Kurt Busch finished 10th but is 11th in the standings WHY?

May be...

It's all based on points.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/sprint/ra...

If you noticed coming around on Lap 128...out of the blue he decided to try for the first time in his career a Right turn...just out of the blue...

I haven't looked at the standing's but he didn't get any 'bonus' points, like others did, for leading a lap or leading the most(like his brother Kyle) or winning. Therefore he can easily be 11th in the standing's even though he finished 10th in the 500.

same reason kyle busch finished 41st but is in 38th position--bonus points. kyle led a lap (5 points) and the most laps (5 more points) and that moved him ahead of mayfield, vickers, and menard in the standings as the difference in points between those positions is 3 points. kurt, on the other hand, didn't lead any laps and for those finishing 6-10th, they are separated by 4 points. truex had five bonus points so he moved ahead of kurt by 1.

because of the points distribution

It boiled down to bonus points. Truex led some laps got a extra 5 and Kurt lead 0 and got no bonus points. He will be back in the top ten in points before you know it. Thanks, I didn't know this until I read your question. Thanks as always Mr Biner.drug test forums