AAA Texas 500

AAA Texas 500

Venue	Texas Motor Speedway
Sponsor	American Automobile Association
First race	2005
Distance	501 miles (806.281 km)
Laps	334
Previous names	Dickies 500 (2005-2009)

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, USA. The inaugural race took place on November 6, 2005. 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 where on the last lap Ricky Bobby spins out with Jamie McMurray and McMurray continues but Bobby puts the car in reverse and wins backwards. The filming was actually at Charlotte Motor Speedway with the wall painted to look like Texas.

The race has always started in the late afternoon, gone through sunset and twilight, and ended under the lights at night. It is not considered a night event.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
					Laps	Miles (km)
2005	November 6	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford	334	501 (806.281)	3:19:00	151.055	Report
2006	November 5	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	339*	508.5 (818.351)	3:46:11	134.891	Report
2007	November 4	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	334	501 (806.281)	3:49:05	131.219	Report
2008	November 2	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	334	501 (806.281)	3:28:26	144.219	Report
2009	November 8	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	334	501 (806.281)	3:24:18	147.137	Report
2010	November 7	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	334	501 (806.281)	3:34:01	140.456	Report
2011	November 6	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	334	501 (806.281)	3:16:51	152.705	Report
2012	November 4	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	335*	502.5 (808.695)	3:41:30	136.117	Report

• 2006 & 2012: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
2	Carl Edwards	2005, 2008
	Tony Stewart	2006, 2011
	Jimmie Johnson	2007, 2012

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
4	Chevrolet	2006, 2007, 2011, 2012
2	Ford	2005, 2008

Memorable races

• 2008: Carl Edwards win makes him the first driver to sweep both races at Texas and the first 3-time winner at TMS.
• 2010: Denny Hamlin became the second driver to sweep both races at Texas when he won the Samsung Mobile 500 and the AAA Texas 500. Also, around mid-race, a shoving match occurred when Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon crashed in turn 2.
• 2012: The first 100 laps of the race went green, combine that with the last 234 laps of the April 2012 race that went green, means a total of 334 consecutive laps were run caution free, a full scheduled race at Texas. Jimmie Johnson's 60th Sprint Cup win, and also Chevrolet's 700th win.

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
2012	ESPN	Allen Bestwick	Dale Jarrett Andy Petree
2011
2010		Marty Reid
2009	ABC	Jerry Punch
2008
2007			Rusty Wallace Andy Petree
2006	NBC	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons Wally Dallenbach
2005

External links

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