Nationwide Series championship leader Chase Elliott will be looking to get a step closer to etching his name in the history books when he competes in Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway.
This weekend, Marcos Ambrose will represent DEWALT for the final time. DEWALT will sponsor the No. 9 Ford of Ambrose at the fast, mile-and-a-half Texas Motor Speedway in Sunday's 500-mile race. It will be their last primary sponsorship of the season.
The No. 43 team worked hard on their mile-and-a-half program and showed significant improvement throughout the season. Aric Almirola's best intermediate track finish this year was an eighth-place finish at Kansas earlier in the year. The team also showed speed in the past few intermediate track races but don't have the finishes to show for it. This weekend, Almirola hopes to rebound with a good finish in the No. 43 Farmland Ford.
Trevor Bayne makes his ninth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon. In eight previous starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Bayne has recorded one win, which came in this event in 2011.
Red Horse Racing at Texas Motor Speedway... In 34 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway, Red Horse Racing has three top-five and 10 top-10 finishes.
Ryan Blaney will return to the seat of the No. 12 Snap-on Ford Mustang this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. The last time the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) raced, three weeks ago at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Blaney nearly pulled off a big upset with a car that was extremely tight.
Chris Buescher heads to his home track of Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. Buescher’s home town of Prosper is located just under an hour away from the 1.5-mile track. The rookie of the year contender makes his third NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. In his previous two races, Buescher’s best finish is 17th, which came in 2013.
Ryan Reed will make his second NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. In his previous start, coming earlier this season, Reed started 16th and finished 20th.
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Kroger/Minute Rice Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “This is what we come to the racetrack for every week is to figure out how to put a trophy up on the shelf and bring the team to Victory Lane."
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 186.598 mph in 48.232 seconds for his fourth Cup career pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The 2020 Truck Series champion from Alpine, California, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 169.591 mph in 53.069 seconds for his first O'Reilly pole of 2026 at Indianapolis.
Kaden Honeycutt (No. 17 Mohawk Northeast / MMI Services Toyota) scored his second career ARCA Menards Series victory and his second win of the season in Friday’s LiUNA! 150
