NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 7 19TH ANNUAL DUCK COMMANDER 500 TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Fort Worth, TX - April 11, 2015 1.5-mile Paved Tri-oval 334 Laps - 501.0 Miles Purse: $7,260,922 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 33 minutes, 57 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 140.5 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.107 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Pro Services Chevrolet 334 48 5 137.5 $523,501 Running 9 128 2 2 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet 334 43 1 132.2 390,320 Running 9 96 3 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Nationwide Chevrolet 334 41 109.0 255,495 Running 4 6 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 334 41 1 111.1 246,628 Running 1 19 5 3 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 334 40 1 115.2 215,436 Running 1 27 6 10 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna/McDonald's Chevrolet 334 39 1 94.2 193,201 Running 2 9 7 12 24 Jeff Gordon Panasonic Chevrolet 334 38 1 96.4 191,771 Running 2 3 8 4 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 334 37 1 115.9 153,035 Running 2 6 9 15 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet 334 35 102.0 163,380 Running 10 16 19 Carl Edwards Stanley Racing For A Miracle Toyota 334 34 94.5 130,210 Running 11 18 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 334 33 83.5 146,525 Running 12 7 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 334 32 82.2 168,070 Running 13 30 18 David Ragan Interstate Batteries Toyota 334 31 85.1 169,986 Running 14 1 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 334 31 1 102.9 156,445 Running 2 45 15 22 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Zest Ford 334 29 68.1 135,345 Running 16 21 10 Danica Patrick TaxAct/GoDaddy Chevrolet 334 28 74.9 132,640 Running 17 19 16 Greg Biffle Safety-Kleen Ford 334 27 71.0 154,073 Running 18 23 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 334 26 65.7 161,915 Running 19 32 43 Aric Almirola Eckrich Ford 334 25 69.3 156,876 Running 20 14 3 Austin Dillon Dow Chevrolet 334 24 71.0 155,776 Running 21 26 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush's Beans Chevrolet 334 23 60.4 148,998 Running 22 27 15 Clint Bowyer 5-Hour Energy Toyota 334 22 56.3 149,298 Running 23 17 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 334 21 79.2 150,476 Running 24 11 14 Tony Stewart Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 334 20 72.7 139,154 Running 25 9 42 Kyle Larson AXE Chevrolet 334 19 81.0 138,223 Running 26 29 9 Sam Hornish Jr Medallion Bank/Lyon Financial Ford 334 18 59.5 135,060 Running 27 20 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 333 17 61.9 131,248 Running 28 38 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 333 16 44.1 127,648 Running 29 36 55 Brett Moffitt # Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 333 15 49.5 133,004 Running 30 40 34 Chris Buescher (i) Dockside Logistics Ford 332 0 39.7 101,540 Running 31 39 95 Michael McDowell Thrivent Financial Ford 332 13 37.2 98,115 Running 32 33 40 Landon Cassill (i) CRC Knock'er Loose Chevrolet 332 0 47.1 100,015 Running 33 34 7 Alex Bowman Accell Construction Chevrolet 330 11 37.5 110,573 Running 34 42 83 Matt DiBenedetto Burger King Toyota 330 10 32.0 104,362 Running 35 31 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 330 9 35.4 96,190 Running 36 37 32 Mike Bliss (i) Texas Tech Ford 328 0 29.7 92,565 Running 37 43 33 Alex Kennedy # Dream Factory Chevrolet 325 7 27.4 91,418 Running 38 35 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 284 6 39.9 84,403 Running 39 24 51 Justin Allgaier Flipping Ships Chevrolet 257 5 44.3 88,340 Accident 40 28 46 Michael Annett Northland Motor Oil Chevrolet 246 4 39.9 76,340 Accident 41 8 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet 222 4 1 75.5 80,340 Engine 1 1 42 13 21 Ryan Blaney (i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 71 0 46.5 68,340 Engine 43 41 23 J.J. Yeley (i) Dr. Pepper I'm A Pepper Toyota 13 0 27.3 64,840 Engine # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: (2) #62 Brendan Gaughan; #26 Jeb Burton Race Comments: Jimmie Johnson won the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, his 72nd victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #31 (engine change). Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 40 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 33-36 (Car #33 Spin Turn 4 [40]); 110-113 (Debris In Turn 2 [6]); 173-176 (Debris In Turn 3 [6]); 229-234 (Car #20 Spin Turn 4 [16]); 251-255 (Car #46 Accident Turn 2 [47]); 261-269 (Car #51 Accident Turn 3 [9]); 296-299 (Debris In Turn 3 [17]); 310-313 (Car #47 Accident Turn 3-4 [15]). Lap Leaders: 29 lead changes among 9 drivers. K. Busch-pole, Harvick 1-33, K. Busch 34-36, Harvick 37, K. Busch 38-79, J. Gordon 80-81, Keselowski 82-108, Johnson 109, Harvick 110, Johnson 111-124, Harvick 125-155, Johnson 156, Harvick 157, Kahne 158-159, Johnson 160-172, Harvick 173, Johnson 174-220, Menard 221, Kahne 222-225, Johnson 226-228, Harvick 229, Johnson 230-250, Harvick 251, Johnson 252-265, Logano 266-284, Harvick 285-310, McMurray 311-312, J. Gordon 313, McMurray 314-320, Johnson 321-334. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kurt Busch (193.847 mph. 27.857 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick 3M LAP LEADER: Jimmie Johnson (128 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Dale AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kevin Harvick (180.744 mph) Earnhardt Jr (crew chief Greg Ives, 0.431 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Kevin Harvick NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $40,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Kevin Harvick event++ INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Ryan Newman (10 positions) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jamie McMurray (Lap 315, 186.924 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#48) mph) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brett Moffitt ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 16 (Wins) AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM 1 - Kevin Harvick 306 (2) AWARD SOLVER OF THE RACE 2 - Joey Logano 280 (1) Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 Rodney Childers (#4) 1 3 - Martin Truex Jr 266 (0) Joey Logano (#22) 1 Chad Knaus (#48) 1 4 - Brad Keselowski 246 (1) Kurt Busch (#41) 1 Greg Ives (#88) 1 5 - Kasey Kahne 230 (0) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD 6 - Jimmie Johnson 216 (2) AWARD 7 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 213 (0) Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 8 - Denny Hamlin 205 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 4 David Ragan (#18) 1 9 - Aric Almirola 195 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 2 Jamie McMurray (#1) 1 10 - David Ragan 194 (0) Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 11 - Jamie McMurray 193 (0) COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 12 - Matt Kenseth 189 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 24 Joey Logano 2 13 - Jeff Gordon 186 (0) Joey Logano (#22) 13 Jeff Gordon 2 14 - Carl Edwards 182 (0) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 11 Kurt Busch 2 15 - Casey Mears 178 (0) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE 16 - Paul Menard 177 (0) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Michael Annett (#46) 16 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Jeb Burton 55 Ryan Newman (#31) 10 Pts Wins Brett Moffitt 33 Kevin Harvick (#4) 8 Alex Kennedy 29 Chevrolet 315 (4) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Tanner Berryhill 1 Ford 296 (2) Toyota 264 (1) Hendrick (#4) 129 Roush/Yates (#22) 93 3M LAP LEADER Roush/Yates (#2) 69 Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 NEXT EVENT: April 19, 2015 - 55th Annual Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN (266.50 Miles) (500 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (4/13/2015) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2015 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #7: 19TH ANNUAL DUCK COMMANDER "500" Race Date: 04/11/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 KEVIN HARVICK 306 7 2 6 7 $2,991,675 2 JOEY LOGANO 280 7 1 4 7 2,702,331 3 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 266 7 0 1 7 1,447,503 4 BRAD KESELOWSKI 246 7 1 3 6 1,547,567 5 KASEY KAHNE 230 7 0 1 3 1,144,435 6 JIMMIE JOHNSON 216 7 2 3 4 2,028,023 7 DALE EARNHARDT JR.