texas motor speedway weather
Fans holding tickets for the Nationwide Series race will not be admitted until after the Samsung Mobile 500 ends. [1]
Cars remained inside garages Saturday as the Nationwide Series race was postponed because of rain. [2]
The race, which was called off more than three hours after it was supposed to start, was rescheduled for Sunday night after the Sprint Cup race earlier in the day. [3]
The wet weather and more showers in the forecast led to Saturday’s postponement of the Nationwide race at the 1?-mile Texas track. [4]
FORT WORTH, Texas - The NASCAR Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 was postponed Saturday because of rain at Texas Motor Speedway. [2]
FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch ’s drive for five at Texas Motor Speedway has been delayed by rain. [4]
Where: Texas Motor Speedway, 1.5-mile oval in Fort Worth. [5]
If both races are run Sunday, Nationwide points leader Brad Keselowski and Busch are among 15 drivers scheduled to do double duty. [3]
The wet weather and more forecasted showers led to the postponement of Saturday’s Nationwide race at Texas, where Busch is trying to join two-time series champion Jack Ingram and Dale Earnhardt as the only drivers to win five consecutive races in NASCAR ’s second-tier series at the same track. [5]
Though spoilers have been used in two races thus far on the NASCAR circuit, they’re expected to play a bigger role in Sunday’s Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, where speeds will be much faster than previous events. [6]
Kyle Busch’s drive for five at Texas Motor Speedway was delayed by rain. [3]
What: Samsung Mobile 500, eighth of 36 races for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series. [5]
Sprint Cup teams slapped spoilers on their cars at Charlotte Motor Speedway last month and spent two days testing a litany of setup changes with the rear-mounted device. [6]
It’s been 155 races since Stewart last won the pole, at Martinsville in October 2005. [7]
“I don’t have a logical answer,” four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson said this week. [6]
Sources:
[1] Soggy weather forces rare TMS doubleheader | Texas Motor …
[2] Nationwide race postponed to Sunday night because of rain at …
[3] Texas rain shuffles schedule, Busch bid | www.thatsracin.com
[4] Rain forces Nationwide race at Texas Motor Speedway to Sunday …
[5] Rainout: Kyle Busch’s drive for five Nationwide races at …
[6] Drivers say spoiler could very well be X factor come Sunday …
[7] Tony Stewart snatches pole for Sunday’s Samsung Mobile 500 at …