Regan Smith Wins the Showtime Southern 500

In one of the most stunning and surprising victories in recent Sprint Cup Series memory, Regan Smith, driver of the #78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet, is the victor of the 2011 Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Speedway. Smith took advanateg of track position when he stayed out on old tires when other cars pitted late and he was able to make it work. The race was also highlighted by a near melee between two of the resident firebrands of the Sprint Cup Series, Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch, after contact left both with wrecked racecars. Harvick tracked down Busch's car after the race and managed to get a swing in at Busch but appeared to miss. Unsurprisingly, both were summoned to the NASCAR hauler. (Video here)
This is Smith's first career NASCAR victory, although you may recall when he was the first to the finish line in the 2008 AMP Energy 500 but his victory was disallowed after he took the lead by passing below the yellow line.
Continue reading for more postrace coverage from a wild night in South Carolina. 
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SHOWTIME SOUTHERN 500 RESULTS (courtesy foxsports.com)
POS.	DRIVER	START	NO.	MFG.	LED	COMPLETED	STATUS	PTS/BONUS	MONEY
1	Regan Smith	23	#78	Chevrolet	11	370	running	47/4	$272,745
2	Carl Edwards	4	#99	Ford	57	370	running	43/1	$248,966
3	Brad Keselowski	10	#2	Dodge	0	370	running	41/0	$178,358
4	Kasey Kahne	1	#4	Toyota	124	370	running	42/2	$164,608
5	Ryan Newman	2	#39	Chevrolet	28	370	running	40/1	$165,025
6	Denny Hamlin	3	#11	Toyota	0	370	running	38/0	$152,000
7	Tony Stewart	9	#14	Chevrolet	6	370	running	38/1	$141,758
8	Greg Biffle	22	#16	Ford	0	370	running	36/0	$117,350
9	Jamie McMurray	12	#1	Chevrolet	13	370	running	36/1	$128,614
10	Martin Truex Jr.	29	#56	Toyota	1	370	running	35/1	$100,550
11	Kyle Busch	14	#18	Toyota	78	370	running	34/1	$134,991
12	Jeff Gordon	5	#24	Chevrolet	0	370	running	32/0	$126,836

13	Marcos Ambrose	6	#9	Ford	0	370	running	31/0	$120,066
14	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	30	#88	Chevrolet	0	370	running	30/0	$96,100
15	Jimmie Johnson	19	#48	Chevrolet	0	370	running	29/0	$137,761
16	David Reutimann	36	#00	Toyota	0	370	running	28/0	$114,408
17	Kevin Harvick	13	#29	Chevrolet	47	370	running	28/1	$141,111
18	Bobby Labonte	15	#47	Toyota	2	370	running	27/1	$112,270
19	Mark Martin	28	#5	Chevrolet	0	369	running	25/0	$92,150
20	A J Allmendinger	7	#43	Ford	0	369	running	24/0	$121,486
21	David Ragan	11	#6	Ford	0	369	running	23/0	$91,125
22	Paul Menard	18	#27	Chevrolet	0	369	running	22/0	$89,850
23	Juan Pablo Montoya	16	#42	Chevrolet	0	368	running	21/0	$119,758
24	Dave Blaney	41	#36	Chevrolet	0	367	running	20/0	$99,258
25	Matt Kenseth	20	#17	Ford	0	366	running	19/0	$117,486
26	Travis Kvapil	21	#38	Ford	0	365	running	0/0	$90,633
27	Kurt Busch	25	#22	Dodge	0	364	running	17/0	$119,775
28	Ken Schrader	40	#32	Ford	2	364	running	17/1	$87,822
29	Landon Cassill	27	#09	Chevrolet	0	364	running	0/0	$77,075
30	Casey Mears	32	#13	Toyota	1	364	running	15/1	$77,900
31	Clint Bowyer	26	#33	Chevrolet	0	363	accident	13/0	$118,083
32	David Gilliland	37	#34	Ford	0	362	running	12/0	$73,475
33	Jeff Burton	24	#31	Chevrolet	0	358	engine	11/0	$82,525

34	Brian Vickers	8	#83	Toyota	0	332	running	10/0	$100,664
35	Joey Logano	17	#20	Toyota	0	318	running	9/0	$81,200
36	Tony Raines	35	#37	Ford	0	172	brakes	8/0	$72,775
37	Robby Gordon	42	#7	Dodge	0	87	brakes	7/0	$72,585

38	T.J. Bell	33	#150	Toyota	0	67	transmission	0/0	$72,350
39	J.J. Yeley	31	#46	Chevrolet	0	34	engine	5/0	$72,225
40	Mike Skinner	34	#60	Toyota	0	29	brakes	0/0	$72,050
41	David Stremme	38	#30	Chevrolet	0	27	electrical	3/0	$71,875
42	Joe Nemechek	43	#87	Toyota	0	22	electrical	0/0	$71,780
43	Michael McDowell	39	#66	Toyota	0	7	vibration	1/0	$72,139

