NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Official Race Results from Texas

The closing laps provided a hard fought battle between championship contenders Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski.  Where last year, Carl had a wrap and Tony was doing the impossible, here, Brad is pushing just enough to make sure that if Jimmie wobbles just one too many times, this title is his.

via press release

Before an estimated attendance of 146,000, Jimmie Johnson won the AAA Texas 500, making this his 60th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
 

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 34
8TH ANNUAL AAA TEXAS "500"
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Fort Worth, TX - November 4, 2012
1.5-Mile Oval
334 Laps - 501 Miles Purse: $6,969,209

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Fin	Str	Car				Series	Bonus	Driver			Leader
Pos	Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	Points	Rating	Winnings	Status	Times	Laps
1	1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	335	48	5	146.8	$492,086	Running	7	168
2	8	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	335	43	1	125.2	353,830	Running	5	75
3	3	18	Kyle Busch	Snickers Toyota	335	42	1	125.2	268,143	Running	4	80
4	10	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford EcoBoost Ford	335	41	1	96.8	246,021	Running	1	1
5	21	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet	335	39	0	84.5	212,935	Running
6	4	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy Toyota	335	38	0	113.3	180,149	Running
7	19	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet	335	37	0	90.7	148,085	Running
8	18	78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row Chevrolet	335	36	0	89.6	155,493	Running
9	23	29	Kevin Harvick	Rheem/Budweiser Chevrolet	335	35	0	83.5	168,971	Running
10	2	16	Greg Biffle	3M Ford	335	34	0	105.7	128,560	Running
11	6	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot/redbeacon.com Toyota	335	33	0	95.6	121,585	Running
12	36	39	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans Chevrolet	335	33	1	79.8	155,443	Running	2	6
13	5	56	Martin Truex Jr	Carlyle Tools by NAPA Toyota	335	31	0	101.3	134,249	Running
14	16	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet	335	30	0	100.8	148,021	Running
15	14	43	Aric Almirola	Farmland Ford	335	29	0	82.2	141,221	Running
16	9	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	335	28	0	83.7	145,051	Running
17	17	22	Sam Hornish Jr (i)	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	335	0	0	72.5	142,785	Running
18	24	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's Chevrolet	335	26	0	67.0	132,543	Running
19	22	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	335	25	0	68.4	139,210	Running
20	12	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office Toyota	335	24	0	75.1	143,051	Running
21	20	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Ford	335	23	0	57.4	116,343	Running
22	7	21	Trevor Bayne (i)	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford	335	0	0	64.0	99,810	Running	1	4
23	38	93	Travis Kvapil	Dr.Pepper Toyota	335	22	1	58.3	121,943	Running	1	1
24	32	10	Danica Patrick (i)	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	335	0	0	61.4	99,210	Running
25	13	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrickcars.com/Great Clips Chevrolet	334	19	0	90.6	107,185	Running
26	41	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King Toyota	333	18	0	46.4	125,755	Running
27	27	27	Paul Menard	Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet	332	17	0	49.8	106,585	Running
28	33	34	David Ragan	CertainTeed/31-W Ford	331	16	0	41.2	109,668	Running
29	11	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	329	15	0	82.0	97,710	Accident
30	31	95	Scott Speed	B&D Electrical/TWD Ford	328	14	0	44.7	96,000	Running
31	42	32	Ken Schrader	Federated Auto Parts Ford	328	13	0	37.8	105,560	Running
32	15	9	Marcos Ambrose	Mac Tools Ford	310	12	0	70.5	124,743	Accident
33	29	47	Bobby Labonte	Wounded Warrior Project Toyota	284	11	0	49.4	111,682	Running
34	25	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Huggies Chevrolet	279	10	0	48.4	123,926	Running
35	30	38	David Gilliland	Long John Silver's Ford	225	9	0	46.0	93,460	Engine
36	26	51	AJ Allmendinger	Phoenix Construction Chevrolet	107	8	0	54.6	101,510	Accident
37	35	26	Josh Wise #	MDS Transport Ford	41	7	0	33.5	94,530	Vibration
38	37	98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing Ford	37	6	0	34.5	92,803	Overheating
39	40	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet	37	5	0	31.9	89,900	Brakes
40	43	87	Joe Nemechek (i)	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota	33	0	0	28.8	89,700	Vibration
41	34	19	Mike Bliss (i)	Plinker Tactical/MCM Elegante Toyota	32	0	0	28.6	89,475	Brakes
42	28	37	J.J. Yeley	MaxQWorkForce.com Chevrolet	10	2	0	29.6	89,275	Overheating
43	39	91	Reed Sorenson	Plinker Tactical/MCM Elegante Toyota	6	0	0	27.4	89,561	Electrical

# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender.
Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points
(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series

Failed to qualify: (3) #33 Stephen Leicht; #79 Kelly Bires; #30 David Stremme

TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 41 minutes, 30 seconds     AVERAGE SPEED: 136.117 mph      MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.808 second(s)

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (191.076 mph. 28.261 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER: Jimmie Johnson (168 Laps)

Caution Flags: 9 cautions for 49 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
101-104 (Debris [22]);
110-118 (Car #51 Accident Frontstretch [None]);
120-128 (42, 47, 21 Accident Frontstretch [31]);
186-190 (Debris [1]); 224-227 (Debris [21]);
276-280 (Debris [21]); 311-315 (Car #9 Accident Turn 1 [31]);
322-326 (Debris [31]); 331-333 (Car #55, 99 Accident Frontstretch [13]).

Lap Leaders: 20 lead changes among 7 drivers.
Johnson 1-48,
Newman 49-50,
Johnson 51-101,
Newman 102-105,
Keselowski 106-118,
Johnson 119-165,
Ky. Busch 166,
Kenseth 167,
Bayne 168-171,
Kvapil 172,
Johnson 173-190,
Ky. Busch 191-223,
Keselowski 224,
Ky. Busch 225-235,
Keselowski 236-276,
Ky. Busch 277-311,
Johnson 312,
Keselowski 313-326,
Johnson 327,
Keselowski 328-333,
Johnson 334-335.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12
Driver	Points	Wins
1 - Jimmie Johnson	2339	(5)
2 - Brad Keselowski	2332	(5)
3 - Clint Bowyer	2303	(3)
4 - Kasey Kahne	2281	(2)
5 - Matt Kenseth	2267	(3)
6 - Jeff Gordon	2267	(1)
7 - Denny Hamlin	2266	(5)
8 - Tony Stewart	2259	(3)
9 - Martin Truex Jr	2259	(0)
10 - Greg Biffle	2256	(2)
11 - Kevin Harvick	2238	(0)
12 - Dale Earnhardt Jr	2188	(1)

 

NEXT EVENT: November 11, 2012 - 25th Annual AdvoCare 500, Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ (312 Miles) (312 Laps)

NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (11/5/2012)
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