Martin Truex Jr. topped the chart in the final Sprint Cup Series practice at Texas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.068 and a speed of 192.390 mph.
Martin Truex Jr. topped the chart in the first Sprint Cup Series practice at Texas Motor Speedway Thursday evening. The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota was the fastest with a time of 27.995 and a speed of 192.892 mph.
This week, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rolls into Fort Worth, Texas to run the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. The 501 mile (801.6 km) race on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) quad-oval intermediate speedway will be the seventh race of the 2016 season.
Yesterday's STP 500 was average for a race at Martinsville Speedway. It certainly wasn't bad or one that I would include in my list of most disappointing races of 2016 (yet), but there wasn't much of the action or bumping and banging we have come to expect.
One clock wasn't enough for Kyle Busch this weekend because he dominated and scored a second grandfather clock at the Virginia paperclip. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 352 of the 500 laps on his way to scoring the victory in the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
Kyle Larson topped the chart in the final Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway. The driver of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.835 and a speed of 95.468 mph.
Kasey Kahne topped the chart in second Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway. The driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 19.710 and a speed of 96.073 mph.
During his media availability at Martinsville Speedway yesterday, the driver of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford was asked if he had gotten around to analyzing Darrell Wallace Jr.'s performance with the Tennessee Volunteers when he was practicing with the team in Knoxville, Tenn. the previous week.
Joey Logano will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday at the Virginia paperclip. The driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford scored the pole for the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway with a time of 19.513 and a speed of 97.043 mph.
