PLAYERS:
Richard Childress,
Jeff Burton,
Kevin Harvick,
Paul Menard,
Matt Kenseth,
Clint Bowyer,
Kurt Busch,
Brian Vickers
Race Highlights: Richard Childress Racing teammates finished 11th (Jeff Burton), 16th (Kevin Harvick) and 20th (Paul Menard). Harvick ranks sixth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver championship point standings, 64 points behind Matt Kenseth's lead, while Menard ranks 14th and Burton ranks 19th. According to NASCAR's Loop Data Statistics, Burton made 67 green-flag passes during the annual road-course event at Sonoma.Burton passed six competitors over the final 11 laps, ranking him third in the Closers category.Burton took home NASCAR's official USG "Improving the Finish" Award by gaining 24 positions over the course of the 112-lap event.Harvick ranked sixth in the Closer category, gaining four positions within the last 10 percent (11 laps) of the race. He was also the seventh-Fastest Driver Late in a Run with an average speed of 89.515 seconds and ranked 10th in Speed in Traffic (89.018 seconds). Menard made 68 Green-Flag Passes, ranking him 10th i...
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