 Before the race , Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers ' Championship with 6 @,@ 297 points , and Mark Martin stood in second with 6 @,@ 224 points . Jeff Gordon followed in third with 6 @,@ 185 points , fifty @-@ nine ahead of Kurt Busch , and ninety @-@ eight in front of Tony Stewart in fourth and fifth . Juan Pablo Montoya with 6 @,@ 061 was eleven points ahead of Greg Biffle , as Denny Hamlin with 5 @,@ 975 points , was two ahead of Ryan Newman , and seventy @-@ seven in front of Kasey Kahne . Carl Edwards and Brian Vickers in eleventh and twelfth with 5 @,@ 857 and 5 @,@ 777 points rounded out the contenders for the Chase for the Sprint Cup . In the Manufacturers ' Championship , Chevrolet were leading with 247 points , fifty @-@ five ahead of their rival Toyota . Ford , with 158 points , were seven points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third . Johnson was the race 's defending champion . 
