NASCAR Cup Series

1. Jeff Gordon: Gordon took the lead on a late two tire pit stop, but was unable to hold off Joey Logano, with four tires, down the stretch at Texas. Gordon’s runner-up finish, his second of the year, moved him to the top of the points standings.

It appears the Lady and Martin Truex Jr. have developed a special chemistry. “I’d rather think of it as a mutual feeling of respect,” said Truex about the Lady in Black, the longtime nickname for the formidable Darlington Raceway, site of Saturday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500.

After the cycle of scheduled green flag pit stops completed, it looked as though Joey Logano could simply cruise to victory without any worries as he had a solid two second lead on teammate Brad Keselowski as the laps ticked down.

Vickers’ No. 55 Aaron’s Toyota will carry a special paint scheme honoring FSU’s 2013 BCS National Championship football team when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway on July 5.

David Gilliland, driver of the No. 38 A&W All American Food Ford, comments on racing at Darlington Raceway:

David Reutimann, driver of the No. 35 MDS Transport Ford, comments on racing at Darlington Raceway: "My first trip to Darlington was in the Truck Series. And I absolutely outdid myself on getting my 'Darlington stripe.' I got oin practice and might even have gotten one in qualifying. It's one of those places where, if you're not up against the fence and using up the right side of the car, you're not trying hard enough. I definitely think I got credit for trying hard enough my first race there.

David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 CSX "Play It Safe" Ford, comments on CSX's "green" efforts and racing at Darlington Raceway:

While the ‘Lady in Black’, otherwise known as Darlington Raceway, gets ready to bestow her stripes and tame the best drivers NASCAR has to...

One week after tempers flared at Martinsville between Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch, tensions eased at Texas, where neither driver showed signs of hunting down the other on-track or elsewhere. A wide gap in car performance between the two drivers during Monday’s race allowed the rolling boil of anger to slow to a simmer, even if only temporarily.

Sometimes when you mess with the bull, you get the horns. This past weekend, there was one ornery Texas Longhorn who made his displeasure known. First to be gored were those fans who mosied on down to Dallas for a Sunday race.