{"id":7356,"date":"2013-05-11T23:06:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T03:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=7356"},"modified":"2013-05-11T23:15:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T03:15:28","slug":"jimmie-johnson-continues-to-lead-the-sprint-cup-standings-after-darlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/05\/11\/jimmie-johnson-continues-to-lead-the-sprint-cup-standings-after-darlington\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmie Johnson continues to lead the Sprint Cup standings after Darlington"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

KENSETH WINS AT DARLINGTON: <\/strong>Full race results for Bojangle’s Southern 500<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Unofficial Sprint Cup Standings after Darlington Raceway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Standings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RK<\/td>\nDRIVER<\/td>\nPOINTS<\/td>\nBEHIND<\/td>\nMONEY<\/td>\nWINS<\/td>\nPOLES<\/td>\nTOP 5<\/td>\nTOP 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJimmie Johnson<\/td>\n423<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n$3,149,954<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nCarl Edwards<\/td>\n379<\/td>\n-44<\/td>\n$2,033,574<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMatt Kenseth<\/td>\n364<\/td>\n-59<\/td>\n$2,258,640<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nDale Earnhardt Jr.<\/td>\n359<\/td>\n-64<\/td>\n$2,279,564<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nClint Bowyer<\/td>\n349<\/td>\n-74<\/td>\n$1,742,263<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nKasey Kahne<\/td>\n326<\/td>\n-97<\/td>\n$1,684,843<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nBrad Keselowski<\/td>\n326<\/td>\n-97<\/td>\n$2,200,789<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nKyle Busch<\/td>\n325<\/td>\n-98<\/td>\n$2,337,412<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nAric Almirola<\/td>\n317<\/td>\n-106<\/td>\n$1,640,276<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nKevin Harvick<\/td>\n315<\/td>\n-108<\/td>\n$1,921,982<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nPaul Menard<\/td>\n315<\/td>\n-108<\/td>\n$1,495,148<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJeff Gordon<\/td>\n311<\/td>\n-112<\/td>\n$1,638,863<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nGreg Biffle<\/td>\n311<\/td>\n-112<\/td>\n$1,634,789<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nMartin Truex Jr.<\/td>\n301<\/td>\n-122<\/td>\n$1,767,104<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nJamie McMurray<\/td>\n295<\/td>\n-128<\/td>\n$1,443,688<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.<\/td>\n282<\/td>\n-141<\/td>\n$1,604,328<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nRyan Newman<\/td>\n276<\/td>\n-147<\/td>\n$1,714,408<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nKurt Busch<\/td>\n262<\/td>\n-161<\/td>\n$1,455,168<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nJoey Logano<\/td>\n259<\/td>\n-164<\/td>\n$1,657,969<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nJeff Burton<\/td>\n258<\/td>\n-165<\/td>\n$1,239,693<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nTony Stewart<\/td>\n253<\/td>\n-170<\/td>\n$1,610,459<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nJuan Pablo Montoya<\/td>\n238<\/td>\n-185<\/td>\n$1,466,179<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nMarcos Ambrose<\/td>\n235<\/td>\n-188<\/td>\n$1,439,978<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nMark Martin<\/td>\n226<\/td>\n-197<\/td>\n$1,572,497<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nCasey Mears<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n-213<\/td>\n$1,270,109<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nDavid Ragan<\/td>\n197<\/td>\n-226<\/td>\n$1,496,728<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nDenny Hamlin<\/td>\n197<\/td>\n-226<\/td>\n$999,414<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nDanica Patrick<\/td>\n196<\/td>\n-227<\/td>\n$1,120,719<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nBobby Labonte<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n-228<\/td>\n$1,236,743<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nDave Blaney<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n-233<\/td>\n$1,175,395<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nDavid Gilliland<\/td>\n188<\/td>\n-235<\/td>\n$1,260,048<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nJ.J. Yeley<\/td>\n157<\/td>\n-266<\/td>\n$1,099,023<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nDavid Stremme<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n-273<\/td>\n$830,193<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nDavid Reutimann<\/td>\n149<\/td>\n-274<\/td>\n$1,124,604<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nLandon Cassill<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n-293<\/td>\n$761,957<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nTravis Kvapil<\/td>\n127<\/td>\n-296<\/td>\n$1,158,733<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nAJ Allmendinger<\/td>\n122<\/td>\n-301<\/td>\n$466,857<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nScott Speed<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n-349<\/td>\n$675,564<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nMichael McDowell<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n-351<\/td>\n$889,306<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nMichael Waltrip<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n-360<\/td>\n$465,184<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nTerry Labonte<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n-371<\/td>\n$523,777<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nTimmy Hill<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n-378<\/td>\n$319,915<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nKen Schrader<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n-394<\/td>\n$241,277<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nScott Riggs<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n-417<\/td>\n$171,060<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nBrian Keselowski<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n-419<\/td>\n$61,200<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-7356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356","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=7356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7356"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}