Tony Stewart finished second while Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, and Michael Waltrip rounded out the top five.

[7] Prior to the first practice session, NASCAR officials discovered illegal roof flaps in 16 cars.

[9] Paul Menard, Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Ambrose, and Johnson rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session.

[10] During qualifying, Kyle Busch clinched his thirteenth career pole position[11] with a lap time of 46.458 seconds and a speed of 193.723 mph (311.767 km/h).

Johnson led until lap 70 when the caution came out as Joey Logano hit the wall in the middle of a round of green-flag pit stops.

Nonetheless, Johnson would draft back up to the front and push Jamie McMurray past Hamlin to take the lead on lap 94.

The third caution waved on lap 101 as Martin Truex Jr. got sideways and collected Hamlin and Juan Pablo Montoya, also giving Busch some significant front damage.

Johnson took the lead on the restart and held it all the way until the fourth caution waved on lap 126 for a crash involving David Stremme, Aric Almirola, Greg Biffle, and A. J. Allmendinger in the tri-oval.

Following the lap 133 restart, Johnson held the lead and was joined at the front by teammate Kasey Kahne (who was subsequently passed by both Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart).

Matt Kenseth, who swerved while trying to avoid Hamlin, cut down and collected Jeff Gordon and David Reutimann, totalling six cars in all.

The red flag was displayed for nine minutes to allow for cleanup and the race restarted on lap 154, with Johnson and Kahne jumping ahead of Harvick and Stewart.

Approaching the tri-oval, as Johnson held off Stewart to win his fourth race of the season, Danica Patrick cut down the track and was turned by David Gilliland, collecting Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Casey Mears, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Terry Labonte, and more.