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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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
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
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