The race was also the third event in the ten round Chase for the Sprint Cup competition, which would conclude the 2010 season.

After the final pit stops, Paul Menard became the leader of the race, but with less than fifty laps remaining, Biffle passed him.

He maintained the first position to lead a total of sixty laps, and to win his second race of the season.

The result moved Biffle up to eighth in the Drivers' Championship, eighty-five points behind Jimmie Johnson and sixteen ahead of Jeff Burton.

[6] Before the race, Denny Hamlin led the Drivers' Championship with 5,368 points, and Jimmie Johnson stood in second with 5,333.

[10] During the first practice session, Juan Pablo Montoya, for the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team, was quickest ahead of Ryan Newman in second and Jimmie Johnson in the third position.

[11] Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, and David Reutimann rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session.

[12] Kasey Kahne clinched his eighteenth pole position in the Sprint Cup Series, with a time of 30.920.

[13] Jeff Gordon qualified third, Joey Logano took fourth, and Greg Biffle started fifth.

[13] Kevin Harvick, one of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, qualified twenty-fourth, while Carl Edwards was scored thirty-first.

[13] The three drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Jason Leffler, Mike Bliss, and Joe Nemechek.

[15] Also in the second practice session, Biffle, who was scored fifth, spun sideways coming to the finish line, but received minor damage.

[17] Logano managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of Jeff Gordon and Paul Menard.

[16] The race, the twenty-ninth out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 1:00 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on ESPN.

[18] Steve Schulze, pastor of Parsons Foursquare Church, began pre-race ceremonies, by giving the invocation.

Next, Betti O., an Army veteran from Manhattan, Kansas, performed the national anthem, and Kelli Fuller, a Price Chopper contest winner, gave the command for drivers to start their engines.

[18] On lap 29, Gordon was the leader, ahead of Kahne in second, Ryan Newman in third, Matt Kenseth was fourth, and Biffle in fifth.

Afterward, Landon Cassill drove his car to the garage, as Gordon passed J. J. Yeley to put him a lap behind.

had a lead of 3.4 secs when a caution was shown because Juan Pablo Montoya collided into the SAFER barrier.

Three laps later, the second caution was given because Kyle Busch crashed into David Reutimann, causing him to spin into the SAFER barrier.

Most drivers stayed on the race track, but some exceptions were Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, and Clint Bowyer.

Stewart, followed by Biffle came to pit road, giving the lead back to Matt Kenseth two laps later.

Allmendinger became the leader, after Gordon, Jeff Burton, Johnson, Mark Martin, and Kurt Busch made pit stops.

After the pit stops concluded, Biffle was first, ahead of Stewart, Kenseth, Johnson, and Harvick in the top-five positions.

[Crew chief Greg] Erwin just made great calls in the pits, and the car just kept getting better and better and better.

[20][21] Afterward, he said, "We were kind of down in the dumps about Dover, one of our best race tracks, and we got trapped [when forced to pit off-sequence] – we had a top-10 car there.

It leads to a sleepless night and a frustrating morning, having anxious moments before the race, said second place finisher, Jimmie Johnson.

[22] Then, Denny Hamlin, who finished twelfth, stated, "It's not the kind of run we wanted, but we're not out of this by any means.

[23] Carl Edwards, after finishing sixth in the race, remained in the fourth position with 5,450 points.

[23] The final two positions available in the Chase for the Sprint Cup was occupied with Matt Kenseth in eleventh and Clint Bowyer in twelfth.