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In 2007, we saw Jimmie Johnson run ... msn.foxsports/nascar/story/matt-kenseth-jimmie-johnson-jeff-gordon-to-battle-for-sprint-cup-series-title-lead-at-texas-motor-speedway-110213#!nv8j7 John Force Channels Spirit of Dale Earnhardt Sr. FOXSports Last weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway -- the drag racing facility adjacent to the 1.5-mile oval where NASCAR races -- NHRA legend John ... msn.foxsports/nascar/shakeandbake/john-force-channels-spirit-of-dale-earnhardt-sr-110213 NASCAR: Jeff Gordon making mostof surprise Chase chance Florida Times-Union Jeff Gordon gets out of his car after qualifying Friday for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. 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TV coverage ... paddocktalk/news/html/story-238629.html ___________________________________________________________ Courtesy of Insider Racing News insiderracingnews Brad Keselowski Outduels Denny Hamlin For NNS Win At Texas A Stock Photos Keselowski Celebrates Nationwide Series Victory Brad Keselowski dominated early and retook the lead late to win Saturdays OReilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. Keselowski led 106 of 200 laps in the 31st NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season, propelling his No. 22 Penske Racing Ford to a decisive advantage in the owners standings. Passing runner-up Denny Hamlin with 14 laps left, Keselowski pulled away to win by .980 seconds. The victory was Keselowskis sixth of the season, his first at Texas and the 26th of his career. Four different drivers have combined to win 12 times in the No. 22 Ford. Penske teammate Sam Hornish Jr. recovered from a commitment violation (hitting the commitment cone on Lap 53) to finish third. Hornish trimmed two points off series leader and fifth-place finisher Austin Dillons advantage and trails by six points with two races left in the season. Matt Kenseth came home fourth, but Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch blew a right rear tire and crashed off Turn 4 on Lap 110. Busch finished 26th and saw the four-point advantage of his No. 54 Toyota entering the race turned to a 26-point deficit to the No. 22 in the battle for the owners championship. Keselowski will drive the car next week, and Joey Logano in the NASCAR Nationwide season finale at Homestead. To Keselowski, the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide driver champion, securing the owners title for team owner Roger Penske is a piece of unfinished business. The victory also was redemption of sorts for Keselowskis last NASCAR Nationwide start, at Kansas, where he wrecked off Buschs front bumper during intense racing between the two drivers. I dug us a hole there at Kansas, obviously, with getting tangled up there, and we lost some points, Keselowski said. So its great to recover from that hole and grow a little bit of a lead, but two races is a long ways left, and (26) points is better than nothing, but its certainly not a guarantee of anything as well. But its about Roger. Its about getting him something he hasnt done, and I take a lot of pride in that. Hamlin grabbed the lead during a cycle of green-flag pit stops before the third caution of the afternoon, caused by Joe Nemecheks spin off Turn 2 after a tap from Trevor Bayne, slowed the race on Lap 171. In tight racing after the subsequent Lap 177 restart, Hamlin held off Keselowski for the top spot, but one lap later, Travis Pastrana spun at the exit of Turn 2 and nosed into the inside backstretch wall, necessitating the fourth yellow flag. Keselowski and Hamlin battled side by side for three laps before Keselowski ducked to the inside of the No. 20 Toyota and completed the decisive pass. Hornish lost a lap serving a drive-through penalty for the commitment violation, but astute strategy put him in position to take a wave-around under caution for a restart on Lap 76. The caution for Buschs accident on Lap 110 allowed Hornish to pit without losing a lap, and subsequently he charged to his third-place finishing spot. Its one of those things, Hornish said of the early mishap. You wear the tires here, and the track doesnt have a whole lot of grip. Pit road comes up pretty quick, and I got a little locked up as soon as I got on the brakes and did everything I could do to try to get it whoaed up and had a choice of hitting the cone or the back of the 54 car. I figured the cone would hurt the front of my car a lot less. It was a great recovery by everyone that works on the Wurth Ford Mustang, and we did what we needed to do today. We got ourselves back up there in position to run for the win and over-tightened the car by the time we got to that point. Hats off to everyone at Penske Racing, and it is good to see our teammate go to Victory Lane. Ty Dillon Dominates In Truck Series Win At Texas Stock Photos Dillon Wins 100th NASCAR Race In RCR No. 3 Dominating the action from start to finish, Ty Dillon ran away with Friday nights WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway, leading 130 of the 147 laps in the 20th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the season. The driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet pulled away from Johnny Sauter after taking the lead for the final time on Lap 117. Dillon was shuffled back to third after a restart on Lap 107 but overtook Ryan Blaney for the top spot 10 laps