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Chris Buescher, driver of the No. 34 Love’s Travel Stops Ford Fusion, will be making his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Texas Motor Speedway. The Prosper native was in this event a year ago with Front Row Motorsports and finished 30th. He spoke about returning to his home track before today’s practice session.

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What do you enjoy about racing at Texas Motor Speedway? “You enjoy it when you have a good car. Haven’t done too well here in recent history, but before that it’s always been a good track for us."

DANIEL SUAREZ, No. 19 Juniper Networks Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How are you looking forward to this weekend’s race at Texas Motor Speedway? “It’s a tough race track. I won’t say that it’s been the best race track for us so far, but it’s one of those race tracks that we’re looking forward to it. This is almost like my home race track."

BRIAN VICKERS, NO. 14 TAXACT MILITARY FILES FREE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) and discussed his outlook for the weekend at TMS, the importance of being in the car for consecutive races and many other topics.

The internet exploded this week when NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. posted a picture of his favorite sandwich – banana and Hellmann’s mayonnaise on bread. The post trended social media for 24 hours and cycled through numerous national news outlets, including ABC’s “Good Morning America”, NBC’s “TODAY”, and CNN’s “Morning Express with Robin Meade.”

2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Champion and former Talladega Superspeedway winner Kevin Harvick, along with Trevor Bayne and Regan Smith will join the lineup of NASCAR drivers scheduled to take part in the Pre-Race Fan Question & Answer Session on the Start/Finish Line at NASCAR’s Most Competitive track prior to the start of the GEICO 500 on Sunday, May 1.

JR Motorsports (JRM) and Dale’s Pale Ale, the first craft beer to be featured in a can, have announced a multi-year extension that will see the brand sponsor JRM’s No. 88 Chevrolet in three NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) races in 2016-17. The No. 88 Dale’s Pale Ale Chevrolet will make its season debut on Aug. 19 at Bristol Motor Speedway with Regan Smith returning to JRM to drive in the event.

It’s another round of introductions for Ryan Preece this weekend as the rookie will make his first career run at Texas Motor Speedway.

Although he remains relatively new to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Ross Chastain is virtually a veteran driver at Texas Motor Speedway, site of Friday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, the sixth race of the season.

Texas Motor Speedway will be the next stop on Garrett Smithley’s Xfinity Series rookie tour. Smithley will race for the first time at TMS Friday night in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Xfinity race.