{"id":6732,"date":"2013-03-17T16:19:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T20:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2013-03-17T16:19:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T20:19:51","slug":"brad-keselowski-takes-sprint-cup-series-point-lead-after-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/03\/17\/brad-keselowski-takes-sprint-cup-series-point-lead-after-bristol\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Keselowski takes Sprint Cup Series point lead after Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brad Keselowski has taken the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point lead after Bristol. Keselowski finished third in the Food City 500 while Jimmie Johnson finished 22nd after blowing a right front tire.<\/p>\n

Johnson won the season opening Daytona 500 and had led the standings at the completion of the first three races.<\/p>\n

Kasey Kahne won the Food City 500 moving to 7th in the standings.<\/p>\n

Sprint Cup Series Point Standings<\/h2>\n

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RK<\/b><\/td>\nDRIVER<\/b><\/td>\nPOINTS<\/b><\/td>\nBEHIND<\/b><\/td>\nWINS<\/b><\/td>\nPOLES<\/b><\/td>\nTOP 5<\/b><\/td>\nTOP 10<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nBrad Keselowski<\/td>\n166<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nDale Earnhardt Jr.<\/td>\n157<\/td>\n-9<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nJimmie Johnson<\/td>\n151<\/td>\n-15<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nClint Bowyer<\/td>\n128<\/td>\n-38<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nGreg Biffle<\/td>\n126<\/td>\n-40<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDenny Hamlin<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n-41<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nKasey Kahne<\/td>\n124<\/td>\n-42<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nCarl Edwards<\/td>\n124<\/td>\n-42<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nPaul Menard<\/td>\n117<\/td>\n-49<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n-51<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nKyle Busch<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n-51<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJoey Logano<\/td>\n104<\/td>\n-62<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nMatt Kenseth<\/td>\n102<\/td>\n-64<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nJamie McMurray<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n-66<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nMarcos Ambrose<\/td>\n99<\/td>\n-67<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nKurt Busch<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n-68<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nKevin Harvick<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n-68<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nMartin Truex Jr.<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n-70<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nMark Martin<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n-71<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAric Almirola<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n-71<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nJeff Gordon<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n-77<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nCasey Mears<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n-77<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nRyan Newman<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n-79<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nTony Stewart<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n-81<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nJeff Burton<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n-88<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nJuan Pablo Montoya<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n-89<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nJ.J. Yeley<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n-91<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nDanica Patrick<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n-97<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nBobby Labonte<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n-100<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nDave Blaney<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n-100<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nAJ Allmendinger<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n-102<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nDavid Reutimann<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n-103<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nDavid Ragan<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n-113<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nDavid Stremme<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n-116<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nDavid Gilliland<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n-117<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nTravis Kvapil<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n-120<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nMichael McDowell<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n-128<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nTerry Labonte<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n-129<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nScott Speed<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n-134<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nLandon Cassill<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n-141<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nMichael Waltrip<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n-143<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nKen Schrader<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n-149<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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RK<\/td>\nDRIVER<\/td>\nPOINTS<\/a><\/td>\nBEHIND<\/td>\nMONEY<\/a><\/td>\nWINS<\/a><\/td>\nPOLES<\/td>\nTOP 5<\/a><\/td>\nTOP 10<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nBrad Keselowski<\/a><\/td>\n166<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n$1,124,887<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nDale Earnhardt Jr.<\/a><\/td>\n157<\/td>\n-9<\/td>\n$1,419,779<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nJimmie Johnson<\/a><\/td>\n151<\/td>\n-15<\/td>\n$1,948,512<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nClint Bowyer<\/a><\/td>\n128<\/td>\n-38<\/td>\n$648,017<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nGreg Biffle<\/a><\/td>\n126<\/td>\n-40<\/td>\n$775,869<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDenny Hamlin<\/a><\/td>\n125<\/td>\n-41<\/td>\n$653,619<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nKasey Kahne<\/a><\/td>\n124<\/td>\n-42<\/td>\n$765,183<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nCarl Edwards<\/a><\/td>\n124<\/td>\n-42<\/td>\n$855,654<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nPaul Menard<\/a><\/td>\n117<\/td>\n-49<\/td>\n$598,351<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.<\/a><\/td>\n115<\/td>\n-51<\/td>\n$649,776<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nKyle Busch<\/a><\/td>\n115<\/td>\n-51<\/td>\n$744,341<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJoey Logano<\/a><\/td>\n104<\/td>\n-62<\/td>\n$644,718<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nMatt Kenseth<\/a><\/td>\n102<\/td>\n-64<\/td>\n$1,134,113<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nJamie McMurray<\/a><\/td>\n100<\/td>\n-66<\/td>\n$569,853<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nMarcos Ambrose<\/a><\/td>\n99<\/td>\n-67<\/td>\n$616,435<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nKurt Busch<\/a><\/td>\n98<\/td>\n-68<\/td>\n$609,954<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nKevin Harvick<\/a><\/td>\n98<\/td>\n-68<\/td>\n$835,955<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nMartin Truex Jr.<\/a><\/td>\n96<\/td>\n-70<\/td>\n$642,024<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nMark Martin<\/a><\/td>\n95<\/td>\n-71<\/td>\n$1,061,393<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAric Almirola<\/a><\/td>\n95<\/td>\n-71<\/td>\n$668,401<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nJeff Gordon<\/a><\/td>\n89<\/td>\n-77<\/td>\n$669,651<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nCasey Mears<\/a><\/td>\n89<\/td>\n-77<\/td>\n$531,285<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nRyan Newman<\/a><\/td>\n87<\/td>\n-79<\/td>\n$790,172<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nTony Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n85<\/td>\n-81<\/td>\n$662,009<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nJeff Burton<\/a><\/td>\n78<\/td>\n-88<\/td>\n$512,918<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nJuan Pablo Montoya<\/a><\/td>\n77<\/td>\n-89<\/td>\n$604,026<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nJ.J. Yeley<\/a><\/td>\n75<\/td>\n-91<\/td>\n$510,168<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nDanica Patrick<\/a><\/td>\n69<\/td>\n-97<\/td>\n$510,969<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nBobby Labonte<\/a><\/td>\n66<\/td>\n-100<\/td>\n$548,807<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nDave Blaney<\/a><\/td>\n66<\/td>\n-100<\/td>\n$509,948<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nAJ Allmendinger<\/a><\/td>\n64<\/td>\n-102<\/td>\n$111,808<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nDavid Reutimann<\/a><\/td>\n63<\/td>\n-103<\/td>\n$504,010<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nDavid Ragan<\/a><\/td>\n53<\/td>\n-113<\/td>\n$485,593<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nDavid Stremme<\/a><\/td>\n50<\/td>\n-116<\/td>\n$167,780<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Brad Keselowski has taken the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point lead after Bristol. Keselowski finished third in the Food City 500 while Jimmie Johnson finished 22nd after blowing a right front tire. Johnson won the season opening Daytona 500 and had led the standings at the completion of the first three races. Kasey Kahne won […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-6732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6732"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}