a new ownership team will be taking over Sharon Speedway.  As the speedway embarks on its 96th anniversary season owner Dave Blaney will be joined by his son and area businessman and racer Will Thomas III.  NASCAR Cup driver Dave Blaney along with area businessmen Jim Weller of Liberty Steel Industries and Bill and Ron Kirila of Kirila Contractors The track was successfully operated by the trio for the next 23 years Ron Kirila passed away on April 24 at the age of 86 Dave Blaney will be beginning his 24th year of ownership at Sharon a track that he grew up racing at and with which he shares his hometown of Hartford The 62-year-old is a former champion of the World of Outlaws and USAC and was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2014.  Ryan Blaney, will join his father as a partner in his foray into promoting and track ownership Blaney's day job is driving the #12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske in the NASCAR Cup Series The 31-year-old was the 2023 NASCAR Cup Champion and runner-up in the championship in 2024.  Rounding out the new ownership team at Sharon is Will Thomas III of Sharpsville. Thomas has been a well accomplished racer throughout his career beginning on asphalt and then transitioning to dirt in 2011 He currently owns Colonial Metal Products and Colonial Slitting Industries.  The 2025 season at Sharon Speedway will get underway on Saturday May 10 in a "Super Series" event presented by Bala Management. The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply "410" Sprint Cars will highlight the program in a $4,000 to-win event along with the Gibson Insurance Agency Pro Stocks and the Alcon Mechanical Econo Mods with general admission at 5 and racing at 7 The 2025 NASCAR season continued with the Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday with Joey Logano capturing his first win of the year It also marked Logano's first victory at Texas Motor Speedway Logano finished in front after taking the lead in the race's final stretch passing Michael McDowell with only four laps to go McDowell crashed into the wall shortly after California — This Saturday three generations of stock car racers took to the track at the Shasta Speedway for the first race of the season on May 3rd The youngest generation is a pair of 13 year old cousins who made their racing debut “I’m racing the Hornet," said Colton Stankey "It used to be my moms car she used to race he raced for a long time in that and then he passed it down to my dad and so now its mine,“ said his cousin Titan Hills At 13 years old Colton and Titan hills are taking to the track for the first time at the Shasta Speedway “It was fun watching them race and win and be able to take pictures in victory lane," Colton said remembering weekend after weekend they would spend out on the track together dating back to their great grandparents who raced out at the Shasta Speedway when it was still dirt uncle and grandpa all joining them on the track May 3rd While its a bit unusual for 13 year old's to be behind the wheel they said they were more scared of the interview than getting behind the wheel “Because we’re talking to a camera," Colton said "And this is going on live to the public Doors open May 3rd at the Shasta Speedway at 4 PM and racing begins at 6 PM Tickets are free for kids 12 and under and $15 for everyone else Home » Sports » Brown County Speedway gets early start to 2025 It was the earliest start to a season ever on the dirt Friday and the 1990 Langford High School graduate sped to the top of the drag racing…… The Northern State University football team will wrap spring camp with an intrasquad scrimmage at 10 a.m Timber Lake native Tucker Kraft has been named the state’s 2024 sports celebrity by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association That was how Mike Schmidt described his Northern State football team’s win in the final game of the season…… This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Xfinity and Cup Series will be on track at Texas Motor Speedway as the 1.5-mile oval north of Fort Worth will play host to about six consecutive hours of practice followed by qualifying for Sunday’s 400-mile race Kyle Larson is the defending Cup pole-sitter at Texas and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott won the April 14 2024 race to snap a 37-race skid without a victory its 12th consecutive race to start the 2025 season before a two-week break Saturday: Mainly sunny skies in the afternoon with a high of 75 degrees and winds from the north at 10 to 15 mph It’s expected to be 70 degrees with no chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race A Division of NBCUniversal DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only and there is no gambling offered on this site This service is intended for adult audiences No guarantees are made for any specific outcome If you or someone you know has a gambling problem A triple-header weekend lines up a Friday night session with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Practice and qualifying sessions from both Truck and the NASCAR Xfinity Series will take place beforehand Saturday will feature Cup practice and qualifying Sunday’s Cup Series race will be a 267-lap main event to cap off the weekend Weather forecasts show rain early in Wednesday morning with skies