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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series will be in action at Texas Motor Speedway. The Monster Energy Series and Xfinity Series head into their second races of the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Playoffs, while the Camping World Truck Series enters the second race in the Round of 6.

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 GameStop Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Where have your thoughts been after the last Xfinity Series race at Kansas with the first lap accident? “I’ll be honest, the days after Kansas I started to get pretty apprehensive just because nobody expected that and it’s just kind of a wakeup call, right?"

Roush Fenway Racing heads back to the second largest state in the country this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) tackle the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. A Roush Fenway Ford has been the “Lone star” in victory lane 18 times across the three major touring series.

Richard Childress Racing will welcome current championship contender Tyler Reddick to its 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series program. The Corning, California native is a two-time winner in the series and holds the closest margin of victory (0.0004 seconds) in NASCAR history with his 2018 win at Daytona International Speedway.

News and notes: The NASCAR Xfinity Series will return to racing action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway after enjoying their final off-week of the 2018 season. With only three races remaining, Spencer Boyd and his Grunt Style Gladiators are ready to close out their rookie campaign strong, starting in Texas. “I can't believe it's already that time of year,” says Boyd. “The season has just flown by. It feels like yesterday when we were getting ready to head to Daytona! I've learned so much this year and now my focus is just to finish as strong as I possibly can. We ran well at Texas earlier this year, so I'm looking forward to duplicating our performance there."

After claiming his 14th top five of the season at Kansas, Elliott Sadler takes over the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff standings lead following a 10-point penalty to the No. 21.

Richard Childress Racing at Texas Motor Speedway ... In 105 starts at Texas Motor Speedway dating back to 1997, RCR has recorded one win (Jeff Burton, April 2007), eight top-five and 31 top-10 finishes with drivers Burton, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green, Paul Menard and Ryan Newman. Prior to Texas Motor Speedway's inaugural season in 1997, Richard Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, earned a pair of top-10 finishes at the now defunct Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. RCR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams boast an average starting position of 19.3, an average finishing position of 17.6 and have completed 33,937 of the 35,019 contested laps (96.9 percent) with 148 laps led at the 1.5-mile Fort Worth-based race track.

Ryan Reed will make his 10th NASCAR Xfinity Series start at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. In his nine previous starts at the 1.5-mile track, Reed has finished 23rd or above and has six top-15 finishes.

Richard Childress Racing driver Shane Lee will drive the No. 3 Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma Chevrolet Camaro at the NASCAR Xfinity race at ISM Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, Nov. 10. The special wrap scheme will help raise awareness to save seriously injured children across the U.S. and encourage everyone to support the Childress Institute's Race to Give Day on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Following Saturday's XFINITY Series race at Kansas, ninth-place finisher Ryan Sieg had some choice words on Twitter for the NASCAR on NBC post-race coverage, and as it turns out, his tweet resonated with many fans and peers in the NASCAR community.