April 11, 2015
- #48-Jimmie Johnson wins at Texas: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway for his 2nd win of the season, 5th win at Texas Motor Speedway and his 72nd career win.
#4-Harvick finished second, the rest of the top 10: #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #22-Logano, #2-Keselowski, #1-McMurray, #24-Gordon, #5-Kahne, #78-Truex, Jr. and #19-Edwards.
Harvick, Logano, and Truex, Jr have all finished in the top-10 every race this season.
Pole sitter #41-Kurt Busch led 46 laps on the night, but finished 14th.
Harvick continues to hold the Chase points lead. He and Johnson each have 2 wins on the season but Harvick has 306 points to #48-Johnson’s 216.
There were 29 lead changes among 9 drivers. There were 8 cautions for 40 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 140.500mph.
See unofficial race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Unofficial Race Results page (pdf) and check out the Penalty Report (pdf) and Lap Summary Report (pdf).
(4-11-2015) - Race Fast Facts – Texas Speedway:
Jimmie Johnson won the 19th Annual Duck Commander 500, his 72nd victory in 478 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2015. His first win of 2015 came at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
This is his fifth victory and 18th top-10 finish in 24 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his first win in the spring race.
Kevin Harvick (second) posted his 13th top-10 finish in 25 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2015.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (third) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 26 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 26 points over Joey Logano.
(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(4-11-2015) - 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase Standings:
[after Texas, race 7 of 36]
(by wins, then by points)
1) #4-Kevin Harvick [2 wins], 306
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [2 wins], 216, -90
3) #22-Joey Logano [1 win], 280, -26
4) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 246, -60
5) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 205, -101
6) #78-Truex Jr., 266, -40
7) #5-Kasey Kahne, 230, -76
8) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 213, -93
9) #43-Aric Almirola, 195, -111
10) #18-David Ragan, 194, -112
11) #1-Jamie McMurray, 193, -113
12) #20-Matt Kenseth, 189, -117
13) #24-Jeff Gordon, 186, -120
14) #19-Carl Edwards, 182, -124
15) #13-Casey Mears, 178, -128
16) #27-Paul Menard, 177, -129
(ties are broken by wins, 2nds, 3rds, etc)
See the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings page (pdf) and Unofficial Owners Points Standings page (pdf).(4-11-2015) - Texas Saturday Pre-Race Schedule:
6:50pm: NSCS Drivers Introductions/ NASCAR Special Awards presented backstage. Jase Robertson to Intro Top 10.
7:29pm: Pledge of Allegiance led by Boy Scouts
7:30pm: Presentation of Colors by: US Army Reserve 1st Battalion 354th Regiment 95th Division Grand Prairie, Texas
7:30pm: Invocation by: Sadie Robertson
7:31pm: National Anthem: Reed Robertson
7:32pm: Fly-By TOT: Cavanaugh Flight Museum
7:38pm: “Drivers, Start Your Engines” by: Duck Commander; Si Robertson
7:46:30pm: Start of the Duck Commander 500
eastern time (NASCAR.com) - Tabitha Burton battling breast cancer: Two weeks ago, Tabitha Burton, mother of Sprint Cup driver #26-Jeb Burton and wife of former Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Jeb, driving for BK Racing in his rookie season in the Sprint Cup series, honored his mother by having the deck lid of his #26 Toyota painted to wish his her well. Friday morning Jeb tweeted a picture of the design. After failing to qualify for Saturday’s Duck Commander 500, Burton told NASCAR Talk the deck lid was a surprise for his mother that day and he hadn’t heard from her yet. Burton said he might keep the tribute for one more race.(NBC Sports)(4-11-2015)
- NASCAR opposed to use of bleeder valves: In other forms of motorsport, including short track and dirt racing, bleeder valves [for tires] are commonplace and allowed. That has been the number one question in the aftermath of the tire tampering penalty handed down to Ryan Newman, Richard Childress Racing and the #31 Sprint Cup Series team last week. This had prompted numerous drivers to suggest that NASCAR would be better off allowing bleeder valves as well. Jeff Gordon has been perhaps the most vocal proponent of bleeder valves in the Sprint Cup garage. Sprint Cup Series director Richard Buck [says] the technology is too inconsistent for use in NASCAR.