clearing in the afternoon posing little to no threat of rain the rest of the weekend A general view of the start of the NASCAR Cup Series 2024 AutoTrader EchoPark 400 at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night’s temperature should be around 66 degrees at the start of the Truck race Saturday’s Xfinity race will be slightly warmer at 68 with the Cup race nearing 70 when the green flag waves the Truck Series takes track first with practice followed by qualifying at 3:40 p.m Another practice and qualifying session starts immediately after at 5:05 p.m These four sessions are the only sessions directly threatened by weather The start of the Truck Series race is scheduled for 7 p.m ET for 167 laps of the SpeedyCash.com 250 on FS1 May 3 will start earlier with Cup Series practice at 11:05 a.m Both sessions can be streamed live on Amazon Prime The green flag waves for the Xfinity Series with the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 at 2 p.m Sunday afternoon highlights the main event with the NASCAR Cup Series race FORT WORTH, Texas - In terms of 1.5-mile, intermediate tracks, few come tougher than Texas Motor Speedway.  With its two sets of corners built differently from one another, a unique challenge is presented to the NASCAR Cup Series field in the Lone Star State. And they were on the line on Saturday.  Both William Byron and Kyle Larson will start in the top five for Hendrick Motorsports Byron turned in the session's second-best lap at 28.189 seconds while Larson was fourth best at 28.21 Alex Bowman just missed a top-10 spot and will roll off 11th after a lap of 28.284 Chase Elliott rounded out the group and will start 29th.  "I felt like I hit (turns) one and two pretty good I was just right on the edge of being two tight and then (turns) three and four were wide open," Byron said just trying to dial in our race balance and feel like we're really close."  Hendrick Motorsports is the standard bearer in most statistical categories at the quad oval The team has combined to win three of the last four races at Texas with Larson winning in 2021 Larson also went to victory lane in the All-Star Race held at Texas Motor Speedway in 2021.  Saturday racing at Texas Motor Speedway was slated to continue with the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at 2 p.m. Corey Day will make his second start of the season in the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet and will roll off 33rd after qualifying was scrapped due to rain on Friday afternoon Larson will fill in for the injured Connor Zilisch in the No Sunday's Cup Series main event is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m All three of NASCAR's national touring series are at Texas Motor Speedway.  With the return of the 2025 NASCAR All-Star race set for the weekend of May 15-18 there’s a lot going on that will surround the prestigious event on the famed .625-mile North Wilkesboro Speedway A condensed four-day schedule features the zMAX CARS Tour racing the Window World 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race NASCAR Pit Crew Challenge and the fan-favorite NASCAR All-Star Race — the finale that caps off some of the greatest racing on the NASCAR schedule media members and community guests were invited to the track to preview next month’s NASCAR All-Star Race Week with 2024 All-Star winner Joey Logano and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series driver Jake Garcia Highlighting North Wilkesboro’s new partnership with Ford officials also unveiled the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse pace cars that will be showcased during the mid-May weekend was part of a press conference and reflected on his triumphant run last year and shared his excitement for the historic venue’s next chapter while providing track rides to media members “To see what you guys have done to tastefully improve the facility for the modern day while keeping the nostalgia of what North Wilkesboro Speedway is even down to the special trophy,” Logano said in a track issued release “It was fun to give rides to some of the media members I thought that the main thing everyone said was that they couldn’t believe how much grip the track has when we’re going through the corners There are several new format changes set for this year’s special non-points event The race will be extended 50 additional laps and that will feature a Promoter’s Caution Both changes will be implemented to further build excitement for the anticipated sell-out crowd that will be coming from all around the United States Logano weighed in on the revamped format and how it could shape the battle for the $1 million prize “It’s definitely different with some changes there but that’s the thing about the All-Star Race nobody cares about finishing second or third or getting a top-five in the All-Star Race “The Pit Crew Challenge makes this one of the most enjoyable and challenging qualifying sessions of the year — probably the most so you have a lot more crew chiefs and teams saying ‘Let’s go for it.’” a rising star in NASCAR’s CRAFTSMAN Truck Series led 40 laps in last year’s event and is set to compete in the Window World 250 on May 17 so finally getting to see it up here the past couple of years in the (NASCAR CRAFTSMAN) Truck Series has been cool It’ll be awesome to see this