Jimmie Johnson gets a red car, Truck points shuffled at Texas

The Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck series at Texas this weekend have some big stories. On the Cup side, Jimmie Johnson's #48 Chevrolet, instead of the familiar blue, is red. This is in honor of the red vests that employees at Lowe's stores wear, and Johnson and his crew are thanking them for their sponsorship since his series debut in October of 2001. The Johnson-Lowe's partnership is still going strong despite a decline in performance this year for the six-time and defending champion, who was eliminated from the Chase at Talladega two weeks ago.

Friday night's Truck race at Texas also made some waves. The race saw the #51 and #54 truck of Kyle Busch Motorsports, driven by Busch himself and championship contender Darrell Wallace Jr. respectively, consistently out front, but Wallace, last week's winner at Martinsville, blew his engine late in the race. There was oil from Wallace's truck on the track that caused a red flag. Defending series champion Matt Crafton and his teammate Jeb Burton also ran in the top ten during most of the race. On a late restart, German Quiroga got the lead, and Busch fought his way back to second. Johnny Sauter, the other teammate of Crafton and Burton, then spun on the frontstretch to bring out the last caution. Going into turn 1 on the last restart Busch got by Quiroga, who was on old tires. After the white flag, Quiroga's teammate Timothy Peters bumped Quiroga, causing him to spin and giving Busch the win. Sauter was upset with Burton after the race, and his mood became sadder with the news of the death of his father Jim. Despite this, the drivers are still eager to keep racing during the rest of this weekend.