{"id":18650,"date":"2013-05-11T22:12:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T03:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=18650"},"modified":"2013-05-11T22:12:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T03:12:06","slug":"kenseth-wins-southern-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=18650","title":{"rendered":"Kenseth Wins Southern 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1368328143119_613\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nascarlogo445.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1055\" title=\"nascarlogo445\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nascarlogo445-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nascar.com\/en_us\/sprint-cup-series.html\">http:\/\/www.nascar.com\/en_us\/sprint-cup-series.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP May 11, 2013) &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nascar\/sprint\/drivers\/81\" data-rapid_p=\"1\">Matt Kenseth<\/a> passed his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nascar\/sprint\/drivers\/947\" data-rapid_p=\"2\">Kyle Busch<\/a> with 13 laps to go to win his first Southern 500 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Busch was the strongest car for much of the race and led for 265 of the 367 laps at Darlington Raceway. But his machine appeared to fall away at the worst possible time and he faded to sixth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nascar\/sprint\/drivers\/1283\" data-rapid_p=\"3\">Denny Hamlin<\/a> completed his first full race since suffering a compression fracture in a vertebra in his lower back on March 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nascar\/sprint\/drivers\/3\" data-rapid_p=\"4\">Jeff Gordon<\/a> would up third in his 700th straight career start.<\/p>\n<p>Points leader <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nascar\/sprint\/drivers\/213\" data-rapid_p=\"5\">Jimmie Johnson<\/a> was fourth and <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nascar\/sprint\/drivers\/205\" data-rapid_p=\"6\">Kevin Harvick<\/a> fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Kenseth&#8217;s victory came without crew chief Jason Ratcliff, who was suspended for the No. 20 Toyota having an illegal part in a win at Kansas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p>Unofficial results\u00a0 May 11, 2013<\/p>\n<p>1 Matt Kenseth (20) Toyota \/ 367 17 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>2 Denny Hamlin (11) Toyota \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>3 Jeff Gordon (24) Chevrolet \/ 367 16 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>4 Jimmie Johnson (48) Chevrolet \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>5 Kevin Harvick (29) Chevrolet \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>6 Kyle Busch (18) Toyota \/ 367 265 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>7 Carl Edwards (99) Ford \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>8 Juan Pablo Montoya (42) Chevrolet \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) Chevrolet \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>10 Ryan Newman (39) Chevrolet \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>11 Clint Bowyer (15) Toyota \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>12 Martin Truex Jr. (56) Toyota \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>13 Greg Biffle (16) Ford \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>14 Kurt Busch (78) Chevrolet \/ 367 69 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>15 Tony Stewart (14) Chevrolet \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>16 Jamie McMurray (1) Chevrolet \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>17 Kasey Kahne (5) Chevrolet \/ 367 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>18 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17) Ford \/ 366 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>19 Paul Menard (27) Chevrolet \/ 366 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>20 Aric Almirola (43) Ford \/ 366 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>21 Jeff Burton (31) Chevrolet \/ 365 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>22 Joey Logano (22) Ford \/ 365 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>23 Travis Kvapil (93) Toyota \/ 364 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>24 Regan Smith (51) Chevrolet \/ 363 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>25 Mark Martin (55) Toyota \/ 363 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>26 Bobby Labonte (47) Toyota \/ 363 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>27 Dave Blaney (7) Chevrolet \/ 362 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>28 Danica Patrick (10) Chevrolet \/ 362 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>29 David Gilliland (38) Ford \/ 362 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>30 Landon Cassill (33) Chevrolet \/ 360 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>31 Joe Nemechek (87) Toyota \/ 359 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>32 Brad Keselowski (2) Ford \/ 358 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>33 Timmy Hill (32) Ford \/ 358 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>34 Marcos Ambrose (9) Ford \/ 358 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n<p>35 J.J. 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(AP May 11, 2013) &#8212; Matt Kenseth passed his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 13 laps to go to win his first Southern 500 on Saturday night. 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