Johnson wins AAA Texas 500
FORT WORTH, TX (TheSpread) – Jimmie Johnson can’t win a championship, but he was able to win the AAA Texas 500 on Sunday.
Jeff Gordon was leading near the end of the race, but was contacted by Brad Keselowski. That led to a green-white-checkered finish, which Johnson was able to hold off Keselowski and Kevin Harvick for the win.
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Johnson had 715/1 odds to win this race coming into the week, which means a wager of $100 on him to win will pay out an additional $700.
The wreck really hurt Gordon, as he ended up 29th and is now in the fourth position in the standings, 1 point ahead of Matt Kenseth for the final spot in the final race with one qualifying race remaining. Keselowski is 5 points back of Gordon while Harvick is 6 points back. Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin are tied for the lead entering the final race and have a 13-point lead on the final qualifying spot. Any of the eight drivers can win next week and automatically qualify for the final race.
For a complete look at the results from the 2014 AAA Texas 500, see below
2014 AAA Texas 500 Results
1 Jimmie Johnson (48)
2 Kevin Harvick (4)
3 Brad Keselowski (2)
4 Kyle Busch (18)
5 Jamie McMurray (1)
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88)
7 Kyle Larson (42)
8 Kurt Busch (41)
9 Carl Edwards (99)
10 Denny Hamlin (11)
11 Tony Stewart (14)
12 Joey Logano (22)
13 Greg Biffle (16)
14 AJ Allmendinger (47)
15 Ryan Newman (31)
16 Brian Vickers (55)
17 Paul Menard (27)
18 Casey Mears (13)
19 Martin Truex Jr. (78)
20 Justin Allgaier (51)
21 Austin Dillon (3)
22 Michael Annett (7)
23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17)
24 Aric Almirola (43)
25 Matt Kenseth (20)
26 Cole Whitt (26)
27 Marcos Ambrose (9)
28 Clint Bowyer (15)
29 Jeff Gordon (24)
30 Michael McDowell (95)
31 J.J. Yeley (83)
32 David Ragan (34)
33 Reed Sorenson (36)
34 David Gilliland (38)
35 Timmy Hill (33)
36 Danica Patrick (10)
37 Joey Gase (32)
38 Kasey Kahne (5)
39 Trevor Bayne (21)
40 Brett Moffitt (66)
41 Josh Wise (98)
42 Alex Bowman (23)
43 Landon Cassill (40)
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