Pos. Car Driver Make Speed
1 6 Mark Martin Ford 192.589
2 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 191.986
3 90 Stephen Leicht Ford 191.625

If they were racing horses Friday at Texas Motor Speedway, the track would have definitely been listed as “fast.”
Brian Vickers shattered the track’s NASCAR record with a lap of 27.518 seconds, with an average speed of more than 196 mph, and will start first in Sunday’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Only three remain, and Texas Motor Speedway may be the toughest challenge for Jeff Gordon and Team DuPont. Gordon, who is seventh in the standings, is 146 points behind leader Matt Kenseth with only races at Texas, Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway remaining this season. Coincidentally, those three are the only tracks where Gordon [...]

After providing Americans with fast heartburn relief for more than 75 years, TUMS is speeding into Nextel Cup racing as an associate sponsor with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS). The brand has signed a two-year deal that begins with the 2007 season.

ESPN is complementing its extensive coverage of NASCAR, IndyCar and NHRA racing in 2007 with ESPN2 Garage, a new block of programming dedicated to the automotive and motorsports world.

The rock band Aerosmith is collaborating with ESPN/ABC on its coverage of NASCAR for 2007. While full details of the Aerosmith alliance with ESPN/ABC will be revealed later, the band is recording a special live version of its immortal ‘Back In The Saddle’ that will be an integral part of the network’s NASCAR telecasts in [...]

“Texas” Terry Labonte will make the 848th and final start of his NASCAR Nextel Cup Series career in the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, and the two-time Cup champion will receive quite a send-off. The pre-race activities will be centered around Labonte, and there will be plenty of opportunity for his home state fans [...]

“Atlanta is behind us. We had a car capable of winning, but it didn’t happen. We move forward. We have three races remaining in The Chase. The objective is to score every point possible. That is done by winning the race and leading the most laps.

On Texas… “I’m really looking forward to going back to Texas; it’s been one of the most successful tracks on the circuit for me. I know I’ve said it before, but I love the high speed tracks.

As riveting as the points races are coming into the 2006 NHRA POWERade Series finale, the Auto Club of Southern California NHRA Finals Nov. 9-12 at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, the storylines may be even more compelling.
In Top Fuel, Tony Schumacher was all but a forgotten man midway through the 2006 season, but the [...]