Nationwide Race - Texas

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Race 6 of 33

O'Reilly Auto Parts 300

Location - Texas Motor Speedway

Course Type - 1.5 Mile Oval Track

Race Distance - 200 Laps / 300 Miles

Date & TV Schedule - April 13th - Pre-Race - 8pm Eastern / Green Flag-Approx. 8:46pm Eastern - ESPN2

Practice Sessions -
Thursday, April 12th - 7:40pm-9:00pm Eastern
Friday, April 13th - 11:00am -12:00pm Eastern

Qualifications- Friday, April 13th -5:05pm Eastern

2011 Winner - #60 Carl Edwards

2011 Pole Sitter - #60 Carl Edwards - 30.178 sec. / 178.938 mph

**All times listed in Eastern Time. Texas is 1 hour behind.
 
2011 Race Facts..

Time of Race -2 hours, 1 minute, 43 seconds
Average Speed - 147.884 mph
Margin of Victory - .482
Number of Lead Changes - 7
Number of Cautions - 3
 
As of today, here is the current entry list..

1. #01 Mike Wallace
2. #2 Elliott Sadler
3. #3 Austin Dillon
4. #4 Danny Efland
5. #5 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
6. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
7. #7 Danica Patrick
8. #08 Kyle Fowler
9. #09 Ryan Truex
10. #10 Jeff Green
11. #11 Brian Scott
12. #12 Sam Hornish Jr.
13. #14 Eric McClure
14. #15 Blake Koch
15. #18 Denny Hamlin
16. #19 Tayler Malsam
17. #20 Joey Logano
18. #22 Brad Keselowski
19. #23 Robert Richardson Jr.
20. #24 Benny Gordon
21. #27 David Ragan
22. #30 Steve Arpin
23. #31 Justin Allgaier
24. #33 Paul Menard
25. #38 Kasey Kahne
26. #39 Kelly Bires
27. #40 Erik Darnell
28. #41 Timmy Hill
29. #42 Josh Wise
30. #43 Michael Annett
31. #44 Mike Bliss
32. #46 Chase Millerr
33. #47 Scott Speed
34. #50 TJ Bell
35. #51 Jeremy Clements
36. #52 Tim Schendel
37. #54 Kurt Busch
38. #70 Johanna Long
39. #72 John Jackson
40. #74 TBA
41. #75 Scott Riggs
42. #81 Jason Bowles
43. #87 Joe Nemechek
44. #88 Cole Whitt
45. #89 Morgan Shepherd
 
Rusty is probably thinking of a swweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet comeback. Just has to get a physical. So it's not official yet.
 
Some recent updates to the entry list..

Ryan Truex will be in the #09 car.
Blake Koch will now be in the #15 car and Timmy Hill in the #41 car.
 
Roush has pulled the plug on the 60 car driven my Trevor Bayne. Just seen the article and noticed he's not on the entry list.
 
Stewart Fan said:
Seems like a fast car she has this week. Gonna have to turn up the aggression if she wants to run up front. She seems afraid of making a mistake.
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She gets killed on corner entry and restarts. Seems to be her Achilles heel.
 
Thegroundpounder99 said:
Roush has pulled the plug on the 60 car driven my Trevor Bayne. Just seen the article and noticed he's not on the entry list.
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It might be best for Trevor to cut ties with Roush. Biffle, Edwards and Kenseth aren't going anywhere anytime soon and they don't have a sponsor for the #6 so he isn't coming full time to cup with Roush. They can't land a sponsor for his Nationwide team so maybe he should look elsewhere next season.
 
Stewart Fan said:
It might be best for Trevor to cut ties with Roush. Biffle, Edwards and Kenseth aren't going anywhere anytime soon and they don't have a sponsor for the #6 so he isn't coming full time to cup with Roush. They can't land a sponsor for his Nationwide team so maybe he should look elsewhere next season.
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Gibbs and Trevor would be a good match from a religious standpoint.
 
Matthew2470 said:
She gets killed on corner entry and restarts. Seems to be her Achilles heel.
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It seems to be a pattern with open wheelers. They're used to better braking and way more grip. They either get into a corners too fast because the brakes didn't slow them as quick as they are used too, or they slow too much on entry by being too cautious.

I think any open wheeler wanting to come to stock cars should spend a lot of time on a dirt track just to get used to the sliding, which s a big no-no in open wheel. It's just to damn unnatural for them to drive through.
 
It's weird that Stewart is the only open wheel driver to have real success in Nascar. He just seemed to get it right off the bat.
 
Stewart Fan said:
It's weird that Stewart is the only open wheel driver to have real success in Nascar. He just seemed to get it right off the bat.
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It isn't weird at all, he has raced everything from wheelbarrows to cement trucks. :D
 
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