34th stock car race nascar sprint cup series eighth race season ending chase held november texas crowd lap race won racing team started position finished second came won pole position immediately passed start race chase sprint cup participants including encountered problems race leading race laps remaining ran fuel giving lead win total race thirteen lead changes different drivers race race second win season 20th career result advanced fourth drivers championship points leader johnson seven ahead chevrolet maintained lead manufacturers championship ahead toyota eighty ahead ford ninety dodge race attracted million television viewers report background 34th scheduled stock car race nascar sprint cup series held november texas intermediate tracks hold nascar races kansas standard track turn oval track miles long track turns banked degrees stretch location finish line stretch degree banking team chose replace regular driver substitute championship racing driver unable secure finish replaced aaron winner final races season gain experience driving time team following season race led drivers championship points second fourth fifth rounded drivers competing chase manufacturers championship chevrolet leading points points ahead rivals toyota ford points points ahead dodge battle edwards race defending champion practice qualifying practice sessions held sunday race friday saturday session lasted minutes second session lasted minutes final session lasted minutes practice session fastest placing ahead second johnson gordon fourth fastest edwards placed fifth rounded fastest drivers session max damaged right hand car hit turn wall hit turn wall bliss went car right car heavily damaged engine failed early phase session changed engines burton switched car collided turn outside wall seven drivers entered according nascar qualifying procedure race driver ran laps starting order determined competitor fastest times gordon clinched second pole position season time joined grid row qualified stewart took fourth started fifth edwards qualified sixth martin set seventh fastest time qualified eighth ninth tenth drivers failed qualify withdrew race prior qualifying gordon said efforts improved focused started qualifying time showed race certainly hope qualifying effort create types results saturday morning fastest second practice session ahead stewart second fourth quickest took fifth managed sixth martin johnson followed drivers chase gordon set eleventh fastest time placed thirteenth later day johnson paced final practice session edwards second fourth quickest took fifth managed sixth seventh fastest ninth tenth chase drivers included fourteenth newman sixteenth collided turn wall sustained minor damage allowing team repair car race race began est televised live united_states abc start race weather conditions cloudy began pre race ceremonies giving invocation performed national anthem rock band gave command drivers start engines pace laps drivers moved grid changes transmission change changed engine retained pole position lead corner contact johnson forcing wall damage car suspension lap caution race subsequently given leaders elected pit stops caution johnson drove garage change rear suspension maintained lead lap restart passed low track lead position laps later starting ninth moved thirteen positions sixteenth lap lap later johnson car fitted new moved fourth lap closing gap gordon laps later leading seconds 48th lap started thirteenth moved position green flag pit stops tires fuel car adjustments began lap driver pit stewart new leader came pit road stewart pit stop lap handing lead leaders pit stops claimed lead lap laps later second lead lap fell eleventh position slow pit stop laps later started thirty fifth moved positions sixth lap lead half second laps later collided wall suffered flat tires prompting second caution caution leaders pit stops remained leader pit stops maintained lap restart moved ninth stewart passed laps later moved ninth sunlight came track surface lap causing track temperatures cool drivers reminded crew chiefs drive turns martin moved thirteenth position lap moved laps later lap johnson rejoined track albeit car rear built half second lead lap johnson drove pit road resolve tire problems laps later martin moved positions lap gordon fell fourteenth laps later lap johnson moved track returned pit road laps later green flag pit stop period began gained lead lap pit stops reclaimed position drivers reported track conditions changing cooler air came circuit lap reported seeing debris turn lap triggered caution leaders chose pit stops caution race officials cleaned debris maintained lead restart ahead fourth caution given lap collided wall damaging car edwards hit sustained similar damage car caught crash forced spin sideways leaders pit stops caution officials cleared surface turn checked turn brake motor race restarted lap leading ahead laps later built second lead lap damaged car wall caused fifth final caution leaders pit stops fuel car adjustments caution led restart lap followed seven laps later moved ninth position lap dropped positions seventh laps later martin moved fifth position lap martin passed stewart claim fourth maintained second lead lap laps later drove garage rejoin race lap drivers reported cars sliding corners tires worn green flag pit stops began lap maintained lead end cycle ahead lap crew reported running laps short fuel laps later started slow corners conserve fuel lap martin dropped position run fifth lap overall speeds dropped drivers starting conserve fuel green flag pit stops began lap stop fuel elected pit stop increased lead seconds lap laps later told team reduce speed lap drove pit road having run fuel handing lead lap later ran fuel held lead win second race season finished second ahead martin fourth fifth stewart burton rounded finishers post race appeared victory lane celebrate second win season attended race earned race afterward said knew fuel mileage confident guys numbers gave needed win sunday fast playing cat mouse kyle know true time kyle raced hard victory like finished second said hats mike ford crew chief team good car learn stay pits lost spots pit road couldn overcome track position trying happen got wall ended killing car good able save fuel pressure able save fuel got best fuel mileage got day crew chief said drivers performance think handled tough lead laps gone clean sweep weekend win row deserved win row beat tough continued disappointed toyota deserved thought best cars entire race didn work way little short fuel days race given penalties car penalty actions detrimental stock car racing race equipment conform nascar rules ride height car low included fine crew chief loss owner driver points placed probation december race result left johnson leading drivers championship points martin stood second seventy points johnson thirty ahead finished moved fourth position points stewart fifth newman followed positions final positions available chase occupied edwards eleventh vickers twelfth manufacturers championship chevrolet maintained lead points toyota remained second points ford followed points seven ahead dodge fourth million people watched race television race took hours minutes eighteen seconds complete margin victory seconds results qualifying race standings race
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