NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Darlington

Darlington Raceway — May 8, 2010

Denny Hamlin

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Denny Hamlin won the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Darlington at Darlington Raceway on May 8, 2010, leading 104 of 367 laps. Jamie McMurray finished second; Kurt Busch rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

2010

Winner

Denny Hamlin

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Denny Hamlin		367	—	Running	104	190
2	1	-1	Jamie McMurray		367	—	Running	71	175
3	14	+11	Kurt Busch	Dodge	367	—	Running	—	165
4	2	-2	Jeff Gordon		367	—	Running	110	170
5	15	+10	Juan Pablo Montoya		367	—	Running	—	155
6	35	+29	Kevin Harvick		367	—	Running	2	155
7	39	+32	Kyle Busch		367	—	Running	29	151
8	11	+3	Jeff Burton		367	—	Running	31	147
9	6	-3	Ryan Newman		367	—	Running	—	138
10	3	-7	Brian Vickers		367	—	Running	9	139
11	4	-7	David Reutimann		367	—	Running	3	135
12	9	-3	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	367	—	Running	—	127
13	29	+16	Matt Kenseth		367	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	David Ragan		367	—	Running	—	121
15	41	+26	Carl Edwards		367	—	Running	—	118
16	5	-11	Mark Martin		367	—	Running	—	115
17	32	+15	Regan Smith		367	—	Running	—	112
18	19	+1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.		367	—	Running	—	109
19	33	+14	Martin Truex, Jr.		366	—	Running	—	106
20	10	-10	Kasey Kahne		366	—	Running	—	103
21	38	+17	Elliott Sadler		366	—	Running	—	100
22	17	-5	Greg Biffle		366	—	Running	—	97
23	24	+1	Tony Stewart		366	—	Running	5	99
24	31	+7	David Stremme		365	—	Running	—	91
25	7	-18	Marcos Ambrose		364	—	Running	—	88
26	40	+14	Travis Kvapil		364	—	Running	—	85
27	13	-14	Joey Logano		363	—	Running	—	82
28	16	-12	Scott Speed		363	—	Running	2	84
29	43	+14	Max Papis		361	—	Running	—	76
30	20	-10	Paul Menard		359	—	Running	—	73
31	25	-6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	358	—	Running	—	70
32	27	-5	Clint Bowyer		331	—	Running	—	67
33	42	+9	Kevin Conway		309	—	DNF	—	64
34	23	-11	Bobby Labonte		297	—	DNF	—	61
35	34	-1	David Gilliland		283	—	DNF	—	58
36	22	-14	Jimmie Johnson		179	—	DNF	—	55
37	12	-25	A.J. Allmendinger		178	—	DNF	—	52
38	26	-12	Robby Gordon		170	—	DNF	1	54
39	37	-2	Todd Bodine		47	—	DNF	—	46
40	18	-22	Michael McDowell		44	—	DNF	—	43
41	30	-11	J.J. Yeley		42	—	DNF	—	40
42	28	-14	Dave Blaney		35	—	DNF	—	37
43	36	-7	Reed Sorenson		19	—	DNF	—	34

Model Performance

How well did the NR-Rating model predict this race? Across 9 matched drivers, the model averaged 11.5 positions off — worse than the season average of 8.5. Below Average

Pos	Driver	Predicted	Actual	Delta	Conf.
1	Denny Hamlin	8.2	1	+7.2	High Confidence
7	Kyle Busch	17.0	7	+10.0	Coinflip
12	Brad Keselowski	11.2	12	-0.8	Moderate
19	Martin Truex, Jr.	15.4	19	-3.6	Coinflip
27	Joey Logano	14.7	27	-12.3	Coinflip
36	Jimmie Johnson	19.9	36	-16.1	Moderate
37	A.J. Allmendinger	18.3	37	-18.7	Moderate
40	Michael McDowell	17.0	40	-23.0	Coinflip
41	J.J. Yeley	28.8	41	-12.2	High Confidence

Predicted finish from NR-Rating model. Delta = predicted − actual (positive = driver beat prediction). Confidence: High Confidence = low variance (stdDev ≤ 9), Moderate = medium variance, Coinflip = high variance.