Bakersfield native Kevin Harvick entered the 2012 Food City 500 on Sunday as the second-place overall points holder in the Sprint Cup Series standings. At the end of the day, he's still in second place, but the competition is certainly heating up.
Harvick finished in 11th place at Bristol Motor Speedway in the first short-track race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. He remains in second place overall, nine points behind leader Greg Biffle. Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex, Jr. had top-ten finishes and are nipping at Harvick's heels. Through the first four races of the season, Harvick has not finished below 11th place.
Brad Keselowski took the checkered flag in his second straight win at Bristol and his fifth career win.
Here are the full results from Sunday's race:
- Brad Keselowski
- Matt Kenseth
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Brian Vickers
- Jeff Burton
- Jamie McMurray
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Jimmie Johnson
- Paul Menard
- Kevin Harvick
- Ryan Newman
- Greg Biffle
- Tony Stewart
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Joey Logano
- AJ Allmendinger
- Kurt Busch
- Aric Almirola
- Denny Hamlin
- David Reutimann
- Brendan Gaughan
- David Ragan
- Regan Smith
- Casey Mears
- David Gilliland
- Travis Kvapil
- Bobby Labonte
- Landon Cassill
- JJ Yeley
- Michael McDowell
- Kyle Busch
- Ken Schrader
- Dave Blaney
- Jeff Gordon
- Marcos Ambrose
- Kasey Kahne
- David Stremme
- Carl Edwards
- Joe Nemechek
- Scott Riggs
- Reed Sorenson
- Josh Wise
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