Mustang added another series victory to its 47-year racing resume with today's first NASCAR-sanctioned race win as Carl Edwards took home the checkered flag in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Carl Edwards started on the pole and never looked back, leading 169 of 200 laps in a dominating victory in Friday night's Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
JACK, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MEANING OF THIS WIN TONIGHT? "It is really great to be here. God bless Texas, we enjoy every time we have a chance to come race at Texas."
With a third place qualifying effort, Clint Bowyer, No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet, will lead a contingent of 16 Chevrolets to the green flag at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) on Saturday night, April 9.
David Ragan covered the 1.5-mile oval of Texas Motor Speedway in 28.45 seconds (189.820) to earn his first-career Sprint Cup pole and lead a strong Roush Fenway effort with three cars qualifying inside the top four and four in the top nine.
TAKE US THROUGH YOUR RUN TODAY. "We were so close. That is cool for David though. If we had to be second to anyone in qualifying David would be the guy. Those guys have been working really hard."
KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 10th "It was an OK lap with our Shell/Pennzoil Dodge. The car just didn't loosen up for qualifying. It's a long race tomorrow night."
DAVID RAGAN - No. 6 UPS Ford ( ) - "I don't know how we pulled that off but it was really fast. I have to give credit to our UPS team and Drew Blickensderfer who made a gutsy call."
Pato O’Ward won the first race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s on Saturday, and Will Power tightened his NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship duel with Alex Palou with two races remaining this season.
Pato O’Ward, driver of the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevy, led 118 laps to win the first of two events during the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 doubleheader weekend.
Jacob Abel captured his third second-place finish of the season while Yuven Sundaramoorthy brought his car home in seventh position in his first race carrying the OPTIMA Batteries colors.
Daniel Quimby won the first race of the weekend for Formula 4 United States Championship presented by Mosport Karting Centre (F4 U.S.) at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) on Saturday morning.
