Denny Hamlin Wins on Mondays
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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