Best photos from the AAA Texas 500
After a long rain delay, the cars took the field for a race under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway in the second Chase race in the Round of 8.
Check out the best photos from the day in the Lone Star State:
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Storm on the horizon
As driver's came out for the introductions pre-race, the dark clouds rolled in, alluding to the showers that eventually delayed the race for almost six hours.
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Chuck Norris
The iconic Chuck Norris served as the grand marshal for Sunday's race at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Rain, rain, go away
Fans wait out the lengthy rain delay as showers continued to fall during the afternoon hours at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Wet weather
Crew members move equipment to drier areas as the rain delay continued.
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The race is on…kind of
NASCAR brought the cars onto the track and waved the green and yellow flag to start counting laps until conditions were good enough to let the cars race.
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Green flag in the air
It wasn't the green flag for Lap 1, but technically a restart on Lap 8 after the first seven laps were run under a caution condition.
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A quick adjustment
During the competition caution, the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team had to add a radio antenna into Kevin Harvick's car so he could hear his team communications the whole way around the track. The normal antenna was left off after the rain delay.
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Logano leads early
Logano passed Austin Dillon quickly after the race went green on Lap 7, and he's been the dominant car for the first half of the race.
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Dillon and Harvick get into trouble
Austin Dillon got loose and Kevin Harvick got into him. The No. 3 Richard Childress Racing team thought it was malicious but Kevin Harvick apologized after the race.
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Edwards in front
After his pit crew got him out with a sub-12 second pit-stop, Edwards maintained the lead until the rain came and the race was called.
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Saving the backflip
Edwards stood on his door after winning the race but said he was saving his signature backflip to hopefully pull it out at Homestead as the champion.
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Trophy celebration
Carl Edwards hoists the trophy after winning the rain-shortened AAA Texas 500.
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Championship bound
After winning at Texas Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards locks up his spot in the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in two weeks. He and Jimmie Johnson are the only two drivers locked in so far.
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