 Kahne appeared in victory lane in front of the crowd of 170 @,@ 000 to celebrate his sixth win of the season earning him $ 305 @,@ 889 . Kahne was delighted with his victory and thanked the people who worked on his car 's transmission and rear @-@ end : " We had a great car . It was unbelievable all night . I slammed it into second gear at the end of pit road one time and I thought I had to break something . This isn 't the special car . This car 's been good two other times this year , but it went to waste . It 's just an awesome team . " Second @-@ place finisher Johnson said he finished the event where he ran in its duration : “ I only made up ten points . But ten points is ten points . ” Third @-@ place finisher Burton was happy he was able to recover from a tire issue from the previous race at Talladega Superspeedway . However , he was upset that he stalled his engine as he felt it cost him the chance of victory . He also said the late @-@ race vibration was enough to scare him and he was glad the race ended because of the amount of shudder coming from his car : " I screamed , ‘ We ’ ve got a wheel loose , we got a wheel loose ’ and they said , we do not have a wheel loose , we know we got them tight . " 
