On Saturday, the Texas Motor Speedway hosted the first non-Sunday race in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The Samsung Mobile 500 was won by Greg Biffle, who took the lead on Lap 304 of 334. Biffle now extends his lead in the Sprint Cup standings to 19 points over second-place drivers Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who finished in fifth and 10th place, respectively.
Bakersfield native Kevin Harvick had a solid showing in a largely uneventful race. He finished in ninth place and picks up some points to currently stand in fifth place overall among the Sprint Cup leaders. He is now at 249 points, just four points behind fourth-place leader Martin Truex, Jr. and five points behind Kenseth and Earnhardt. The gap between Harvick and sixth-place driver Denny Hamlin currently stands at seven points. The top-10 finish is a good way to bounce back from a 19th-place showing in the last race two weeks ago, when Harvick appeared thoroughly baffled by the short track at Martinsville.
Here are the full results for Saturday's race:
- Greg Biffle
- Jimmie Johnson
- Mark Martin
- Jeff Gordon
- Matt Kenseth
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kasey Kahne
- Carl Edwards
- Kevin Harvick
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Kyle Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- Kurt Busch
- Jamie McMurray
- AJ Allmendinger
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Clint Bowyer
- Paul Menard
- Joey Logano
- Marcos Ambrose
- Ryan Newman
- Aric Almirola
- Regan Smith
- Tony Stewart
- Casey Mears
- David Reutimann
- Bobby Labonte
- Trevor Bayne
- Jeff Burton
- Landon Cassill
- David Gilliland
- Reed Sorenson
- JJ Yeley
- Tony Raines
- David Ragan
- Brad Keselowski
- Dave Blaney
- Travis Kvapil
- Josh Wise
- Mike Bliss
- Michael McDowell
- Scott Riggs
- Scott Speed
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