place with a packed crowd on Saturday for our race This place is super fast for the size of the race track so we’ll have to go into it with a good strategy and have a truck fast enough to pass people to be able to win.” North Wilkesboro Speedway and Ford Motor Company announced an official new partnership naming Ford the Official Car and Truck of North Wilkesboro Speedway The Ford Mustang Dark Horse will serve as the official pace car during All-Star Week which recently added 25 Ford Mustang GTs to its fleet will have a specially marked patrol Mustang GT on-site throughout race week that will also help pace the field for the All-Star Race taking laps around the famed track and giving fans a first look at what will lead the pack this May and we’re really proud of that partnership and what that means,” said Public Information Officer which is a longstanding partner of the Highway Patrol We’ve worked with NASCAR for years and since the race has returned along with our partnership with North Wilkesboro Speedway.” continues to prioritize fan accessibility and safety the North Carolina Department of Transportation has played a key role in infrastructure improvements 16-foot-wide pedestrian bridge over Highway 421 connecting speedway property to convenient parking the bridge is designed to enhance traffic flow and streamline fan entry for growing crowds has acquired a former Speedway location in Whiteville "We're excited to bring this store back to life and reintroduce it to the community," said Ed Bitondo and we look forward to serving Whiteville with the experience and values our guests know and trust." 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Sign up here Get today’s need-to-know convenience industry intelligence Sign up to receive texts from CSP on news and insights that matter to your brand Features include helping maximize and forecast sales operational strain and program cannibalization are all concerns says Richard Poye of Food Trends Think Tank Modern oral nicotine pouches continue to stand out as a key driver for 'other tobacco product' segment CSP’s Top 202 details the largest chains in the convenience-store industry and the biggest M&A stories of the past year Welcome to a deep dive into the c-store landscape The industry’s largest distributors by sales volume The latest information on products and trends in the convenience-store and foodservice industries Peek inside new convenience stores to uncover the best in retail store design across North America Corporate retail news affecting the convenience-store industry Do not sell my personal infoPrivacy PolicyCode of ConductContact UsRSS who has co-owned Dawson's with his brother Chris since June 2006 told IndyStar the restaurant's phone lines have been out of order since the last week of April After nearly 20 years with the same phone and internet provider the Hills decided in late January to switch from Comcast to AT&T to save money the (317) 247-7000 number that Dawson's used for years was caught in a no man's land between the two companies and the Hills have paid bills to both providers each of the last three months to retain the Dawson's phone line the line stopped working and AT&T has been unable to fix it a simple landline can be crucial to a restaurant's operations While Dawson's offers online reservations through OpenTable carry-out orders and catering orders are a huge part of his business He estimates the restaurant has missed out on around $20,000 in the weeks that Dawson's has been without a functioning phone line to date 'This number is not in service,' it makes it look like we're not here," he said The malfunction led Dawson's to decide to close on Mother's Day The restaurant planned to offer a buffet that customers reserve over the phone Hill called the holiday "a $15-to-20,000 day." Then there's the money that Speedway businesses like Dawson's stand to make as the Indianapolis 500 approaches Hill considers weeks leading up to the race his restaurant's version of the Christmas season for retail stores Some servers can earn more than five times their typical pay during a shift While staffers at Dawson's hope the issue will be resolved soon they're nervous about what late May will look like without a heavily relied-upon service at their disposal "When you're a restaurant two blocks from the track in the month of May who said he and his brother have "tried it all" with regards to troubleshooting and suggestions from concerned customers remains optimistic the situation will improve shortly "I hope it gets resolved here quickly and we can enjoy the month of May with a bunch of people," he said but it's fun — and it's not so fun right now." Contact dining reporter Bradley Hohulin at bhohulin@indystar.com. You can follow him on Twitter/X @BradleyHohulin and stay up to date with Indy dining news by signing up for the Indylicious newsletter A look at the winners and losers from Sunday’s Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway Joey Logano — He was the first reigning Cup champion not to have a top-five finish through the first 10 races of the following season but changed the storyline by winning Sunday’s race The victory is the 37th of his career and it comes a week after his fifth-place finish at Talladega was disqualified for a post-race inspection Said Logano: “I told my wife last week before we left (for Texas) we’ll go win this one.’ It’s just how we do stuff I feel like we come back ten times harder.” Trackhouse Racing — Team placed two of its cars in the top 10 for the second time this season (Las Vegas was the other) Daniel Suarez placed 10th for his second consecutive top 10 Shane van Gisbergen’s 22nd-place finish was his second top-25 in the last eight races Legacy Motor Club — Team had both its cars in the top 10 for the first time since the season-opening Daytona 500 dating back to last year’s playoff race at Talladega John Hunter Nemechek finished eighth for his first top 10 since Atlanta Ryan Blaney — Finished third after having failed to finish four of the previous seven races — His sixth-place finish was his second top 10 of the season and his best finish at Texas Austin Dillon — His seventh-place finish gives him three consecutive top 10s — tied with Kyle Larson for the longest active streak in the series after Larson finished fourth Ty Dillon — He was on the outside of the ninth row (18th place) for the overtime restart went to top and was four wide as he gained positions He rallied to finish 12th for his best finish of the season and it comes after fuel issues the past two races led to finishes outside the top 20 Denny Hamlin — Blown engine led to a last-place finish in the 38-car field and snapped his streak of finishing on the lead lap for 21 consecutive races Josh Berry — The Las Vegas winner was leading when he crashed and went on to finish 32nd Brad Keselowski — He was collected in a multi-car crash and finished 28th The former Cup champion has finished 26th or worse in five of the last six races Get quick access to your favorite articles Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers Make your voice heard with article commenting Texas Motor Speedway is an enigma among intermediate tracks Video of the races from a decade ago looks like a completely different race track Most of the track surface can't even be utilized in current races for various reasons Flashback to 2016: Drivers and teams were dissatisfied with the weepers at TMS making it impossible to dry the track in a reasonable amount of time As a result of the drainage issues and the aging surface a repave was scheduled for the off-season that followed But this was no simple repave — it was a full reconfiguration The first two corners were flattened out a bit with the banking lowered from 24 degrees to 20 degrees while the track surface in that area was widened from 60 to 80 feet There was also a nasty bump that appeared above the tunnel in Turns 3 and 4 various traction compounds were dumped onto the upper grooves in an attempt to improve the on-track product it ended up staining the track and making it even more treacherous for drivers Cars getting into the upper grooves were lucky not to completely spin out on the noticeably blacker surface PJ1 traction compound is very temperamental and it can feel like velcro in one spot it needs cars to go through it and heat it up but there were few volunteers as drivers scrambled for the safety of the bottom groove As for the highest part of the track — above the PJ1 — that became just completely unusable While the traction compound has little grip Some have described going up there like 'falling off a cliff' and no one races beyond the first couple of grooves if they can help it Even venturing up near the wall to avoid a crash is a sketchy move The situation has gotten slightly better as the years go by but it's still a far cry from the multi-groove Texas of old over 40,000 seats have been removed and IndyCar also abandoned the facility There are always discussions around completely tearing the track up and trying again or turning it into another drafting track like Atlanta a steel mesh grate was dragged along the stained portion of the track to try and alleviate the feeling of 'black ice' some drivers were experiencing And remember that bump we mentioned in Turns 3 and 4 Its impact on the cars has only gotten worse in the Next Gen era As we saw several times in last year's race a car trying to race side-by-side often leads to the car on the outside bottoming out and immediately spinning into the outside wall Even with an attempt to grind down that bump Kyle Busch who has four Cup wins at Texas (most among active drivers) recently described it as follows: "Texas -- it's a challenging race track Turns one and two being as flat as they are and as wide as they are There's a lot of room for where you can go But there's probably about six inches of that racetrack that feels really good And that's the groove that you want to be in the strangeness of modern races at TMS have actually made it a bit of a wildcard that has managed to put on a show every so often Passing is difficult and the track is treacherous leading to more aggressive moves and several heart-stopping moments Last year's race featured 16 cautions and the previous four Cup races there have had 11 or more yellow flags.  The ever-evolving track seems to be a little different every year and even changes over the course of a race weekend as the surface reacts to any temperature change and any activity in a way far more pronounced than most circuits.  