Race Lineup

The official 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Kobalt Tools 500

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA

  • 13 Ford
  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 4 Dodge
  • 13 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 46 (6 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 325
  • Laps Actual: 341 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 131.294
  • Cautions: 11 for 53 laps
  • Lead Changes: 31
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,804 (9.7 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 192.761 28.761 0.000 Amp Energy / National Guard Hendrick Motorsports
2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 192.280 28.833 0.072 M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing
3 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 192.106 28.859 0.098 Target Chip Ganassi Racing
4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 191.814 28.903 0.142 HendrickCars.com / GoDaddy.com Hendrick Motorsports
5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 191.774 28.909 0.148 National Guard / DuPont Hendrick Motorsports
6 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 191.688 28.922 0.161 Budweiser Evernham Motorsports
7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 191.549 28.943 0.182 Tornados Stewart-haas Racing
8 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 191.436 28.960 0.199 Hunt Brothers Pizza Evernham Motorsports
9 00 David Reutimann Toyota 191.186 28.998 0.237 Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip Racing
10 99 Carl Edwards Ford 191.087 29.013 0.252 Scotts Jack Roush
11 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 191.054 29.018 0.257 Miller Lite Walter Czarnecki
12 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 190.935 29.036 0.275 Lance Snacks / Tom's Snacks Tad Geschickter
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford 190.850 29.049 0.288 U.S. Census Jack Roush
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 190.791 29.058 0.297 Valvoline John Henry
15 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 190.692 29.073 0.312 Office Depot / Old Spice Stewart-haas Racing
16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 190.640 29.081 0.320 Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Jeff Gordon
17 6 David Ragan Ford 190.574 29.091 0.330 UPS John Henry
18 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 190.561 29.093 0.332 BB&T Richard Childress Racing
19 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 190.548 29.095 0.334 NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip Racing
20 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 190.424 29.114 0.353 FedEx Office Joe Gibbs Racing
21 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 190.267 29.138 0.377 TaxSlayer.com The Racers Group
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 190.221 29.145 0.384 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
23 98 Paul Menard Ford 189.987 29.181 0.420 CertainTeed / Menards Evernham Motorsports
24 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 189.915 29.192 0.431 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Dale Earnhardt Inc
25 43 AJ Allmendinger Ford 189.857 29.201 0.440 Insignia / Best Buy Richard Petty Motorsports
26 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 189.798 29.210 0.449 Red Bull Team Red Bull
27 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 189.590 29.242 0.481 Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons
28 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 189.571 29.245 0.484 Mopar / FLO TV Team Penske
29 20 Joey Logano Toyota 189.189 29.304 0.543 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
30 36 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 189.144 29.311 0.550 Wave Energy Drink Tommy Baldwin Racing
31 13 Max Papis Toyota 189.112 29.316 0.555 GEICO Germain Racing
32 82 Scott Speed Toyota 189.079 29.321 0.560 Red Bull Team Red Bull
33 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 189.060 29.324 0.563 FrontRowJoe.com Andrea Nemechek
34 21 Bill Elliott Ford 189.021 29.330 0.569 Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … Wood Brothers Racing
35 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 189.015 29.331 0.570 Shell / Pennzoil Richard Childress Racing
36 77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 188.970 29.338 0.577 Mobil 1 Team Penske
37 38 David Gilliland Ford 188.341 29.436 0.675 Charter Air Transport / Taco Bell Yates Racing
38 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 187.958 29.496 0.735 Furniture Row Companies Richard Childress Racing
39 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 186.403 29.742 0.981 Warner Music Nashville / Blake Shel… Robby Gordon
40 34 Travis Kvapil Ford 185.430 29.898 1.137 Long John Silver's Front Row Motorsports
41 37 Kevin Conway Ford 184.812 29.998 1.237 Extenze Yates Racing
42 26 Boris Said Ford 182.916 30.309 1.548 Sacred Power / Southern Pride Truck… Bill Jenkins
43 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 188.758 29.371 0.610 Prism Motorsports Randy Humphrey