Johnson adds ten more bonus points for the Chase

By winning the race, Johnson added ten more bonus points for when the Chase starts, which would put him at the top of the standings, one win ahead of Gordon as they stand now.

Most of the Chasers held their positions, with good or decent finishes, only ones to change positions where Kenseth (dropped one spot) and Harvick (dropped two spots).  Kenseth's drop was mainly because Edwards did so well, Harvick's drop was more because the car was not good, OK Harvick used stronger words on the radio, but let's just say he wasn't happy with the car at all.

A bright note for Toyota was the seventh place finish by Brian Vickers, while teammate Allmendinger struggled.  Another good finish for Vickers.

Earnhardt Jr. gained some points with his fifth place finish, but goes into Richmond 128 points behind Harvick.  He'll need a great finish and more bad luck on Harvick's part to make it in.

There was only one multi-car wreck during the race, all the others were for single car incidents or debris.  Ricky Rudd injured his shoulder in the multi-car wreck and was treated and released from a local hospital with an apparent separated shoulder.

A big question came to mind with Michael Waltrip's accident.  His tire blew and obviously knocked off the oil line which caused a big fire in the car.  Waltrip lobbied big time for those roof hatches, because of his size, now I realize it is up to the teams whether they want them or not, but why didn't Waltrip have it on his car?  He's the one that lobbied for it, he's the one that praised it when it was implemented, so why didn't he have it on his own car?

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