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Blaney, driving Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford, started on the pole and dominated Saturday’s My Bariatric Solutions 300 nearly from start to finish, leading 132 of the 200 laps.He held off Christopher Bell by a comfortable margin of 2.327 to earn his first series victory of the season in his second start. It’s the seventh win of his career and first at Texas Motor Speedway.Daniel Hemric ... Keep reading View the full article

Jeff Emig gives you everything you need to know for round 13 of the 2018 season from Seattle. View the full article

Brandon Jones gets loose off a turn and slams against the wall, tearing off his rear bumper. View the full article

Drivers found major difficulties gripping to the track at Texas Motor Speedway, averaging a caution every five laps early in the race. View the full article

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Kurt Busch is on the pole, Clint Bowyer is coming off his first victory in six years and Kevin Harvick has won half of the races so far on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. View the full article

Texas is a good place for Johnson to get back in Victory Lane – he owns seven wins at the track including in this race one year ago.Johnson is trying to snap a 29-race winless streak. His most victory came at Dover, Del., last June.Heavy mist and cold temperatures (in the mid-30s) made the track difficult to dry and drivers only got about 20 minutes in the final session.Johnson made ... Keep reading View the full article

Under temperatures in the mid-30s, Suarez went out very late in Saturday’s first practice session and posted an average lap speed of 198.998 mph – the fastest lap recorded so far this weekend.Kurt Busch’s pole-winning lap during Friday’s abbreviated qualifying session was 197.368 mph.Suarez, who is set to start 14th on Sunday, said his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team has faced several ... Keep reading View the full article

Jones, in his second full-time season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series but first with Joe Gibbs Racing, has had a consistent start to the year with three top-10 finishes in the first six races and sits 12th in the series standings.“I feel like Denny (Hamlin) and I have run really similar most weekends. Kyle (Busch) has obviously been a little bit of a step ahead of us running ... Keep reading View the full article

Here are five things to watch in the My Bariatric Solutions 300 (3 p.m. ET, Fox):The top four finishing full-time Xfinity drivers in Saturday’s race at Texas will become eligible for the first round of the Dash 4 Cash at Bristol, Tenn., next week. The highest finisher of those four drivers at Bristol then earns a $100,000 bonus. The Dash 4 Cash bonus will continue at Richmond, Va.; ... Keep reading View the full article

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Stewart-Haas Racing drivers Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer will start in the top three spots at Texas after a weather-shortened qualifying session. View the full article

Busch won his second consecutive pole at the speedway when Friday’s qualifying session was cut short due to lightning in the area.Busch’s average lap speed of 197.368 mph led the way in Round 1 and that ended up being all he needed as the second and third rounds were canceled.The pole is Busch’s first of the season and 23rd of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career. It’s also ... Keep reading View the full article

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick certainly know their way to the front at 1 1/2-mile tracks like the one at Texas Motor Speedway. View the full article

“We have, in my opinion, the most stable team in the garage,” Harvick said Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. “When you have the most stable team in the garage from a financial standpoint and manufacturer standpoint, that attracts good people.“In the end, it is all about good people.”Going back to last fall’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, Harvick has won three of the last four Monster ... Keep reading View the full article

Busch, who won the pole at Texas Motor Speedway last fall, posted an average lap speed of 196.200 mph late in the 55-minute session.Busch’s SHR teammates Kevin Harvick – who won last fall’s Texas race – and Clint Bowyer – who won the series’ most recent race at Martinsville, Va. – were second and third, respectively.Fellow teammate Aric Almirola ended up ninth-fastest as Fords ... Keep reading View the full article

Briscoe, 23, competed full-time in the ARCA series in 2016 and won the championship. Last season, he competed full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, won one race and finished sixth in the series standings.But 2018 arrived without a full-time NASCAR opportunity for Briscoe after Brad Keselowski elected to shutter his Truck Series program.With help from Ford ... Keep reading View the full article

While the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is taking next weekend off, Jennifer Jo Cobb will be busy competing in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series at Valencia.Cobb will be the latest NASCAR national series driver to compete in the NWES in a deal that came together last November. She’ll join other NASCAR Series drivers such as Bobby Labonte, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Max Papis and Brandon ... Keep reading View the full article

The guys over at NASCAR race hub talk about Jimmie Johnson and the past success the #48 car has had at Texas Motor Speedway. View the full article

I have a tire question. Will NASCAR and Goodyear try different grip tires again or have multiple choices in tires ever? How about more than one vendor? Is it all about sponsorship money that makes this happen or the fact that different tires would not work together on same track? – From MikeMike, oval racing and tires are not something to play around with without significant testing ... Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Larson talks with Alan Cavanna about how his team has performed through the first six races of 2018. View the full article

The 'NASCAR Race Hub' crew debate if Texas can be the track where Jimmie Johnson can gain back some momentum. View the full article