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 →
Texas Natives Buescher, Poole And Starr Are Ready To Put On A Show In The Lone Star State
Texas natives Chris Buescher (Prosper, Texas), Brennan Poole (The Woodlands, Texas) and David Starr (Houston, Texas) will give fans from the state of Texas lots to cheer for Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway Continue reading →
Which drivers are hot, hotter and hottest in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as teams head into Texas Motor Speedway for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series prides itself as the series ‘where driver’s names are made’ and that is clear when you look at the top-five in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points; three of the top-five are former Xfinity Series champions, including two-time series champions Kevin Harvick (2001, 2006), Martin Truex Jr. (2004, 2005) and Brad Keselowski (2010).
So who in the Xfinity Series is standing out through the first five races of the season. Take a look at the hottest championship contending drivers in 2015: Continue reading →
Kyle Larson Returns To Auto Club Speedway To Defend Win
Last season, Kyle Larson showed signs of mastery in the closing laps of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Auto Club Speedway. The young driver made daring passes in the last laps and fended off the pursuits of veterans Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch to claim his first ever series victory and in turn thrust himself into the NASCAR limelight. Continue reading →
