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Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Bristol Motor Speedway ... In 167 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts nine wins - seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton - three pole awards, 34 top-five and 68 top-10 finishes.  The Welcome, North Carolina-based organization has led 3,679 laps at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile

It was an unusually cold day at Texas Motor Speedway for the My Bariatric Solutions 300, but that didn’t stop Ryan Blaney from taking the No. 22 Penske Racing Ford into Victory Lane.

Chase Briscoe drove to an 11th-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway, despite an unscheduled pit stop for a flat tire and a tight-handling Nutri Chomps Ford Mustang.

RYAN BLANEY, No. 22 Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford Mustang - Finished: 1st -- VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW -- WAS THE ONLY SCARY MOMENT WHEN IT STEPPED OUT ON YOU ON THE RESTART? “Yeah. That was definitely the scary moment of the race. I can’t say enough about these guys. The Fitzgerald Glider Kits Mustang was amazing all weekend.

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 GameStop / Hello Neighbor Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Talk about going into this weekend’s race with Dash 4 Cash returning with qualifying this week? “Yeah for me, not as aggressive as I went into California because we can’t afford that mistake going into Bristol next week. We need to be in those top four positions. It’s a shame that we went into the break after me making a mistake like that because we had a really good run of strong finishes going through Atlanta through Phoenix. Just looking forward to rebounding on that and hopefully be coming in the top four Xfinity regulars.”

Roush Fenway Racing heads back to “Jerry World” this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) prepares to do battle at Texas Motor Speedway for the first time in 2018. A Roush Fenway Ford has been the “Lonestar” in victory lane 18 times across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series head to Texas Motor Speedway after the Easter break. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is off. Check out the tentative full schedule below, subject to change.

RCR in the MENCS ... In 2,857 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 48 pole awards,108 wins, 487 top-five finishes and 1,053 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.8 and an average finishing position of 16.1. RCR has earned 15 total championships (six Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championships with Earnhardt in 1986, '87, '90, '91, '93 and '94, six NASCAR Xfinity Series titles, two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards title) and was the first organization to win titles in NASCAR's three national series.

News and notes:  In a season where visiting tracks for the first-time has become normal, Boyd will return to Texas Motor Speedway for his second race at the 1.5 mile tri-oval. "I'm really excited to get back out to Texas," says Boyd. "This year has been all about learning new tracks, so it will be nice to go back to a place where I've been before. Texas is just fun. I love the people, the atmosphere, and of course the racing. Hopefully we can have a good run and have some fun." Complete Customs out of McKinney, TX joined the team as an associate sponsor for this weekend.

Gallagher and the No. 23 Allegiant crew will utilize chassis no. 224; a chassis used only one previous time this season, by Gallagher, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where he finished 10th.