In a green-white-checkered-flag finish that ended under caution with John Andretti wrecked at the finish line, Denny Hamlin pulled away from Jimmie Johnson over the final two laps of the Tums Fast Relief 500.
Tony Schumacher leads Larry Dixon by a mere 47 points heading to the 9th Annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals to be held Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The victory was Joey Saldana’s third consecutive in the state of Texas and was the fifth win of his career in the Lone Star State.
Motorsports correspondent Doug Pace keeps up with motorsports news and notes from around the region.
