NASCAR Cup Series

Johnson started on the pole at Martinsville and captured a huge win, his sixth at the .526-mile track. Johnson passed Brad Keselowski with about 20 laps to go, and held off Kyle Busch down the stretch. He now leads the points standings with a two-point edge over Brad Keselowski.

1 – number of wins from the pole (Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Dodge, 4/9/06) 1 – fewest laps led by race winner (Jeff Burton, 4/15/07)

Given that NASCAR is late coming onto the "zombie apocalypse" bandwagon, it comes to no surprise that it will be announced October 31st, that NASCAR will team up with the Remington and Winchester firearms companies for the 2013 Sprint Cup season and beyond, and that at all points-races, every fan in attendance will each receive a free double-barrel shotgun and four boxes of buckshot ammunition, just in case the zombie apocalypse occurs during one or more of the thirty-six stops on the NASCAR tour.

A Chevrolet driver has won three (3) of the last 10 races at Texas Motor Speedway A Chevrolet driver has sat on the pole at Texas Motor Speedway 11 times Team Chevy drivers have scored 41 top-five and 99 top-10 finishes at Texas A Chevrolet has led 2,885 laps (37.2% of possible 7,752 laps) at Texas

There’s no doubt that the Auto Club Speedway Holiday ticket package will be a treat for both of you! By purchasing Auto Club Speedway’s Holiday Ticket Package you and that special NASCAR fan in your life will enjoy the highly anticipated return of 5-wide NASCAR racing to Southern California during Auto Club 400 Weekend, March 22-24.

Kenseth on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: “Texas is a really great race track that I really enjoy racing at twice during the season. There are a lot of fans who always come out and support us there, and it’s also a place that I’ve been lucky enough to have had some great races and finishes at."

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 6 NOS Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing is currently second in the NASCAR Nationwide Series points standings, only six points behind leader Elliott Sadler. Fresh off his sixth victory of the season at Kansas, Stenhouse could become the sixth driver in series history to win consecutive series titles.

During this year’s spring race at Texas Motor Speedway Brad Keselowski started eighth but experienced fuel pressure issues that sent the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger to the garage for repairs. He finished 36th.

Biffle on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: “I’m excited about heading to Texas this weekend and hopefully we can make it a sweep. We tested the 2013 car there about a month ago and feel good about Texas, but to win there you have to have everything right."

Carl Edwards on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: “I like racing at Texas a lot. I’m excited to go there since I think we’ve got as good a shot at winning there as we’ve had all season. We want to finish this season strong just like we did in 2010 leading up to our 2011 championship run, and to do that we need to get a couple of wins. Texas is a really fun race track. Greg (Biffle) won there in the spring and we feel like we’ve got a really good shot at it.”