Kurt Busch conserved enough fuel to win Sunday’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, while Jimmie Johnson crashed in the opening laps and saw his points lead drastically reduced with just two races remaining in the “Chase for the Sprint Cup” championship.
Busch inherited the lead when his younger brother, Kyle, ran out of fuel with less than three laps remaining. Both drivers last pitted with under 65 laps remaining. MiamiHerald.com
“It was quite a bit of fun,” Kurt said of running neck and neck with Kyle. “I felt it early on in the way each of us would beat each other out of the pits and play cat and mouse on the restarts. To have him going for the sweep of the weekend, I was rooting for him. But it’s bittersweet because we took the sweet part.”
Denny Hamlin finished second and Matt Kenseth, who started in 30th, placed third. Fort Worth Star Telegram
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 2 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 3 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 5 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 6 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 7 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 9 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 10 44 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 11 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 13 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 14 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 15 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 16 0 David Reutimann Toyota 17 6 David Ragan Ford 18 82 Scott Speed * Toyota 19 20 Joey Logano * Toyota 20 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 21 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet 22 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 23 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 24 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 26 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 27 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 28 202 David Gilliland Toyota 29 98 Paul Menard Ford 30 96 Erik Darnell Ford 31 171 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 32 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 33 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 34 21 Bill Elliott Ford 35 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 36 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 37 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 38 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 39 99 Carl Edwards Ford 40 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 41 36 Michael McDowell Toyota 42 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 43 170 Mike Skinner Chevrolet
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