NASCAR Cup Series

Trevor Bayne and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion team had things going their way for the first third of Saturday’s Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Deep in the heart of Texas Motor Speedway, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 16th running of the Samsung Mobile 500.

There’s no better indicator for team about how far them have come then when it’s no longer news about how well they’re running.

Richard Childress Racing teammates finished ninth (Kevin Harvick), 18th (Paul Menard) and 29th (Jeff Burton).

A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 15th CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR RACE TONIGHT? “Frustrating. We had a fast Shell/Pennzoil Dodge and just didn’t make it happen tonight. We started off horrible."

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET – FINISHED 2ND You came so close tonight. That’s your fourth second-place finish out of the last five Spring races here. Can you put into words the disappointment of losing this one?

It was a strong showing for Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) in Saturday night’s running of the Samsung 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway with all four Chevrolet stock cars finishing in the top 10 overall.

Camry driver Mark Martin (third) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Roush Fenway’s Greg Biffle led 91 laps in Saturday night’sSprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway, taking the lead for the final timewith 31 laps remaining and powering his No.16 Filtrete/3M Ford Fusion to the victory.

Regan Smith posted a 23rd-place finish in Saturday night's Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.