NASCAR O'Reilly Series

Mike Wallace and the No. 01 G&K Services Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports had a tough route to their finish at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night.

25 worthy nominees, only five of whom will be inducted as the NASCAR Hall of Fame's Class of 2013. Of them, I would think three would be rather easy decisions if I had the vote.

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.

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.

TOYOTA TIDBITS TEXAS TWO STEP: Two years ago (2010), Camry driver Denny Hamlin swept both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Texas Motor Speedway. In 13 career starts at the 1.5-mile oval, the Virginia-native has five top-five finishes, eight top-10 results and has run all but 13 laps

Annett has six career starts in the Nationwide Series at Texas Motor Speedway Annett enters Texas in seventh-place in the Nationwide Series driver point standings Annett’s best finish (11th) came in 2009 at the 1.5-mile speedway

Fifth in Nationwide championship standings, 54 points behind leader Elliott Sadler and 20 behind fourth-place Trevor Bayne.

Ryan Truex will make his debut for RAB Racing with Brack Maggard this weekend, driving the No. 09 Grime Boss Toyota Camry in Friday night's O'Reilly Auto Parts 300. It will also mark the 20-year-old driver's first start at the 1.5 mile Texas Motor Speedway.

Turner Motorsports is pleased to announce that both driver Steve Arpin and sponsor Mike's Hard Lemonade will return to the team this season. Showcasing a brand new beverage from the makers of Mike's Hard Lemonade, Arpin will take to the track for two NASCAR Nationwide (NNS) events in the No. 30 mike's On The Rocks Chevrolet Impala.

Kahne at Texas Speedway: By the numbers... In 11 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at TMS, Kahne has one win (2005), one top-five and two top-10 finishes with a total of 78 laps led.