Nascar Race Today

DARLINGTON, S.C. - Kevin Harvick capped his biggest weekend at Darlington Raceway with his first Southern 500 victory Saturday night, passing Dale Earnhardt Jr. two laps from the end of the longest race in the track's 65-year NASCAR history.

Harvick earned his first pole here Friday night and had the most dominant car. But he had to make it through a restart with 10 laps left and two tries at a green-white-checkered finish - NASCAR's version of extra innings.

1. (1) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 374 laps, 148.9 rating, 48 points, $328,708. 2. (15) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 374, 120, 43, $205,690. 3. (26) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 374, 101.2, 42, $215,101. 4. (25) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 374, 114.2, 41, $183,401. 5. (19) Greg Biffle, Ford, 374, 90, 40, $165,040. 6. (8) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 374, 104.9, 38, $157,156. 7. (9) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 374, 120.2, 38, $155,576. 8. (17) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 374, 81.7, 36, $133,510. 9. (23) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 374, 74.8, 35, $136,873. 10. (7) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 374, 95.7, 34, $109,665. 11. (20) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 374, 77.6, 33, $144,441. 12. (16) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 374, 85.2, 32, $134,271. 13. (21) Carl Edwards, Ford, 374, 69.2, 31, $113,905. 14. (4) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 374, 71, 30, $124,125. 15. (18) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 374, 72, 29, $116,438. 16. (6) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 374, 82.4, 28, $134,694. 17. (5) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 374, 100.6, 28, $137,288. 18. (31) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 374, 63.1, 26, $118,888. 19. (10) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 374, 92.4, 26, $101,905. 20. (28) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 374, 56.4, 24, $130,280. 21. (29) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 374, 56.3, 23, $89,005. 22. (33) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 374, 54.5, 22, $100,055. 23. (24) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 372, 61, 21, $113,563. 24. (3) Aric Almirola, Ford, 372, 67.9, 20, $127,641. 25. (35) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 372, 46.2, 0, $87,305. 26. (14) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 371, 80.6, 19, $121,480. 27. (12) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 371, 70.9, 17, $116,613. 28. (27) David Gilliland, Ford, 370, 43.9, 16, $107,663. 29. (34) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 369, 39.6, 15, $97,252. 30. (38) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 369, 40.7, 14, $89,005. 31. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, accident, 368, 75, 13, $84,305. 32. (32) David Ragan, Ford, 367, 44.5, 13, $94,605. 33. (41) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 367, 32.9, 11, $83,905. 34. (43) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 366, 29.8, 0, $91,705. 35. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, front hub, 359, 84.5, 10, $123,471. 36. (37) David Stremme, Chevrolet, brakes, 326, 34.1, 8, $83,305. 37. (22) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, accident, 323, 87, 8, $102,480. 38. (42) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 301, 31.5, 6, $78,285. 39. (40) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, overheating, 289, 42.3, 5, $74,285. 40. (39) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 274, 25, 4, $70,285. 41. (11) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 270, 60.8, 3, $93,499. 42. (30) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, accident, 101, 44.6, 2, $62,285. 43. (36) Dave Blaney, Ford, brakes, 65, 28, 1, $58,785. Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 131.211 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 53 minutes, 37 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.558 seconds. Caution Flags: 11 for 50 laps. Lead Changes: 22 among 12 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-37; J.Gordon 38-42; D.Ragan 43; J.Gordon 44-45; K.Harvick 46-60; D.Hamlin 61-63; M.Kenseth 64-75; K.Harvick 76-179; B.Keselowski 180-183; K.Kahne 184-201; K.Harvick 202; K.Kahne 203-207; K.Harvick 208-223; B.Vickers 224-247; J.Gordon 248; B.Vickers 249-254; K.Harvick 255-273; G.Biffle 274-278; K.Harvick 279-359; J.Johnson 360-367; D.Earnhardt Jr. 368-372; K.Harvick 373-374.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 7 times for 238 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 37 laps; B.Vickers, 2 times for 30 laps; K.Kahne, 2 times for 23 laps; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 12 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 8 laps; J.Gordon, 3 times for 8 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1 time for 5 laps; G.Biffle, 1 time for 5 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 4 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 3 laps; D.Ragan, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: K.Harvick, 2; Ku.Busch, 1; Ky.Busch, 1; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1; C.Edwards, 1; Bra.Keselowski, 1; J.Logano, 1.

Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Gordon, 297; 2. M.Kenseth, 296; 3. C.Edwards, 278; 4. D.Earnhardt Jr., 271; 5. J.Johnson, 270; 6. Ky.Busch, 269; 7. Bra.Keselowski, 246; 8. J.Logano, 245; 9. R.Newman, 236; 10. A.Dillon, 235; 11. G.Biffle, 227; 12. T.Stewart, 224.