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Matty’s Picks 2012 – Vol. 8 Texas Motor Speedway – Samsung Mobile 500 – April 14, 2012

We head to the Lone Star State for tonight's Samsung Mobile 500 for the first scheduled race under the lights during this 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Its wide, its fast, and there will be plenty of drama when the green flag flies later this evening.

Stenhouse strikes again, captures second win in Texas

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won for the second time in 2012 on Friday night in Texas but in doing so he had to overcome everything Friday the 13th could throw at him.

Truex Jr. on the Samsung Mobile 500 pole

Martin Truex Jr. captured the pole for Saturday nights Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 190.369 MPH (28.366 SECS).

NOTES FROM THE NASCAR NATION: CRUNCHING THE TEXAS SIZED NUMBERS

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be racing under the lights this Saturday night at the Texas Motor Speedway during the running of the Samsung Mobile 500.

IndyCar: Chevrolet Teams Change Engines For Long Beach, Incur Penalty

Following the tear down and inspection of an engine, the majority of the Chevrolet team changed their motors on April 12th. "We are still learning...

NASCAR Announces Hall of Fame Nominees For 2013 HOF Class

On April 11th, NASCAR announced the 25 nominees for the 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Class. The 25 nominees will be broken down to five via the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel and they will become the fourth group to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Sadler: ‘It’s good for everybody’ to have Nationwide drivers running well, winning

Elliott Sadler, the NNS point leader, says it’s great see a wide open field and that NNS drivers have worked hard to better understand their cars. Sadler has won twice thus far, at Phoenix and Bristol.

Ron Hornaday: Smooth Transition to Joe Dennette Motorsports, so far

This year marked a year of change for Ron Hornaday as he switched over to Joe Denette Motorsports (JDM) from Kevin Harvick Incorporated (KHI).

Time to Pass the Torch

It started with a question. Are there any numbers that should be retired in NASCAR? Sport teams regularly retire numbers. The New York Yankees have retired several numbers including Mantle and others

Fans Have Spoken – Excitement is the Key

It has been a solid year for discussion of NASCAR. The season started with the Daytona 500 being delayed by rain.

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Shane van Gisbergen earns dominant Cup victory at Sonoma

The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led a race-high 74 of 110 laps and fended off Chase Briscoe over a 47-lap dash to the finish to notch his eighth Cup victory on a road course and his second in a row in Sonoma, California.

RIVENBARK OPENS JBS EQUIPMENT NHRA PRO MOD SERIES ROAD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS WITH WIN IN NORWALK

Kevin Rivenbark opened the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports Road to the Championship with a victory on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park

A Perfect Pairing: Shane van Gisbergen Sweeps the Weekend in Wine Country with the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series Race Win

Shane van Gisbergen, driver of the No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, was first to the checkered at Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway.

Connor Zilisch earns first top-10 Cup result at Sonoma

The 19-year-old Zilisch from Charlotte, North Carolina, achieved a career-best seventh-place result amid a difficult Cup Series rookie campaign in Sonoma, California.

RFK Racing – Sonoma Executive Summary

RFK Racing put on a show of determination at Sonoma Raceway, led by Ryan Preece's eighth-place finish in the No. 60 Consumer Cellular Ford Mustang Dark Horse.

GORDON, CAPPS, STANFIELD & GADSON SCOOP UP WINS AT SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NHRA NATIONALS

Top Fuel rookie sensation Maddi Gordon won her first career race on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park
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