Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, poses with the 21 Means 21 Pole Award after qualifying for the pole for the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, and Daniel Suarez, driver of the #18 ARRIS Toyota, lead the field to the green flag for the running of the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
A general view of cars racing the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, celebrates by saluting the crowd after a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Teenager Erik Jones turned his first NASCAR Xfinity Series pole at Texas Motor Speedway into his first series victory Friday night, schooling NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. en route to the checkered flag in the 19th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts 300.
Jones, 18, held off Keselowski on a restart on lap 175 of the scheduled 200 around Texas Motor Speedway’s high-banked, 1.5-mile quad-oval for a margin of victory of 1.624-seconds in the first night race of the season. Jones’ first series win came in his ninth start. In the process Jones became the second-youngest series winner at Texas at 18 years, 10 months, 11 days—a record set last year by Chase Elliott at 18 years, 4 months and 7 days when he scored his first series victory in this event. Continue reading →
Nothing gets the fans more excited than seeing their favorite drivers and this Friday they will get the chance to see all the NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers and some of the top NASCAR Sprint Cup Series contenders competing at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300.
NASCAR’s most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be back in the JR Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet this weekend. Earnhardt has made two starts this season posting one top-ten and an average finish of 11.0. He has made seven starts at Texas, posting one win (first series career win; 1998), three top-fives, five top-tens and an average finish of 8.7. He finished fifth in this race last season.
2010 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, Brad Keselowski will drive the No. 22 Ford this weekend with crew chief Greg Erwin. Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford now leads the car owner standings by eight points over JR Motorsports’ No. 88 Chevrolet. This will be Keselowski’s third start of the season. Keselowski has made 14 series career starts at Texas posting one win (2013), eight top-fives, ten top-tens and an average finish of 11.4.
2013 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Austin Dillon will be in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet at Texas. The No. 33 is now fifth in the owner standings 37 points back from the lead. Dillon has made five series starts at Texas posting threetop-fives and an average finish of 5.2.
Sam Hornish Jr will drive the No. 98 Ford owned by Fred Biagi this weekend. Hornish has made eight series starts at Texas posting one top-five, three top-tens and an average finish of 16.0.
Denny Hamlin will be in the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in place of the injured Kyle Busch. Hamlin has 11 Xfinity Series starts at Texas with six top-fives and eight top-tens.
Watch the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, Friday, April 10th at 8:30 pm ET. Fox Sports 1 begins their pre-race coverage at 8 pm ET.
With a week off from racing action in NASCAR’s top-three series, just thinking about the action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway just has to get every fan excited. So for this Throwback Thursday, I’m taking a few moments to recall some milestones and memories throughout the history of the Lone Star track. Continue reading →
2015 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Expands To Showcase Top Talent
Million-Dollar Payday Awaits Winner of Annual Classic at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Showcasing the sport’s top talent, NASCAR announced changes for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race that will elevate the excitement of this annual classic. Race coverage is set for 7 p.m. ET, Saturday, May 16 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (FOX Sports 1, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
The field will include race winners from the 2014 and 2015 seasons, as well as all former NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race winners and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions who are full-time competitors – all of whom will compete for the $1 million prize awarded to the winner. Prior to this change, former NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race winners and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions were eligible only if they accomplished the feat within the previous ten seasons. Continue reading →