From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport In order to keep delivering our expert journalism we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker is gearing up for its first races of the year after Saturday night's season-opening event was cancelled due to rain When the race track announced the rainout Friday evening The night was set to include Tigers (25 Laps) Street Stocks (30 Laps) and Cage Runners (50 Laps) All divisions were scheduled to take the track for a pretty car contest before racing The track's next scheduled event is set for Saturday The lineup for Saturday night is expected to include Limited Sportsman the night will include a 50-lap Sport 4 feature race When announcing the cancellation of what had been scheduled to be the opening night of racing let's "hope that we can get Mother Nature on our side for the remainder of the year!" According to Speedway 95's website the raceway is a 1/3 mile semi-banked paved oval Speedway 95 opened in 1966 and is one of four active raceways in the Pine Tree State The others include Wiscasset Speedway in Wiscasset READ MORE: Maine Road Trip Spot Named ‘Most Beautiful Drive’ in State To stay up to date and for more information about Speedway 95 and its races, check out their website here Gallery Credit: Chris Sedenka Gallery Credit: Jon Rineman Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine, is gearing up for its first races of 2025 after Saturday night's season opening event was cancelled due to rain.\nRead More 2025 Season Opener Cancelled due to weather According to Speedway 95's website READ MORE: Maine Road Trip Spot Named ‘Most Beautiful Drive’ in State To stay up to date and for more information about Speedway 95 and its races, check out their website here at Madison International Speedway in Town of Rutland Casey Johnson comes off the track during practice shakes hands with Luke Fenhaus during driver introductions Riley Stenjem waves to fans during driver introductions The field passes on the front stretch as Connie Shear Ty Majeski (91) and Ryan Farrell (80) race down the back stretch (7) and Ty Fredrickson (36) sit against the wall in Turn 3 after a wreck Levon VanDerGeest (23) leads Michael Bilderback (2) An official sits on the wall as cars speed past The car of Luke Fenhaus comes to a rest after a crash Ty Majeski (91) takes off his helmet after crashing Andrew Morrissey heads for the pits after contact with another car on the front stretch (This caption was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Casey Johnson (5) and Gabe Sommers (15) race for the lead in the final laps Casey Johnson (5) celebrates with a burnout after winning the ASA Midwest Tour Joe Shear Classic 200 Casey Johnson and his daughters celebrate his victory Casey Johnson and his family pose for photos in victory lane CONCORD, N.C. -  For the second time in 2025, Hendrick Motorsports will compete in the state of Texas — this time at the 1.5-mile circuit of Texas Motor Speedway.  RELATED: NASCAR points standings after Talladega On Saturday, two drivers from Rick Hendrick's team will take part in the NASCAR Xfinity Series event. Corey Day will be behind the wheel of the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet while Kyle Larson will fill in for the injured Connor Zilisch in the No Check out the full schedule for the weekend below.  NASCAR heads to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend FORT WORTH, Texas - With 12 cautions including seven in the final stage, Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway quickly became a battle for survival.  And while ultimately, it wasn't quite the win it often looked like it would be for Kyle Larson 5 Valvoline Chevrolet was still intact and rolling when the checkered flag fell.  Larson won the second stage - his fifth straight race at Texas with a stage victory - and turned in a solid fourth-place finish It was the second straight race in which the 32-year-old scored the most points.  He also led the most laps and was in control of the race through much of stage three Michael McDowell got a good jump on a restart and had help from behind and with track position at a premium all day Larson wasn't able to quite make it back to the point.  "You don't want to give up the lead at a mile-and-a-half (track) it's hard to get it back," Larson said I left early the restart before and was going to leave early again then and he just anticipated and left probably right with me or barely before and he had (Tyler) Reddick pushing behind him Wish I could go back and do that all over again William Byron, the Cup Series points leader finishing seventh in both and scoring eight points crew chief Rudy Fugle made a two-tire call but Byron made contact with Cole Custer upon leaving his stall Byron took over the lead and was able to hold on for a while RELATED: Hendrick Motorsports Fan Fest schedule, wristband details Byron was trapped a lap down when Jesse Love crashed with 49 laps to go he quickly got it back when Kyle Busch spun a handful of laps later and the No More cautions and trips down pit road gave the team more time to repair the nose and by the end Byron had rallied all the way back to a 13th-place finish.  Chase Elliott was also trapped a lap down along with Byron and like the 24 team 9 NAPA Auto Parts squad used the Busch caution to rejoin the lead lap the 9 followed the 24 back through the field avoiding damage from cautions and eventually coming home with a 19th-place showing.  