NASCAR Sprint Cup Results: 2011 Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Jimmie Johnson finally came back to life this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway for the Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City, but his race leading 164 laps were not enough to overcome Kyle Busch as Busch once again swept the racing action at Bristol.

Busch held off both pole leader Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson to win his 33rd race of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Career to tie Speedy Thompson on the all time wins list. The top five was rounded out by Roush Fenway driver Matt Kenseth and Richard Childress Racing's rising star Paul Menard who solidified his early season points luck with another top five. Menard also lead a career high 35 laps to come in at the top of the list for RCR, just ahead of team mate Kevin Harvick who found trouble when traffic piled up behind a Jamie McMurray mid race.

Kurt Busch rose to the top of the drivers points with a seventh place finish followed by front row starter Greg Biffle, Darlington Camping World Truck Series winner Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman. Dale Earnhardt Jr. continued a solid start to the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season with an 11th place finish. Former points leader Tony Stewart could only manage a 19th place finish at the half mile bull ring. See where your driver finished below.

Fin___Car___Driver____________Lap__Pts___BPts___ TLd___LLd
1_____18____Kyle Busch_______500___47____4_____7_____153
2_____99____Carl Edwards_____500___43____1_____2______18
3_____48____Jimmie Johnson__ 500___43____2_____4_____164
4_____17____Matt Kenseth_____ 500___40
5_____27____Paul Menard______500___40____1_____1______35
6_____29____Kevin Harvick_____ 500___39____1_____1______37
7_____22____Kurt Busch_______ 500___37
8_____16____Greg Biffle________500___36
9______4____Kasey Kahne_____ 500___35
10____39____Ryan Newman____500___35____1_____1______26
11____88____Dale Earnhardt Jr._ 500___ 33
12_____5____Mark Martin______ 500___ 32
13____47____Bobby Labonte____500___ 31
14____24____Jeff Gordon_______500___ 30
15_____9____Marcos Ambrose__ 500___ 29
16_____6____David Ragan______500___28
17____56____Martin Truex Jr.____500___28____1_____1______63
18_____2____Brad Keselowski__ 500___26
19____14____Tony Stewart______500___25
20____31____Jeff Burton_______ 498___24
21_____1____Jamie McMurray___ 498___23
22____78____Regan Smith______498___22
23____20____Joey Logano______497___21
24____42____Juan Pablo Montoya 497___20
25____36____Dave Blaney______ 497___19
26____38____Travis Kvapil(i)_____496___0
27____34____David Gilliland____ 495___18_____1_____1______4
28____37____Tony Raines______494___16
29____09____Bill Elliott_________493___15
30____00____David Reutimann__ 493__ 14
31____43____A J Allmendinger___493__ 13
32____71____Andy Lally #_______491__ 12
33____11____Denny Hamlin _____488__ 11
34_____2____Trevor Bayne(i)____ 482___ 0
35____33____Clint Bowyer______ 456___ 9
36____83____Brian Vickers______441___ 8
37____13____Casey Mears______427___ 7
38____92____Dennis Setzer_____ 336___ 6
39_____7____Robby Gordon_____127___ 5
40____46____J J Yeley__________ 97___4
41____87____Joe Nemechek(i)___ 72___ 0
42____60____Landon Cassill(i)___ 36___ 0
43____66____Michael McDowell___ 35___ 1