Chase Elliott wins in double overtime, snaps 42-race winless streak at Texas Motor Speedway.
Author: John Sturbin
John Sturbin
John Sturbin is a Fort Worth-based journalist specializing in motorsports. During a near 30-year career with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, he won the Bloys Britt Award for top motorsports story of the year (1991) as judged by The Associated Press; received the National Hot Rod Association’s Media Award (1995) and several in-house Star-Telegram honors. He also was inaugural recipient of the Texas Motor Speedway Excellence in Journalism Award (2009). Email John Sturbin at jsturbin@hotmail.com.
By John Sturbin, Raceday San Antonio FORT WORTH _ Kyle Larson added another “first” to his NASCAR Cup Series resume at Texas Motor Speedway, where he qualified on-pole for Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400. Larson toured TMS’ high-banked/1.5-mile oval Saturday morning in 28.366-seconds at 190.369 mph in the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 fielded by Hendrick Motorsports. Larson’s 19th pole in 340 Cup races was his third consecutive of the season and sixth top-10 start. Remarkably, it’s Larson’s first Busch Pole Award in 17 races at “The Great American Speedway.” Larson’s lap pipped Ty Gibbs’ run of 28.401-seconds at…
Winner of three of the season’s first eight NASCAR Cup Series races, William Byron has emerged as an April-early favorite for the 2024 championship.
By John Sturbin, Raceday San Antonio FORT WORTH – Kyle Busch added to his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series legacy Friday night with a dominant, record-tying victory in the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch scored his NCTS-best 66th career victory after a spirited, late-race battle with rising stars Corey Heim and Nick Sanchez. Busch held off Heim by 0.112-seconds after a series of cautions in the scheduled 167-lapper around TMS’ high-banked/1.5-mile oval. Busch’s sixth victory moved him into a tie with Todd Bodine for most NCTS wins at “The Great American Speedway.” Earlier Friday, Busch had qualified fourth…
By John Sturbin, Raceday San Antonio FORT WORTH – NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie Jesse Love certainly knows how to get to the point. Love notched his third pole of the 2024 season Friday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway in his latest bid to bag his first series victory in Saturday afternoon’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 300. Love toured TMS’ high-banked/1.5-mile oval in 29.093-seconds at 185.612 mph to secure P1 in the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet Camaro fielded by Richard Childress Racing. A 19-year-old native of Menlo Park, Calif., Love previously qualified first in his initial two series starts _ at Daytona…
Nick Sanchez earned his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series pole of the 2024 season Friday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway, site of tonight’s SpeedyCash.com 250.