Jimmie Johnson scored his second win of the season
Jimmie Johnson has scored his second win of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season taking the chequered flag at the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
In a race that was dominated by Johnson and defending series champion Kevin Harvick, it was a move after the final re-start which scored the six-time champion the victory.
Johnson and Harvick took four fresh tyres at the final caution period, while Jamie McMurray took two and was out front. As Harvick tried to pass McMurray on the outside for the lead, Johnson went low and out in clean air was never headed.
The result was Johnson’s second-straight win in the Lone Star State and fifth overall, extending his record as the track’s all-time winner.
“A great, great racecar,” said Johnson.
“We’ve had an awesome start to the year (2 wins) and having last week off was good for us. We could sit down relax, re-boot and come back to the track and it brought me a fast racecar that was good all weekend.”
Harvick tried to run Johnson down, but he scraped the wall exiting Turn 2 with three laps to run and Dale Earnhardt Jr. got into second place. Harvick then got a great run off the final corner of the race to take second by half a car-length.
Harvick has finished in the top-2 in six of the seven races contested this year and he extended his points lead with his result in Texas.
Joey Logano finished fourth after battling with Harvick earlier, while his Penske team-mate Brad Keselowski came back from a pit road violation to finish fifth.
VIDEO: Race highlights
RESULTS: Duck Commander 500 – Texas Motor Speedway
POS.
CAR #
DRIVER
MAKE
START
LAPS
LAPS LED
STATUS
POINTS
BONUS PTS
1
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
5
334
128
Running
48
5
2
4
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
2
334
96
Running
43
1
3
88
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Chevrolet
25
334
0
Running
41
0
4
22
Joey Logano
Ford
6
334
19
Running
41
1
5
2
Brad Keselowski
Ford
3
334
27
Running
40
1
6
1
Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet
10
334
9
Running
39
1
7
24
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
12
334
3
Running
38
1
8
5
Kasey Kahne
Chevrolet
4
334
6
Running
37
1
9
78
Martin Truex Jr
Chevrolet
15
334
0
Running
35
0
10
19
Carl Edwards
Toyota
16
334
0
Running
34
0
11
11
Denny Hamlin
Toyota
18
334
0
Running
33
0
12
31
Ryan Newman
Chevrolet
7
334
0
Running
32
0
13
18
David Ragan
Toyota
30
334
0
Running
31
0
14
41
Kurt Busch
Chevrolet
1
334
45
Running
31
1
15
17
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ford
22
334
0
Running
29
0
16
10
Danica Patrick
Chevrolet
21
334
0
Running
28
0
17
16
Greg Biffle
Ford
19
334
0
Running
27
0
18
6
Trevor Bayne
Ford
23
334
0
Running
26
0
19
43
Aric Almirola
Ford
32
334
0
Running
25
0
20
3
Austin Dillon
Chevrolet
14
334
0
Running
24
0
21
47
AJ Allmendinger
Chevrolet
26
334
0
Running
23
0
22
15
Clint Bowyer
Toyota
27
334
0
Running
22
0
23
20
Matt Kenseth
Toyota
17
334
0
Running
21
0
24
14
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
11
334
0
Running
20
0
25
42
Kyle Larson
Chevrolet
9
334
0
Running
19
0
26
9
Sam Hornish Jr