Alex Bowman was also fast throughout most of the early going, especially in stage two as he rocketed through the field all the way to third, scoring eight points. But the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet was collected in a crash at the beginning of stage three 16 (AJ Allmendinger) came back across the track and we all piled in there," Bowman said I think we passed more cars than anyone’s ever passed at Texas.” The NASCAR Cup Series will return next week with a race at Kansas Motor Speedway RELATED: Hendrick Motorsports engine department celebrates Randy Dorton Kubota High Limit Racing rounded out the two-race Stockyard Stampede weekend at Texas Motor Speedway's dirt-track on Saturday night Rico Abreu powered around the pole-starting Kyle Larson on the initial start and never looked back to pick up his first High Limit win of the 2025 season in flag-to-flag fashion who won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway earlier in the day Spencer Bayston was the biggest mover of the feature finishing eighth from the 14th-starting spot Get the most important Racing stories delivered straight to your inbox Texas Motor Speedway will be busy for more than eight consecutive hours with practice qualifying and racing for the Truck and Xfinity Series The Truck series will practice and qualify in the afternoon for a 167-lap race that will begin at 8 p.m The Xfinity Series will practice and qualify for a 200-lap race Saturday The Cup Series garage also will open for five hours Friday for technical inspections ahead of practice and qualifying Saturday Friday: Scattered thunderstorms in the a.m and cloudy skies later in the day with a high of 72 degrees Winds from the north-northeast at 10 to 15 mph and a 50% chance of rain It’s expected to be 70 degrees with a 24% chance of rain at the start of the truck race Kubota High Limit Racing returned to action Thursday for the opener of the two-race Stockyard Stampede at Texas Motor Speedway Central Pennsylvania's own Brent Marks wired the field for the flag-to-flag victory in the 25-lap feature which came 1.420 seconds over reigning series champion Brad Sweet finishing 10th from the 22nd-starting spot Landon Crawley was right behind the hard-charging Thorson in positions gained as Crawley started 18th and finished seventh Three cautions slowed the 14-minute feature: Lap two for Justin Peck who slowed out of 11th and never returned; lap six for Danny Sams III who went up in smoke; and lap eight for Austin McCarl Fifth-starting Christopher Bell retired during the lap-eight stoppage while running eighth The Stockyard Stampede rounds out Saturday at the Texas Motor Speedway dirt track Several NASCAR Cup Series streaks at Texas Motor Speedway could be on a collision course over 400 miles on the 1.5-mile oval Chevrolet has won four consecutive Cup races at Texas — the track’s longest streak for a manufacturer — with Chase Elliott Tyler Reddick and Kyle Larson accounting for the wins Byron and Larson will be among the favorites again at Texas where there have been eight different winners in the past eight races dating to the 2019 season Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon also could break that run with a victory The last six Cup races on 1.5-mile tracks also have been won by different drivers Elliott also is seeking to snap a streak for the second consecutive year entering the race in a 37-race winless drought in points races (he won The Clash preseason exhibition at Bowman-Gray Stadium in February) There were 16 caution flags in the 400-mile race on April 14 Legacy Motor Club driver Erik Jones will be making his 300th Cup start START: The command to start engines will be given at 3:32 p.m by Shea Whigham from “Misson Impossible – The Final Reckoning.” .. The green flag is scheduled to wave at 3:43 p.m PRERACE: The Cup garage will open at 12:30 p.m The national anthem will be performed at 3:25 p.m DISTANCE: The race is 267 laps (400.5 miles) on the 1.5-mile oval ENTRY LIST: Click here for the 38 cars entered at Texas. TV/RADIO: FS1 will broadcast the race starting at 3:30 p.m Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have radio coverage FORECAST: WeatherUndergound — Mostly sunny with a high of 77 degrees and winds from the east-southeast at 5 to 10 mph It’s expected to be 74 degrees with no chance of rain at the start of the Cup race LAST YEAR: Chase Elliott held the lead through two overtimes and beat Brad Keselowski and William Byron for his 19th career victory NASCAR will return to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend with its three national series racing on consecutive days at the 1.5-mile track north of Fort Worth and the Xfinity Series will practice and qualify for Saturday’s event The Cup Series will practice and qualify Saturday for Sunday’s 400-mile race Two-time Cup champion Kyle Busch is the defending winner of the truck race but isn’t entered Friday (which happens to be his 40th birthday) Sam Mayer won last year’s Xfinity race at Texas Chase Elliott is the defending Cup winner at Texas and is in a 37-race winless streak since earning his 19th career victory on April 14 2024 (he won The Clash preseason exhibition at Bowman-Gray Stadium in February) Saturday: Clouds in the morning and mainly sunny skies