COMPLETE 2011 SPRINT CUP STANDINGS (courtesy foxsports.com)
RK	+/-	DRIVER	PTS	BACK	STARTS	WINS	TOP5	TOP10	DNF	LAPS	LAPS LED	EARNINGS
1	--	Carl Edwards	378	-	10	1	6	8	0	3218	190	$2,932,748
2	--	Jimmie Johnson	355	-23	10	1	4	6	0	3260	265	$2,015,498
3	--	Kyle Busch	339	-39	10	2	5	6	2	3074	797	$1,978,323
4	--	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	331	-47	10	0	2	5	1	3271	39	$1,380,863
5	--	Kevin Harvick	328	-50	10	2	4	5	1	3090	106	$1,953,283
6	+2	Ryan Newman	317	-61	10	0	4	5	0	3272	115	$1,659,488
7	+3	Tony Stewart	313	-65	10	0	1	4	0	3241	251	$1,743,693
8	-2	Kurt Busch	306	-72	10	0	1	5	0	3269	120	$1,985,476
9	-2	Clint Bowyer	297	-81	10	0	2	5	2	3176	224	$1,917,918
10	-1	Matt Kenseth	295	-83	10	1	3	4	2	3149	198	$1,923,973
11	--	A J Allmendinger	287	-91	10	0	0	2	0	3268	10	$1,477,773
12	+2	Greg Biffle	286	-92	10	0	1	4	1	3190	21	$1,368,263
13	-1	Juan Pablo Montoya	283	-95	10	0	2	4	0	3256	44	$1,737,193
14	-1	Mark Martin	281	-97	10	0	0	3	1	3156	1	$1,201,013
15	+3	Kasey Kahne	278	-100	10	0	2	5	1	2938	155	$1,417,469
16	+1	Denny Hamlin	276	-102	10	0	1	3	1	3170	158	$1,673,968
17	-1	Jeff Gordon	272	-106	10	1	3	3	2	3068	192	$1,665,423
18	-3	Paul Menard	271	-107	10	0	2	3	1	3023	53	$1,186,038
19	--	David Ragan	254	-124	10	0	1	3	2	2992	20	$1,279,763
20	+2	Martin Truex Jr.	245	-133	10	0	0	2	2	2874	103	$1,200,763
21	+3	Jamie McMurray	243	-135	10	0	0	2	1	3085	56	$1,513,728
22	+1	Marcos Ambrose	240	-138	10	0	1	2	0	3103	3	$1,438,598
23	+2	Bobby Labonte	225	-153	10	0	1	1	1	3241	5	$1,676,313
24	-4	Jeff Burton	225	-153	10	0	0	0	2	3107	23	$1,209,001
25	-4	Joey Logano	221	-157	10	0	0	1	1	3117	2	$1,164,863
26	+2	Brad Keselowski	220	-158	10	0	1	1	1	3184	43	$1,296,144
27	+2	Regan Smith	216	-162	10	1	1	2	2	2840	24	$1,538,438
28	-1	David Reutimann	215	-163	10	0	0	0	0	3151	1	$1,321,893
29	-3	Brian Vickers	199	-179	10	0	0	3	0	2981	0	$1,311,078
30	--	David Gilliland	180	-198	10	0	1	2	2	2817	4	$1,611,295
31	+1	Dave Blaney	156	-222	10	0	0	0	3	2939	26	$1,094,297
32	+1	Casey Mears	147	-231	9	0	0	0	0	2938	2	$754,988
33	-2	Robby Gordon	144	-234	10	0	0	0	2	2522	8	$1,066,024
34	--	Andy Lally	116	-262	8	0	0	0	0	2245	1	$907,123
35	--	Bill Elliott	100	-278	5	0	0	0	0	1460	0	$663,887
36	--	Tony Raines	100	-278	8	0	0	0	1	2625	0	$623,800
37	--	Ken Schrader	73	-305	5	0	0	0	0	1771	2	$430,049
38	--	Terry Labonte	40	-338	2	0	0	0	1	360	2	$414,838
39	+1	J.J. Yeley	32	-346	9	0	0	0	9	428	2	$857,038
40	-1	Michael McDowell	30	-348	8	0	0	0	7	818	1	$612,810
41	--	Michael Waltrip	20	-358	2	0	0	0	1	215	0	$396,213
42	--	David Stremme	13	-365	2	0	0	0	1	420	0	$138,900
43	--	Brian Keselowski	3	-375	1	0	0	0	1	28	0	$273,663
44	--	Steve Park	2	-376	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	$78,855