#8 - Texas-AAA 500

Texas - AAA 500 - Tires played a key role in the race today, especially for two of the Chase drivers. Kevin Harvick and Joey Lagano.  Jimmie Johnson overtook Brad Keslowski, the leader for most of the race, with just 3 laps to go, putting Brad 19 points below the elimination line. Kurt Busch and Joey Lagano are in a most win situation

Congratulations Jimmie Johnson!!!

Finishing Order:

POS.	#	DRIVER	START	LAPS	STATUS
1	48	Jimmie Johnson	8	334	Running
2	2	Brad Keselowski	1	334	Running
3	4	Kevin Harvick	2	334	Running
4	18	Kyle Busch	3	334	Running
5	19	Carl Edwards	13	334	Running
6	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	10	334	Running
7	41	Kurt Busch	7	334	Running
8	78	Martin Truex Jr	23	334	Running
9	24	Jeff Gordon	18	334	Running
10	1	Jamie McMurray	27	334	Running
11	3	Austin Dillon	26	334	Running
12	20	Erik Jones	6	334	Running
13	27	Paul Menard	20	334	Running
14	33	Brian Scott	21	334	Running
15	15	Clint Bowyer	14	334	Running
16	10	Danica Patrick	11	334	Running
17	47	AJ Allmendinger	30	334	Running
18	43	Aric Almirola	24	334	Running
19	16	Greg Biffle	12	333	Running
20	5	Kasey Kahne	16	333	Running
21	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	28	333	Running
22	31	Ryan Newman	19	333	Running
23	55	David Ragan	15	333	Running
24	9	Sam Hornish Jr	32	332	Running
25	40	Landon Cassill	36	331	Running
26	13	Casey Mears	17	330	Running
27	35	Cole Whitt	39	330	Running
28	51	Justin Allgaier	43	330	Running
29	38	David Gilliland	41	329	Running
30	34	Brett Moffitt	35	329	Running
31	46	Michael Annett	37	329	Running
32	23	Jeb Burton	40	329	Running
33	26	J.J. Yeley	34	329	Running
34	95	Michael McDowell	33	328	Running
35	83	Matt DiBenedetto	38	328	Running
36	98	Ryan Preece	42	326	Running
37	42	Kyle Larson	5	304	Accident
38	11	Denny Hamlin	9	304	Running
39	6	Trevor Bayne	29	296	Running
40	22	Joey Logano	4	268	Running
41	7	Alex Bowman	31	236	Engine
42	14	Tony Stewart	22	52	Accident
43	21	Ryan Blaney	25	26	Accident

Next Race - Phoenix - Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 - 2:30 pm est

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Barbara