray.

With seventy-one laps remaining, Kyle Busch passed Reutimann, holding the lead through to the race win.

The result moved him up five spots to third in the Drivers' Championship, 351 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and fifty-seven ahead of Carl Edwards.

Denny Hamlin was third in the Drivers' Championship with 3,047 points; Tony Stewart was fourth with 3,020 while Jimmie Johnson was in fifth with 3,014.

[10] During the first practice session, David Gilliland was fastest, ahead of Robby Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in second and third respectively.

Johnson clinched his twenty-fourth career pole position, with a time of 15.540 seconds.

[15] Joey Logano qualified third, Tony Stewart took fourth, and David Reutimann started fifth.

They were Dave Blaney, Joe Nemechek, Kevin Lepage, J. J. Yeley, Brian Keselowski, and Mike Bliss.

[16] The race, the twenty-fourth 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.

Next, children of the drivers and pit crews from Motor Racing Outreach performed the national anthem, and Irwin Tools Ultimate Tradesman Challenge winner Delwyn Thorton gave the command for drivers to start their engines.

On lap 22, Paul Menard moved into the tenth position, after passing Matt Kenseth.

After twenty-nine laps, Robby Gordon and Michael McDowell had driven to the garage as start-and-parks.

On lap 65, Kasey Kahne received a drive-through penalty after driving too fast on pit lane.

[17] On lap 96, Kyle Busch passed Montoya for sixth, as Stewart was gaining ground on Johnson.

During the accident, Tony Raines collided in the back of Stewart's race car.

Johnson became the leader after pit stops, and led the drivers back to the green flag.

Twenty-one laps later, Clint Bowyer passed Kurt Busch for the ninth position.

One lap later, Johnson spun sideways and collided with the wall, after making contact with Montoya.

Kyle Busch maintained a 1.57 lead over McMurray, as Kenseth, who was running eighth, drove to pit lane because of tire issues.

On lap 404, Reutimann became the leader, as Joey Logano was given a drive-through penalty for speeding on pit lane.

[17] Four laps later, Kahne reclaimed the sixth position, as Kyle Busch caught Reutimann.

Fifteen laps later, Kurt Busch passed Jeff Gordon for the tenth position.

We knew we'd run well here and were really looking forward to capitalizing and getting jumped in front of the bubble spot (for the Chase)," said Busch.

"[22] "At one point, I thought we were going to have the car to beat, but at the end, we just didn't have the speed we needed," McMurray added.

[22] Johnson, who was involved in an accident on lap 263, said, "I thought I left [Montoya] enough room on the outside lane there.

"[22] The race result left Harvick leading the Driver's Championship with 3,521 points.

Jeff Gordon, who finished eleventh, was second with 3,242 points, which assured him a position in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.