April 12, 2012
- Coverage of Qualifying for the Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled for Friday, April 13, 2012 at 6:40pm/et.
Television (TV): SPEED, 6:30pm/et
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: none scheduled - Qualifying Order for the Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is posted. 46 cars/drivers are listed.
The first of the drivers scheduled to go out is #74-Compton, slowest in practice.
The final driver scheduled to go out is #55-Martin, who was fastest in first practice.
Qualifying order is set by the first practice session, with slowest driver going out by speed and the fastest going out last. The non-top 35 drivers are now mixed in with the top-35 in owners points, slowest to fastest.
See the full qualifying order on the Texas Qualifying Page.(4-12-2012) - Thursday practice for the Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over, after 120 scheduled minutes, the top five fastest, slowest and notes:
#55-Martin 189.427
#16-Biffle 189.221
#29-Harvick 189.208
#22-Allmendinger 188.930
#78-Smith 188.877
slowest: #74-Compton 179.898 & #33-Raines 180.753
notes: this practice determined the qualifying order, so #74-Compton will go out first and #55-Martin will go out 46th/last. Qualifying is scheduled for Friday, April 13th at 6:40pm/et.
See fastest speeds, best ten-lap averages, laps run and more on the Texas 1st Practice Speeds (pdf), no average speeds all laps and NOT changing back to the old way, just posting the pdf’s.(4-12-2012) - Go-or-Go Homers practice for the Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
the final practice rank for the go-or-go homers (drivers not in the top 35 of current owners points)
These drivers would make the race if things stay the same:
#10-David Reutimann, 21st fastest overall
#21-Trevor Bayne, 27th
#98-Michael McDowell, 33rd
#49-J.J. Yeley, 34th
#26-Josh Wise#, 36th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 37th
#30-David Stremme, 38th
#19-Mike Bliss, 39th
These drivers would miss the race if things stay the same:
#23-Scott Riggs, 41st
#95-Scott Speed, 42nd
#74-Stacy Compton, 46th/last
(4-12-2012) - Hamlin racing for a cause at Texas: Denny Hamlin will race a special #11 FedEx Office/March of Dimes Toyota paint scheme this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. FedEx has donated a paint scheme to the organization in each of the past five seasons to help raise awareness for March for Babies walks that occur in 900 communities nationwide — including the Dallas/Fort Worth-area — in late-April. In addition, Hamlin will be accompanied by a special guest at the track — six-year-old Kieran Wittstruck. Kieran was born two months premature, but has grown into a healthy young boy with help from the March of Dimes. The FedEx Office Texas North Sales Team will be recognized with its code “7372” on the b-post of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Texas North is the leading Sales team in the annual FedEx President’s Club program, and attributes its success to its focus on creating solutions to meet their customers’ needs.(FedEx Racing), see an image of the scheme on the #11 Team Schemes page.(4-12-2012)
- Special Mobil 1 scheme for Stewart: Tony Stewart’s #14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy will sport a swath of green across its hood and rear bumper as it promotes Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy during the Samsung Mobile 500 race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy fully synthetic motor oils are engineered to deliver outstanding engine protection and provide improved fuel economy (True Speed Communications/SHR), see an image of the scheme on the #14 Team Schemes page.(4-12-2012)
- Different look for Menard at Texas: The #27 Quaker State/Menards Chevy of Paul Menard will sport a different look this weekend when the Sprint Cup Series rolls into Texas Motor Speedway, carrying a special paint scheme of “Quaker State green” and “Menards yellow.” This #27 Chevy is a brand new addition to the Richard Childress Racing fleet and will log its first laps on the track during Thursday’s practice session.(RCR)(4-12-2012)
- Kenseth celebrates Daytona 500 win: About a month and a half after winning the 54th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, #17-Matt Kenseth was finally able to reunite with his winning car and celebrate his historic victory with race fans during the Champion’s Luncheon at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday afternoon. “It’s pretty cool to see (the car) sitting there with all the confetti on it, just like it was sitting in Victory Lane, and seeing the fans lined up out there,” said Kenseth, who was joined by his owner Jack Roush and crew chief Jimmy Fennig. “It’s unusual to celebrate today, but it was kind of an unusual race so I might as well just keep that going.” For the first time in history, rain postponed the start of this year’s Daytona 500 as well as the traditional day-after Champion’s Breakfast. The “Great American Race” was rescheduled for Monday night, Feb. 27 and a great crowd returned to witness Kenseth hold off Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle to capture his second career Daytona 500 triumph. During the Champion’s Luncheon, Kenseth, Roush and Fennig took part in a fan forum, signed autographs and participated in media interviews. Kenseth also joined Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III in unveiling the logo for the 2013 Daytona 500 scheduled for February 24, 2013. “It’s always good when you see the fans enthused and show up to these events especially a couple months later and on a Wednesday around lunch time,” Kenseth said. “It’s pretty neat.” The confetti-covered #17 Best Buy Ford will remain on display at Gatorade Victory Lane inside the Daytona International Speedway Tours and Ticket Office and will be returned to the team prior to the 2013 Daytona 500.(DIS)(4-12-2012)
