Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
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The TCU marching band opens for ZZ Top before the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 3/25/07
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Billy Gibbons (left) and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top play the pre-race concert before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/PAUL MOSELEY)
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Army PFC Anthony Escamilla, stationed at Fort Hood, helps hold the Amercian flag during opening ceremonies of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Escamilla is a Dallas native. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/RON T. ENNIS)
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Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief (left) and Speedway president Eddie Gossage visit before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/RON T. ENNIS)
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The pace car is delivered by an Army CH-47 Chinook before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/RON T. ENNIS)
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Jimmie Johnson puts his helmet on in the car before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/RON T. ENNIS)
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Jeff Gordon autographs a helmet before driver introductions during the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 3/26/07
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The start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DAVID KENT)
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during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday November 8 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Star-Telegram/Ron Jenkins)
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Jimmie Johnson,#48, and Sam Hornish, Jr. ,#77, lose control in turn #2 during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday November 8 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Star-Telegram/Ron Jenkins)
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Jimmie Johnson's 48 Lowe's Cheverolet crew members replace the rear deck lid as NASCAR officials look on, following a 3rd lap wreck the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/ROSS HAILEY)
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Chad Knaus, crew chief of Jimmie johnson's #48 Lowe's Chevy, hammers a piece of sheet metal into place using the garage door frame as a guide, as the crew works on Johnson's car after a lap 2 crash in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Special to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DAVID KENT)
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Alexandra Powell, Amanda Powell, Wayne Powell, Jennifer Powell, Brandy Harrison and Grant Harrison wear shirts that spell out "NASCAR" at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. They are from Corsicana. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/IAN MCVEA)
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Kirk Georger (right) of the #24 DuPont Chevy, reaches out to collect tires during a pit stop in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/RON T. ENNIS)
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A Kyle Busch pit crew member stretchs before a pit stop during the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 11/8/09
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Jimmie Johnson's pit crew changes the tires and refuels his car during the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 3/26/07
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Kurt Busch, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, during his last pit stop on lap 271, pit stops playing a part in the outcome of the race. Busch won the Dickies 500. His crew had to run out to push him to victory lane after Busch ran out of gas during his victory lap. The NASCAR Dickies 500 race at Texas Motor Speedway, photographed at TMS in Fort Worth, TX., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Paul Moseley)
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Brothers Kyle Busch (top, #18) and eventual Dickies 500 winner Kurt Busch (bottom, #2) at speed during a caution restart. The NASCAR Dickies 500 race at Texas Motor Speedway, photographed at TMS in Fort Worth, TX., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Paul Moseley)
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Kyle, left, and Kurt Busch, right, led most of the race in first and second place respectively during the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday night. Kyle Busch ran out of gas with only two laps left giving first place to his brother Kurt. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 11/8/09
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Tony Stewart drives the Office Depot Chevy in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/IAN MCVEA)
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Juan Pablo Montoya in the garage area after crashing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Carl Edwards was also involved in the wreck. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DAVID KENT)
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Driver Carl Edwards is helped out of his wrecked #99 car on turn 2 by emrgency crew members during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday November 8 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Star-Telegram/Ron Jenkins)
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Kurt Busch's pit crew kept the Miller Lite Dodge gassed til the end, and he won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race after his brother Kyle ran out of gas. Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/RON T. ENNIS)
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Kurt Busch's Miller Lite Dodge pit crew celebrates the win at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/ROSS HAILEY)
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Kurt Busch, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, stands on the door of his racecar, now out of gas after his victory lap (in reverse) after winning the Dickies 500. His crew had to run out to push him to voctory lane. The NASCAR Dickies 500 race at Texas Motor Speedway, photographed at TMS in Fort Worth, TX., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Paul Moseley)
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Kurt Busch waves the checkered flag as his crew pushes his car to victory lane after he won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday, November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/IAN MCVEA)
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Kurt Busch, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, sits on the door of his racecar, now out of gas after his victory lap (in reverse) after winning the Dickies 500. His crew had to run out to push him to voctory lane. The NASCAR Dickies 500 race at Texas Motor Speedway, photographed at TMS in Fort Worth, TX., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Paul Moseley)
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Kurt Busch waves the checkered flag from the door sill of his car in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/RON T. ENNIS)
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Kurt Busch fires the commemorative pistols in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DAVID KENT)
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Michael McGee and his girlfirend Kayla McKee react as Kurt busch wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 race Sunday November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Dickies will present Michael with one million dollars as "2009 American Worker of the Year".(Special to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram/CHRIS BOYD)
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