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Apr 14
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SRT Motorsports (Dodge) 2012 NSCS Samsung Mobile 500 Post-Race Recaps

Street and Racing Technology (SRT) Motorsports Logo A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 15th CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR RACE TONIGHT?  “Frustrating.  We had a fast Shell/Pennzoil Dodge and just didn’t make it happen tonight.  We started off horrible.  We can’t start races that bad.  The car was just way too tight, something that we hadn’t fought all weekend.  I think we need to work on making small changes before the race, but that’s something that Todd (Gordon) and I will learn together.  The first three changes that we made during the race were good.  I thought that we were making good progress and after that, we just lost the race track.  We fought tight and tried to free it up.   Then we went ... FULL STORY »

2012 NSCS Samsung Mobile 500 Race Results

Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 Filtrete Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 14, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas.- Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images The current 2012 NSCS points leader, Greg Biffle, extended his points lead Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway, as he denied second-place finisher, Jimmie Johnson (who led the most laps - 156 of the 334 laps that were run) with ... FULL STORY »

Elliott Sadler Finishes 12th at Texas Motor Speedway

No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Impala (Elliott Sadler) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images for NASCAR Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team finished 12th at Texas Motor Speedway in the sixth event of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Sadler's qualifying efforts earned the team a fifth-place starting position for the main event, ... FULL STORY »

Austin Dillon Earns Top-Five Finish in the Lone Star State

Austin Dillon - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR Richard Childress Racing's Austin Dillon and the No. 3 American Ethanol team posted a fifth-place finish in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday evening. The 21-year-old Sunoco Rookie of the Year ... FULL STORY »

Paul Menard and the No. 33 Rheem / Menard Team Finish Second at Texas Motor Speedway

No. 33 Rheem / Menards Chevrolet Impala Paul Menard started the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway from the pole position and finished second in the first of seven NASCAR Nationwide Series appearances in the Rheem/Menards Chevrolet. Menard and the No. 33 team gave a ... FULL STORY »

Handling Goes Away on GameStop Toyota and Joey Logano Settles for 15th in Texas

Joey Logano - Photo Credit: Jared C. Tilton / Getty Images Box Score Info: RACE: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 TRACK: Texas Motor Speedway DRIVER: Joey Logano CAR: No. 20 GameStop / LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes Toyota START: 12th FINISH: 15th LAPS: 200 / 200 (running) LAPS LED: 0 Post Race ... FULL STORY »

Trouble in Texas Ends Night Early for Brian Scott; No. 11 Dollar General Team

Brian Scott Post Race Highlights: · The No. 11 Dollar General Toyota started 11th for Friday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway. · Driver Brian Scott had a strong car throughout the first green flag run before the ... FULL STORY »



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Mike Wallace and No. 01 G&K Services Chevrolet team earn a tough top-20 at Texas Motor Speedway
Posted 04.14.12
FT. WORTH, Tex. (April 13, 2012) – Mike Wallace and the No. 01 G&K Services Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports had a tough route to their finish at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night. But, their tenacity on pit road and behind the wheel won out over the trying 1.5-mile ...FULL STORY »
Michael Annett
Michael Annett, No. 43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang Texas Motor Speedway Post Race Report
Posted 04.14.12
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY RACE REPORT Michael Annett No. 43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang Michael Annett started the 200-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Texas Motor Speedway from the 18th position. Annett finished the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 as follows: 9th — Michael Annett, No. 43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang · Friday night marked ...FULL STORY »
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SRT Motorsports (Dodge) NASCAR Nationwide Series Texas Motor Speedway Post Race Notes & Quotes
Posted 04.14.12
Sam Hornish Jr. (No. 12 Würth Dodge Challenger R/T) Finished 11th IT LOOKED TO BE A SOLID NIGHT BEFORE THE CAR GOT TIGHT LATE IN THE RACE: “I think that we started picking up enough speed from the track cooling off and the air getting cooler that we started to get ...FULL STORY »
2012 NSCS No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion (driver Trevor Bayne) - Photo Credit: Tyler Barrick/Getty Images for NASCAR
Bayne, Motorcraft Team Top Happy Hour Practice at Texas
Posted 04.14.12
Trevor Bayne and his No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion were tops in two classes at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday. Bayne and his Wood Brothers Ford Fusion were atop the speed chart after Happy Hour practice, then were the best of the “go-or-go-home drivers in qualifying for Saturday’s Samsung Mobile ...FULL STORY »
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 6 Pure Michigan Ford Mustang, celebrates his win in victory lane with owner Jack Roush during the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. - Photo Credit: Jeff Zelevansky / Getty Images for NASCAR
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Roush Fenway Win Big at Texas Motor Speedway
Posted 04.14.12
"Roush Fenway Wins Fourth Straight NNS Race at Texas; 17th NASCAR Race at TMS" FT. WORTH, Texas (April13, 2012) – Roush Fenway’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off Sprint Cup veterans Denny Hamlin and Paul Menard to post Roush Fenway’s 17th NASCAR win at Texas Motor Speedway in Friday night’s Nationwide ...FULL STORY »
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 6 Pure Michigan Ford Mustang, leads the pack during the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo Credit: Tom Pennington / Getty Images)
Ford NASCAR Nationwide Series Texas Motor Speedway Press Conference Notes & Quotes – Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jack Roush and Mike Kelley
Posted 04.14.12
RICKY STENHOUSE JR., MIKE KELLEY AND JACK ROUSH - WINNERS PRESS CONFERENCE JACK ROUSH, OWNER ROUSH FENWAY RACING – TALK ABOUT THE DOMINANCE YOU HAVE HAD HERE AND THE MOMENTUM YOU BRING TO TEXAS. “Well, first off God Bless Texas. Eddie Gossage has supplied me with a lot of Texas hats, 5-gallon ...FULL STORY »
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Toyota NASCAR Nationwide Series Texas Motor Speedway Post Race Notes & Quotes
Posted 04.14.12
- Denny Hamlin (fourth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Texas Motor Speedway. - Camry drivers Joey Logano (15th), Mike Bliss (16th), Joe Nemechek (17th) and Jason Bowles (18th) also earned top-20 finishes. - Kurt Busch finished 30th in his first start in the ...FULL STORY »
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the #6 Pure Michigan Ford, takes the checkered flag as he crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR
Stenhouse Jr. Gives Ford Second Nationwide Win of 2012
Posted 04.14.12
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won his fourth career NASCAR Nationwide Series race and his first at Texas Motor Speedway. • Stenhouse gives Ford and Roush Fenway racing its fourth straight win at TMS. • The win was the 9th at TMS for Roush Fenway and Ford in 23 Nationwide races at the ...FULL STORY »
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 6 Pure Michigan Ford Mustang, celebrates his win in victory lane with owner Jack Roush during the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. - Photo Credit: Jeff Zelevansky / Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NNS O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Race Results
Posted 04.13.12
With a 5-lap sprint to the finish in the NNS O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, it was Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., keeping pole-sitter Paul Menard behind him by 1.434 seconds, and brings himself 4-points behind the series leader Elliott Sadler. Stenhouse, who gives Roush Fenway Racing their fourth consecutive victory ...FULL STORY »


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