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After major disappointment one week ago in Martinsville, former Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski needed a hot weekend in the Lone Star State to continue his bid for a second championship. While there wasn't much Keselowski could do to better his Cup chances in Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge -- winning couldn't hurt.

Winning is exactly what Keselowski did. In fact the driver of the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford led 62 laps to grab his second Xfinity career Xfinity win at Texas and his 34th victory overall.

"Winning never hurts," Keselowski said. "It builds confidence."

More importantly the win marked the eighth time the No. 22 Team Penske entry has visited victory lane clinching Roger Penske's third straight owner's championship in the series. While the race was won by the driver who gave Penske it's only championship in Sprint Cup competition, his win was far from dominant. 

ìKyle Larson was going to run away with this thing before he had this flat,î Keselowski said. ìI didnít know what to expect, but I didnít give up. That was a big part of it.î 

Larson grabbed the lead from pole sitter Austin Dillon with only 11 laps to go in the race but suffered from tire failure which only allowed him to muster a 33rd place finish despite leading 50 laps in the race's closing stages. 

Former Xfinity series champion Kevin Harvick grabbed the runner up spot. The finish for Harvick marks his 15th top-ten finish in 18 career Xfinity series races at Texas. Austin Dillon led 54 laps but battled a tight condition late and was able to hang onto a third place finish. Dillon has finished in the top-ten in all seven of his Xfinity series appearances at Texas.

Friday night's winner in the Truck series race, Erik Jones, drove to a fourth place finish with Ty Dillon, Daniel Suarez, Brian Scott, Chase Elliott, Regan Smith and Elliott Sadler rounding out the top ten finishers.

Points leader Chris Buescher was not too far behind his competition as he finished in 11th place. Buescher, who is a native of Texas, lost three points in the championship to defending champion Chase Elliott but with two races to go and a 24 point lead the title is his to lose.

"I'm not comfortable yet," Buescher said. "It is a cushion that we have a I guess you average that out to 12 spots per race. So if we go out and finish top-10 the last two, we should be in good shape. That would be cutting it too close for comfort but we need to just have some solid runs the next two weeks."

