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NASCAR Heads To Texas This Weekend

Dale Mussen — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:15:23 +0000

With the addition of Dale Jarrett, the nominees for this year's NASCAR Hall of Fame class are now complete. Jarrett has 32 Cup victories and was the Cup champion in 1999. The nominees will be narrowed to five inductees and announced on May 22nd. The Hall was opened in May of 2010 and currently has 20 members.

Race Season Nearing An End With A Stop In Texas

Dale Mussen — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:40:27 +0000

Tony Stewart is the defending race winner, but Jimmie Johnson is the points leader heading into the final three races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. Johnson moved past Brad Keselowski and took a 2-point lead in the Cup standings with his victory last Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Johnson took the lead with [...]

Clay Moden Parties At Texas Speedway [VIDEO]

Clay Moden — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:21:15 +0000

What a thrill. It is a trip I try to take every other year. The speed. The Sound. The complete awsomeness of the atmosphere. It’s everything I love about Texas Speedway. Here is a sample of what I saw this past time!The race was a quick one (only 2 cautions) but there is something exciting [...]

New NASCAR Record at Texas [VIDEO]

Dale Mussen — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:40:39 +0000

They covered 501 miles in just over 3 hours. At an average speed of just over 160 miles an hour, that was one quick race. Clay Moden was there Saturday night and he got to see some history. It wasn’t one of the most exciting races at Texas Motor Speedway, but there were only two cautions

NASCAR Under the Lights at Texas

Dale Mussen — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:40:09 +0000

After taking last weekend off for Easter NASCAR returns this week and is under the lights for the first time since what turned out to be an exciting Monday night Daytona 500 in February. Nationwide drivers are on the track Friday night with Sprint Cup drivers resuming the schedule Saturday night at the mile and a half Texas Motor Speedway.

Tony Stewart Wins His Fourth Chase Race [VIDEO]

Dale Mussen — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:40:15 +0000

Two races left in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and it look’s like it might go down to the final lap of the final race. Tony Stewart won again yesterday at Texas Motor Speedway giving him four victories in the eight races so far in the Chase. Stewart led a race-high 174 of the [...]

NASCAR Preview For Texas

Dale Mussen — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:40:02 +0000

It’s a triple-header weekend at Texas Motor Speedway including the eighth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. The trucks run tonight, Nationwide goes tomorrow and the Sprint Cup race is on Sunday and it’s looking like it’ll be a two-man battle for the title.
Tony Stewart has won three of the first seven races in the Chase so far including last week at Martinsville. Combined with points leader Carl Edwards’ ninth place finish, Stewart is only 8 points back.

Matt Kenseth Ends A 76-Race Drought

Dale Mussen — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:12:32 +0000

Another driver besides Dale Earnhardt, Junior who hadn’t won in a long time finally did Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Matt Kenseth finally made it back to victory lane after a dominating performance leading 169 of 334 laps at the mile and a half track. His margin of victory was an incredible 8.3 seconds. It’s his 19th career victory, but first since February of 2009 to end a winless streak that had stretched to 76 races. He won the 2009 Daytona 500 and won again the following week in California, but nothing since.

Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Preview

Dale Mussen — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:39:38 +0000

Sprint Cup and Nationwide drivers will be racing under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend – Nationwide on Friday night and Sprint Cup Saturday night. If there’s any one driver who’s got momentum heading into the weekend it’s Kevin Harvick. He’s coming off back to back wins at California and Bristol and this [...]