later. Sauter passed Blaney for the second spot on Lap 121, and Blaney subsequently faded to 15th at the finish. Ron Hornaday Jr. ran third, followed by Brendan Gaughan and Justin Lofton. I wasnt going to let this race get away from me, said Dillon, who rallied from a rough week at Martinsville, where he and Kevin Harvick wrecked during close racing and exchanged pointed barbs thereafter. Its happened too many times this year, and I was going to do whatever it takes. The victory was Dillons second of the season and the third of his career. He finished 2.663 seconds ahead of Sauter after holding a lead of more than three seconds during the closing laps. About the only anxious moment for Dillon had come on Lap 99, when the engine in Kyle Buschs No. 51 Toyota blew as Dillon ran right behind him. I didnt know if I was heading for the wall or what was going to happen, Dillon said. But, luckily, I dont think he put down too much oil, and I was just below him, just to keep from getting in it. After small air-pressure adjustments throughout the race, Sauters No. 98 Toyota loosened up a bit too much during the final 41-lap green-flag run. Ten laps into that last run we were just a tick too free, Sauter said. I dont know if we ever had anything for the 3 truck, though. Weve won here before, and I was running a harder, faster pace than I ever have. So their truck must have been phenomenal. Series leader Matt Crafton came home 10th and holds a 46-point edge over sixth-place finisher James Buescher and 47 points over Dillon with two races left in the season. Crafton can wrap up his first series title with finishes of 18th or better in the final two races. Crafton can lock up the championship next Friday at Phoenix if he finishes the race with a lead of 49 points or more. He needs only a 41-point edge if he takes the green flag the following week at Homestead. Rookie Darrell Wallace Jr., last weeks winner at Martinsville, finished seventh, followed by Miguel Paludo, John Wes Townley and Crafton. The victory was the 100th across all three of NASCARs top touring series for No. 3 vehicles fielded by Richard Childress Racing. ___________________________________________________________ Courtesy of Jayski jayski NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pit Stall Selections jayski/news/races/2013/story/_/page/34-Texas-2013-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Series-Pit-Stalls Race Coverage of the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled for Sunday, November 3, 2013. Television (TV): ESPN at 3:00 pm/et; Pre-Race show at 2:00 pm/et; green flag approx. 3:16pm/et Radio: Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio 90 Scheduled Race Re-Air: ESPN2, Monday, November 4 at 1:00am/et Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway have been made. Pole sitter #99-Edwards chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters]. Outside pole sitter #2-Keselowski took pit stall 14, with an opening in front of it. #48-Johnson, who starts 3rd, took the 43rd and final pit stall. #20-Kesenth, who starts 6th, chose the 34th pit stall, with an opening behind it. To see where the drivers/teams pit stall is, see the pit selection chart on the Pit Stall Selection chart.(11-2-2013) Final practice for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over after 50 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest and notes: #20-Kenseth 189.434 #2-Keselowski 189.434 #27-Menard 189.175 #18-Busch 188.930 #56-Truex, Jr. 188.818 Slowest: #36-Yeley 180.044 & #7-Blaney 179.838. No speed listed: #87-Nemechek. See fastest speeds, laps run on the Texas Practice 3 Speeds page (pdf).(11-2-2013) Edwards wins Texas pole: #99-Carl Edwards won the pole for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway with speed of 196.114mph for his 2nd pole of 2013 and 13th of his career. #2-Keselowski is on the outside pole, followed by #48-Johnson, #27-Menard, #18-Busch, #20-Kenseth, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #24-Gordon, #17-Stenhouse, Jr., and #9-Ambrose. With only 43 cars at the track, everyone made the race. See the starting lineup, qualifying results, qualifying order, pole progression on the Texas Starting Lineup - Qualifying Page.(11-1-2013) Starting positions for the 2013 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers at Texas: [listed by driver points position before the race] 1) #20-Matt Kenseth, 6th 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3rd 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 8th 4) #29-Kevin Harvick, 19th 5) #18-Kyle Busch, 5th 6) #15-Clint Bowyer, 26th 7) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 7th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 18th 9) #78-Kurt Busch, 31st 10) #99-Carl Edwards, 1st 11) #39-Ryan Newman, 13th 12) #22-Joey Logano, 12th 13) #5-Kasey Kahne, 11th ___________________________________________________________ Courtesy of Racin Today racintoday Keselowski Dominates Texas NNS Race racintoday/archives/44003 After Homestead, The Future’s Uncertain For Burton racintoday/archives/44013 ___________________________________________________________ N A S C A R * N A T I O N W I D E * S E R I E S ___________________________________________________________ Courtesy of Jayski jayski Keselowski wins at Texas: #22-Brad Keselowski won the OReilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. #20-Denny Hamlin finished second followed by #12-Sam Hornish, Jr., #18-Matt Kenseth, #3-Austin Dillon, #7-Regan Smith, #11-Elliott Sadler, #2-Brian Scott, #32-Kyle Larson, and #5-Brad Sweet. There were 4 cautions for 19 laps and 15 lead changes among 6 leaders. Complete results are on the Texas race results page (pdf).