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If Jeff Gordon needed a change of pace to break the spell of his last disastrous tango with Texas Motor Speedway, he found it Friday afternoon.
He’s not talking like it’s a certainty at this point, but with three races left in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Jimmie Johnson pretty much can tell the engravers to get started putting his name on the championship trophy with a strong finish in Sunday’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
After a good showing in Atlanta, Kurt Busch says he’s ready to have another strong race in Texas this weekend.
Kyle Busch qualified third Thursday for the NASCAR race at Texas in a truck that was salvaged two nights earlier from a hauler fire that destroyed the team’s primary truck and a lot of equipment.
“With the black soot, you couldn’t read the number on the side of it this morning,” Busch said after his lap of 178.183 mph.
The hauler for Billy Ballew Motorsports was destroyed by fire late Tuesday night near Shreveport, La., when it was en route to Texas for Friday night’s Chevy Silverado 350K.
As the Chase heads to Texas, Larry McReynolds says the race for the top spot is getting as tight as the speedway’s corners.
Texas Motor Speedway has always been good to Carl Edwards. The Roush Fenway driver has a pair of Sprint Cup victories at the 1.5-mile Fort Worth racetrack, including one this past spring. He clinched a long-awaited first championship in what was when called the Busch Series on the wide, fast tri-oval one year ago. He’s well on his way to amassing a closet full of boot-shaped trophies, cowboy hats, and six-shooters, the awards historically bestowed upon race winners in the Lone Star State.
Carl Edwards and Bob Osborne may not win this year’s Cup title, but their partnership is already paying dividends, Rea White says.