page_title: 2015 AAA Texas 500
section_title: Standings after the race
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 AAA Texas 500 / Standings after the race
caption_attribution_description: English: Jeff Gordon being introduced in his 23rd and final Daytona 500.
context_page_description: The 2015 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on November 8, 2015, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mile intermediate quad-oval, it was the 34th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, eighth race of the Chase and second race of the Eliminator Round. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his fifth of the season. Brad Keselowski finished second. Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards rounded out the top-five.
  Keselowski won the pole for the race and led a race high of 312 laps on his way to a runner-up finish. The race had 15 lead changes among eight different drivers, as well as nine caution flag periods for 47 laps.
  This was the 75th career victory for Johnson, fifth of the season, sixth at Texas Motor Speedway and eighth at the track for Hendrick Motorsports. The win moved him up to 12th in the points standings. Chevrolet left Texas with a 63–point lead over Toyota in the manufacturer standings.
  The AAA Texas 500 was carried by NBC Sports on the broadcast NBC network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
context_section_description: Drivers' Championship standings
   
  Manufacturers' Championship standings
  Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings.
caption: Jeff Gordon left Texas with a two–point lead over Kyle Busch.
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