NASCAR’s next race: Duck Commander 500
Next race
Duck Commander 500
What: 334 laps, or 501 miles.
Where: Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile banked, quad-oval in Forth Worth, Texas.
When: 7:30 p.m. April 11
TV: Fox
Radio: Performance Racing Network
Last year’s winner: Joey Logano
Worth mentioning: This is the first off week of the Sprint Cup Series season, and none of NASCAR’s three national series – Cup, Xfinity and Truck – will be in action. The Cup and Xfinity series will return to the track next weekend.
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not
HOT
Denny Hamlin: Hamlin ends a nearly year-long drought in Victory Lane for himself, Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota.
Joe Gibbs Racing: Hamlin wins and three of the organization’s four drivers finish among the top five.
Joey Logano: Two poles, a Truck win and third-place finish at Martinsville, Va. Not a bad weekend.
Danica Patrick: Tied her second-best Cup finish of seventh.
Hendrick Motorsports: It wasn’t a very Hendrick Motorsports-like weekend at Martinsville.
Martin Truex Jr.: Six top-10s in six races. A career-best for Truex.
NOT
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Stenhouse was the cause of three cautions Sunday.
Chase Elliott: Not the Cup series debut he was hoping for.
Kyle Larson: Sat out Sunday’s race after a fainting spell during an autograph session at Martinsville.
Jim Utter
Points Standings
Sprint Cup
1. Kevin Harvick 263
2. Joey Logano 239
3. Martin Truex Jr. 231
4. Brad Keselowski 206
5. Kasey Kahne 193
7. Paul Menard 173
8. Denny Hamlin 172
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 172
10. Aric Almirola 170
11. Jimmie Johnson 168
12. Matt Kenseth 168
13. David Ragan 163
14. Casey Mears 161
15. Jamie McMurray 154
16. Danica Patrick 148
17. Jeff Gordon 148
18. Carl Edwards 148
19. Clint Bowyer 146
19. A.J. Allmendinger 138
20. Greg Biffle 138
21. David Gilliland 120
22. Austin Dillon 119
23. Kyle Larson 116
24. Kurt Busch 113
25. Trevor Bayne 112
26. Ryan Newman 105
27. Justin Allgaier 104
28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 103
29. Cole Whitt,102
30. Brett Moffitt 94
31. Sam Hornish Jr. 92
32. Tony Stewart 87
33. Michael Annett 65
34. Alex Bowman 56
35. Josh Wise 52
36. Michael McDowell 44
37. Jeb Burton43
38. Brian Vickers 32
39. Matt DiBenedetto 24
40. Bobby Labonte 20
41. Michael Waltrip 18
42. Alex Kennedy 17
43. Reed Sorenson 12
44. Mike Wallace 8
45. Ron Hornaday 2
Xfinity
1. Ty Dillon 187
2. Chris Buescher 182
3. Chase Elliott 172
4. Ryan Reed 168
5. Darrell Wallace Jr. 165
6. Brendan Gaughan 164
7. Regan Smith 157
8. Elliott Sadler 148
9. David Starr 136
10. Brian Scott 134
11. Daniel Suarez 134
12. Ross Chastain 125
13. Jeremy Clements 123
14. J.J. Yeley 112
15. Dakoda Armstrong 105
Truck
1. Matt Crafton 128
2. Tyler Reddick 126
3. Erik Jones 122
4. Johnny Sauter 112
5. James Buescher 100
6. John Wes Townley 90
7. Ray Black Jr. 89
8. Cameron Hayley 84
9. Spencer Gallagher 84
10. Ben Kennedy 83
11. Timothy Peters 81
12. Tyler Young 78
13. Justin Boston 77
14. Korbin Forrister 77
15. Daniel Hemric 75
This story was originally published April 2, 2015 at 6:11 PM with the headline "NASCAR’s next race: Duck Commander 500."