Mark Martin driving for Hendrick Motorsports finished second and Richard Childress Racing's Kevin Harvick, who started thirty-sixth, came third.

[11] Bowyer, David Ragan, A. J. Allmendinger, Gordon, and Joey Logano in that order rounded out the ten drivers who were quickest in the session.

[11] After the practice sessions during qualification, forty-eight cars were entered but only forty-three was able to race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.

[13] Johnson, one of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, qualified nineteenth while Harvick was scored thirty-sixth.

[14] Burton, Jamie McMurray, Bobby Labonte, Ragan, and Johnson followed in the top ten in that order.

[15] Gordon finished seventh, Hamlin took eighth, Aric Almirola was ninth, and Mark Martin was tenth.

[15] The race, the thirty-second of thirty-six in the season, began at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and was televised live in the United States on ESPN.

Next, Winston-Salem State University's Marching Band performed the national anthem and each of the race teams' pit crews gave the command for drivers to start their engines.

[16] Denny Hamlin accelerated from the start line more quickly than Marcos Ambrose, getting ahead of him down the front straightaway.

Two laps later, Hamlin had fallen to fourth after being passed by Biffle and Newman, while Tony Stewart fell to eighth position.

Hamlin continued to lose positions, dropping back to eleventh in less than thirteen laps.

On the next lap Travis Kvapil's tire blew and he crashed into the wall and brought out the first caution of the race.

Jamie McMurray and David Ragan were caught for speeding on pit road and restarted at the back of the field.

Brad Keselowski was caught speeding on the pit road and restarted at the back of the field.

Burton, who retained the lead throughout the cycle of pit stops, led the field to the green flag on the lap 116 restart.

On the next lap, the third caution of the race came out for Ambrose, who blew out a tire and hit a wall after making contact with Johnson.

Seven laps later, Harvick passed Newman for second as Jeff Gordon moved past Biffle for the eighth position.

Burton won the race off the pit road and led the field back to the green flag on lap 176.

Most of the cars opted to stay out while McMurray, Stewart, Scott Speed, Sam Hornish Jr., and Mears made pit stops under caution.

Biffle, Ambrose, Hornish, and Robby Gordon made pit stops as most of the cars opted to stay out.

Four laps later, the eighth caution of the race came out for Paul Menard, who spun after he was bumped by Aric Almirola.

Several drivers including Earnhardt Jr. and Carl Edwards made pit stops under caution.

Greg Biffle received a penalty for having too many men over the wall and restarted at the back of the field.

On the next lap, the ninth caution came out for Mark Martin, who crashed into the wall on the front stretch after being bumped by A. J. Allmendinger.

On the next lap, the tenth caution was brought out by Reutimann, who spun and hit the wall after making contact with Brad Keselowski.

Two laps later, Burton and Johnson passed David Ragan for tenth and eleventh places, respectively.

Two laps later, the eleventh caution of the race came out for Yeley, who had stopped on the backstretch because his car had a brake problem.

[16][17][18] On lap 305, Ambrose got loose, spun, and hit Sam Hornish Jr., sending both cars into the outside wall.

The fifteenth and final caution of the race came out on lap 396 when Tony Raines had a flat tire and spun in turn four.

Gordon, Allmendinger and Hornish made pit stops under caution as Kevin Harvick led the field to the green flag on the lap 402 restart.