The Go Bowling.400 may not have gone how Jimmie Johnson had planned but he will leave Pocono Raceway with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point lead.
Johnson came to the 2.5 mile triangle track located in Long Pond, PA with a 75 point lead over Clint Bowyer. The race was Johnson’s for the taking early on but a cut tire forced him to a 13th place finish.
RESULTS: Kasey Kahne wins at Pocono
While Johnson keeps the points lead the real battle is shaping up between drivers fighting to be in the top ten. Kasey Kahne found victory lane at Pocono for his second win of the season. Sunday’s win will go along way to cementing Kahne’s chances for the Chase.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings following Pocono Raceway
RK |
+/- |
DRIVER |
PTS |
BACK |
STARTS |
WINS |
TOP5 |
TOP10 |
DNF |
| 1 | — | Jimmie Johnson | 772 | – | 21 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | — | Clint Bowyer | 695 | -77 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | — | Carl Edwards | 688 | -84 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | — | Kevin Harvick | 675 | -97 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 5 | — | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 656 | -116 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | +1 | Kyle Busch | 646 | -126 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 7 | -1 | Matt Kenseth | 638 | -134 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 8 | +1 | Kasey Kahne | 612 | -160 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| 9 | +1 | Jeff Gordon | 602 | -170 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | -2 | Greg Biffle | 599 | -173 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | — | Tony Stewart | 594 | -178 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | +1 | Brad Keselowski | 592 | -180 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| 13 | +1 | Kurt Busch | 588 | -184 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 14 | -2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 584 | -188 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | +1 | Ryan Newman | 575 | -197 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| 16 | -1 | Jamie McMurray | 566 | -206 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | +1 | Joey Logano | 561 | -211 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 18 | -1 | Aric Almirola | 554 | -218 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | — | Paul Menard | 532 | -240 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | — | Jeff Burton | 507 | -265 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | — | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 505 | -267 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | — | Marcos Ambrose | 500 | -272 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | — | Juan Pablo Montoya | 476 | -296 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | — | Casey Mears | 440 | -332 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | — | Denny Hamlin | 389 | -383 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 26 | +2 | David Ragan | 376 | -396 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | -1 | Danica Patrick | 373 | -399 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | -1 | David Gilliland | 368 | -404 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | — | Mark Martin | 361 | -411 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | — | Bobby Labonte | 328 | -444 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | +1 | Dave Blaney | 312 | -460 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | -1 | David Reutimann | 307 | -465 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | — | J.J. Yeley | 296 | -476 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 34 | — | David Stremme | 285 | -487 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | — | Travis Kvapil | 271 | -501 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 36 | — | A J Allmendinger | 244 | -528 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | — | Michael McDowell | 109 | -663 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 38 | — | Michael Waltrip | 102 | -670 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | +1 | Timmy Hill | 99 | -673 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | -1 | Scott Speed | 91 | -681 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 41 | — | Terry Labonte | 77 | -695 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | — | Ken Schrader | 68 | -704 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | — | Boris Said | 26 | -746 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | — | Ron Fellows | 22 | -750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | — | Justin Marks | 14 | -758 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | — | Scott Riggs | 10 | -762 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 47 | — | Victor Gonzalez Jr. | 7 | -765 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | — | Tomy Drissi | 6 | -766 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | +1 | Alex Kennedy | 6 | -766 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 | -1 | Brian Keselowski | 4 | -768 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | — | Jacques Villeneuve | 3 | -769 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 52 | — | Jason Leffler | 1 | -771 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | — | Brian Vickers | 0 | -772 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 54 | — | Regan Smith | 0 | -772 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | — | Austin Dillon | 0 | -772 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | — | Trevor Bayne | 0 | -772 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 | — | Josh Wise | 0 | -772 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 58 | — | Landon Cassill | 0 | -772 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 59 | — | Joe Nemechek | 0 | -772 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 60 | — | Sam Hornish Jr. | 0 | -772 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | — | Tony Raines | 0 | -772 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 | -1 | Paulie Harraka | 0 | -772 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | -1 | Elliott Sadler | 0 | -772 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 64 | -1 | Mike Bliss | 0 | -772 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 65 | -1 | Morgan Shepherd | 0 | -772 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
