Edwards claims win in rain hit Texas 500

Carl Edwards staked his claim on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase by winning a rain-shortened AAA Texas 500.

Edwards was at the front of the pack when the race was red flagged on Lap 293, 41 short of its full distance.

The start of the race had been delayed by almost six hours after rain hit the area.

Joey Logano had led for a dominating 178 laps before finishing second while Martin Truex jr was third.

Last of the Chase contenders in points, Edwards (#19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) almost certainly had to win either in Texas or at Phoenix’s penultimate round next week to keep alive his title hopes.

He joins last week’s Martinsville winner Jimmie Johnson in being locked into the four-man Homestead Chase decider.

Kevin Harvick put an end to the polesitter, Austin Dillon’s run by tapping him into the wall bringing out the seventh caution period with what would be just short of 40 laps remaining.

“He didn’t check (up). He had the opportunity to,” Dillon said.

“He didn’t like it, I guess, that the silver-spooned kid was outrunning him tonight.”

Chase Elliot was fourth ahead of Chase contenders Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth.

VIDEO: Race recap

Result: AAA Texas 500

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MAKE	START	LAPS	LAPS LED	FINAL STATUS	POINTS	BONUS POINTS
1	19	Carl Edwards	Toyota	9	293	36	Running	44	4
2	22	Joey Logano	Ford	2	293	178	Running	41	2
3	78	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	12	293	66	Running	39	1
4	24	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	11	293	3	Running	38	1
5	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	24	293	2	Running	37	1
6	4	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	3	293	0	Running	35	0
7	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	7	293	0	Running	34	0
8	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	31	293	0	Running	33	0
9	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	17	293	1	Running	33	1
10	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	18	293	0	Running	31	0
11	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	19	293	0	Running	30	0
12	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	8	293	0	Running	29	0
13	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	16	293	0	Running	0	0
14	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	4	293	0	Running	27	0
15	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	5	293	0	Running	26	0
16	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Ford	20	293	0	Running	25	0
17	47	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	14	293	0	Running	24	0
18	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	25	292	0	Running	23	0
19	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	15	292	0	Running	22	0
20	41	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	10	292	0	Running	21	0
21	34	Chris Buescher	Ford	30	292	0	Running	20	0
22	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	21	292	0	Running	19	0
23	95	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	28	291	0	Running	18	0
24	10	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	22	291	0	Running	17	0
25	15	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	27	291	0	Running	16	0
26	7	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	32	291	0	Running	15	0
27	44	Brian Scott	Ford	29	291	0	Running	14	0
28	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	6	290	0	Running	13	0
29	38	Landon Cassill	Ford	34	290	0	Running	12	0
30	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	26	289	0	Running	11	0
31	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	23	288	0	Running	10	0
32	46	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	37	287	0	Running	9	0
33	23	David Ragan	Toyota	36	287	1	Running	9	1
34	83	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Toyota	33	285	0	Running	7	0
35	55	Reed Sorenson	Toyota	38	285	0	Running	6	0
36	32	Joey Gase	Ford	39	280	0	Running	0	0
37	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	1	262	6	Accident	5	1
38	93	Ryan Ellis	Toyota	35	261	0	Running	0	0
39	13	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	13	260	0	Accident	2	0
40	30	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	40	257	0	Electrical	1	0

STANDINGS

POS	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	DNF
1	Jimmie Johnson	4074	Leader	34	4	10	15	4
2	Joey Logano	4074	Leader	34	2	14	24	3
3	Kyle Busch	4074	Leader	34	4	16	23	5
4	Matt Kenseth	4073	–1	34	2	8	18	4
5	Denny Hamlin	4072	–2	34	3	12	20	4
6	Kevin Harvick	4056	–18	34	4	15	25	3
7	Carl Edwards	4049	–25	34	3	9	18	5
8	Kurt Busch	4040	–34	34	1	8	20	2
9	Martin Truex Jr	2265	–1809	34	4	8	17	2
10	Brad Keselowski	2234	–1840	34	4	16	22	2
11	Chase Elliott	2223	–1851	34	0	10	16	2
12	Kyle Larson	2209	–1865	34	1	8	13	2
13	Austin Dillon	2192	–1882	34	0	4	13	3
14	Tony Stewart	2166	–1908	26	1	5	8	4
15	Jamie McMurray	2165	–1909	34	0	1	11	2
16	Chris Buescher	2143	–1931	34	1	2	2	4
17	Kasey Kahne	866	–3208	34	0	3	13	1
18	Ryan Newman	850	–3224	34	0	2	10	2
19	AJ Allmendinger	773	–3301	34	0	2	8	4
20	Ryan Blaney	764	–3310	34	0	3	8	2
21	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	743	–3331	34	0	4	6	4
22	Trevor Bayne	728	–3346	34	0	2	5	2
23	Danica Patrick	655	–3419	34	0	0	0	3
24	Greg Biffle	642	–3432	34	0	1	3	7
25	Paul Menard	620	–3454	34	0	0	2	6
26	Aric Almirola	618	–3456	34	0	0	1	6
27	Clint Bowyer	593	–3481	34	0	0	3	2
28	Casey Mears	510	–3564	34	0	0	0	3
29	Landon Cassill	489	–3585	34	0	0	0	1
30	Michael McDowell	462	–3612	29	0	0	1	2
31	Dale Earnhardt Jr	461	–3613	18	0	5	6	4
32	Brian Scott	444	–3630	34	0	1	1	5
33	Regan Smith	435	–3639	33	0	1	2	5
34	David Ragan	433	–3641	34	0	0	0	5
35	Matt DiBenedetto	356	–3718	33	0	0	1	9
36	Michael Annett	300	–3774	33	0	0	0	4
37	Cole Whitt	276	–3798	26	0	0	0	5
38	Jeff Gordon	218	–3856	8	0	0	2	0
39	Reed Sorenson	184	–3890	26	0	0	0	4
40	Josh Wise	168	–3906	28	0	0	0	8
41	Jeffrey Earnhardt	141	–3933	20	0	0	0	2
42	Brian Vickers	86	–3988	5	0	0	1	1
43	Bobby Labonte	61	–4013	4	0	0	0	0
44	David Gilliland	46	–4028	2	0	0	0	0
45	Michael Waltrip	42	–4032	2	0	0	0	0
46	Boris Said	17	–4057	1	0	0	0	0
47	Patrick Carpentier	11	–4063	2	0	0	0	0
48	Eddie MacDonald	5	–4069	1	0	0	0	0
49	Alex Kennedy	5	–4069	1	0	0	0	1
50	Robert Richardson	3	–4071	1	0	0	0	1
51	Gray Gaulding	2	–4072	1	0	0	0	1
52	Alex Bowman	0	–4074	8	0	0	2	1
53	Ty Dillon	0	–4074	10	0	0	0	0
54	Dylan Lupton	0	–4074	3	0	0	0	0
55	Ryan Reed	0	–4074	1	0	0	0	0
56	Jeb Burton	0	–4074	2	0	0	0	0
57	Joey Gase	0	–4074	6	0	0	0	0
58	Ryan Ellis	0	–4074	4	0	0	0	0
59	Timmy Hill	0	–4074	1	0	0	0	0
60	Justin Allgaier	0	–4074	1	0	0	0	1
61	Cody Ware	0	–4074	0	0	0	0	0