NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Official Race Results From Kentucky

The 3rd annual Quaker State 400 from Kentucky Speedway turned into an interesting race for an oval, once it got started.

The race was rained delayed from Saturday evening to Sunday at noon, but then it got off without a hitch.  Sort of.

The early excitement was contributed to, I'm sure, because no one was set up for daytime racing.  And though we usually don't see a ton of excitement on these mile and half ovals, Kentucky gave us quite the show Sunday, if you look at the cautions that came out during the race:

Caution Flags: 10 cautions for 42 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
32-35 (Competition [34]);
39-42 (Debris (Turn 4) [11]);
44-46 (Car #18 Spinout (Turn 2) [36]);
49-51 (Car #2, 7, 16, 27, 33, 78, 93 Accident (Turn 1; Red Flag: Lap 49, 18:37) [35]);
89-94 (Debris (Backstretch) [17]);
108-112 (Debris (Turn 1) [13]);
149-154 (Car #11 Accident (Turn 4) [24]);
196-199 (Debris (Backstretch) [10]);
243-246 (Car #55 Accident (Turn 3) [10]);
248-250 (Car #48 Spinout (Turn 2) [34]).

And you have to love restarts, that's for sure.  Or, at least I hope you did.
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And the action proved to be pretty decent up front.  The restarts were pretty exciting with the race getting on in laps, the restarts had more and more cars 3, 4 and 5 wide in all the restart excitement.  At least until turns one or two sorted things out.

And I was surprised by the number of drivers that led laps on Sunday:

Lap Leaders: 11 lead changes among 6 drivers.
Earnhardt Jr-pole,
Edwards 1-31,
Earnhardt Jr 32,
Gilliland 33,
Earnhardt Jr 34-42,
Johnson 43-94,
Kenseth 95-108,
Johnson 109-149,
Mears 150,
Edwards 151-154,
Johnson 155-243,
Kenseth 244-267.

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As the laps wound down, I was sure Jimmie Johnson would prevail and make this another ho-hum finish, but alas, rather than boring us, he got himself spun out with very few laps to go, and gave the race over to Matt Kenseth!  (All while Johnson still recovered and managed to work his way back up through the laps, finishing 9th.)

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 17
3RD ANNUAL QUAKER STATE "400" PRESENTED BY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS
KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY

Sparta, KY - June 30, 2013
1.5-Mile Oval
267 Laps - 400.5 Miles Purse: $5,088,336

Failed to qualify: n/a
Race Comments: Matt Kenseth won the Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts, his 28th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
TIME OF RACE:3 hours, 2 minutes, 7 seconds AVERAGE SPEED:131.948 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY:0.699 second(s)
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr (183.636 mph. 29.406 secs.)
3M LAP LEADER: Jimmie Johnson (182 Laps) 

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Fin	Car			Series	Bonus		Laps
Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Points	Points	Status	Led
1	20	Matt Kenseth	267	47	4	Running	38
2	1	Jamie McMurray	267	42	0	Running
3	15	Clint Bowyer	267	41	0	Running
4	22	Joey Logano	267	40	0	Running
5	18	Kyle Busch	267	39	0	Running
6	78	Kurt Busch	267	38	0	Running
7	56	Martin Truex Jr	267	37	0	Running
8	24	Jeff Gordon	267	36	0	Running
9	48	Jimmie Johnson	267	37	2	Running	182
10	29	Kevin Harvick	267	34	0	Running
11	5	Kasey Kahne	267	33	0	Running
12	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	267	33	1	Running	10
13	9	Marcos Ambrose	267	31	0	Running
14	39	Ryan Newman	267	30	0	Running
15	43	Aric Almirola	267	29	0	Running
16	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	267	28	0	Running
17	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr #	267	27	0	Running
18	13	Casey Mears	267	27	1	Running	1
19	31	Jeff Burton	267	25	0	Running
20	14	Tony Stewart	267	24	0	Running
21	99	Carl Edwards	267	24	1	Running	35
22	47	AJ Allmendinger	267	22	0	Running
23	10	Danica Patrick #	267	21	0	Running
24	51	Austin Dillon	267	0	0	Running
25	30	David Stremme	267	19	0	Running
26	34	David Ragan	265	18	0	Running
27	83	David Reutimann	263	17	0	Running
28	38	David Gilliland	262	17	1	Running	1
29	32	Ken Schrader	262	15	0	Running
30	27	Paul Menard	259	14	0	Running
31	55	Brian Vickers	240	0	0	Accident
32	36	J.J. Yeley	165	12	0	Engine
33	2	Brad Keselowski	153	11	0	Running
34	16	Greg Biffle	151	10	0	Running
35	11	Denny Hamlin	147	9	0	Accident
36	33	Landon Cassill	104	0	0	Accident
37	87	Joe Nemechek	95	0	0	Vibration
38	98	Michael McDowell	84	6	0	Electrical
39	35	Josh Wise	77	0	0	Electrical
40	7	Dave Blaney	62	4	0	Accident
41	19	Mike Bliss	57	0	0	Vibration
42	93	Travis Kvapil	47	2	0	Accident
43	44	Scott Riggs	6	0	0	Transmission

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-Bruce
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