Even with Matt Kenseth’s win at Darlington Raceway in the Bojangles Southern 500, Jimmie Johnson continues to lead the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings. Johnson holds a 44 point lead over Carl Edwards.
KENSETH WINS AT DARLINGTON: Full race results for Bojangle’s Southern 500
With the win Kenseth moved up to third in the standings. Earlier this week he jumped from 11th to fourth after Joe Gibbs Racing’s appeal of a penalty at Kansas was over turned in part allowing Kenseth to regain 38 points.
Unofficial Sprint Cup Standings after Darlington Raceway
| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 423 | — | $3,149,954 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Carl Edwards | 379 | -44 | $2,033,574 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Matt Kenseth | 364 | -59 | $2,258,640 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 359 | -64 | $2,279,564 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Clint Bowyer | 349 | -74 | $1,742,263 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Kasey Kahne | 326 | -97 | $1,684,843 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 326 | -97 | $2,200,789 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 325 | -98 | $2,337,412 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Aric Almirola | 317 | -106 | $1,640,276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Kevin Harvick | 315 | -108 | $1,921,982 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Paul Menard | 315 | -108 | $1,495,148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Jeff Gordon | 311 | -112 | $1,638,863 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Greg Biffle | 311 | -112 | $1,634,789 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Martin Truex Jr. | 301 | -122 | $1,767,104 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Jamie McMurray | 295 | -128 | $1,443,688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 282 | -141 | $1,604,328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Ryan Newman | 276 | -147 | $1,714,408 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Kurt Busch | 262 | -161 | $1,455,168 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Joey Logano | 259 | -164 | $1,657,969 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Jeff Burton | 258 | -165 | $1,239,693 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Tony Stewart | 253 | -170 | $1,610,459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 238 | -185 | $1,466,179 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Marcos Ambrose | 235 | -188 | $1,439,978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Mark Martin | 226 | -197 | $1,572,497 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Casey Mears | 210 | -213 | $1,270,109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | David Ragan | 197 | -226 | $1,496,728 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Denny Hamlin | 197 | -226 | $999,414 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Danica Patrick | 196 | -227 | $1,120,719 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Bobby Labonte | 195 | -228 | $1,236,743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Dave Blaney | 190 | -233 | $1,175,395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | David Gilliland | 188 | -235 | $1,260,048 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | J.J. Yeley | 157 | -266 | $1,099,023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | David Stremme | 150 | -273 | $830,193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | David Reutimann | 149 | -274 | $1,124,604 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Landon Cassill | 130 | -293 | $761,957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Travis Kvapil | 127 | -296 | $1,158,733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | AJ Allmendinger | 122 | -301 | $466,857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Scott Speed | 74 | -349 | $675,564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Michael McDowell | 72 | -351 | $889,306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Michael Waltrip | 63 | -360 | $465,184 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Terry Labonte | 52 | -371 | $523,777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Timmy Hill | 45 | -378 | $319,915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ken Schrader | 29 | -394 | $241,277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Scott Riggs | 6 | -417 | $171,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Brian Keselowski | 4 | -419 | $61,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
