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dara
10-27-2019, 09:35 PM
AAA Texas 500

Texas Motor Speedway
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race #34 of 36
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race 8 of 10

Sunday, November 3, 2019
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 3:16pm/et
Laps/Stages: 334 laps total. Stages end on laps: 85/170/334

TELEVISION / RADIO / STREAMING

Television Coverage: Time 3:00pm/et, NBC and streamed at NBC Sports Live (available with participating TV provider login)
Radio Coverage (over the air and streaming): Performance Racing Network (PRN) / SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR (available with subscription)

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

On track schedule

Practices:
Friday, November 1, 3:05-3:55pm/et, TV-NBCSN;
Friday, November 1, 5:05-5:55pm/et, TV-tape delayed to Saturday at 7:00pm/et on CNBC (streaming info not available yet).

Qualifying: Saturday, November 2 at 7:05pm/et, TV-TBA.

Complete Event Schedule (times local to the track)

Thursday, October 31
6:00 PM-8:00 PM MENCS HAULERS ENTER (EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)

Friday, November 1
11:00 AM-7:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
2:05 PM-2:55 PM MENCS 1ST PRACTICE
4:05 PM-4:55 PM MENCS FINAL PRACTICE

Saturday, November 2
1:30 PM-7:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
6:05 PM (7:05 PM/ET) MENCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND (SINGLE VEHICLE / ONE LAP ALL POSITIONS)

Sunday, November 3
10:00 AM MENCS GARAGE OPENS
12:00 PM MENCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING (NASCAR XFINITY SERIES GARAGE AREA)
1:20 PM MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
2:00 PM (3:00 PM/ET) MENCS RACE (STAGES 85/170/334 LAPS = 501 MILES)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/TexasMotorSpeedway.svg/220px-TexasMotorSpeedway.svg.png

Track Specs:
Track Length: 1.5 Mile (334 laps = 501 miles)
Race Length: 500 Miles (1) 500 Miles (2)
Width: 80 feet in turns 1 & 2
Width: 60 feet in turns 3 & 4
Banking in Corners 1 and 2: 20 degrees
Banking Corners 3 and 4: 24 degrees
Banking on Dogleg: 5 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch: 2,250 feet
Backstretch: 1,330 feet
Pit Road: 45 pit stalls for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1997
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 112,522 [138,122, 146,000 & 159,000]
First Race: April 6, 1997 - Interstate Batteries 500
Stages: 1 ends lap 85, 2 at lap 170, race finish is lap 334 (OT possible)


Track Records & