Sprint Cup Series Official Race Results - Texas 500

I'm sure everyone caught the Johnson-Kenseth Texas 500, or at least if you watched the race on TV, that was pretty much how the coverage focused on.  But that's OK, we did have the ticker scrolling across the top!

As it is, Jimmie Johnson secured a 7-point lead over Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick is 40 points out of first, in third.

Everyone else is one race outside of first, including Jeff Gordon, who had a bad luck incident is 69 points out of first in 6th.

Like I said, with this point system, one bad day can destroy the entire season.  But it at least gives NASCAR it's exciting "close" points race.

As it is... here's what went down last weekend for your official results

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Race Comments: Jimmie Johnson won the AAA Texas 500, his 66th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.

TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 18 minutes, 5 seconds       AVERAGE SPEED: 151.754 mph      MARGIN OF
VICTORY: 4.39 second(s)

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD:  Carl Edwards (196.114 mph. 27.535 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER:  Jimmie Johnson (255 Laps)

SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE:  Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 26 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 16-18 (Debris [None]); 58-64 (Car #18 Accident Turn 3 [38]); 75-79 (Car #24 Accident Turn 1 [83]); 189-193 (Oil On The Backstretch [27]); 257-262 (Debris [27]).

Lap Leaders:  28 lead changes among 10 drivers. Edwards 1-9, Johnson 10-15, Edwards 16, McDowell 17, Edwards 18-32, Johnson 33-57, Ky. Busch 58, Ragan 59, Edwards 60-70, Johnson 71-74, Edwards 75, Keselowski 76-79, Edwards 80, Keselowski 81-91, Johnson 92-124, Kenseth 125-126, Johnson 127-171, Kenseth 172, Johnson 173-189, Ky. Busch 190, Johnson 191-239, Newman 240-241, Keselowski 242-255, Johnson 256, Keselowski 257, Johnson 258-298, Logano 299, Biffle 300, Johnson 301-334.

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 34
9TH ANNUAL AAA TEXAS "500"
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Fort Worth, TX - November 3, 2013
1.5-Mile Oval
334 Laps - 501 Miles Purse: $7,039,783

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Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Points	Status	Laps Led
1	48	Jimmie Johnson	334	48	Running	255
2	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	334	42	Running
3	22	Joey Logano	334	42	Running	1
4	20	Matt Kenseth	334	41	Running	3
5	5	Kasey Kahne	334	39	Running
6	2	Brad Keselowski	334	39	Running	30
7	11	Denny Hamlin	334	37	Running
8	29	Kevin Harvick	334	36	Running
9	39	Ryan Newman	334	36	Running	2
10	15	Clint Bowyer	334	34	Running
11	14	Mark Martin	334	33	Running
12	16	Greg Biffle	334	33	Running	1
13	18	Kyle Busch	334	32	Running	2
14	56	Martin Truex Jr	334	30	Running
15	27	Paul Menard	333	29	Running
16	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr #	332	28	Running
17	78	Kurt Busch	332	27	Running
18	30	Parker Kligerman	332	0	Running
19	55	Elliott Sadler	331	0	Running
20	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	331	24	Running
21	9	Marcos Ambrose	331	23	Running
22	33	Austin Dillon	331	0	Running
23	51	Kyle Larson	331	0	Running
24	31	Jeff Burton	331	20	Running
25	10	Danica Patrick #	331	19	Running
26	38	David Gilliland	330	18	Running
27	43	Aric Almirola	330	17	Running
28	83	David Reutimann	330	16	Running
29	21	Trevor Bayne	330	0	Running
30	36	J.J. Yeley	329	14	Running
31	1	Jamie McMurray	329	13	Running
32	93	Travis Kvapil	329	12	Running
33	13	Casey Mears	328	11	Running
34	40	Landon Cassill	328	0	Running
35	7	Dave Blaney	326	9	Running
36	87	Joe Nemechek	190	0	Rear Gear
37	99	Carl Edwards	187	8	Engine	38
38	24	Jeff Gordon	147	6	Running
39	35	Josh Wise	145	0	Vibration
40	47	Bobby Labonte	144	4	Engine
41	32	Timmy Hill #	125	3	Engine
42	34	David Ragan	81	3	Engine	1
43	98	Michael McDowell	27	2	Vibration	1

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