April 9, 2017
- Johnson treated at infield car center after race: Jimmie Johnson’s celebration of his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win of the season was interrupted by a visit to the infield care center at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnson complained about overheating and cramping up during his Victory Lane interviews, moments after posting his seventh win at the 1.5-mile track.[NASCAR.com](4-9-2017)
- Race recap: New pavement at Texas can’t stop Jimmie Johnson juggernaut: Jimmie Johnson proved on Sunday that you can’t keep a good driver, a good car and a good team down for long-even if you change the playing field at one of his favorite race tracks. The seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion passed Joey Logano for the lead on Lap 318 of 334 and pulled away for his first victory of the season in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at newly repaved and reconfigured Texas Motor Speedway.[More](4-9-2017)
- Johnson wins at Texas: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway for his 1st win of the season, 7th at Texas, and 81st career win.
He led 16 of the 334 laps, the final 16 laps of the race.
#42-Larson finished second (his 4th second place finish of the year), followed by #22-Logano, pole sitter #4-Harvick, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #2-Keselowski, #1-McMurray, #78-Truex, Jr., #24-Elliott, and #41-Busch.
#21-Blaney led at the end of the both Stage 1 and Stage 2 and led 148 laps on the day, but got out of pit sequence at the end of stage 2 and never could move back up through the field.
There were 16 lead changes among 6 drivers and 8 cautions for 35 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 147.137mph.
Scheduled Race Re-Airs: Monday, April 10 at 6:30am/et on FS1; Monday, April 10 at 7:00pm/et on FS1
See unofficial race results, awards, laps led, cautions and more at:
Unofficial Race Results page (pdf)
Penalty Report (pdf)
Cumulative Report (pdf).
(4-9-2017) - Race Fast Facts – Texas:
Jimmie Johnson won the 21st Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, his 81st victory in 550 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
Joey Logano (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 18 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson (second) posted his third top-10 finish in eight races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2017.
Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 17 points over Chase Elliott.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2017.
This is his seventh victory and 21st top-10 finish in 28 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Ty Dillon (17th) was the highest finishing rookie.
(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(4-9-2017) - Top-Ten Stage 2 Results (lap 170) of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway (lap 170/334):
#21-Blaney, 10pts
#48-Johnson, 9pts
#1-McMurray, 8pts
#42-Larson, 7pts
#24-Elliott, 6pts
#18-Busch, 5pts
#4-Harvick, 4pts
#2-Keselowski, 3pts
#88-Earnhardt, Jr., 2pts
#78-Truex, Jr., 1pt - Top-Ten Stage 1 Reults (lap 85) of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway (lap 85/334):
#21-Blaney, 10pts
#78-Truex, 9pts
#1-McMurray, 8pts
#4-Harvick, 7pts
#2-Keselowski, 6pts
#42-Larson, 5pts
#14-Bowyer, 4pts
#17-Stenhouse, Jr., 3pts
#22-Logano, 2pts
#18-Busch, 1pt - 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Driver Chase Standings:
[after Texas, race 7 of 36]
1) #42-Kyle Larson [1 win], 315
2) #24-Chase Elliott, 298, -17
3) #78-Martin Truex Jr [1 win], 275, -40
4) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 wins], 274, -41
5) #22-Joey Logano, 243, -72
6) #21-Ryan Blaney, 224, -91
7) #18-Kyle Busch, 211, -104
8) #1-Jamie McMurray, 209, -106
9) #14-Clint Bowyer, 204, -111
10) #4-Kevin Harvick, 198, -117
11) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 190, -125
12) #6-Trevor Bayne, 164, -151
13) #31-Ryan Newman [1 win], 163, -152
14) #77-Erik Jones, 159, -156
15) #41-Kurt Busch [1 win], 151, -164
16) #11-Denny Hamlin, 151, -164
See the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings page (pdf) and
Unofficial Owners Points Standings page (pdf) - Who’s Hot and Who’s Not – Texas Edition: Which drivers are looking forward to Texas and which ones aren’t?[More](4-9-2017)
- Goodyear tire test at Daytona this week: Goodyear Tire Testing with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams will be held at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 12. The test is closed to the public.[More](4-9-2017)
- Scouts Can Earn a Special Badge at Talladega Superspeedway: For the fourth consecutive year, Talladega Superspeedway is proud to offer Scouts and their families the chance to purchase special Scouts Ticket Packages – with exciting new incentives for Talladega’s triple-header race weekend, May 5-7.[More](4-9-2017)
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