Rookie duo Denny Hamlin and Reed Sorensen completed the top ten in a race where many drivers made mistakes on the track or in pit road and where there was an extra focus on the pit crews.

Among those who could have finished higher had it not been for penalties and/or mistakes were Dale Earnhardt Jr, who was penalised a lap for pitting outside his box and crossed the line in eleventh place and Riggs who couldn't make his way back to the front after his late pitstop faux-pas and finished 13th.

Ryan Newman spun and had a wheel bearing failure and finished 35th, one place behind Kevin Harvick whose team had to change a gear cluster and exhaust. Jeff Gordon finished 36th after making late race contact with the wall while Kyle Busch was relegated to a 38th place finish after being clipped by a spinning Casey Mears. Kyle's brother Kurt was 39th after making contact with the wall while Tony Stewart and Dale Jarrett were classified 42nd and 43rd after early race accidents.

Stewart, who hurt his already injured shoulder even more, was taken to a local hospital where it was discovered that he had fractured his right scapula.