Jimmie Johnson won the AAA 500 from Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Carl Edwards began the AAA 500 on the pole at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. Entering the day Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson were tied atop the point standings. It did not take long for Johnson and Kenseth to become 1-2 on the track. Jeff Gordon who entered the race third in the standings saw his title hopes evaporate when he hit the wall early.
Shortly after half-way Kenseth would be caught speeding on pitroad during a green flag pitstop dropping him from second to 16th. With a little more than 100 laps to go Johnson clinched the bonus point for leading the most laps while Kenseth worked his way up to seventh.
In the end no one had anything for Johnson who earned his sixth win of the season and 66th of his career.
With two races to go it will be John ahead of Kenseth by seven points.
Results for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway
- Jimmie Johnson
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Joey Logano
- Matt Kenseth
- Kasey Kahne
- Brad Keselowski
- Kevin Harvick
- Denny Hamlin
- Clint Bowyer
- Ryan Newman
- Mark Martin
- Greg Biffle
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kyle Busch
- Paul Menard
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Kurt Busch
- Parker Kligerman
- Marcos Ambrose
- Elliott Sadler
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Austin Dillon
- Kyle Larson
- Jeff Burton
- Danica Patrick
- David Gilliland
- Aric Almirola
- David Reutimann
- Trevor Bayne
- JJ Yeley
- Jamie McMurray
- Travis Kavpil
- Casey Mears
- Landon Cassill
- Dave Blaney
- Joe Nemechek
- Carl Edwards
- Jeff Gordon
- Josh Wise
- Bobby Labonte
- Timmy Hill
- David Ragan
- Michael McDowell