The Samsung Mobile 500 was held on Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway, making it the first non-Sunday drive in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was a fantastic day for native Washingtonians Greg Biffle and Kasey Kahne, who both had their best finishes of the year.
For Biffle, he came in at first place and won the checkered flag for the first time since October of 2010, extending his Sprint Cup points lead to 19 over Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Biffle took the lead on Lap 304 of 334 and never looked back. It was his second career win at Texas Motor Speedway.
For Kahne, the race was notable for him not only having finished the entire 334 laps, but placing seventh in the process. This may be exactly the momentum- and confidence-builder that Kahne and his team have been hoping for ever since the season began. This is just the third of seven 2012 races that Kahne was been able to complete. He is currently in 31st place in the standings.
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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