Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet) venceu no domingo (19/07) a O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, no Texas Motor Speedway, 18ª etapa da NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a primeira vitória de Dillon no ano, e terceira na categoria. Tyler Reddick completou a dobradinha da RCR. Joey Logano (Team Penske Ford) foi o terceiro.
Em uma prova bastante acidentada, Dillon liderou apenas 22 voltas, vencendo com 0s149 de vantagem sobre o parceiro de equipe Reddick. Logano terminou em terceiro.
Foi a primeira dobradinha da Richard Childress Racing, desde Talladega em 2011 (Clint Bowyer e Jeff Burton). Com a vitória Dillon garantiu a sua vaga para os playoffs.
Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) terminou em quarto, seguido por Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford).
Erik Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota), Ryan Blaney (Team Penske Ford), Kurt Busch (Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet), Brad Keselowski (Team Penske Ford) e Aric Almirola (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) fecharam os dez primeiros.
Entre as dez bandeiras da prova, uma foi vermelha, na 220ª volta. E envolveu Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota)., Cole Custer (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford), William Byron (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet), Chris Buescher (Roush Fenway Racing Ford), Almirola, Ryan Preece (JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet), Matt Kenseth (Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet ) e Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet).
Harvick lidera o campeonato com 721 pontos, seguido por Blaney com 630.
A próxima etapa acontece no Kansas Speedway, no dia 23 de julho.
Final:
1 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 334
2 Tyler Reddick (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 334
3 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 334
4 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334
5 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334
6 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334
7 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 334
8 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 334
9 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 334
10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334
11 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334
12 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334
13 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 334
14 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 334
15 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 334
16 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 334
17 Matt DiBenedetto Wood Brothers Racing Ford 334
18 Matt Kenseth Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 334
19 Chris Buescher Roush Fenway Racing Ford 333
20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 333
21 Christopher Bell (R) Leavine Family Racing Toyota 331
22 John Hunter Nemechek (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 331
23 Daniel Suárez Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 329
24 J. J. Yeley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 328
25 Gray Gaulding (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 323
26 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 322
27 Brennan Poole (R) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 322
28 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 322
29 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 320
30 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 319
31 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 318
32 Joey Gase (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 318
33 B. J. McLeod (i) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 318
34 Quin Houff (R) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 295
35 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 263
36 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 254
37 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 252
38 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 221
39 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 219
40 Ryan Preece JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 217