Ford
29
334
0
Running
18
0
27
13
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
20
333
0
Running
17
0
28
38
David Gilliland
Ford
38
333
0
Running
16
0
29
55
Brett Moffitt
Toyota
36
333
0
Running
15
0
30
34
Chris Buescher
Ford
40
332
0
Running
0
0
31
95
Michael McDowell
Ford
39
332
0
Running
13
0
32
40
Landon Cassill
Chevrolet
33
332
0
Running
0
0
33
7
Alex Bowman
Chevrolet
34
330
0
Running
11
0
34
83
Matt DiBenedetto
Toyota
42
330
0
Running
10
0
35
35
Cole Whitt
Ford
31
330
0
Running
9
0
36
32
Mike Bliss
Ford
37
328
0
Running
0
0
37
33
Alex Kennedy
Chevrolet
43
325
0
Running
7
0
38
98
Josh Wise
Ford
35
284
0
Running
6
0
39
51
Justin Allgaier
Chevrolet
24
257
0
Accident
5
0
40
46
Michael Annett
Chevrolet
28
246
0
Accident
4
0
41
27
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
8
222
1
Engine
4
1
42
21
Ryan Blaney
Ford
13
71
0
Engine
0
0
43
23
J.J. Yeley
Toyota
41
13
0
Engine
0
0
STANDINGS
POS
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
DNF
1
Kevin Harvick
306
Leader
7
2
6
7
0
2
Joey Logano
280
-26
7
1
4
7
0
3
Martin Truex Jr
266
-40
7
0
1
7
0
4
Brad Keselowski
246
-60
7
1
3
6
1
5
Kasey Kahne
230
-76
7
0
1
3
0
6
Jimmie Johnson
216
-90
7
2
3
4
0
7
Dale Earnhardt Jr
213
-93
7
0
4
5
1
8
Denny Hamlin
205
-101
7
1
3
3
0
9
Aric Almirola
195
-111
7
0
0
0
0
10
David Ragan
194
-112
7
0
1
1
0
11
Jamie McMurray
193
-113
7
0
1
3
1
12
Matt Kenseth
189
-117
7
0
2
3
0
13
Jeff Gordon
186
-120
7
0
0
4
1
14
Carl Edwards
182
-124
7
0
0
1
0
15
Casey Mears
178
-128
7
0
0
1
0
16
Paul Menard
177
-129
7
0
1
1
1
17
Danica Patrick
176
-130
7
0
0
1
0
18
Clint Bowyer
168
-138
7
0
0
1
0
19
Greg Biffle
165
-141
7
0
0
1
0
20
AJ Allmendinger
161
-145
7
0
0
2
1
21
Kurt Busch
144
-162
4
0
2
2
0
22
Austin Dillon
143
-163
7
0
0
0
1
23
Trevor Bayne
138
-168
7
0
0
0
0
24
Ryan Newman
137
-169
7
0
3
4
0
25
David Gilliland
136
-170
7
0
0
0
0
26
Kyle Larson
135
-171
6
0
0
2
1
27
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
132
-174
7
0
0
0
1
28
Cole Whitt
111
-195
7
0
0
0
1
29
Sam Hornish Jr
110
-196
7
0
0
0
0
30
Brett Moffitt
109
-197
6
0
0
1
0
31
Justin Allgaier
109
-197
7
0
0
0
2
32
Tony Stewart
107
-199
7
0
0
0
2
33
Michael Annett
69
-237
7
0
0
0
1
34
Alex Bowman
67
-239
6
0
0
0
1
35
Josh Wise
58
-248
6
0
0
0
0
36
Michael McDowell
57
-249
4
0
0
0
0
37
Jeb Burton
43
-263
5
0
0
0
0
38
Matt DiBenedetto
34
-272
4
0
0
0
0
39
Brian Vickers
32
-274
2
0
0
0
0
40
Alex Kennedy
24
-282
3
0
0
0
0
41
Bobby Labonte
20
-286
1
0
0
0
0
42
Michael Waltrip
18
-288
1
0
0
0
0
43
Reed Sorenson
12
-294
1
0
0
0
0
44
Mike Wallace
8
-298
1
0
0
0
0
45
Ron Hornaday Jr
2
-304
1
0
0
0
1
46
Brian Scott
0
-306
2
0
0
0
0
47
Regan Smith
0
-306
4
0
0
0
0
48
Matt Crafton
0
-306
1
0
0
0
0
49
Ryan Blaney
0
-306
3
0
0
0
2
50
Johnny Sauter
0
-306
1
0
0
0
0
51
Chris Buescher
0
-306
3
0
0
0
0
52
Landon Cassill
0
-306
7
0
0
0
2
53
J.J. Yeley
0
-306
7
0
0
0
1
54
Brendan Gaughan
0
-306
4
0
0
0
0
55
Ty Dillon
0
-306
1
0
0
0
0
56
Mike Bliss
0
-306
5
0
0
0
0
57
Joe Nemechek
0
-306
1
0
0
0
0
58
Chase Elliott
0
-306
1
0
0
0
0
59
Travis Kvapil
0
-306
0
0
0
0
0
60
Tanner Berryhill
0
-306
0
0
0
0
0
61
Justin Marks
0
-306
0
0
0
0
0
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