(11-2-2013) Texas Race Fast Facts: Brad Keselowski won the 9th Annual OReilly Auto Parts Challenge, his 26th victory in 203 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. This is his sixth victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2013. This is his first victory and 10th top-10 finish in 14 races at Texas Motor Speedway. His previous best finish at Texas was second, twice. This is the 12th win of 2013 by the No. 22 Penske Racing Ford. The record is 13 by the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in 2010. Denny Hamlin (second) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 11 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2013. Sam Hornish Jr. (third) posted his third top-10 finish in eight races at Texas Motor Speedway. Kyle Larson (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie. Austin Dillon leads the point standings by 6 points over Sam Hornish Jr. (NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(11-2-2013) Driver standings following Texas: 1) #3-Austin Dillon 1107 2) #12-Sam Hornish Jr. 1101, -6 3) #7-Regan Smith 1053, -48 4) #11-Elliott Sadler 1026, -81 5) #31-Justin Allgaier 1022, -85 6) #2-Brian Scott 1010, -97 7) #6-Trevor Bayne 1009, -98 8) #20-Brian Vickers 970, -137 9) #32-Kyle Larson # 945, -162 10) #77-Parker Kligerman 924, -183 __________________________________________________________ C A M P I N G * W O R L D * T R U C K * S E R I E S ___________________________________________________________ Courtesy of Jayski jayski Dillon wins Texas: #3-Ty Dillon won the WinStar World Casino 350K on Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. #98-Johnny Sauter was second. He was followed by: #9-Ron Hornaday, Jr., #62-Brendan Gaughan, #6-Justin Lofton, #31-James Buescher, #54-Darrell Wallace, Jr., #32-Miguel Paludo, #7-John Wes Townley, and #88-Matt Crafton. There were three caution flags for 15 laps and eight lead changes among five leaders. Complete results are on the Texas race results page (pdf).(11-1-2013) Texas Race Fast Facts: Ty Dillon won the 15th Annual WinStar World Casino 350, his third victory in 45 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2013. This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in five races at Texas Motor Speedway. Dillon scored a perfect Driver Rating of 150.0, his first career perfect rating. This is the 100th victory for the Richard Childress Racing-owned No. 3 in NASCAR national series history. Johnny Sauter (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 11 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2013. Ron Hornaday Jr. (third) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 22 races at Texas Motor Speedway. Matt Crafton leads the point standings by 46 points over James Buescher. (NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(11-1-2013) Driver standings following Texas: 1) #88-Matt Crafton, 741 2) #31-James Buescher, 695, -46 3) #3-Ty Dillon, 694, -47 4) #98-Johnny Sauter, 667, -74 5) #4-Jeb Burton, 657, -84 6) #54-Darrell Wallace, Jr., 651, -90 7) #32-Miguel Paludo, 651, -90 8) #29-Ryan Blaney, 218, -67 9) #62-Brendan Gaughan, 211, -74 10) #17-Timothy Peters, 209, -76 ___________________________________________________________ C O L U M N S / C O M M E N T A R I E S ___________________________________________________________ NASCAR weather forecast at Texas Motor Speedway sbnation/2013/11/2/5058204/nascar-at-texas-motor-speedway-weather-forecast-2013 Johnson unconcerned about Biffle payback sbnation/nascar/2013/11/2/5058390/2013-nascar-texas-jimmie-johnson-greg-biffle-confrontation-martinsville-payback How to watch AAA Texas 500 sbnation/nascar/2013/11/3/5058756/aaa-texas-500-nascar-texas-motor-speedway-2013-streaming-tv-radio Start time, TV schedule for AAA Texas 500 sbnation/nascar/2013/11/3/5060024/2013-nascar-texas-motor-speedway-start-time-tv-schedule-aaa-texas-500 __________________________________________________________ T V * L I S T I N G S ___________________________________________________________ Courtesy of Jayski jayski/news/pages/story/_/page/NASCAR-Television-Listings 11 3 Sun 4:00 AM 6:00 AM NNS: OReilly Auto Parts Challenge Texas ESPN deportes 11 3 Sun 11:00 AM 12:00 PM NASCAR RaceDay Texas FS2 11 3 Sun 12:00 PM 1:00 PM NASCAR Whelen Modified Series Thompson FS1 11 3 Sun 1:00 PM 2:00 PM NASCAR RaceDay Texas FS1 11 3 Sun 2:00 PM 3:00 PM NSCS Countdown Texas ESPN 11 3 Sun 3:00 PM 7:00 PM NSCS: AAA Texas 500 Texas ESPN 3:16 PM 11 3 Sun 3:00 PM 7:00 PM NSCS: AAA Texas 500 Texas ESPN deportes 3:16 PM 11 3 Sun 7:00 PM 7:30 PM NASCAR Victory Lane Texas FS1 11 3 Sun 11:00 PM 12:00 AM NASCAR Now ESPN2 11 4 Mon 1:00 AM 4:00 AM NSCS: AAA Texas 500 Texas ESPN2 11 4 Mon 4:00 PM 5:00 PM NASCAR Race Hub FS1 11 5 Tues 2:30 AM 3:00 AM NASCAR Now ESPN2 11 5 Tues 12:00 PM 1:00 PM NASCAR Race Hub FS1 11 6 Wed 3:00 AM 3:30 AM NASCAR Now ESPN2 11 6 Wed 12:00 PM 1:00 PM NASCAR Race Hub FS1 11 7 Thurs 1:00 AM 1:30 AM NASCAR Now ESPN2 11 7 Thurs 11:30 AM 12:30 PM NASCAR Race Hub FS1 Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS! ___________________________________________________________
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