Brad Keselowski will leave Bristol Motor Speedway with the points lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. entered Bristol with a 1 point lead over Brad Keselowski. Following 500 laps at Bristol Brad Keselowski has a 10 point lead over him.
WINNER: Edwards wins, full results from Bristol
Race winner Carl Edwards as well as previous winners Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are all but assured of being in the Sprint Cup Series Chase.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings following Bristol
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 163 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 153 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Carl Edwards | 152 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | 89 | -74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Jeff Gordon | 152 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 143 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 141 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | 140 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Matt Kenseth | 138 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Ryan Newman | 125 | -38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 122 | -41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kasey Kahne | 120 | -43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Greg Biffle | 118 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Austin Dillon | 117 | -46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Kyle Busch | 111 | -52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Marcos Ambrose | 108 | -55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| *** Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off *** | |||||||
| 17 | Jamie McMurray | 100 | -63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Paul Menard | 99 | -64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Brian Vickers | 99 | -64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Casey Mears | 97 | -66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Aric Almirola | 95 | -68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Kyle Larson | 89 | -74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Tony Stewart | 88 | -75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Clint Bowyer | 85 | -78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | AJ Allmendinger | 82 | -81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Justin Allgaier | 72 | -91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Reed Sorenson | 67 | -96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Danica Patrick | 62 | -101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Martin Truex Jr. | 61 | -102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Gilliland | 60 | -103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Kurt Busch | 57 | -106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | David Ragan | 51 | -112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Michael Annett | 50 | -113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Cole Whitt | 45 | -118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Josh Wise | 43 | -120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Bowman | 43 | -120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Parker Kligerman | 31 | -132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Bobby Labonte | 29 | -134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Jeff Burton | 27 | -136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Terry Labonte | 24 | -139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Travis Kvapil | 22 | -141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Ryan Truex | 20 | -143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Michael McDowell | 19 | -144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Timmy Hill | 7 | -156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Joe Nemechek | 7 | -156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Michael Waltrip | 4 | -159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
