Travis Pastrana will make his second start at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) this weekend. Earlier this season, Pastrana qualified 21st at the 1.5-mile track and worked his way into the top-15 before the team was forced to visit the garage for gear repairs, finishing 33rd.
In 74 starts at Texas Motor Speedway dating back to 1997, RCR has recorded one win (Jeff Burton, April 2007), eight top-five and 28 top-10 finishes with drivers Burton, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green and Paul Menard. Prior to TMS's inaugural season in 1997, Richard Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, earned a pair of top-10 finishes at the now defunct Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas.
Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion, has two wins this season (Phoenix 1 and Richmond 2) and sits 10th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings with three races remaining. He was one of two guests this week on the NASCAR teleconference and discussed a variety of topics.
At the spring Texas race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. cut a left-rear tire sending him into the outside wall early causing the rookie to go numerous laps down resulting in a 40th-place finish.
This weekend, Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 Mac Tools team will help celebrate Richard Petty Motorsports 500th NASCAR Sprint Cup start. RPM was formed in 2009 with Ambrose joining the organization in 2011. In his three seasons with the team, the Australian native has made 105 starts and tallied two of RPM's four wins. He has also posted eight top-fives, 26 top-10s and three poles while racing for "The King" Richard Petty.
Hold 'Em Or Fold 'Em...The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) for the second Texas showdown of 2013. Miguel Paludo has six previous starts at the 1.5-mile quad-oval, earning his best finish of eighth in the spring 2011 event. Paludo, who has three top-10 finishes at TMS, finished 10th when the series visited in the spring.
Home Sweet Home...For the second time this season, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) returns to James Buescher's home track: Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). Buescher first got his start in racing on the grounds of TMS at the ripe old age of 12. Buescher has enjoyed much success at his home
Following two off weekends in the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule, Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial travel south to Texas Motor Speedway for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300. Sadler has 11 Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, notching two pole awards, three top-five and five top-10 finishes. He also has experience at Texas in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 18 starts, one win (2004), one pole award, one top-five and three top-10 finishes. Sadler made one appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2010 where he started second and finished fifth.
In It to Win It...Following a top-three finish at Martinsville Speedway, Jeb Burton and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will head back to Texas Motor Speedway for a night of racing under the lights. Returning as the most recent race winner at the "No Limits" track, Burton and his No. 4 Arrowhead team hope to land back-to-back victories in the Lone Star State.
In four Rockingham starts, Spire Motorsports has earned one top-five and three top-20 finishes, highlighted by Rajah Caruth's fourth-place effort in April 2025.
Beard Motorsports announced today that veteran NASCAR Cup Series driver Casey Mears will pilot the family-owned team’s No. 62 Chevrolet in five Cup Series races
The Racing to End Alzheimer's with Stephen Cameron Racing team returned to the SRO Pirelli GT4 America series and started the season on a high note, capturing a podium finish in the first of two one-hour races at Sonoma Raceway.
After a successful debut of NHRA’s commemorative tickets for the first five races of the spectacular 75th anniversary season, NHRA officials are thrilled to announce the next wave of special tickets for five upcoming races.
Spencer Boyd announced today that Desnuda Organic Tequila will boast the primary paint scheme on his No. 76 Chevrolet Silverado in nearly one-third of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races in 2026.