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 31
Unofficial Race Results for the 11Th Annual O'reilly Auto Parts Challenge 
- Saturday, November 7, 2015
Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX - 1.5 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 300 Miles - Purse: $1,288,388
Leader
Fin    Str    Car    Driver    Team    Laps    Pts    Bns    Driver Rating    Winnings    Status    Tms    Laps
1    2    22    Brad Keselowski(i)    Discount Tire Ford    200    0        138.8    $74,829    Running    6    62
2    8    88    Kevin Harvick(i)    Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet    200    0        127.4    $56,590    Running    2    24
3    1    33    Austin Dillon(i)    Rheem Chevrolet    200    0        116.7    $47,982    Running    2    54
4    3    20    Erik Jones(i)    GameStop/Call of Duty Black Ops III Toyota    200    0        111.1    $43,341    Running        
5    9    3    Ty Dillon    Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet    200    39        102.3    $35,321    Running        
6    5    18    Daniel Suarez #    ARRIS Toyota    200    38        97.8    $33,389    Running        
7    11    2    Brian Scott    Albertsons/Sanderson Farms Chevrolet    200    37        91.5    $30,662    Running        
8    10    9    Chase Elliott    NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet    200    36        93.7    $30,590    Running        
9    4    7    Regan Smith    Suave Men Chevrolet    200    35        105.1    $28,454    Running        
10    14    1    Elliott Sadler    OneMain Financial Ford    200    34        88.1    $30,317    Running        
11    12    60    Chris Buescher    AdvoCare Ford    200    33        86.1    $26,711    Running        
12    13    62    Brendan Gaughan    South Point Chevrolet    200    32        83.7    $26,155    Running        
13    18    39    Ryan Sieg    Uncle Bob's Self Storage Chevrolet    200    32    1    81.3    $25,624    Running    1    1
14    6    54    Kyle Busch(i)    Monster Energy Toyota    200    0        101.7    $19,195    Running    2    6
15    17    16    Ryan Reed    Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford    200    29        78.2    $25,567    Running        
16    24    4    Ross Chastain #    teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet    200    28        71.3    $24,841    Running        
17    20    51    Jeremy Clements    AllSouthElectric.com/RepairableVehicles.com     200    27        73.5    $24,715    Running        
18    19    43    Dakoda Armstrong    WinField Ford    200    27    1    71.0    $24,589    Running    1    3
19    7    6    Darrell Wallace Jr. #    Fastenal Ford    199    25        66.8    $24,462    Running        
20    23    98    Ryan Truex    Carroll Shelby Engine Company Ford    199    24        63.8    $24,836    Running        
21    25    8    Blake Koch    LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota    198    23        61.8    $24,210    Running        
22    21    01    Landon Cassill    teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet    198    22        62.7    $24,078    Running        
23    15    28    JJ Yeley    JGL Racing Toyota    197    21        63.0    $23,927    Running        
24    26    97    Mason Mingus(i)    VroomBrands Chevrolet    195    0        55.5    $23,775    Running        
25    32    44    David Starr    Zachry Toyota    194    19        50.3    $23,774    Running        
26    30    52    Joey Gase    Donate Life Texas Chevrolet    193    18        52.3    $23,497    Running        
27    22    15    Ray Black Jr.(i)    Burnie Grill Chevrolet    192    0        51.2    $23,371    Running        
28    33    24    Eric McClure    Reynolds Wrap Toyota    190    16        40.3    $23,245    Running        
29    38    90    Martin Roy    Gamache Truck Center Chevrolet    190    15        44.0    $23,169    Running        
30    29    70    Derrike Cope    Ehydrate/MD Resort Chevrolet    189    14        40.7    $17,419    Running        
31    37    13    Derek White    Braille Battery/Grafoid Chevrolet    188    13        35.7    $23,063    Running        
32    39    74    Mike Harmon    Hunky Monkey Clothing Company Dodge    180    12        35.9    $23,002    Running        
33    16    42    Kyle Larson(i)    ParkerStore Chevrolet    178    0        101.7    $16,962    Accident    3    50
34    35    0    Harrison Rhodes #    teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet    102    10        46.5    $22,927    Engine        
35    31    89    Morgan Shepherd    Courtney Construction Chevrolet    42    9        35.5    $16,863    Handling        
36    28    14    Mike Bliss     Toyota    40    8        38.5    $21,200    Transmission        
37    36    40    Josh Reaume #    Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge    14    7        27.3    $14,200    Suspension        
38    27    26    TJ Bell(i)    JGL Racing Toyota    12    0        29.7    $19,200    Electrical        
39    40    92    Mario Gosselin    BuckedUp Chevrolet    9    5        24.7    $12,200    Vibration        
40    34    19    Jeff Green    Premier Barter Exchange Toyota    4    4        25.8    $11,200    Transmission        
 Race Comments:    Brad Keselowski won the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, his 34th career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: Nos. 6 (back up car), 92 (missed driver introductions) and 89 (missed driver meeting). 
 Failed to Qualify:    N/A
 Time of Race:    02 Hrs, 08 Mins, 56 Secs.    Average Speed:    139.607 MPH    Margin of Victory:    1.137 Seconds
 Caution Flags:    4 for 23 laps: Laps: 27-31 (Competition [8]); 79-83 (#74 Stalled On The Backstretch [4]); 116-121 (Debris Backstretch [43]); 178-184 (#42 Spin Frontstretch [4]).
 Lead Changes:    17 among 7 drivers: A. Dillon(i) 0; B. Keselowski(i) 1-8; A. Dillon(i) 9-54; K. Busch(i) 55-59; K. Harvick(i) 60-78; K. Busch(i) 79; B. Keselowski(i) 80-117; K. Larson(i) 118-121; B. Keselowski(i) 122-123; K. Larson(i) 124-163; B. Keselowski(i) 164-165; R. Sieg 166; D. Armstrong 167-169; K. Larson(i) 170-175; K. Harvick(i) 176-180; B. Keselowski(i) 181; A. Dillon(i) 182-189; B. Keselowski(i) 190-200.
Top 10 Driver Points:     (1) C. Buescher 1,126;(2) C. Elliott 1,102;(3) T. Dillon 1,096;(4) R. Smith 1,095;(5) E. Sadler 1,008;(6) D. Wallace Jr. # 1,001;(7) D. Suarez # 1,000;(8) B. Scott 959;(9) B. Gaughan 959;(10) R. Reed 854.
3M Lap Leader    : Austin Dillon, #33 55 Laps    Duralast Brakes "Brake in the Race"    : Austin Dillon, #33 
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race    : Roush-Yates Engines, #22     Mobil 1 Driver of the Race    : Elliott Sadler, #1 
Sunoco Rookie of the Race    : Daniel Suarez, #18 
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race:    Nov. 14, 2015 - Phoenix International Raceway
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