With the honors of hosting the first night race of the 2011 season, here is what was surprising and not surprising in the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Throughout the night, Matt Kenseth made it clear that he was there to win and at the end after all the strategy played it course, Kenseth was in the lead with 13 to go and went on to win.
Matt Kenseth led 169 of the 334 laps and won Saturday nights Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. This was Kenseth’s 19th career win and he also ended a 76-race winless drought.
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The two-time Cup Series champion from Las Vegas, Nevada, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 183.651 mph in 49.006 seconds to become the 47th competitor to achieve the pole position for the Great American Race.
Hendrick Motorsports has signed defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson and majority sponsor HendrickCars.com to matching five-year contract extensions, solidifying one of the most successful partnerships in modern NASCAR through the 2031 season.