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Narain Karthikeyan, after his exceptional showing in the Charlotte previous month, brought the momentum with him at Texas Motor Speedway, finishing 11th in the WinStar World Casino 400 here to register season-best performance.

Following a strong show during Thursday’s practice sessions, Karthikeyan, in the No 60 SafeAuto / Starbeast
Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado, hit the track and qualified for the 19th spot, just 0.6 seconds behind the pole sitter.

Karthikeyan kept the 19th position for the first segment of the race, despite losing communication with his team
because of a radio malfunction that was repaired after the first pit stop.

During the next stint in the race, he was faster than the trucks in front and steadily made his way through the field up to 16th position. With the race running caution-free for an extended period of time, the crew of the No. 60 truck decided to make a green flag pit stop. Unluckily, as soon as Karthikeyan got out of pits there was a caution flag which
caused him to go a lap down.

Karthikeyan continually ran fast times through the final laps, making his way up to 12th position. On Lap 164, the No.
33 and No. 81 trucks got tangled down the backstretch and Karthikeyan eluded disaster as he narrowly missed the No. 81
truck when it slid down the track. In the final three laps of the race, Karthikeyan piloted the No. 60 truck into eleventh
place, logging his best ever NASCAR finish.

- Press Trust Of India