Race
In pre-race practice, teams realized that the tires provided for the race wore down quickly, due to the abrasive course at Indianapolis and the Car of Tomorrow, as this was the first race for the car at Indianapolis. Because of this concern, NASCAR announced that they would have a competition yellow after ten laps to check tire wear.
The excessive wear led NASCAR to follow procedure first adopted at the 1969 Talladega 500, calling cautions every 10-12 laps for safety issues, allowing teams to pit and change tires. Because of an accident involving Michael Waltrip on Lap 4, the first competition yellow would not wave until Lap 14. The only other non-competition yellow came halfway through the race when Brian Vickers' Toyota had its engine fail. All in all, nine competition yellow flags were thrown, and when all was said and done, Jimmie Johnson won the race after a battle with Carl Edwards.
| Top Ten Finishers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Car # | Driver | Car make | Team | ||||
| 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Hendrick Motorsports | ||||
| 2 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing | ||||
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||||
| 4 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | ||||
| 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Hendrick Motorsports | ||||
| 6 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing | ||||
| 7 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | ||||
| 8 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing | ||||
| 9 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | ||||
| 10 | 84 | A.J. Allmendinger | Toyota | Team Red Bull | ||||
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—Chinese proverb.
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