Trevor Bayne makes his 14th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. In 13 previous starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Bayne has recorded a best finish of 15th in the spring 2016 event after leading 12 laps.
Wallace will make his fifth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday. In four previous starts, Wallace has recorded one top-10, a sixth-place finish in the spring 2015 event.
When NASCAR teams arrive at Texas this week they’ll see for the first time a Texas track with less banking in Turns One and Two. The banking in those turns has been decreased from 24 degrees to 20, while Turns Three and Four remain at 24 degrees. There also will be an extra 20 feet of racing surface in Turns One and Two, pushing the total to 80 feet.
NEW REPAVE – TURNS 1 AND 2: “Leaving pit road, it’s smoother than it was and way more narrow,” Buescher said. “It’s not that big of an issue, we only use the lane and a half to the banking. The banking change here is much lighter in Turns 1 & 2 and it’s much wider. Plenty of room to choose a line."
"The new pavement is going to be a game changer this weekend at Texas (Motor Speedway). I really don't know what to expect going in so we have to prepare and be ready for anything. This GMS Racing team has made gains every weekend. I am excited to see how Texas plays out for us.”
Pocono Raceway has added an additional 5,197 feet of Steel and Foam Energy Resistant (SAFER) barrier and is among the top three tracks in terms of length of the safety feature.
Ford comes into this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway having won a series-best three times after Brad Keselowski took the checkered flag Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion) - VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW -- “This is awesome. We’ve ran so good here with the Miller Lite Ford, but something always happens and we haven’t been able to bring it home. Martinsville is just one of those champion’s tracks."
First, the good news for Martin Truex Jr. He won the first stage of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. He picked up an additional 10 standing points and one playoff point. He now leads the Cup series with four stage wins and ranks second with nine playoff points, which carry through the first three rounds of the post season.
Austin Dillon Drives the No. 3 Okuma Chevrolet to a Fifth-Place Finish at Martinsville Speedway to Earn Best Finish of Season "We had a really fast Okuma Chevrolet and that's because of the guys on the team and everyone at RCR. No one panicked. We didn't have the speed we needed during the first couple of practice sessions."
When the checkered flag waved in Thursday night’s ARCA Menards Series East race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, Tristan McKee was crowned the 2026 series champion.
The 24-year-old Riggs from Bahama, North Carolina, was awarded the pole position for the 2026 Chase opener at Thunder Valley due to inclement weather canceling qualifying in its final stages.
