McMurray at Texas Motor Speedway: McMurray has made 20 previous starts at TMS. In those 20 starts he has compiled three top-five and six top-10’s finishes. He has an average starting position of 24.1 and average finish of 18.4.
“Texas is one of the fastest places we go to, and I have never been there. I am sure it will be a big learning experience. Roush Fenway has always had good results there, so hopefully I can lean on my teammates and have a good run.”
Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial team look forward to the sixth race of the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season at Texas Motor Speedway. In 12 Nationwide Series starts at Texas, Sadler has three top-five and six top-10 finishes with 40 laps led.
Richard Petty Motorsports in enjoying the organizations most successful start to a season thus far in 2014. Coming off the organizations 100th and 101st top-10 finishes with Marcos Ambrose and Aric Almirola at Martinsville, the drivers, along with Director of Competition Sammy Johns, took part in a teleconference Tuesday morning to discuss the success both individually, and as a team.
"The only other mile-and-a-half that we've run to date is Las Vegas, and it doesn't wear the tires as much as Texas does. Lap times are very similar, very fast, but tire wear is a lot different at Texas. You wear it a lot more. So that is something that we will focus on and make sure our engineers have a good game plan for it.
"I feel very confident going to Texas based on what we learned at Las Vegas. We had some issues late in the race in Vegas that hindered our finish. But, as far as drivability of the car and raw speed, we had it for sure. That's exciting and very promising for our team and for Front Row going to Texas now.
Officials of the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience (RWRE) today announced "Horsepower for Heroes," an initiative designed to give back to our nation's service members for their commitment to preserving our liberty.
More than 80 inches of snow has fallen at Michigan International Speedway this year. And with just a week to go before NASCAR’s fastest track opens its gates for a Goodyear Tire Test, it was time to call in the big guns to melt ice and snow from the track.
NASCAR veteran J.J. Yeley will drive the No. 5 Jobber Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Hettinger Racing in the Ag-Pro 300 Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
One-point-one seconds made the difference for Alex Palou to exit pit lane ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and score the victory on the streets of Long Beach.
It was a challenging day for Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team at Kansas Speedway, ending in a 27th-place finish in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 after starting 30th.
