FORT WORTH, Texas – A photographic look of the racing action on Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. All photos courtesy of NASCAR, Getty Images and Texas Motor Speedway.
Author: Mike Haag
Mike Haag
Mike Haag has covered motorsports in San Antonio and South Texas for more than 39 years. In addition to covering motorsports for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly 28 years, Mike also has co-hosted TrackSmack with Dawn Murphy for 19 race seasons. In addition to being a writer, Mike taught high school English and Journalism for 30 years before retiring in May, 2020.
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex. – What a difference a pit stop made. Erik Jones gained two seconds over Ryan Blaney on his final trip to pit road, and that was all the driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota needed for a convincing victory in Saturday’s My Bariatric Solutions 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. In winning for the second time at Texas, the first time this season and the seventh time in his career, Jones led 112 of the 200 laps and stretched his advantage to more than three…
FORT WORTH – Here is a race preview courtesy of NASCAR for today’s NASCAR XFINITY Series My Bariatric Solutions 300 race at Texas Motor Speedway. Texas Bound: JR Motorsports Holds Top Three Spots In The Standings For the first time in NASCAR XFINITY Series history, a single organization holds the top three positions in the driver standings – JR Motorsports drivers Elliott Sadler (189 points, standings leader), William Byron (-17, second) and Justin Allgaier (-46, third) accomplished the historic feat following their performances at Auto Club Speedway. This weekend, they will look to hold on to the top three spots…
FORT WORTH, Texas – A photographic look of the racing action on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. All photos courtesy of NASCAR, Getty Images and Texas Motor Speedway.
By John Sturbin FORT WORTH, Texas – Kevin Harvick will start on the pole for the 21st annual O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 after completing a three-segment sweep of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series knockout qualifying Friday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway. Harvick toured TMS’ repaved and re-profiled 1.5-mile oval in Fort Worth in 27.217 seconds and 198.405 mph in his No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion fielded by Stewart Haas Racing to cap the final, 10-minute session. Harvick topped Round 2 in 27.307 seconds and 197.751 mph and paced the opening session in 27.565 seconds and 195.901 mph. “It’s been an…
FORT WORTH, Texas – Before a rousing crowd of nearly 500 elementary school students at B.B. Owen in The Colony, NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Bubba Wallace made a recent visit to surprise fourth-grader Xavier Gooden with a Lionel Racing 1:24 scale die-cast bearing his winning design in Lionel Racing’s “Design A Die-Cast” competition. The school welcomed Wallace in grand fashion with a police escort; The Colony High School drum line, cheerleaders and Top Cats performing at the entrance; welcome signs; and a balloon-shaped Victory Lane on the school stage for his special appearance on behalf of Texas Motor Speedway’s Speeding…
Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series LONG BEACH, California – Experience paid off on opening day at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, with all seven past race winners entered this year finishing in the top eight on the combined speed chart. Will Power, a two-time Long Beach race winner, posted the best lap in the second of the two 45-minute practice sessions. Driving the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, Power navigated the 11-turn, 1.968-temporary street course in 1 minute, 7.0800 seconds (105.617 mph). The quick lap is within a half-second of the track record set by Helio…
FORT WORTH, Texas – Jesus Apolinar of San Antonio was recognized on Friday during a news conference at Texas Motor Speedway. The 29-year old Frank Tejeda Academy graduate was introduced and recognized by Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage. Apolinar and his family are special guests of the track for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 race weekend at the 1.5-mile speedway. Apolinar was discovered on social media when he posted a picture of a tattoo that he has on his back that is dedicated to his later father Jesus Apolinar Sr., his father’s favorite driver…
1) Buy tickets for both races this weekend Attend both the NASCAR XFINITY Series My Bariatric Solutions 300 and NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 races at Texas Motor Speedway. Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race is 200 laps (300 miles) and will start at 12:30 p.m. while Sunday’s NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series race will be 334 laps (501 miles) and will start at 12:30 p.m. There are plenty of good tickets that are still available by visiting www.texamotorspeedway.com or by calling the speedway ticket office at 817.215.8500. 2) Check out the dirt track races On Friday and…
FORT WORTH, Texas – Legendary musician Ozzy Osbourne and nationally acclaimed sports talk radio and TV personality Jim Rome highlight the honorary positions for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9E9O_LHkwk Ozzy Osbourne and his son, Jack, will serve as Honorary Race Directors that will include the command of “Drivers To Your Cars” and riding in one of the official Chevy SS pace cars that will lead the field to the green for the start of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500. Osbourne, known as “The Prince of Darkness” rose to prominence…