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Kyle Busch win at Texas 1st this season for Joe Gibbs Racing View the full article

PHOTOS: Kyle Busch takes the Winner's Circle at Texas Motor Speedway View the full article

After finishing 16th in the Daytona 500, McMurray finished inside the top 20 just once more in the next five races with a 17th at Fontana. But that all changed this weekend at Texas where McMurray placed third after running as high as second.“Yeah, it was basically just a really good day for us from the start of the race," he said. "The car was pretty good, especially on the long ... Keep reading View the full article

Entering Sunday’s O’Reilly 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Harvick had won both races on 1.5-mile speedways this season and three of the last four dating back to last fall’s race at Texas.He was in excellent position to do so again, dominating Stage 1. But in Stage 2, Harvick lost eight positions on pit road when a lugnut got stuck in the jack, then he was forced to make a green-flag pit ... Keep reading View the full article

After finishing second in the Daytona 500, Wallace had averaged a 27th -place finish over the next five races before his eighth-place finish in Sunday’s O’Reilly 500.Wallace was obviously happy after his finish.“Absolutely,” said Wallace when asked if he needed this top-10 finish.”We needed that (finish). It was a good week off for us to regroup.”Wallace was correct when he said his ... Keep reading View the full article

Jamie McMurray discusses how his participation in the Xfinity race the previous day may have helped him score his first top five finish of the season. View the full article

Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. shares his excitement for his top ten finish at Texas Motor Speedway. View the full article

Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch took his first NASCAR Cup series victory of the 2018 season at Texas, narrowly defeating Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick View the full article

Despite dominating for much of the race, Kevin Harvick came in second place behind Kyle Busch. He shares his thoughts with NASCAR on FOX’s Jamie Little. View the full article

Second place no more, Kyle Busch comes ahead of Kevin Harvick for his first win of the 2018 season. View the full article

After finishing as runner-up in three of this season’s first six Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, Busch closed the deal in Saturday’s O’Reilly 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, holding off a spirited charge from Kevin Harvick.The win is the 44th of Busch’s career and third at Texas.“Great job guys. Awesome, awesome job,” Busch said over his team radio as he took the checkered flag ... Keep reading View the full article

Ryan Newman takes a nasty hit into the outside wall and loses a tire in the process. View the full article

Erik Jones held the lead on the restart with teammate Kyle Busch beside up, but a bobble from Busch sent him sliding up the track and falling back. Due to the loss of momentum, Aric Almirola got a run on the No. 18, but thought better of it and backed out entering Turn 3. Denny Hamlin got to the inside of Almirola, but could not hold the bottom and slid up into him, igniting a ... Keep reading View the full article

Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin share thoughts on their lap 178 wreck. View the full article

Denny Hamlin spins out shortly after the stage 3 restart and wrecks multiple cars including Jimmie Johnson. View the full article

Kyle passed Kurt with three of the 85 laps remaining in the stage to claim the win and the playoff point that comes with it. It’s his second stage win of the year.Joey Logano finished third, Erik Jones fourth and Clint Bowyer completed the top-five.Also collecting stage points and finishing in the Top 10 were Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Denny Hamlin and Aric ... Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Larson took a heavy hit to the outside wall, ending his day early. View the full article

But his luck ran out Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. Truex was running second 80 laps into the 334-lap race. With just a few laps to go in the first stage, Truex slammed the Turn 4 wall with a right front tire failure."That hurt," he radioed to the team.Truex will finish 37th, ending a streak of top-five finishes that dates back to the second race of the season in Atlanta.“We hadn’t ... Keep reading View the full article

Harvick had more than a 10-second lead over Martin Truex Jr. when Truex blew a tire and hit the wall on Lap 81.NASCAR was unable to clear the track in time to restart the stage.Kyle Busch ended up second, Kurt Busch third, Joey Logano fourth and Kyle Larson – who started from the rear of the field – completed the top-five.Also collecting stage points and completing the Top 10 were ... Keep reading View the full article

Martin Truex Jr. takes a hard hit to the outside wall shortly before the end of stage 1. View the full article