“In regard to the tire bleeders, we work our partner Goodyear and with our teams and at this point, I personally don’t know if there are any bleeders out there at the level that these cars would require,” Buck told Popular Speed on Friday afternoon. “I know there are other forms of motorsports like dirt car racing and sprint car racing that I’ve seen before and (those valves) were very touchy and non-repeatable. If they fail, it was a catastrophic failure of the system, so I don’t think there is a system that is out there today.” Furthermore, Buck is content without having bleeder valves because it’s the same and fair for everyone in the garage. “It allows teams to adjust on the tires,” Buck continued. “It allows for drivers to provide feedback on the tires. A driver can change the handling based on how he changes the load of the tire pressure. “So there still a lot of human interaction in working with the tires.”(Popular Speed)(4-11-2015) - Gordon wants NASCAR to eliminate pit road timing lines: Friday #24-Jeff Gordon was asked about the increased number of penalties issued to teams this season:
Jeff Gordon: “I think the camera system speaks for itself. It’s black & white if you want to put it that way. When things roll out of the box or guys leave over the wall too soon or you drive through too many boxes, it’s going to bust you. And so it’s made all of us have to be that much cleaner and do our jobs that much better and pay more attention to more things than we used to. That didn’t have anything to do with what I did last week [when he got caught for speeding late in the race at Martinsville]. That was just us trying to take advantage of speed lines. I think that’s the next step. We’ve got to get rid of these speed lines. It doesn’t make any sense. The speed limit is the speed limit. You should never be able to break the speed limit. You should carry the speed limit all the way down pit road. What we do is find pit stalls to try to get around that. So we’re ramping up and slowing down and that’s what got us in Martinsville. We were just too aggressive with it.”(Team Chevy Racing)(4-11-2015) - NASCAR 15 game to be released in May: Retailer GameStop and developer Dusenberry Martin Racing announced Friday that professional racing game NASCAR 15 is in development and will launch in just over a month, on May 22, 2015. The disc-based Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game will be released exclusively at GameStop, though digital versions versions will be available on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. Meanwhile, a digital PC version will launch on Steam. NASCAR 15 is the first entry in the series since the NASCAR video game rights switched hands from Eutechnyx to Dusenberry Martin Racing, a subsidiary of DMi Games. It’s described as more of an update than a new game, and will cost just $20. It features new 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cut Series paint schemes, and also includes a career mode and numerous teams and tracks, as well as “enhanced online mulitplayer and leagues.” (GameSpot)(4-11-2015)
- Military family receives year of groceries from Eckrich: On the set of “Good Morning Texas,” Army Sergeant Robert Morgan and his wife Ashley were honored by Eckrich, the makers of naturally hardwood smoked sausage and delimeats, after being surprised with a special invitation to be VIP guests of theirs and the #43 Richard Petty Motorsports race team during this Saturday’s race in Ft. Worth. The offer from Eckrich to join the team came with official team crew shirts and hats for the Morgan family. But, there was more. Eckrich then presented the family with a gift of free groceries for one year at Kroger. The groceries will help the Morgans who are parents of two young children. Eckrich, a brand of Smithfield Foods, will host Sergeant Morgan and his wife Saturday at the race track with an insider look at the No. 43 Eckrich race team. The family will join the team on the starting grid before the race and split their time during the race between the team’s pit box and a luxury suite. Sergeant Morgan is currently active duty and serving in Dallas. He has been enlisted in the Army since 2007 and has been deployed to Iraq to serve our country. The race experience and gift of free groceries is part of Eckrich’s ongoing partnership with Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit that provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of service members and wounded warriors.(Breaking Limits)(4-11-2015)
- Texas Motor Speedway Notes & Facts – Saturday – race:
· 22 of the 28 (78.5%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway have been won from a top-10 starting position.
· Four of the 28 (14.2%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Texas Motor Speedway is 31st, by Matt Kenseth in 2002.
· There have been five NSCS green-white-checker finishes at Texas Motor Speedway: fall 2006 (334/339), spring 2008 (334/339), fall 2012 (334/335), spring 2014 (334/340) and fall 2014 (334/341).
· Roush Fenway Racing leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in wins at Texas Motor Speedway with nine; followed by Hendrick Motorsports with six and Joe Gibbs Racing with four.
· Three of the 28 (11.1%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway have been won from the Coors Light pole; Kasey Kahne (2006), Jimmie Johnson (2012) and Kyle Busch (2013).
· Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway was the (4/4/2004) race won by Elliott Sadler with a MOV of 0.028 second ahead of Kasey Kahne.
(NASCAR)(4-11-2015) - Driver Introduction passes available at Michigan: Michigan International Speedway continues to bring fans closer to the action and provide unique experiences for the guests. In 2015, fans attending the Quicken Loans 400 in June and the Pure Michigan 400 in August will have the opportunity to purchase a Driver Introduction Pass. Now is your chance to stand on the frontrstretch during the driver introductions for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Race days have always been a memorable experience full of nonstop activities. Now is your turn to add to the excitement with a Driver Introduction Pass. You will be so close to the drivers as they are introduced to the crowd you might be able to get a handshake. Fans can add a Driver Introduction pass to their Pit and Paddock Pass and daily admission order by calling 800-354-1010. Or you can purchase the Driver Intro and Pit and Paddock Pass package at www.mispeedway.com. You can experience pit road up close, sign the start/finish line, take your photo with the trophy on race morning and view the cars and race teams during pre-race preparations. A Pit and Paddock Pass is your best opportunity to try and get your favorite driver’s autograph. The paddock is in the infield area, just behind the garages and pit roads. It’s where kids can go and get pretty close to pit road and their favorite drivers.(MIS)(4-11-2015)
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