This week’s NASCAR was full of rain delays (or should I say rain cancellations?). Several practices were cancelled because of the rain, and the race itself had to be held on Monday due to the poor weather conditions at the track.

When the Samsung Mobile 500 finally did get underway at Texas Motor Speedway, luck was once again on Denny Hamlin’s side. As it’s been said, “Denny wins on Mondays.” In fact, he won three out of the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races to be run on Monday. The race featured 29 lead changes – a track tying record – which kept things interesting for the fans that stuck it out for the extra day. This win was Hamlin’s 10th in the series.

Behind Hamlin were Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, and Kasey Kahne rounding out the top five. The leading rookie in the field was Kevin Conway, who finished 27th, while the pole-sitter, Tony Stewart, was involved in an accident, and finished 32nd.

Other people to be involved in accidents during the race included Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Juan Montoya, Paul Menard, Clint Bowyer, and Brian Vickers. David Reutimann, who suffered engine troubles, was forced to leave the race early, along with Reed Sorenson who had electrical issues, Joe Nemechek and Michael McDowell with transmission failure, Mike Bliss with a vibration, and Dave Blaney with suspension trouble.

Results of the 2010 Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway:

Pos  #  Driver               Make      Laps  Status
 1  11  Denny Hamlin         Toyota     334  Running
 2  48  Jimmie Johnson       Chevrolet  334  Running
 3  18  Kyle Busch           Toyota     334  Running
 4   2  Kurt Busch           Dodge      334  Running
 5   9  Kasey Kahne          Ford       334  Running
 6   5  Mark Martin          Chevrolet  334  Running
 7  29  Kevin Harvick        Chevrolet  334  Running
 8  88  Dale Earnhardt Jr.   Chevrolet  334  Running
 9  56  Martin Truex Jr.     Toyota     334  Running
10  16  Greg Biffle          Ford       334  Running
11  39  Ryan Newman          Chevrolet  334  Running
12  31  Jeff Burton          Chevrolet  334  Running
13  43  A.J. Allmendinger    Ford       334  Running
14  12  Brad Keselowski      Dodge      333  Running
15   6  David Ragan          Ford       333  Running
16  82  Scott Speed          Toyota     333  Running
17  47  Marcos Ambrose       Toyota     333  Running
18  19  Elliott Sadler       Ford       333  Running
19  77  Sam Hornish Jr.      Dodge      333  Running
20  17  Matt Kenseth         Ford       332  Running
21  78  Regan Smith          Chevrolet  332  Running
22  13  Max Papis            Toyota     332  Running
23  71  Bobby Labonte        Chevrolet  332  Running
24  34  Travis Kvapil        Ford       331  Running
25  21  Bill Elliott         Ford       331  Running
26   7  Robby Gordon         Toyota     329  Running
27  38  Kevin Conway (R)     Ford       329  Running
28  20  Joey Logano          Toyota     329  Running
29  37  David Gilliland      Ford       328  Running
30   1  Jamie McMurray       Chevrolet  319  Accident
31  24  Jeff Gordon          Chevrolet  317  Accident
32  14  Tony Stewart         Chevrolet  317  Accident
33  99  Carl Edwards         Ford       317  Accident
34  42  Juan Montoya         Chevrolet  317  Accident
35  98  Paul Menard          Ford       317  Accident
36  33  Clint Bowyer         Chevrolet  316  Accident
37   0  David Reutimann      Toyota     310  Engine
38  83  Brian Vickers        Toyota     192  Accident
39 132  Reed Sorenson        Toyota     121  Electrical
40  87  Joe Nemechek         Toyota      75  Transmission
41  66  Michael McDowell     Toyota      60  Transmission
42   9  Mike Bliss           Chevrolet   50  Vibration
43  55  Dave Blaney          Toyota      20  Susp.

The next race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be the Aaron’s 499 held at Talladega Superspeedway on April 25, 2010.

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