Carl Edwards, with a qualifying lap speed of 178.938 mph, captured the NNS O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Texas Motor Speedway.
This was Edwards' 3rd series pole of the 2011 season, his 24th series career pole (breaks tie for third with Sam Ard and Jeff Green) and his 2nd series pole at Texas Motor Speedway.
Sharing the front row and with a qualifying lap speed of 178.743 mph, will be Brad Keselowski, followed by Elliott Sadler (178.554) starting in the third position, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (178.489) starting fourth and Paul Menard (178.300) will start in the fifth position.
Rounding out the top-ten starting positions will be Trevor Bayne (177.860) who will start sixth, Joey Logano (177.848) seventh, Kyle ... FULL STORY »
It was Sam Hornish, Jr., with a lap speed of 180.246 mph, showing the fastest way around Texas Motor Speedway during the final NNS O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 practice session.
Elliott Sadler was second fastest with a speed of 180.138 mph, ... FULL STORY »
Carl Edwards, with a lap speed of 182.834 mph, was the fastest Friday morning during the third NNS O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 practice session at Texas Motor Speedway.
Second fastest was Paul Menard with a lap speed of 181.714 mph, and ... FULL STORY »
Once again ( just like in the first practice session) it was Ricky Stenhouse Jr., with a lap speed of 178.814 mph, who was the fastest during the second NNS O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 practice session at Texas Motor Speedway.
Carl ... FULL STORY »
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., with a lap speed of 182.710 mph, was the fastest during the first NNS O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 practice session at Texas Motor Speedway.
Stenhouse's Roush Fenway Racing teammate, Carl Edwards, with a lap speed of 180.517 mph, ... FULL STORY »
STEVE WALLACE / 5-HOUR ENERGY RACING NEWS AND NOTES: TEXAS I
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EVENT: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300, Round 6 of 34 in the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series
DATE / TIME: Friday, April 8, 2011, 7:30 PM CT
VENUE: Texas Motor ... FULL STORY »
MARTINSVILLE RACE REWIND: Toyota driver Kyle Busch earned a pair of top-five finishes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) races last weekend at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway. Busch finished third in the NSCS ... FULL STORY »
