Fantasy Scouting Report: Texas (Fall 2013)

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Texas Top Ten Starters

1. Carl Edwards
2. Brad Keselowski
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Paul Menard
5. Kyle Busch
6. Matt Kenseth
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
8. Jeff Gordon
9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
10. Marcos Ambrose

Full Texas Qualifying Results

Pre-race Notes

Austin Dillon drove the 33. (Finished 22nd)

Kyle Larson drove the 51. (Finished 23rd)

Parker Kligerman drove the 30. (Finished 18th)

Elliott Sadler drove the 55. (Finished 19th)

Race Notes

Carl Edwards started on the pole and led the first 9 laps.

By lap #3 Brad Keselowski who started on the outside of the front row fell from 2nd to 5th.

Running order on lap 8 … 99,48,18,20,2,88,17,9,5,27 .. 24,22,39,56,29,11,42,43,3,16

Jimmie Johnson took the lead on lap 10.

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Following the first caution of the race around lap 15 Carl Edwards beat Jimmie Johnson off pit road and retook the lead.

Kevin Harvick was one of the first drivers to use the high-line in the race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. said his car was really hard to drive 26 laps into the race.

Johnson got back around Edwards for the lead on lap 33.

Running order on lap 40 … 48,99,20,88,2,22,5,29,17 … 27,15,24,11,9,56,16,39,14,1

Carl Edwards wasn’t good over long runs. His car was very loose.

Kyle Busch slammed into the wall hard on lap 57. His right rear was flush after that. He was running in 2nd at the time. He continued running in the race. His tire went down to the cords. Had similar problems the day before in the Nationwide Series.

Jeff Gordon got into the wall in turn #2 around lap 74  while running in 12th. He went right to the garage. He had a tire go down. During a post wreck interview he said he had a really good race car that was good over long runs. Wasn’t that good on short runs.