in the afternoon with a high of 77 degrees and winds from the north-northeast at 10 to 15 mph It’s expected to be 72 degrees with a 7% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race Sunday: Mostly sunny with a high of 78 degrees and winds from the east-southeast at 5 to 10 mph It’s expected to be 75 degrees with a 6% chance of rain at the start of the Cup race Sunday’s Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway was a controversial one. Fans, drivers and media members alike weren’t in love with the action, but Joey Logano wouldn’t change anything as he was victorious coming to the start-finish-line at the end of the race While the venue has some options to try and deliver some better racing in the future, NASCAR insiders Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi aren’t betting on them coming to fruition They believe that Texas is simply going to remain the same moving into the future and it’s up to the drivers to adjust when it’s time to head to the Lone Star State let’s say they repave this place right now it’s going to take four or five years for it to start aging up enough where you can race on it the quickest thing to do would be to make it another Atlanta but we already have so many speedway races it’s like the asphalt that they used here is not aging like at other racetracks so I think that this is going to be a place that just stays how it is and it’ll be the annual sort of complain about Texas thing in the spring Bianchi is of the opinion that Texas is simply beyond the point of no return when it comes to a potential change he thinks the tracks rewards the best drivers and the best teams and that’s really all you can ask for out of a venue for the Cup Series Top 101Field of 64 projectionPredicting College Baseball Tourney Hot4Trump By clicking "Subscribe to Newsletter", I agree to On3's Privacy Notice, Terms, and use of my personal information described therein. “At least it isn’t like it used to be. It’s like, ‘Oh my god, we’re going to Texas, the racing is — this is horrible, the worst.’ I know you do your preseason rankings of worst races, and I don’t think Texas deserves that low of a ranking anymore, because it’s unpredictable. It’s entertaining in a way. At least it has its own identity now. The identity isn’t like before, where it’s like, pure suckitude. This is actually entertaining. Like, anything can happen. “I will say, it still rewards the best drivers and the best teams. It’s not like, you know, you had a Larson up there, [Joey] Logano, Blaney — you had the guys up there today who you usually see up there, and it even rewards a Michael McDowell, who is really good. That’s not a bad thing. It’s not like all of this carnage and unpredictability is leading to, like, wild finishes and unpredictable winners. It’s still leading to justified guys who are going out there doing it. “Now, that said, you still would like to see better racing. That’s where you have to draw the line. You want to figure out a way to do better racing. I just don’t know if it’s possible there, in this configuration. The track is the track at this point, it’s not going to change.” Perhaps NASCAR will look to adjust Texas Motor Speedway moving forward. There’s certainly a ton of potential at the track with the large market in the state, but options seem limited. Fans, drivers and media members alike may simply have to accept the venue for what it is, it seems. Hot4Trump, Saban blastedNIL order ripped On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media The checkered flag is out for the NASCAR Cup Series Texas race Joey Logano won the WURTH 400 on May 4 at Texas Motor Speedway after starting 27th following his disqualification penalty in the last race at Talladega This is the 37th win of Logano's NASCAR Cup Series career Austin Cindric won the opening stage of the race for his first career stage win at Texas The race had 12 cautions and 20 lead changes Here are the results from the NASCAR Texas race LEGEND OF L.W. WRIGHT PART 2: The long Talladega con: Could L.W. Wright drive as fast as he could talk? L.W. WRIGHT PART 1: The long Talladega con: How L.W. Wright talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track race results for WURTH 400 Cup Series raceThe unofficial full running order results from NASCAR Cup Series WURTH 400 at Texas Motor Speedway We have used your information to see if you have a subscription with us Please use the button below to verify an existing account or to purchase a new subscription Your current subscription does not provide access to this content Please use the button below to manage your account  Verify you have a print subscription to get free digital access to our website INTRODUCTORY OFFER - $2 for first three months Access all content on our website for 48 hours Northeast/North Central Nebraska’s most trusted Kyle Wilkinson (58) and Tanner Pettitt (2T) race in a IMCA Stock Car race on Saturday at Off Road Speedway outside of Norfolk A starting position in the front row was no guarantee for success in any of the six “A” features at Off Road Speedway on Saturday night row two produced more winners —three — than any other grid location and a couple drivers made it into Victory Lane from well back in the field Off Road Speedway’s IMCA Late Models track champion a year ago got his first win of the