Only one finish guarantees Carl Edwards his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship – a victory in Sunday’s season-finale Ford 400. Just three points separate points leader Edwards and second-place Tony Stewart, a margin so tight, no other finish would clinch the title for Edwards regardless of where Stewart finishes. Stewart owns the tie-breaker (best [...]
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NASCAR National Series Clinch Scenarios Set For Homestead
November 13th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Camping World Truck Series - News/Rumors, NASCAR, Nationwide Series - News/Rumors, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors 
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NASCAR By The Numbers
November 5th, 2011 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Nationwide Series - News/Rumors, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (November 5, 2011) 249: Consecutive Cup races started by Kyle Busch, a streak that ends Sunday. NASCAR parked Busch for today’s Nationwide Series race and Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway for intentionally wrecking Ron Hornaday Jr. in Friday night’s Camping World [...]
Kevin Harvick Press Conference
Kevin Harvick (No. 29 RHEEM Chevrolet) conducted a press conference at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed the changes at Phoenix International Raceway, how he keeps his composure through the tough days, differences he’s seen in the No. 48 team this season and more. AFTER LAST WEEK’S RACE TONY (STEWART) SAID WITH THREE RACES TO GO [...]
Jimmie Johnson Press Conference
Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowes/ Mylowe’s Chevrolet) conducted a press conference at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed Mark Martin, Rick Hendrick’s condition, racing at Phoenix and other topics. WHAT KIND OF OUT LOOK DO YOU HAVE THIS WEEKEND FOR THE MYLOWE’S CHEVROLET? “I think we are going to have a great race this weekend. The efforts [...]
AAA 500 Texas Motor Speedway Preview
Texas Motor Speedway is one of the fastest tracks in NASCAR. 1.5 miles long, 24 degrees of banking on this quad-oval. TMS gets all the speed out of a stock car it can. But you need to more that fast to get around this lay out. Tight coming off the turn. TMS has seen a [...]
David Ragan to drive for Randy Hill Racing at Texas II
Officials from Randy Hill Racing (RHR) announced on Tuesday that NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David Ragan will pilot the No. 08 Texas Tech University Ford Mustang in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. Ragan, a two-time winner in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Talladega Superspeedway and Bristol Motor Speedway respectively [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
November 2nd, 2011 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Nationwide Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive NASCAR Number By Roger Kuznia Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (November 2, 2011) 3: Number of Nationwide Series races won from the pole by Carl Edwards this season. One of those victories came this past April at Texas Motor Speedway, where the series visits this weekend. Edwards is also on a two-race Nationwide winning streak [...]
Texas Sprint Cup preview
Texas lesson of a year ago stuck with Johnson By Jim Pedley Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (November 4, 2010) The 2009 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup was shaping up as a bummer for the enemies of boring repetitiveness when the series showed up at Texas Motor Speedway last November. Jimmie Johnson [...]
