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Below is a breakdown of how the 40-car field fared at Texas Motor Speedway.
1. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Can anyone stop the 2015 Sprint Cup Series champion? Busch didn't dominate the entire race in Texas, but leapt to the lead when it counted -- on the final restart with 33 laps remaining -- and stayed there until the checkered flag. He's won the last four national series races and seems unbeatable right now. Grade: A+
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Junior is still lacking his first win of the season, but by passing Joey Logano with eight laps remaining and overcoming a brief pit stall fire, he earned his second runner-up finish. All that talk this week of bananas and mayonnaise didn't deter from a strong showing for a car that started 16th. Grade: A
3. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford, Team Penske. Despite starting on the front row, Logano still is searching for his first win of the season. He was solidly in the top 10 throughout most of the race, slipping to as low as 14th just before the midpoint. But he jumped from 10th on Lap 200 to sixth on a restart on Lap 220 and stayed near the front for his sixth top-five finish at Texas Motor Speedway. Grade: A-
4. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson couldn't extend his Texas winning streak to four straight races, but the fact he was able to rebound from his involvement in a 13-car crash on Lap 293 and a pit-road collision with Kyle Busch on Lap 31 showed that he's still a threat in any race. Grade: A
5. Chase Elliott, No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. The rookie started at the rear when he changed his transmission, but still managed his best finish of the season -- and his first top-five result in the Cup series. His decision to take four tires on the final pit stop was the difference in helping him surge into the top five. Grade: A
6. Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Toyota, Furniture Row Racing. Truex consistently had the fastest car all weekend in Texas, and led a race-high 141 laps. But the decision to stay out on four old tires -- when all other leaders pitted in the final two cautions -- pushed him back from the lead in the final 33 laps. Grade: B-
7. Carl Edwards, No. 19 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. The pole-sitter led 124 laps, but a loose wheel on the Lap 221 restart forced him to pit, and he never fully recovered. Still, it was Edwards' sixth top-10 finish in seven races this season. Grade: B+
8. Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. A car that has struggled all season found some late-race magic. First, Kahne was the lucky-dog beneficiary on a Lap 277 caution, then he made contact with Greg Biffle on Lap 287, which sent the No. 16 car into the wall but helped Kahne surge into the top 10 for the final restart. Grade: B+
9. Kurt Busch, No. 41 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Busch was without crew chief Tony Gibson for all but race day in Texas as Gibson was tending to his ill wife, and the No. 41 car struggled to find the right combination. Busch said he was loose all through practices but tight during the race. A solid final restart helped him grab his fifth top-10 finish of the season. Grade: B
10. Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Harvick is now 0-for-27 in Cup at Texas, one of the few tracks that vexes the dominant driver. This time, he had to rebound from a speeding and tire violation on Lap 217 just to make his way into the top 10. Grade: B-
11. Matt Kenseth, No. 20 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Kenseth's bad-luck streak continued this season. He led 20 laps, including from Lap 217-235, but a problem with a loose rear tire forced an unscheduled pit stop that knocked him out of the top 10. Grade: B-
12. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Hamlin started sixth, and made it to as high as third late in the race but slipped outside the top 10 in the final 20 laps. Grade: C+
13. Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. McMurray started 18th and worked his way up to fifth mid-race. In the end, he logged his second top-15 showing of the season. Grade: C+
14. Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Larson steadily worked his way up throughout the race, starting 20th and eventually finding himself in the top 15 by Lap 300. Grade: B-
15. Trevor Bayne, No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Bayne led for 12 laps -- the first time he's led a race since May 4, 2014 at Talladega. He was involved in the 13-car wreck on Lap 293, however, and the best he could manage was 15th. Grade: B-
16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Stenhouse equaled his best start of the season in rolling off the grid fifth but had slipped to 13th by Lap 180. He, too, was involved in the late-race wreck, which pushed him outside the top 15. Grade: C+
