Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, finished 16th in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night.
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."
Brandon Jones followed his Darlington win with a fifth-place run to lead Toyota in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday evening.
The three-time Daytona 500 pole winner from Tucson, Arizona, posted a pole-winning lap at 128.675 mph in 14.912 seconds, which was enough to claim his second Cup Series pole position of the 2025 season and his second in a row at Thunder Valley.
