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FORT WORTH, Texas — There’s a new NASCAR Sprint Cup leader and his name is Denny Hamlin.
Hamlin won Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway to take the point lead away from Jimmie Johnson with just two races left.
“What a run,” said Hamlin. “We didn’t have a good car at the beginning of the race, but we kept working on it. The team stayed focused and we got it done.”
Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, Joey Logano, Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, David Ragan, Jimmie Johnson and Paul Menard were the remaining top-10 finishers.
Jimmie Johnson’s 10th-place finish dropped him to second, 33 points behind Hamlin.
“It was a long day,” said Johnson. “We gave away so many positions early in the race. It didn’t work out today. We’ll just try to come back next week. We’re doing the best we can.”
Jeff Burton got into the rear of Jeff Gordon during a caution on lap 200, knocking Gordon into the outside wall and wrecking Burton’s No. 31.
After the two drivers emerged from their cars, Gordon’s temper flared and he shoved and even swung a fist at Burton before officials were able to restrain him.
“I pulled up next to him,” said Burton. “He turned left. I turned left and we just hung up, and off we went. It was my fault. I didn’t mean to hit him.”
Both drivers wound up with DNFs.
“We went down into turn three and I went wide,” said Gordon. “I guess he was frustrated the way his car was handling or something. He just drove up next to me and put me into the wall.
“Out of all the drivers out there, I never thought Jeff would do something like that.”
After the incident, Gordon’s entire pit crew was transferred to Johnson’s No. 48, replacing that team.
“You’ve got to remember, we are all Hendrick teams,” said Johnson’s crew chief Chad Knaus. “We’re doing the best we can to win a championship. The 24-team was a little faster today, and that’s why we brought them over to the 48-car.”
Kyle Busch finished 33rd, three laps down. He was penalized a lap for giving a NASCAR official the “bird.”
Top 12 Chase contenders with two to go: 1. Hamlin-6,325, 2. Johnson-6,292, 3. Harvick-6,266, 4. Edwards-6,008, 5. Kenseth-6,000, 6. J. Gordon-5,994, 7. Kyle Busch-5,986, 8. Stewart-5,962, 9. Biffle-5,953, 10. Clint Bowyer-5,928, 11. Kurt Busch-5,890, 12. Burton-5,852.