NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Fort Worth, Texas: Duck Commander 500 at a glance
Distance: 334 laps, or 501 miles.
Where: Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile paved trioval in Fort Worth, Texas.
When: 7:30 p.m., Saturday.
TV: Fox.
Radio: Performance Racing Network.
Last year’s winner: Jimmie Johnson.
Also this week: O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, Xfinity Series, Texas Motor Speedway, 8:30 p.m, Friday, Fox Sports 1.
Worth mentioning: The Truck series is off until May 6 at Kansas.
David Scott’s Power 16
▪ Jimmie Johnson (2nd last week): Cup’s only multiple winner this season.
▪ Kyle Busch (5): Crossed Martinsville, Va., off his wins-bucket list.
▪ Kevin Harvick (1): Points leader has five top-10s.
▪ Carl Edwards (4): Continues to turn in consistent performances.
▪ Brad Keselowski (9): Moved up three places in points standings after finishing fifth at Martinsville.
▪ Joey Logano (6): Struggled after winning Martinsville pole.
▪ Denny Hamlin (4): Mental error cost him at Martinsville.
▪ Dale Earnhardt Jr. (7): Never had much of a chance at Martinsville after early spin.
▪ Austin Dillon (11): Solid fourth-place at Martinsville.
▪ AJ Allmendinger (16): Runner-up at Martinsville came on heels of strong performance at Fontana, Calif.
11. Kurt Busch (10); 12. Martin Truex Jr. (12); 13. Ryan Newman (15); 14. Matt Kenseth (14); 15. Kyle Larson (NR); 16. Ryan Blaney (NR).
Points standings
Sprint Cup
1. Kevin Harvick | 220 |
2. Jimmie Johnson | 216 |
3. Kyle Busch | 215 |
4. Carl Edwards | 206 |
5. Joey Logano | 196 |
6. Brad Keselowski | 178 |
7. Austin Dillon | 176 |
8. Kurt Busch | 176 |
9. Denny Hamlin | 172 |
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 172 |
11. Martin Truex Jr. | 150 |
12. AJ Allmendinger | 147 |
13. Jamie McMurray | 143 |
14. Matt Kenseth | 140 |
15. Ryan Blaney | 132 |
16. Chase Elliott | 131 |
17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 128 |
18. Kasey Kahne | 128 |
19. Ryan Newman | 126 |
20. Kyle Larson | 125 |
21. Paul Menard | 125 |
22. Aric Almirola | 121 |
23. Greg Biffle | 109 |
24. Trevor Bayne | 109 |
25. Brian Scott | 100 |
26. Danica Patrick | 97 |
27. Regan Smith | 95 |
28. Casey Mears | 94 |
29. Landon Cassill | 90 |
30. David Ragan | 87 |
31. Brian Vickers | 82 |
32. Clint Bowyer | 82 |
33. Michael McDowell | 78 |
34. Matt DiBenedetto | 70 |
35. Michael Annett | 63 |
36. Chris Buescher | 57 |
37. Cole Whitt | 38 |
38. Josh Wise | 23 |
39. Jeffrey Earnhardt | 18 |
40. Michael Waltrip | 12 |
41. Bobby Labonte | 11 |
42. Reed Sorenson | 4 |
43. Robert Richardson Jr. | 3 |
Xfinity
1. Daniel Suarez | 182 |
2. Elliott Sadler | 172 |
3. Justin Allgaier | 163 |
4. Brandon Jones | 161 |
5. Ty Dillon | 159 |
6. Brendan Gaughan | 154 |
7. Erik Jones | 152 |
8. Darrell Wallace Jr. | 134 |
9. Ryan Reed | 133 |
10. Brennan Poole | 130 |
11. Blake Koch | 122 |
12. Jeb Burton | 121 |
13. Dakoda Armstrong | 108 |
14. Jeremy Clements | 104 |
15. Ryan Sieg | 99 |
16. Ross Chastain | 96 |
17. Ryan Preece | 80 |
18. J.J. Yeley | 77 |
19. B.J. McLeod | 66 |
20. David Starr | 65 |
Truck
1. John Hunter Nemechek | 83 |
2. Parker Kligerman | 80 |
3. Timothy Peters | 77 |
4. Tyler Young | 67 |
5. Cameron Hayley | 66 |
6. Ryan Truex | 66 |
7. Daniel Hemric | 65 |
8. Brandon Brown | 62 |
9. Spencer Gallagher | 62 |
10. Ben Rhodes | 61 |
11. Matt Crafton | 55 |
12. William Byron | 51 |
13. Ben Kennedy | 50 |
14. Rico Abreu | 49 |
15. Austin Wayne Self | 49 |
16. Tyler Reddick | 48 |
17. John Wes Townley | 45 |
18. Johnny Sauter | 42 |
19. Grant Enfinger | 42 |
20. Timmy Hill | 41 |
This story was originally published April 7, 2016 at 7:11 PM with the headline "NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Fort Worth, Texas: Duck Commander 500 at a glance."