2010 AAA Texas 500

Race 34 of 36

Texas
334 laps
Time of race: 3:34:01
Average speed of winner: 140.456 mph
Margin of victory: 0.488 sec.
Lead changes: 33 among 14 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 40 laps
Fastest lap: Greg Biffle 186.754
Lap leaders: Sadler pole, Biffle 1-13, R. Gordon 14, Biffle 15-43, Gilliland 44, Bliss 45, Martin 46-48, Biffle 49-60, Carpentier 61, Biffle 62-96, Martin 97-103, Biffle 104-108, Johnson 109, Hamlin 110-111, Martin 112-133, Mears 134, Logano 135-137, Biffle 138-152, Lally 153, Logano 154-156, Biffle 157, Logano 158, Biffle 159-176, Logano 177-194, Lally 195-197, Logano 198-200, Biffle 201-244, Harvick 245, Kenseth 246-247, Biffle 248-286, Logano 287-288, Biffle 289-301, Martin 302-305, Hamlin 306-334

Race notes: Debut for Trevor Bayne. Denny Hamlin took the points lead from Jimmie Johnson.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 (Finish), Part 16 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	30	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	190.968	334	2	31	running	453575	190
2	19	Matt Kenseth	17	Crown Royal Black	Ford	Roush	Fennig	191.884	334	1	2	running	370876	175
3	9	Mark Martin	5	CARQUEST/GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	193.175	334	4	36	running	234350	170
4	20	Joey Logano	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	191.768	334	6	30	running	226065	165
5	2	Greg Biffle	16	American Red Cross	Ford	Roush	Erwin	193.653	334	11	224	running	189600	165
6	26	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	191.557	334	1	1	running	191826	155
7	7	Clint Bowyer	33	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	193.320	334	0	0	running	147875	146
8	5	David Ragan	6	UPS	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	193.424	334	0	0	running	136275	142
9	17	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	191.939	334	1	1	running	172028	143
10	12	Paul Menard	98	Quaker State/Menards	Ford	RPM	Labbe	192.775	334	0	0	running	124575	134
11	11	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Old Spice	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	193.078	334	0	0	running	148198	130
12	32	Marcos Ambrose	47	Tom Thumb	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	190.833	334	0	0	running	139948	127
13	24	Kasey Kahne	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	191.598	334	0	0	running	142473	124
14	10	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Valvoline	Ford	RPM	Shiplett	191.768	334	0	0	running	140601	121
15	18	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Outdoors	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	191.891	334	0	0	running	131831	118
16	25	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	191.564	334	0	0	running	135054	115
17	28	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	191.090	334	0	0	running	96625	112
18	27	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	AAA	Dodge	Penske	Geisler	191.530	334	0	0	running	107775	109
19	3	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush		193.646	334	0	0	running	135123	106
20	14	Ryan Newman	39	Tornados	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	192.369	334	0	0	running	134479	103
21	13	Aric Almirola	9	Budweiser	Ford	RPM	Francis	192.603	334	0	0	running	137365	100
22	8	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	193.216	334	0	0	running	106100	97
23	1	Elliott Sadler	19	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	195.397	333	0	0	running	121450	94
24	6	Kurt Busch	2	Operation Home Front/Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Addington	193.375	333	0	0	running	139773	91
25	22	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	191.741	333	0	0	running	105300	88
26	35	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker	189.720	333	1	1	running	97500	90
27	23	Scott Speed	82	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	191.673	333	0	0	running	113273	82
28	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Lysol	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pattie	193.479	333	0	0	running	131806	79
29	33	David Gilliland	38	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo	190.201	333	1	1	running	114960	81
30	31	Bobby Labonte	10	Gander Mountain Outdoors	Chevrolet	Stavola-Labonte		190.846	333	0	0	running	94500	73
31	37	Patrick Carpentier	26	Air Guard	Ford	Latitude 43	Stoddard	189.255	333	1	1	running	104300	75
32	29	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	191.056	332	0	0	running	140631	67
33	36	Brad Keselowski	12	No. 12 Penske	Dodge	Penske	Guy	189.633	332	0	0	running	119135	64
34	40	Andy Lally	71	TaxSlayer.com	Chevrolet	TRG	Stillman	188.627	331	2	4	running	93125	66
35	39	Robby Gordon	7	MAPEI/Menards	Toyota	Robby Gordon		188.851	240	1	1	engine	106548	63
36	16	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	191.986	192	0	0	accident	126740	55
37	15	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	191.993	190	0	0	accident	138901	52
38	21	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts/Susan G. Komen Signature	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Tryson	191.748	188	0	0	accident	91350	49
39	38	Mike Bliss	66	PRISM Motorsports	Toyota	HP	Henderson	189.201	45	1	1	rear gear	91150	51
40	43	Landon Cassill	09	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	Finch	Reno	188.996	35	0	0	vibration	90950	43
41	41	Travis Kvapil	34	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Greg Conner	187.337	25	0	0	overheating	90720	40
42	42	Dave Blaney	37	A&W All American Food	Ford	Front Row		185.663	23	0	0	overheating	102593	37
43	34	Joe Nemechek	87	HostGator.com	Toyota	Nemechek	Lopez	190.121	12	0	0	engine	90816	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Denny Hamlin	6325	34	2	8	14	18
2	Jimmie Johnson	6292	34	2	6	15	21
3	Kevin Harvick	6266	34	0	3	15	24
4	Carl Edwards	6008	34	2	0	7	17
5	Matt Kenseth	6000	34	0	0	6	13
6	Jeff Gordon	5994	34	1	0	11	17
7	Kyle Busch	5986	34	2	3	10	18
8	Tony Stewart	5962	34	2	2	9	16
9	Greg Biffle	5953	34	0	2	8	17
10	Clint Bowyer	5928	34	0	2	7	18
11	Kurt Busch	5890	34	2	2	9	16
12	Jeff Burton	5852	34	0	0	6	15
13	Mark Martin	4107	34	1	0	7	10
14	Jamie McMurray	4091	34	4	3	9	11
15	Ryan Newman	3986	34	1	1	3	12
16	Joey Logano	3974	34	1	0	6	15
17	Juan Pablo Montoya	3945	34	3	1	6	14
18	David Reutimann	3890	34	0	1	6	9
19	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3750	34	1	0	3	8
20	A.J. Allmendinger	3734	34	1	0	1	7
21	Kasey Kahne	3733	34	3	0	7	9
22	Martin Truex, Jr.	3663	34	1	0	1	7
23	Paul Menard	3594	34	0	0	1	6
24	David Ragan	3408	34	0	0	0	3
25	Brad Keselowski	3324	34	1	0	0	2