The result moved Kenseth to the third position in the Drivers' Championship, 59 points behind Jimmie Johnson in first and five ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in fourth.

Greg Biffle was eleventh with 280, while Kevin Harvick completed the first twelve positions with 279 points.

[7] During the first practice session, Menard, for the Richard Childress Racing team, was quickest ahead of Bowyer in second and McMurray in third.

[8] Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, Kenseth, and Biffle rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session.

[10] Kurt Busch clinched his first pole position of the season, with a record time of 27.032 seconds.

[11] Denny Hamlin, Kenseth, Gordon, Biffle, and Harvick completed the first ten positions on the grid.

In a rather dominate effort, Kyle would lead a majority of the race until around 50 to go Kasey Kahne would challenge him.

While racing for the lead Kahne would make contact with the wall ending his chances at victory with 20 to go.