season at the track after making the most of a second-row starting spot Dumpert took over the lead four laps into the 25-lap race by using the high side of the track to pass the early leader then held off several challenges by Vollbrecht during the next few laps before Norfolk’s Chase Osborne took over second place Osborne chased Dumpert for four laps until he was supplanted by Anthony Roth of Columbus and the race became a two-car contest for first place while Osborne Vollbrecht and Aurora driver Dylan Schmer battled for third Although he neared lapped traffic coming out of turn four was able to navigate his way across the finish line unimpeded for the win with Roth taking second Osborne was able to come out on top of the three-way competition for third place just ahead of Schmer and Vollbrecht Kyle Wilkinson of Neligh used the high side of the track to earn a win in the IMCA Stock Cars “A” feature Wilkinson charged out of the second row into the lead almost immediately and remained out front until his brother was able to pass on the inside of turn four — setting up a brother vs brother battle that lasted until a late caution that set up a green-white-checkered finish Platte Center’s Austin Brauner had steadily made his way from the fourth row into a competition with Neligh driver Derek Sehi for third passing Sehi just two laps before the caution Kyle Wilkinson got his chance to pass when Cameron Wilkinson’s car slid up the track in turn three during the first lap Brauner briefly held the advantage as the pair left turn four before Kyle Wilkinson once again got to the front as Brauner’s car skidded sideways as the two drivers exited the last turn and headed to the finish line The win was Kyle Wilkinson’s first of the season at Off Road Speedway in the Stock Cars division while Brauner grabbed second place ahead of Cameron Wilkinson Brayden Hurley of Grand Island made the most of his first appearance at the Norfolk track bolting to the front from the inside of the second row and staying there despite two cautions for an IMCA Hobby Stocks feature win the primary competition was behind the leader where Albion’s Travis Landauer moved up from the middle of the pack to battle Time Prichett of Beemer for second place during the final 10 laps of the 15-lap event Landauer was able to pull away to close on Hurley as Wayne’s Dakota Spann and Neligh’s Jason Wilkinson joined Pritchett Hurley secured the victory as Landauer’s final bid to pass on the inside of turn four was unsuccessful with Pritchett benefiting from Spann’s spinout while leaving turn two into the backstretch and holding off Jason Wilkinson at the flagstand Pierce racer Cameron Meyer won an IMCA SportMod “A” feature for the second time this season at Off Road Speedway Meyer started in the fifth of eight rows in the field of 16 cars but joined the leaders within the first five laps and took the lead for good by passing Kyle Wilkinson on the inside of turn four with seven laps left unable to gain enough momentum on the high side of the track to pass driver Willy Kirk made another appearance at Off Road Speedway parlaying a position on Meyer’s inside of row five into a third place finish — his second top five finish this season at the track The top three places in the Pro Stock 4 division went to cars that started ninth (Zach Cordner Werner took the lead following a caution three laps into the 10-lap feature but held it for only a single lap when Cordner took over — holding on the final five laps for the win with Werner finishing just ahead of Freeman Christopher Nickolite of Bellwood won his third Crown Vics “A” feature in three tries while Albion’s Carter Lueken took second place and Kelly Mielke of Norfolk third Results from May 3: All drivers from Norfolk unless indicated IMCA LATE MODELS: (16 cars) (“A” feature) 1 IMCA STOCK CARS: (19 cars) (“A” feature) 1 IMCA HOBBY STOCKS: (20 cars) (“A” feature) 1 WAYNE — The Wayne State women's golf team earned a first-time-ever designation this spring by qualifying for the NCAA Division II national playoffs with an invitation to the Central Regional which will be held at KickingBird Golf Course in Edmond O’NEILL — The Boone Central boys and Pierce girls took home victories at the Mid-State Conference meet on Saturday The Norfolk Farmers Market opened Saturday with new vendors local musicians and a first-ever kickoff event for the 2025 Nebraska Passport Program The man accused of fatally shooting Curt Strom and William Reffett at a Bloomfield bowling alley in February 2024 wants his trial moved out of Knox County WEST POINT — A West Point woman who had her probation revoked for a felony domestic assault conviction will spend at least the next six months in prison While the Norfolk High boys soccer team had its opportunities Grand Island proved simply too much to overcome The job she had wasn’t what she pictured for herself and she knew she could do more for her community the seniors on Norfolk High’s baseball team felt the impending arrival of do-or-die season during Monday’s regular-season home finale against Fremont ATKINSON — The West Holt boys and girls track and field teams produced dominating performances to win the inaugural Greater Northeast Activities Conference team titles on Saturday on the Huskies’ home track Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: