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2011 Finish
Finish	Driver	Start	Finish	Driver	Start
1	Matt Kenseth	24	6	Clint Bowyer	22
2	Mark Martin	25	7	Carl Edwards	13
3	Marcos Ambrose	18	8	Martin Truex Jr	8
4	Kyle Busch	7	9	Jimmie Johnson	1
5	Brian Vickers	15	10	Kevin Harvick	10

2011 FedEx 400 Facts and Figures
AVERAGE SPEED: 125.578 m.p.h.
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 7 seconds
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.122 seconds
CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 28 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 23 among 11 drivers
POLE WINNER: Jimmie Johnson (Awarded pole due to fastest overall in practice)

Past FedEx 400 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed

2011 -- Matt Kenseth (24th) -- Ford -- 125.578 m.p.h.

2010 -- Kyle Busch (4th) -- Toyota -- 128.790 m.p.h.

2009 -- Jimmie Johnson (8th) -- Chevrolet -- 115.237 m.p.h.

2008 -- Kyle Busch (3rd) -- Toyota -- 121.171 m.p.h.

2007 -- Martin Truex Jr (26th) -- Chevrolet -- 118.950 m.p.h.

2006 -- Matt Kenseth (19th) -- Ford -- 109.865 m.p.h.

2005 -- Greg Biffle (2nd) -- Ford -- 122.626 m.p.h.

2004 -- Mark Martin (7th) -- Ford -- 97.042 m.p.h.

2003 -- Ryan Newman (1st) -- Dodge -- 106.896 m.p.h.

2002 -- Jimmie Johnson (10th) -- Chevrolet -- 117.551 m.p.h.

2001 -- Jeff Gordon (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 120.361 m.p.h.

2000 -- Tony Stewart (16th) -- Pontiac -- 109.514 m.p.h.

1999 -- Bobby Labonte (1st) -- Pontiac -- 120.603 m.p.h.

1998 -- Dale Jarrett (4th) -- Ford -- 119.522 m.p.h.

1997 -- Ricky Rudd (13th) -- Ford -- 114.635 m.p.h.

1996 -- Jeff Gordon (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 122.741 m.p.h.

1995 -- Kyle Petty (37th) -- Pontiac -- 119.880 m.p.h.

1994 -- Rusty Wallace (5th) -- Ford -- 102.529 m.p.h.

1993 -- Dale Earnhardt (8th) -- Chevrolet -- 105.600 m.p.h.

1992 -- Harry Gant (15th) -- Oldsmobile -- 109.456 m.p.h.

1991 -- Ken Schrader (19th) -- Chevrolet -- 120.152 m.p.h.

1990 -- Derrike Cope (15th) -- Chevrolet -- 123.960 m.p.h.

1989 -- Dale Earnhardt (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 121.670 m.p.h.

1988 -- Bill Elliott (17th) -- Ford -- 118.726 m.p.h.

1987 -- Davey Allison (2nd) -- Ford -- 112.958 m.p.h.

1986 -- Geoff Bodine (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 115.009 m.p.h.

1985 -- Bill Elliott (4th) -- Ford -- 123.094 m.p.h.

1984 -- Richard Petty (5th) -- Pontiac -- 118.717 m.p.h.

1983 -- Bobby Allison (10th) -- Buick -- 114.847 m.p.h.

1982 -- Bobby Allison (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 120.136 m.p.h.

1981 -- Jody Ridley (11th) -- Ford -- 116.595 m.p.h.

1980 -- Bobby Allison (8th) -- Ford -- 113.866 m.p.h.

1979 -- Neil Bonnett (5th) -- Mercury -- 111.269 m.p.h.

1978 -- David Pearson (3rd) -- Mercury -- 114.664 m.p.h.

1977 -- Cale Yarborough (6th) -- Chevrolet -- 123.237 m.p.h.

1976 -- Benny Parsons (7th) -- Chevrolet -- 115.436 m.p.h.

1975 -- David Pearson (1st) -- Mercury -- 100.820 m.p.h.

1974 -- Cale Yarborough (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 119.990 m.p.h.

1973 -- David Pearson (1st) -- Mercury -- 119.745 m.p.h.

1972 -- Bobby Allison (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 118.663 m.p.h.

1971 -- Bobby Allison (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 123.119 m.p.h.

1970 -- Richard Petty (2nd) -- Plymouth -- 112.103 m.p.h.

1969 -- Richard Petty (3rd) -- Ford -- 115.772 m.p.h.

NOTE: Formerly called Mason-Dixon 500 (1969-1983), Budweiser 500 (1984-1994),

Miller 500 (1995-1997), MBNA Platinum 400 (1998-2002), MBNA Armed Forces

Family 400 (2003), MBNA America 400 "A Salute to Heroes" (2004), MBNA

RacePoints 400 (2005), Neighborhood Excellence 400 (2006), Autism Speaks

400 (2007, 2009-10), Best Buy 400 (2008). Race changed from 300 to 500

miles (1971), race changed from 500 to 400 miles (1998).

Past FedEx 400 Pole Winners (Finish)

2011 -- None -- Weather

2010 -- Martin Truex Jr -- 12th

2009 -- David Reutimann -- 18th

2008 -- Greg Biffle -- 3rd

2007 -- Ryan Newman -- 2nd

2006 -- Ryan Newman -- 14th

2005 -- Jimmie Johnson -- 4th

2004 -- Jeremy Mayfield -- 8th

2003 -- Ryan Newman -- 1st

2002 -- Matt Kenseth -- 40th

2001 -- Dale Jarrett -- 5th

2000 -- Rusty Wallace -- 14th

1999 -- Bobby Labonte -- 1st

1998 -- Rusty Wallace -- 18th

1997 -- Bobby Labonte -- 40th

1996 -- Jeff Gordon -- 1st

1995 -- Jeff Gordon -- 6th

1994 -- Ernie Irvan -- 2nd

1993 -- Ernie Irvan -- 32nd

1992 -- Brett Bodine -- 30th

1991 -- Michael Waltrip -- 32nd

1990 -- Dick Trickle -- 3rd

1989 -- Mark Martin -- 2nd

1988 -- Alan Kulwicki -- 6th

1987 -- Bill Elliott -- 2nd

1986 -- Ricky Rudd -- 4th

1985 -- Terry Labonte -- 16th

1984 -- Ricky Rudd -- 8th

1983 -- Joe Ruttman -- 3rd

1982 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 15th

1981 -- David Pearson -- 25th

1980 -- Cale Yarborough -- 16th

1979 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 18th

1978 -- Buddy Baker -- 23rd

1977 -- Richard Petty -- 3rd

1976 -- Dave Marcis -- 3rd

1975 -- David Pearson -- 1st

1974 -- David Pearson -- 2nd

1973 -- David Pearson -- 1st

1972 -- Bobby Isaac -- 14th

1971 -- Richard Petty -- 3rd

1970 -- Bobby Isaac -- 6th

1969 -- David Pearson -- 23rd

Last Race Results
RACE: Coca-Cola 600 (May 27th)
SITE: Charlotte Motor Speedway -- Concord, North Carolina
MILES: 600
LAPS: 400
WINNER: Kasey Kahne
RUNNER-UP: Denny Hamlin
THIRD: Kyle Busch
FOURTH: Greg Biffle
FIFTH: Brad Keselowski
POLE WINNER: Aric Almirola (Finished 16th)
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 51 minutes, 14 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 155.687 m.p.h.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 4.295 seconds
CAUTION FLAGS: 5 for 23 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 31 among 11 drivers
LAP LEADERS: A. Almirola - pole; M. Ambrose 1-2; A. Almirola 3-5; M. Ambrose
	6-8; G. Biffle 9-14; M. Ambrose 15-22; G. Biffle 23-113; M.
	Ambrose 114-120; Kyle Busch 121-124; G. Biffle 125-134; J. Gordon
	135-138; Kyle Busch 139-171; D. Ragan 172; Kyle Busch 173-190; G.
	Biffle 191-219; K. Kahne 220-221; G. Biffle 222; L. Cassill 223;
	G. Biffle 224-280; K. Kahne 281-307; D. Hamlin 308; G. Biffle
	309-315; K. Kahne 316; G. Biffle 317; K. Kahne 318; G. Biffle
	319-320; D. Hamlin 321-332; K. Kahne 333-353; B. Keselowski 354;
	K. Harvick 355; J. Gordon 356; K. Kahne 357-400.

FedEx 400 Entry List
Car	Driver, Hometown	Car/Name
1	Jamie McMurray (Joplin, MO)	Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops
2	Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI)	Dodge/Miller Lite
5	Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA)	Chevrolet/hendrickcars.com
9	Marcos Ambrose (Launceston, Australia)	Ford/Stanley
10	David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL)	Chevrolet/Tommy Baldwin Racing
11	Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA)	Toyota/FedEx Autism Speaks
13	Casey Mears (Bakersfield, CA)	Ford/GEICO
14	Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN)	Chevrolet/Office Depot/Mobil 1
15	Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS)	Toyota/5-Hour Energy
16	Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA)	Ford/3M
17 *	Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI)	Ford/Best Buy
18	Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Toyota/M&M's
19	Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR)	Toyota/Humphrey Smith Racing
20	Joey Logano (Middletown, CT)	Toyota/Home Depot
22	A.J. Allmendinger (Los Gatos, CA)	Dodge/Shell/Pennzoil
23	Scott Riggs (Bahama, NC)	Chevrolet/North Texas Pipe
24	Jeff Gordon (Vallejo, CA)	Chevrolet/DuPont
26	Josh Wise (Riverside, CA)	Ford/Morristown Driver's Service
27	Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI)	Chevrolet/Menards/PPG
29	Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA)	Chevrolet/Jimmy Johns
30	David Stremme (South Bend, IN)	Toyota/Inception Motorsports
31	Jeff Burton (South Boston, VA)	Chevrolet/BB&T
32	Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA)	Ford/TBA
33	Stephen Leicht (Asheville, NC)	Chevrolet/littlejoesautos.com
34	David Ragan (Unadilla, GA)	Ford/MHP/8-Hour Alert
36	Dave Blaney (Hartford, OH)	Chevrolet/Tommy Baldwin Racing
38	David Gilliland (Riverside, CA)	Ford/TBA
39	Ryan Newman (South Bend, IN)	Chevrolet/Quicken Loans
42	Juan Pablo Montoya (Bogota, Colombia)	Chevrolet/Target
43	Aric Almirola (Tampa, FL)	Ford/Jani-King/Smithfield
47	Bobby Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX)	Toyota/Scott Products
48	Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, CA)	Chevrolet/Lowe's Madagascar
49	J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ)	Toyota/JPO Absorbents
51	Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Chevrolet/Phoenix Construction
52	Mike Skinner (Susanville, CA)	Toyota/crusaderstaffing.com
55	Mark Martin (Batesville, AR)	Toyota/Aaron's Dream Machine
56	Martin Truex Jr. (Mayetta, NJ)	Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts
74	Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA)	Chevrolet/Turn One Racing
78	Regan Smith (Cato, NY)	Chevrolet/Furniture Row
79	Scott Speed (Manteca, CA)	Ford/Team Kyle
83	Landon Cassill (Cedar Rapids, IA)	Toyota/Burger King
87	Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL)	Toyota/AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Kannapolis, NC)	Chevrolet/Amp Energy/Nat'l Guard
93	Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI)	Toyota/Burger King
98	Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ)	Ford/Phil Parsons Racing
99	Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO)	Ford/Subway

* - Defending champion

Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years)
Driver	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Matt Kenseth	7th	22nd	7th	Won	5th	4th	4th	3rd	Won
Mark Martin	18th	Won	3rd	9th	7th	23rd	10th	15th	2nd
Marcos Ambrose	---	---	---	---	---	---	20th	36th	3rd
Kyle Busch	---	---	2nd	5th	17th	Won	23rd	Won	4th
Clint Bowyer	---	---	---	17th	8th	36th	11th	17th	6th
Carl Edwards	---	---	16th	15th	3rd	2nd	7th	8th	7th
Martin Truex Jr	---	---	---	22nd	Won	6th	21st	14th	8th
Jimmie Johnson	38th	32nd	4th	6th	15th	7th	Won	16th	9th
Kevin Harvick	27th	10th	25th	3rd	20th	38th	17th	7th	10th
Jeff Burton	14th	4th	12th	4th	12th	8th	16th	2nd	11th
Dale Earnhardt Jr	11th	3rd	22nd	10th	22nd	35th	12th	30th	12th
Brad Keselowski	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	18th	13th
Kurt Busch	15th	12th	9th	16th	42nd	20th	5th	19th	14th
Denny Hamlin	---	---	---	11th	4th	43rd	36th	4th	16th
Jeff Gordon	2nd	36th	39th	12th	9th	5th	26th	11th	17th
Greg Biffle	30th	26th	Won	8th	6th	3rd	3rd	6th	19th
Jamie McMurray	13th	15th	26th	2nd	24th	10th	14th	32nd	20th
Ryan Newman	Won	24th	8th	14th	2nd	14th	8th	13th	21st
Paul Menard	---	---	---	---	---	22nd	32nd	21st	24th
Joey Logano	---	---	---	---	---	---	15th	10th	27th
Tony Stewart	4th	2nd	15th	25th	40th	41st	2nd	9th	29th
Juan Pablo Montoya	---	---	---	---	31st	12th	30th	35th	32nd
Kasey Kahne	---	21st	35th	7th	11th	31st	6th	20th	36th
A.J. Allmendinger	---	---	---	---	33rd	37th	29th	14th	37th

Mover of the Week

Carl Edwards - Started in the 28th position and finished 9th

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Matt Kenseth

Darkhorse - Kasey Kahne

Last Week's Pick to Win (Dale Earnhardt Jr) - Finished 6th

Last Week's Darkhorse (Joey Logano) - Finished 23rd

NOTES:

To say that Matt Kenseth enjoys driving at Dover International Speedway would be an understatement. Kenseth has a nice streak working at DIS, posting seven straight top-10 finishes, including wins in 2006 and last year. Since 2006, Kenseth has failed to crack the top-10 just twice, both in the fall races at "The Monster Mile."

Kenseth capitalized on a two-tire pit strategy during the final round of stops to win for the 20th time in his Cup career. Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards dominated most of the race by combining for 324 of 400 laps led. But Johnson and Edwards took four tires each on their last stops, which ended up costing both drivers an opportunity to win. The pit stops occurred during a caution period with less than 40 laps remaining.

Mark Martin did not pit and led the way for the final restart with 34 laps to go. Martin had been running in the 14th spot prior to the caution. Kenseth moved around Martin for the lead shortly after the restart and then ran in front for the final 32 laps around the one-mile, concrete surfaced track. Kenseth finished 2.1 seconds ahead of Martin.

Currently second on the points list, Kenseth finished 10th last week and has eight top-10 finishes, including a win at Daytona earlier this year.

Back in 2010, Kyle Busch benefited from Jimmie Johnson's pit-road speeding penalty to win the spring race at Dover International Speedway.

Johnson, who was attempting to win at Dover for the third straight time, dominated most of the race by leading 225 of 400 laps. But his drive-through penalty on pit road allowed Busch to take the lead for good with 35 laps remaining. Busch finished 7.6 seconds ahead of Jeff Burton to claim this race for the second time in his career.

Johnson leads all active drivers with six wins at Dover, including one here in September, 2010. He stands one victory away from tying Bobby Allison and Richard Petty for most all-time wins at Dover. Johnson has three wins and seven top-10 finishes in eight starts since 2008.

In the 2009 race at Dover, Johnson led 298 of 400 laps and finished 0.861 seconds ahead of runner-up Tony Stewart for his 42nd career Cup Series victory.

Greg Biffle and Busch dominated this race in 2008, as the duo combined to exchange the lead on seven occasions, Biffle led for 164 laps, and Busch ran in front for 158. Busch reclaimed the advantage on lap 327 and held it for a 4.224-second win. Biffle placed third.

In 2007, Martin Truex Jr dominated the race by leading 216 laps. Truex beat pole sitter Ryan Newman by 7.355 seconds. Newman led seven times for 135 laps, but it was Truex who reclaimed the lead on lap 347 and held it for his first career Sprint Cup victory. Truex, who started 26th, picked up his first win in his 58th start.

Matt Kenseth clipped Jamie McMurray by less than one second in the 2006 race for his 12th career Cup win. Kenseth, who started 19th, posted a 0.787 of a second victory. He grabbed the lead from McMurray with four laps remaining. McMurray, who started ninth, led a total of 95 laps. Pole sitter Ryan Newman led for the first 12 laps and finished 14th.

Kyle Petty holds the record for winning at Dover from the furthest starting position. Petty started 37th in the 1995 race. The top three starting positions at Dover have proven to be very productive in the 84 races held at "The Monster Mile." The pole sitter has captured 13 races, while second and third have combined for 27 victories.

This and that from Dover: The first Sprint Cup Series race was held on July 5, 1969. The first two races at Dover were 300 miles. The race length was changed to 500 miles in 1971. The first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover was May 15, 1982. The track surface was changed to concrete in 1995. The race length was changed to 400 miles beginning with the second race in 1997. The first Truck Series race was held in September 2000. There have been 84 Sprint Cup races at Dover International Speedway since the track opened in 1969. There was one race in 1969 and 1970. There has been two-a-year since 1971. There have been 35 different pole winners at Dover led by David Pearson (six). Pearson won the first Sprint Cup pole at Dover in July 1969. Mark Martin, Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon lead all active drivers, each with four poles at Dover. 32 different drivers have posted victories at Dover led by Bobby Allison and Richard Petty, each with seven. Richard Petty won the first Sprint Cup race at Dover. Johnson leads all active drivers with six victories at Dover. The track name was changed to Dover International Speedway in 2002. 51 races at Dover have been won from a top-five starting position; 18 races have been won from a starting position outside the top 10. 13 drivers have won from the pole. The last to do so was Jimmie Johnson, in the 2010 September race.

The next Sprint Cup Series race is the June 10th running of the Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway. Jeff Gordon won last year's race there.

05/29 13:22:07 ET

As of May 29, 2012, at 01:22 PM ET

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