Tony Stewart led 173 of the 334 laps and won the race while Carl Edwards and Kasey Kahne finished second and third respectively.

The race was filmed for footage for the British motor show Top Gear, where presenter Richard Hammond was shown walking around the Texas Motor Speedway campgrounds, being the honorary pace car driver, and being a pit crew member for Mark Martin's team.

For pre-race ceremonies, Dr. Roger Marsh from Texas Alliance Raceway Ministries gave the invocation.

Showdog Recording artist Trace Adkins would sing the national anthem, with a singular B-52 Bomber from the Barksdale Air Force Base performing the flyover.

The president of Texas' AAA branch at the time, Bob Bouttier, gave the command to start engines.