Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS, dominated the AAA Texas 500 by leading 255 of the 334 laps to earn his sixth victory of the season. It is the 66th win of Johnson’s career and his third at Texas Motor Speedway. The win moved Johnson back into the points lead by seven markers with only two races remaining in the 2013 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished eighth (Kevin Harvick), 15th (Paul Menard), 22nd, (Austin Dillon) and 24th (Jeff Burton) in the AAA Texas 500.
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson put on an utterly dominating display to gain control of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship with a victory in Sunday's AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
David Gravel had won in the past with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions, the United Racing Company (URC) and the NRA Sprint Invaders. The 21-year-old can now add the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) presented by MAVTV American Real to the list of sanctioning bodies that he has visited Victory Lane with, after a convincing triumph at Southern New Mexico Speedway on Saturday, Nov. 2.
Tracy Hines always wants to race against the best competition, no matter what type of vehicle he is competing in. He was able to do that this past weekend as one of the largest fields of the year assembled for the 2013 season-ending Budweiser Oval Nationals presented by All Coast Construction for the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series at Perris Auto Speedway in California, with over 50 cars present at the half-mile for the two-day event.
Making his 17th NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Texas Motor Speedway, Mike Bliss started the Ninth Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge from the 20th position. Fighting loose conditions early on, the Tweaker Energy Shot pit crew worked hard throughout the 200 lap event, making adjustments to try and balance the No. 19 Toyota Camry. Bliss raced as high as 19th before finishing in the 23rd position.
In his third NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Texas Motor Speedway, Cole Whitt started 12th in the No. 44 Takagi Tankless Water Heaters Toyota. The Ninth Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge was just that, a challenge for Whitt as he suffered a pit road speeding penalty early on in the 200 lap event. Determined not to let the early penalty dictate his outcome, Whitt and the No. 44 crew rallied to earn their 12th top-20 finish of the season.
After primary driver Eric McClure decided to sit out the ninth annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge due to medical reasons, Jeff Green was appointed to the driver's seat of the No. 14 Hefty® Ultimate™ Camry. The former NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion earned a 27th place finish in Saturday afternoon's 300-mile Nationwide Series event at Texas Motor Speedway after starting from the 34th position.
The intensity continues to build during NHRA’s 75th anniversary season at the 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, which takes place July 24-26 at Pacific Raceways.
NASCAR Cup Series drivers share their expectations for the inaugural Window World 450, the first 450-lap Cup Series race in North Wilkesboro Speedway history
Max Stallone – driving for Wheels America Racing in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Michelin with support from PT Autosport – heads to another new racetrack this week: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
