Jimmie Johnson

When the fighting stopped, the oil had dried and the last of the wrecked cars had been towed away, Brad Keselowski found himself on the brink of a first Sprint Cup title for himself and team owner Roger Penske.

For the second straight week, Jimmie Johnson found himself in victory lane, as he took the checkered flag at the AAA Texas 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. It was Johnson's fifth victory of the season and the 60th of his impressive career.

Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski are in quite a fight for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Johnson has a bigger edge after a slugfest in Texas that included some hard banging late.Jimmie Johnson has a bigger edge in the Chase for the Sprint Cup after a slugfest in Texas that included some hard banging late.

Series points leader Jimmie Johnson won the pole for Sunday's Sprint Cup AAA Texas 500. Brad Keselowski will start the race from the eighth position.

Five-time series champion Jimmie Johnson raced to his seventh career victory on NASCAR's trickiest oval Sunday, and the triumph helped him erase a seven-point deficit and supplant Brad Keselowski as the points leader with three events remaining.