- Stewart, 2011 Chase drivers to meet with President: Three-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart will be honored by President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday, April 17 [approx 4:20pm/et]. The event also will include NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France and each member of the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field: Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch. This event will be livestreamed at www.whitehouse.gov/live.(NASCAR)(4-12-2012)
- #34 has sponsor for Texas UPDATE: per Front Row Motorsports Facebook – Scorpion Truck Bed Liners will be on the #34 car [David Ragan] for the Texas race next week. See images of the scheme on the #34 Team Schemes page.(4-9-2012)
UPDATE: When David Ragan was at Texas Motor Speedway one year ago, the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup field was lining up behind him. The big, fast oval in Forth Worth was the scene of the first of Ragan’s two poles on the 2011 season. Ragan returns to the 1.5-mile track for Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 in the #34 Ford of Front Row Motorsports. Scorpion Truck Bed Liners returns to Ragan’s Ford Fusion for the race weekend in a newly added race to its sponsorship schedule after making its NASCAR debut in the season-opening Daytona 500. The Cloverdale, Ind.-based company will also be on the #34 car for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Scorpion is the official bed liner, window film and protective coatings line of Ragan and Front Row Motorsports. “Scorpion is very excited to be working with Front Row Motorsports and the No. 34 car of David Ragan again in Texas,” said Clayton Tomasino, CEO of Scorpion. “It’s been great to see the fans embrace our brand and show their support through social media and elsewhere and we look forward to that support growing even more.”(Breaking Limite PR/FRM)(4-12-2012) - Sad News – Ellen Siska: Ellen (Slothour) Siska, 55, passed away following a long battle with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia on Thursday, April 5, 2012, in Midlothian, Va. Ms. Siska, formerly of York, PA was the devoted mother of Jonathan Shutz of Hanover, Hayden Siska of Calabash, N.C., and Hope Siska of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. She is survived by her parents, Betty and Robert Slothour of Hanover; and a sister, Elaine (Slothour) Scrobe of Midlothian, Va. She was preceeded in death by her son, Edward Siska; and her brother, David Slothour. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from York College of Pennsylvania in 2006, and wrote a weekly NASCAR column for the York Dispatch [and for ESPN’s NASCAR section and often linked on Jayski.com] until her diagnosis. A memorial service will be held at the Hanover Church of the Brethren at a time yet to be determined.(York Dispatch)(4-12-2012)
- Bristol Motor Speedway to announce changes on Apr 25th: On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, Bruton Smith, Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Caldwell, BMS general manager, are scheduled to make a special Bristol Motor Speedway announcement concerning alterations to the track surface. Prep work has already begun at BMS as teams have started removing the SAFER Barrier (BMS PR). See video of the removal at the Bristol Herald Courier. See an image of the SAFER wall being removed on my Bristol Tracks News, Stats and Links page.(4-12-2012)
- Newberry more races on tap: NCWTS rookie Brennan Newberry and his #14 NTS Motorsports team seeks to “one up” their performance at Martinsville where Newberry qualified a respectable 19th and was running as high as 14th prior to getting caught up in a traffic jam accident, finishing 28th respectfully. NTS Motorsports, the new team owned/operated by Brennan’s dad Bob Newberry is anything but new to racing. Bob, a former racer himself has been running the largest race team on the west coast for several seasons and has tapped veteran team manager Gary Collins, also of Bakersfield, to build the new team around Brennan. Crew Chief for the #14 is former RCR NNS Crew Chief, Dan Deeringhoff. NTS is using power from Hendrick Motorsports. The Newberry’s and Collins all come from Bakersfield, CA which has produced several NASCAR regulars including Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears just to name a few. Collins also was mentor to Harvick and built the first “NASCAR Supertruck”, now known as NASCAR Camping World Trucks. Newberry and the team are scheduled to run a total of fifteen races [possibly more] in 2012.(NTS Motorsports PR)(4-12-2012)
- Chastain backed by FWA at Rockingham: Coming off a career best seventh place finish two weeks ago at Martinsville, SS Green Light Racing’s Ross Chastain is ready for this week as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to Rockingham Speedway. Another agricultural-based organization will support the South Florida native’s efforts at “The Rock” as the Florida Watermelon Association will back the #08-SS Green Light Racing Toyota this weekend. The nineteen year-old Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender sits eleventh in NCWTS points after two races and is looking forward to another new challenge as he will face another unfamiliar track when the team arrives at the hi-banked one-mile Rockingham Speedway. Johnny Chapman will pilot the #07 Toyota Tundra for SS Green Light Racing.(SS Green Light Racing PR)(4-12-2012)
- Holman to attempt series debut at Rockingham: Henderson Motorsports and Caleb Holman plan to make their NASCAR Camping World Truck Series second series attempt this weekend in the at Rockingham Speedway in the Good Sam Road Side Assistance 200 presented by Cheerwine on Sunday April 15th. Henderson Motorsports and Holman had planned to make their Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway two weeks ago, but failed to make the event. Holman has had five starts with two top 5’s and three top 10’s at Rockingham Speedway in the USAR Pro Cup Series. This weekend the Food Country USA Chevrolet will be partnered up with Wise Snack Foods on the #75-Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet. You can purchase Wise Snacks in all Food Country USA grocery stores.(Henderson Motorsports/Holman PR)(4-12-2012)
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