AAA Texas 500

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Sun 4th November 2018 (UTC)

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Season
2018

Round
34

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The 2018 AAA Texas 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on November 4, 2018, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 337 laps -- extended from 334 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it is the 34th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, eighth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 8.

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Streaking away from pole winner Ryan Blaney during an overtime restart on Lap 336, Harvick won Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway with the utmost of authority, sweeping the stages and leading a race-high 177 laps on the way to his series-best eighth victory of the season and a guaranteed spot in the Nov. 18 Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The victory was Harvick’s first since Michigan in August, and it broke a streak of bad luck during which the driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford led laps but failed to find Victory Lane, thanks to mechanical issues or pit road mistakes.
Harvick was the only one of so-called ‘Big 3’ to avoid trouble on Sunday. Kyle Busch drew an early speeding penalty entering pit road and later had to make an unscheduled pit stop because of a loose wheel. He finished 17th, the last driver on the lead lap.
Martin Truex Jr. came to pit road early on Lap 247 to correct a loose left front wheel and in the process drove through too many pit boxes entering his stall. Two laps down after a pass-through penalty, Truex rallied to finish ninth.

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Result Description
Position/Driver/manufacturer/Laps/LapsLed/Points/PlayoffPoints

1/KevinHarvick/Ford/337/177/60/7
2/RyanBlaney/Ford/337/40/51/0
3J/oeyLogano/Ford/337/54/45/0
4/ErikJones/Toyota/337/0/45/0
5/KyleLarson/Chevrolet/337/0/32/0
6/ChaseElliott/Chevrolet/337/0/34/0
7/KurtBusch/Ford/337/0/42/0
8/AricAlmirola/Ford/337/0/35/0
9/MartinTruex Jr./Toyota/337/0/42/0
10/AustinDillon/Chevrolet/337/0/27/0

Drivers standings after round

1/Kevin Harvick/4143
2/Kyle Busch/4128
3/Martin Truex Jr./4125
4/Joey Logano/4119
5/Kurt Busch/4100
6/Chase Elliott/4086
7/Aric Almirola/4068
8/Clint Bowyer/4052

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