AAA Texas 500

AAA Texas 500
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Venue Texas Motor Speedway
Location Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Corporate sponsor American Automobile Association (AAA Texas regional club)
First race 2005
Distance 501 miles (806 km)
Laps 334
Previous names Dickies 500 (2005–2009)
Most wins (driver) Jimmie Johnson (5)
Most wins (team) Hendrick Motorsports (5)
Most wins (manufacturer) Chevrolet (7)
Circuit information
Surface Asphalt
Length 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns 4
Tire changes and refueling at the 2006 Dickies 500

The AAA Texas 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. The inaugural race took place on November 6, 2005. The race has always started in the late afternoon, gone through sunset and twilight, and ended under the lights at night, much like the Coca Cola 600 in May, but it is not considered a night event. The race is held on the first weekend in November each year; TMS has expressed interest in changing the date, which is also the opening weekend of deer hunting season in Texas.

The race was acquired as a result of the Ferko lawsuit, which forced NASCAR to relinquish the sport's fourth major, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 and in the process end its Grand Slam, as the Southern 500 was one of the four races that made it up. This race has been derisively referred to as the Francis Ferko 500, mostly by traditionalist fans upset by the demise of the Southern 500.

This race is featured in the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, but it was actually shot at the identically shaped Charlotte Motor Speedway with the wall painted to look like Texas.

Past winners

Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Report
Laps Miles (km)
2005 November 6 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:19:00 151.055 Report
2006 November 5 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 339* 508.5 (818.351) 3:46:11 134.891 Report
2007 November 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 501 (806.281) 3:49:05 131.219 Report
2008 November 2 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:28:26 144.219 Report
2009 November 8 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 334 501 (806.281) 3:24:18 147.137 Report
2010 November 7 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 501 (806.281) 3:34:01 140.456 Report
2011 November 6 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 334 501 (806.281) 3:16:51 152.705 Report
2012 November 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 335* 502.5 (808.695) 3:41:30 136.117 Report
2013 November 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 501 (806.281) 3:18:05 151.754 Report
2014 November 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 341* 511.5 (823.179) 3:52:05 132.239 Report
2015 November 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 501 (806.281) 3:38:38 137.49 Report
2016 November 6 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 293* 439.5 (707.306) 3:16:00 134.541 Report

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins Driver Years Won
5 Jimmie Johnson 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
3 Carl Edwards 2005, 2008, 2016
2 Tony Stewart 2006, 2011

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins Team Years Won
5 Hendrick Motorsports 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
3 Joe Gibbs Racing 2006, 2010, 2016
2 Roush Fenway Racing 2005, 2008

Manufacturer wins

# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
7 Chevrolet 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
2 Ford 2005, 2008
Toyota 2010, 2016
1 Dodge 2009

Memorable races

Television broadcasters

Year Network Lap-by-lap Color commentator(s)
2005 NBC Bill Weber Benny Parsons
Wally Dallenbach
2006
2007 ABC Jerry Punch Rusty Wallace
Andy Petree
2008 Dale Jarrett
Andy Petree
2009
2010 Marty Reid
2011 Allen Bestwick
2012
2013
2014
2015 NBC Rick Allen Jeff Burton
Steve Letarte
2016 NBCSN*

2016: Originally scheduled to be broadcast on NBC, the race was moved to NBCSN due to rain delay.

External links

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Next race:
Can-Am 500
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