THIS WEEK'S RACE
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AAA Texas 500
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
When: 3 p.m.
Race course: 1.5-mile oval
Race distance: 334 laps/501 miles
2009 winner: Kurt Busch
2009 polesitter: Jeff Gordon
Track qualifying record: Brian Vickers, 196.235 mph (Nov. 3, 2006)
Forecast: sunny, 72 degrees
Track facts: Last year's Texas race was the Busch brothers show: Kurt passed Kyle with three laps to go for the win. Kurt led 89 laps; Kyle led 232. Denny Hamlin finished second, Matt Kenseth was third . . . Hamlin won this year's spring race at Texas . . . Carl Edwards (three) has the most wins at Texas. Jeff Burton is a two-time winner at the track . . . Jeff Gordon last won at Texas in April 2009 . . . Martin Truex Jr.'s sixth place at Talladega was his best finish since an eighth at Michigan in August. Truex is 20th in points.
Wins: Denny Hamlin, 7; Jimmie Johnson, 6; Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jamie McMurray, 3 each; Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, 2 each; Ryan Newman, David Reutimann, Juan Pablo Montoya, 1 each.
SPRINT CUP STANDINGS
Through 33 of 36 races
Behind
Prv. Pts. leader
1. Jimmie Johnson. . . 1 6149 -
2. Denny Hamlin. . . 2 6135 -14
3. Kevin Harvick. . . 3 6111 -38
4. Jeff Gordon. . . 5 5942 -207
5. Kyle Busch. . . 4 5919 -230
6. Carl Edwards. . . 6 5902 -247
7. Tony Stewart. . . 7 5832 -317
8. Matt Kenseth. . . 10 5825 -324
9. Kurt Busch. . . 9 5799 -350
10. Jeff Burton. . . 8 5797 -352
11. Greg Biffle. . . 11 5788 -361
12. Clint Bowyer. . . 12 5782 -367
THE REMAINING RACES
Sunday, Nov. 14: Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Avondale, Ariz. (3 p.m., ESPN; 2009 winner: Jimmie Johnson)
Sunday, Nov. 21: Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. (1 p.m., ESPN; 209 winner: Denny Hamlin)
- Bill Fleischman
