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Kurt Busch wins Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway after Jimmie Johnson wreck
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Jimmie Johnson had an early crash at Texas Motor Speedway
but still holds the points lead
Kurt Busch won the Dickies 500 Sprint Cup NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday and gained valuable points on current points leader Jimmie Johnson.The defending Sprint Cup Champion was involved in an early crash and finished 205 laps down in 38th place.
Johnson said after the race, "I just tried to play through my mind what (I) could have done differently at the start of that race. I don't think I could have done anything different. 77 lost it. I wish (he) could have waited a few more laps before he lost control of his car. Think he did the second time. Wish I wouldn't have been around the first time. Definitely it took us out. Not much we could do."
"Luckily," Johnson continued, "we have a big points lead. All along we've been trying to tell everybody this thing is far from over, what our mindset has been. Luckily we've raced for every point throughout this Chase. We still have a decent points lead right now. We need to dust ourselves off, head to Phoenix, get a good one in the bank there."
(Kurt) Busch battled his brother Kyle Busch most of the day but Kyle ran out of gas in the final laps of the race after gambling on fuel mileage. Denny Hamlin came in second at Texas followed by Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart.
With the win on Sunday, Busch moved up two positions to fourth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings. Mark Martin remains second, Jeff Gordon third and Tony Stewart is fifth.
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