 Jeff Gordon appeared in victory lane to celebrate his first win of the 2009 season in front of 176 @,@ 300 who attended the race . He also earned $ 541 @,@ 874 in race winnings . Gordon was delighted with his victory : " Incredible team effort . This whole year has been amazing . What a great car . I 've never had a car like this at Texas . We finally had one and put it in position . " Johnson was happy with his second @-@ place result , saying , " It was nice to get our car up front and get some clean air on it . We had to work really hard all day long to keep the car right . I 'm very proud of the team . " Third @-@ place finisher Biffle was candid with his performance : " We worked our way all the way back to fourth , third -- 15 more laps , would 've passed [ runner @-@ up Jimmie Johnson ] and then a little while longer we could 've gotten [ Gordon ] . But , I just ran out of time , lost track position and weren 't able to capitalize on it . " 
