 Before the race , Kevin Harvick led the Drivers ' Championship with 3 @,@ 210 points , and Jeff Gordon stood in second with 3 @,@ 025 points . Jeff Burton was third in the Drivers ' Championship with 2 @,@ 895 points , Kurt Busch was fourth with 2 @,@ 892 points , and Jimmie Johnson was in fifth with 2 @,@ 882 points . In the Manufacturers ' Championship , Chevrolet was leading with 158 points , twenty @-@ seven points ahead of their rival Toyota . Ford , with 102 points , was nine points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third . Brian Vickers was the race 's defending champion . 
