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Martin Truex Jr.'s car ruled too low in post-race inspection

ESPN (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The No. 1 Chevrolet driven by Martin Truex Jr. failed a post-race inspection when NASCAR officials found the height of the car was too low.

Truex's ride fails postrace inspection at Texas

Fox News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Martin Truex Jr.'s car failed postrace inspection at Texas Motor Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson, Angry and Motivated

The FanHouse - Wisconsin Basketball (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

by Holly Cain Filed under: Jimmie Johnson , Chase for the Sprint Cup Turns out everyone was a little ahead of themselves. The wild-card race wasn't last week at Talladega, Ala., but Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. At least as far as NASCAR championship points leader Jimmie Johnson is concerned. All week the three-time defending Sprint Cup Series champ refused to buy into everyone else's hype that...

NASCAR race works out for one Busch brother

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Kyle runs out of gas after leading most of the way in the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and Kurt wins it. Points leader Jimmie Johnson crashes but returns to race and finishes 38th. Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.

• Kurt Busch wins race; J.J.'s wreck tightens Chase - SI.com
• With Wreck, Johnson’s Points Lead Takes a Hit - New York Times

Kurt Busch wins at Texas, Johnson crashes early

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Kurt Busch managed to conserve enough fuel to win Sunday's Dickies 500, while Jimmie Johnson crashed in the opening laps and saw his points lead drastically reduced at Texas Motor Speedway.

Kurt Busch wins Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

His crew needed more than an hour to repair and basically rebuild his No. 48 Chevrolet, but he returned to finish 38th. His points lead with two races left was cut from 184 to 73 ahead of Hendrick teammate Mark Martin, who finished fourth.

Johnson’s wreck helps Kurt Busch speed to win

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Jimmie Johnson’s drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.

Kurt Busch wins at Texas

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.

Jimmie Johnson wrecks on 3rd lap at TMS

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

FORT WORTH, Texas – Jimmie Johnson crashed on the third lap of the NASCAR race at Texas, where he was trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship. He returned to the track on lap 115 in a rebuilt car. Johnson was coming out of Turn 2 on the third lap Sunday when Sam Hornish got loose after being tapped by David Reutimann. Hornish made contact with...

Kurt Busch wins at Texas

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.

Kurt Busch wins at Texas; Johnson wrecks on 3rd lap

SI.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

History will show that Kurt Busch claimed honors in Fort Worth, but Jimmie Johnnson grabbed the headlines for wrecking on the 3rd lap, thus adding a little spice to the Sprint Cup chase.

Kurt Busch wins at Texas

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.

Johnson wrecks car on 3rd lap in Texas

SI.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Jimmie Johnson has crashed early in the NASCAR race at Texas, where he is trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship.

Jimmie Johnson wrecks on 3rd lap in Texas

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jimmie Johnson has crashed early in the NASCAR race at Texas, where he is trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship.

Chase leader Johnson says he won't let up

Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jimmie Johnson will probably make stock-car history this month by winning a fourth consecutive championship, but his coronation will be the culmination of an anti-climactic NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.