17. Ryan Newman, No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Another car involved in the late-race wreck, Newman had been just fair to middling throughout the race. In the end, he finished just two places higher than he started. Grade: C
18. Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Ford, Team Penske. He started eighth, but Keselowski had an unscheduled pit stop for a loose wheel on Lap 128, and said some of the things the No. 2 team tried in preparation for the Chase race in the fall didn't work. Grade: C-
19. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Driving on worn tires, Dillon was clipped by Jimmie Johnson and spun into traffic to cause the 13-car wreck on Lap 293. After starting 10th, he had reached as high as second but was lucky to finish 19th. Grade: C-
20. Ty Dillon, No. 95 Chevrolet, Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing. Dillon worked his way up from starting 30th, to log his greatest place differential in four Cup races this season. Grade: C-
21. Danica Patrick, No. 10 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. One race after her best finish of the season (16th in Martinsville), Patrick couldn't improve much from her 26th-place start. Grade: C-
22. AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Chevrolet, JTG Daugherty Racing. Allmendinger couldn't find any of the moxie that helped him finish second in Martinsville, starting the day 23rd, hovering around 23rd to 26th for most of the race before pushing to 22nd at the finish. Grade: C-
23. Casey Mears, No. 13 Chevrolet, Germain Racing. Mears equaled his worst starting position of the season (32nd) and worked his way up to 21st by Lap 240 but couldn't get over the hump to improve further. Grade: C
24. Aric Almirola, No. 43 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. A roller coaster season continued for Almirola as he dropped to as low as 35th and as high as 10th before finishing exactly where he began. Grade: C
25. Landon Cassill, No. 38 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Cassill said he couldn't figure out the right adjustments to make on his No. 38 Ford until the end of the race -- when it mattered most. He jumped from 33rd on Lap 260 to finish 25th. Grade: C
26. Paul Menard, No. 27 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. One of the 13 cars involved in the Lap 293 wreck, Menard logged his second-worst finish of the season -- after his second-worst start of the season. Grade: D+
27. Brian Scott, No. 44 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. Another car involved in the big late-race wreck, ended up finishing exactly where he began the race. Grade: C-
28. Chris Buescher, No. 34 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Buescher had his second-best finish of the season, and improved six places on his start. Grade: C-
29. Ryan Blaney, No. 21 Ford, Wood Brothers Racing. The rookie started seventh, but had to pit twice under green for reports of vibration. The No. 21 Ford never could figure out a solution, and slipped all the way to 29th. Grade: C-
30. Cole Whitt, No. 98 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. Starting 37th, Whitt improved little by little throughout the race until he finished 30th. Grade: C-
31. Regan Smith, No. 7 Chevrolet, Tommy Baldwin Racing. Another car involved in the Lap 293 wreck, Smith had been running around 24th until the incident. Grade: C-
32. Michael Annett, No. 46 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Yet another car involved in the 13-car wreck near the end, Annett still managed to finish three places higher than he began. Grade: C
33. David Ragan, No. 23 Toyota, BK Racing. Ragan was dinged in the late-race wreck, and his finish was his worst of the season. Grade: D+
34. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 83 Toyota, BK Racing. The No. 83 Toyota had shown improvement from Daytona, but took a step back after starting 29th in Texas. Grade: D+
35. Jeffrey Earnhardt, No. 32 Ford, Go Fas Racing. In his fourth Cup race of the season, Earnhardt simply couldn't make up much ground after starting 38th. Grade: D
36. Reed Sorenson, No. 55 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. Starting 40th for the second straight week, Sorenson managed to improve on his finish by one spot over last week. Grade: D.
37. Brian Vickers, No. 14 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. A long day for Vickers began on a pit stop on Lap 110 when his brakes locked up as he attempted to avoid hitting Clint Bowyer. His car never felt right, and his day ended when he was involved in the Lap 293 wreck. Grade: D.
38. Clint Bowyer, No. 15 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Bowyer's subpar year continued, and his involvement in the 13-car wreck ended his day. His 38th was his worst finish of the season. Grade: D-
39. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Biffle started 14th, but the contact with Kasey Kahne sent him careening into the wall for his worst finish of the season. Grade: D-
40. Josh Wise, No. 30 Chevrolet, The Motorsports Group. Wise slammed into the Turn 3 wall on Lap 212 and finished 40th for the first time this season. Grade: D-