Kyle Busch trionfa al Texas Motor Speedway e ottiene la seconda vittoria stagionale nella NASCAR Sprint Cup. Partito dalla pole, il driver del team Joe Gibbs Racing mantiene la leadership per almeno metà gara, ma quando iniziano a calare le luci della sera appare un po’ in difficoltà.
Quando mancano circa 20 giri al termine della corsa, però, tutti i piloti tornano ai box in seguito a una caution dovuta alla presenza di detriti in pista. Ne approfitta Busch per prendere nuovamente il comando e chiudere i giochi, mantenendosi alle spalle Martin Truex Jr, protagonista di una gara che sembrava preludio di un suo successo, e Carl Edwards.
Di seguito l’ordine d’arrivo:
Results - 334 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Toyota 3h27m40.000s
2. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 0.508s
3. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 2.839s
4. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 3.250s
5. Joey Logano Penske Ford + 4.482s
6. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 5.657s
7. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 5.884s
8. Brian Vickers Joe Gibbs Toyota + 7.584s
9. Brad Keselowski Penske Ford + 7.845s
10. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 9.341s
11. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet + 10.384s
12. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 10.979s
13. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 11.542s
14. Mark Martin Waltrip Toyota + 11.733s
15. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota + 14.384s
16. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 20.091s
17. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 24.748s
18. Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Ford + 26.714s
19. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 1 lap
20. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 1 lap
21. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 1 lap
22. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 2 laps
23. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 2 laps
24. David Reutimann BK Toyota + 2 laps
25. Dave Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet + 2 laps
26. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 2 laps
27. David Stremme Swan Toyota + 3 laps
28. Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 3 laps
29. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 4 laps
30. Josh Wise Front Row Ford + 4 laps
31. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 4 laps
32. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 5 laps
33. Austin Dillon Phoenix Chevrolet + 8 laps
34. Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet + 8 laps
35. Joe Nemechek NEMCO-JRR Toyota + 10 laps
36. Timmy Hill FAS Lane Ford + 12 laps
37. Kurt Busch Furniture Row Chevrolet + 18 laps
Retirements:
Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet 306 laps
JJ Yeley Baldwin Chevrolet 293 laps
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Roush Fenway Ford 290 laps*
Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Toyota 140 laps
Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota 138 laps
Michael McDowell Parsons Ford 44 laps
* Running again at chequered flag