Entering Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway both Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson were tied atop the point standings.
Leaving Texas it will be Johnson atop the standings with Kenseth seven points behind.
WINNER: Johnson wins at Texas, full results for AAA 500
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings following Texas
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 2342 | — | 6 | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Matt Kenseth | 2335 | -7 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Kevin Harvick | 2302 | -40 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 2290 | -52 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 |
| 5 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2280 | -62 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Jeff Gordon | 2273 | -69 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | Clint Bowyer | 2273 | -69 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | Greg Biffle | 2269 | -73 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 2251 | -91 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 10 | Kurt Busch | 2246 | -96 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | 2226 | -116 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 12 | Ryan Newman | 2224 | -118 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 13 | Kasey Kahne | 2209 | -133 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 14 | Brad Keselowski | 968 | -1374 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 15 | Jamie McMurray | 966 | -1376 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | Martin Truex Jr. | 922 | -1420 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 17 | Paul Menard | 916 | -1426 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 18 | Aric Almirola | 860 | -1482 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | Jeff Burton | 858 | -1484 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 855 | -1487 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Marcos Ambrose | 836 | -1506 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 830 | -1512 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Denny Hamlin | 689 | -1653 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | Casey Mears | 686 | -1656 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Danica Patrick | 611 | -1731 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | David Gilliland | 610 | -1732 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | David Ragan | 608 | -1734 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Mark Martin | 595 | -1747 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 | Tony Stewart | 594 | -1748 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 30 | Dave Blaney | 506 | -1836 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Travis Kvapil | 486 | -1856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | David Reutimann | 447 | -1895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | J.J. Yeley | 445 | -1897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | AJ Allmendinger | 402 | -1940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Bobby Labonte | 390 | -1952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | David Stremme | 362 | -1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 197 | -2145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Timmy Hill | 180 | -2162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Michael Waltrip | 114 | -2228 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | Ken Schrader | 108 | -2234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Scott Speed | 99 | -2243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | Terry Labonte | 87 | -2255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Boris Said | 48 | -2294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Ron Fellows | 31 | -2311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Alex Kennedy | 21 | -2321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Justin Marks | 14 | -2328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Scott Riggs | 11 | -2331 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Victor Gonzalez Jr. | 10 | -2332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Brian Keselowski | 9 | -2333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Tomy Drissi | 8 | -2334 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
