Cup of Joe

And in the ninth race, Joe won.

The hard-luck Paper Chasers, second in so many team races, got their first payday in Sunday's Aaron's 499 when Kevin Harvick nosed out the Smoke Bombs' Jamie McMurray for the $7 individual win.

Meanwhile, Redneck Tribe Motorsports continued its dominance of the superspeedways by capturing the team race over second-place Racin' Kahne by 26 points. RTM also won the team title at Daytona, and with the $14 win takes over the money lead for the season (all with team victories).

Up next: Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 at Richmond, Saturday, a standard $7/$14 event.

Redneck Tribe Motorsports (Chad), 56/1st
Juan Pablo Montoya (42) - 3
David Ragan (6) - 6
Martin Truex Jr. (56) - 12
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) - 13
Jeff Gordon (24) - 22

Racin' Kahne (Quang), 82/2nd
Denny Hamlin (11) - 4
Mark Martin (5) - 5
A.J. Allmendinger (43) - 19
Kasey Kahne (9) - 21
Brad Keselowski (12) - 33

Smoke Bombs (Matt), 86/3rd
Jamie McMurray (1) - 2
Carl Edwards (99) - 11
Tony Stewart (14) - 16
Bobby Labonte (71) - 23
Ryan Newman (39) - 34

Paper Chasers (Joe), 89/4th
Kevin Harvick (29) - 1
Kyle Busch (18) - 9
David Reutimann (00) - 14
Brian Vickers (83) - 28
Regan Smith (78) - 37

Shake & Bake (Todd), 100/5th
Clint Bowyer (33) - 7
Kurt Busch (2) - 8
Greg Biffle (16) - 17
Elliott Sadler (19) - 32
Marcos Ambrose (47) - 36

Cheating Cheaters (Brad), 138/6th
Scott Speed (82) - 15
Matt Kenseth (17) - 27
Jimmie Johnson (48) - 30
Jeff Burton (31) - 31
Joey Logano (20) - 35

Money race -- Ind/Team/Total (Net)
1. Redneck Tribe -- $0/$56/$56 (-$88)
2. Cheatin' Cheaters -- $21/$28/$49 (-$95)
3. Smoke Bombs -- $17/$14/$31 (-$113)
T4. Racin' Kahne -- $14/$14/$28 (-$116)
T4. Shake & Bake -- $7/$21/$28 (-$116)
6. Paper Chasers -- $7/$0/$7 (-$137)

Sweep, dude!

A week after the team race went to somebody (me) on furlough from USA TODAY, the auto racing gods allowed a team owned by a person (Quang) laid off from USA TODAY to sweep the individual and team honors at Texas.

Quang's Racin' Kahne blew away the field in Fort Worth, using Denny Hamlin's win and a fifth-sixth finish from Kasey Kahne and Mark Martin to easily outdistance the second-place Cheating Cheaters by 39 points. Matt's Smoke Bombs had an embarrassing 129-point showing (average finish: 25.8) to finish last.

Up next: Aaron's 499, Sunday at Talladega, Ala., a standard $7/$14 event.

RESULTS: Samsung 500

Racin' Kahne (Quang), 39/1st
Denny Hamlin (11) - 1
Kasey Kahne (9) - 5
Mark Martin (5) - 6
A.J. Allmendinger (43) - 13
Brad Keselowski (12) - 14

Cheating Cheaters (Brad), 78/2nd
Jimmie Johnson (48) - 2
Jeff Burton (31) - 12
Scott Speed (82) - 16
Matt Kenseth (17) - 20
Joey Logano (20) - 28

Shake & Bake (Todd), 95/3rd
Kurt Busch (2) - 4
Greg Biffle (16) - 10
Marcos Ambrose (47) - 17
Elliott Sadler (19) - 18
Clint Bowyer (33) - 36

Redneck Tribe Motorsports (Chad), 97/4th
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) - 8
Martin Truex Jr. (56) - 9
David Ragan (6) - 15
Jeff Gordon (24) - 31
Juan Pablo Montoya (42) - 34
Paper Chasers (Joe), 104/5th
Kyle Busch (18) - 3
Kevin Harvick (29) - 7
Sam Hornish Jr. (77) - 19
David Reutimann (00) - 37
Brian Vickers (83) - 38

Smoke Bombs (Matt), 129/6th
Ryan Newman (39) - 11
Bobby Labonte (71) - 23
Jamie McMurray (1) - 30
Tony Stewart (14) - 32
Carl Edwards (99) - 33

RESULTS: Subway Fresh Fit 600

Redneck Tribe Motorsports (Chad), 55/1st
Jeff Gordon (24) - 2
Juan Pablo Montoya (42) - 5
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) - 12
Martin Truex Jr. (56) - 17
David Ragan (6) - 19

Cheating Cheaters (Brad), 65/2nd
Jimmie Johnson (48) - 3
Matt Kenseth (17) - 6
Joey Logano (20) - 10
Scott Speed (82) - 21
Jeff Burton (31) - 25

Smoke Bombs (Matt), 82/3rd
Ryan Newman (39) - 1
Carl Edwards (99) - 7
Tony Stewart (14) - 23
Jamie McMurray (1) - 24
Bobby Labonte (71) - 27

Racin' Kahne (Quang), 104/4th
Mark Martin (5) - 4
A.J. Allmendinger (43) - 15
Brad Keselowski (12) - 16
Denny Hamlin (11) - 30
Kasey Kahne (9) - 39

Paper Chasers (Joe), 107/5th
Kyle Busch (18) - 8
Kevin Harvick (29) - 13
David Reutimann (00) - 20
Paul Menard (98) - 29
Brian Vickers (83) - 37

Shake & Bake (Todd), 108/6th
Clint Bowyer (33) - 9
Marcos Ambrose (47) - 11
Greg Biffle (16) - 22
Elliott Sadler (19) - 31
Kurt Busch (2) - 35

Money race -- Ind/Team/Total (Net)
1. Cheatin' Cheaters -- $21/$28/$49 (-$95)
2. Redneck Tribe -- $0/$42/$42 (-$102)
3. Smoke Bombs -- $17/$14/$31 (-$113)
T4. Racin' Kahne -- $14/$14/$28 (-$116)
T4. Shake & Bake -- $7/$21/$28 (-$116)
6. Paper Chasers -- $0/$0/$0 (-$144)