NASCAR O'Reilly Series

The No. 09 Grime Boss Toyota Camry, piloted by Ryan Truex in his debut with RAB Racing, had a strong run in the early going of Friday night's O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, but an engine failure left the team with a 32nd-place finish.

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.

Roush Fenway’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off Sprint Cup veterans Denny Hamlin and Paul Menard to post Roush Fenway’s 17th NASCAR winat Texas Motor Speedway in Friday night’s Nationwide Series event.

Denny Hamlin (fourth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won his fourth career NASCAR Nationwide Series race and his first at Texas Motor Speedway.

Sam Hornish Jr. (No. 12 Würth Dodge Challenger R/T) Finished 11th IT LOOKED TO BE A SOLID NIGHT BEFORE THE CAR GOT TIGHT LATE IN THE RACE: “I think that we started picking up enough speed from the track cooling off and the air getting cooler that we started to get down on the splitter a bit.

Michael Annett started the 200-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Texas Motor Speedway from the 18th position. Annett finished the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 as follows:

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.