1 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
2 8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
3 3 18 Kyle Busch Snickers Toyota
4 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost Ford
5 21 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet
6 4 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
7 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet
8 18 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Chevrolet
9 23 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem/Budweiser Chevrolet
10 2 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford

Continue reading “2012 NASCAR CHASE RACE #8 RESULTS, TEXAS – JIMMIE JOHNSON WINS”

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

FORT WORTH, Tex. — Kevin Harvick had a lock on the front of the field in Saturday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway, but there was plenty of action behind him.

The class of the field in the 200-lap, 300-mile Nationwide Series race, Harvick won handily, crossing the finish line 1.628 seconds ahead of 18-year-old Ryan Blaney, who made the most of a pit stop for tires on Lap 178.

Polesitter Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who erased the six-point series lead Elliott Sadler held when the race began. Stenhouse, the defending Nationwide champion, is tied with Sadler with two races left in the season.

Continue reading “Kevin Harvick Dominates Texas Nationwide Series Race”

1 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 28.261 191.076
2 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 28.364 190.382
3 18 Kyle Busch Snickers Toyota 28.402 190.127
4 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 28.411 190.067
5 56 Martin Truex Jr. Carlyle Tools by NAPA Toyota 28.422 189.994
6 20 Joey Logano Home Depot/redbeacon.com Toyota 28.457 189.760
7 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 28.480 189.607
8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 28.491 189.534
9 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 28.500 189.474
10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost Ford 28.502 189.460

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11 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 28.527 189.294
12 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 28.530 189.274

Continue reading “2012 Texas Cup Series Starting Lineup – Jimmie Johnson On Pole”

Johnny Sauter finds redemption in trucks win at Texas

June 8, 2012

By John Sturbin
Special for NASCAR Wire Service

FORT WORTH, Texas — One year removed from a black-flag penalty that cost him a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win here, Johnny Sauter belatedly pulled into Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night.

Sauter passed ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton on Lap 146 of 167 and rolled to victory by a margin of 2.101 seconds in the 16th annual WinStar World Casino 400K. Sauter, who hadn’t led a race since the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway in February, decisively snapped a string of three consecutive finishes of 24th or worse.

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