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Jeff Gordon Wins in Atlanta!!!

by B C , posted Sep 6 2011 10:13AM

Jeff Gordon wins Sprint Cup Race at Atlanta: #24-Jeff Gordon won the “AdvoCare 500” Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway for his 85th career win, 5th at AMS and 3rd of the season.
#48 Johnson finished 2nd followed by #14 Stewart, #22 Kurt Busch, #99 Carl Edwards, #2 Brad Keselowski, #29 Kevin Harvick, #11 Denny Hamlin, #17 Matt Kenseth and #43 A.J. Allmendinger. The pole sitter #4 Kasey Kahne finishing 34th after losing a radiator in the race.
Points leader going in to the race, #18 Kyle Busch finished 23rd and lost the points lead to #48 Jimmie Johnson, who has a 21 points lead over Busch.
There were 39 lead changes among 14 drivers and 9 cautions for 64 yellow flag laps.

 
 














2011 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings after Atlanta:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind                                                                                      
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 873 (*)
2) #18-Kyle Busch [4 wins], 852, -21 (*)
3) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 835, -38 (*)
4) #17-Matt Kenseth [2 wins], 834, -39 (*)
5) #24-Jeff Gordon [3 wins], 830, -43 (*)
6) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 819, -54 (*)
7) #22-Kurt Busch [1 win], 789, -84 (*)
8) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 786, -87 (*)
Drivers with a (*) have clinched a Chase birth
9) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 753, -120, 25 ahead of 11th, needs 20th or better at Richmond.
10) #14-Tony Stewart, 751, -122, 23 ahead of 11th, needs 18th or better at Richmond
current wild cards
WC1) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 728, -145 [11th in points, 3 wins](*)
WC2) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 709, -164 [12th in points, 1 win]






 
Carl Edwards wins the Nationwide Race at Atlanta: #60 Carl Edwards won the “Great Clips 300” at Atlanta Motor Speedway for his 6th win of the season. #18 Kyle Busch finished second, followed by #6 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #33 Kevin Harvick, #38 Kasey Kahne, #31 Justin Allgaier, #22 Brad Keselowski, #88 Aric Almirola, #30 Jason Leffler, and #2 Elliott Sadler. There were 6 cautions for 27 laps and 21 lead changes among 8 leaders.
 
















 
Nationwide Series Driver standings following Atlanta:             
1) #6- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 909
2) #2-Elliott Sadler 896 -13
3) #32-Reed Sorenson 869 -40
4) #88-Aric Almirola 845 -64
5) #31-Justin Allgaier 840 -69
6) #30-Jason Leffler 811 -98
7) #09-Kenny Wallace 747 -162
8) #66-Steve Wallace 737 -172
9) #11-Brian Scott 724 -185
10) #62-Michael Annett 711 -198
 
 
Ron Hornaday wins Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta: Pit strategy was the name of the game for Ron Hornaday and the KHI #33 team, as he took the checkers for the “Good Sam Club 200” just ahead of teammate, #2 Clint Bowyer who finished second. Hornaday sustained front-end damage early in the race, but managed to race his way as high as sixth. The call for an early final pit stop won him the race. The leaders had to come down for a green flag pit stop with 19 remaining, and Ron Hornaday took the lead by more than 15 seconds. There were not enough laps left to catch him. It was Hornaday's second win this season; a record-career 49th series win overall. Another bad night for #13 Johnny Sauter as troubles on the track caused him to finish 22 laps down in 29th place. As a result, #31 James Buescher has taken over the Driver Point Standings lead with 588, 12 points ahead of Johnny Sauter. Rounding out the top ten were; #18 Kyle Busch, #32 Blake Feese, #08 Ryan Newman, #3 Austin Dillon, #88 Matt Crafton, #4 Ricky Carmichael #5 Todd Bodine, #31 James Buescher. There were 7 lead changes among 4 drivers, with 5 cautions for 24 laps.
 






 
Camping World Truck SeriesDriver Point Standings following Race at Atlanta:
1) #31-James Buescher, 588                                          
2) #13-Johnny Sauter, 576 -12
3) #17-Timothy Peters, 574 -14
4) #3-Austin Dillon, 571 -17
5) #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., 540 -48
6) #22-Joey Coulter, 537 -51
7) #88-Matt Crafton 535 -53
8) #60-Cole Whitt, 531 -57
9) #29-Parker Kligerman, 526 -62
10) #5-Todd Bodine 524 -64
 
 
 
Next up for the Sprint Cup Series is the final race of the regular season at Richmond International Raceway for the “Wonderful Pistachios 400”. This race is Saturday night under the lights and will set the field for the 2011 Chase. Race time is 7:30pm and is on ABC 22.

 
The Nationwide Series hits Richmond International Raceway Friday night under the lights for the “Virginia 529 College Savings 250” race time is 7:30pm and is on ESPN2.

 
The Camping World Truck Series returns Friday September 16th to Chicagoland Speedway for the “Fast Five 225” at 8pm on SPEED.
 
 


 
Catch the WING Racing Show for all your NASCAR news and updates on the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. Monday afternoon at 4pm Exclusively on 1410 ESPN Radio.


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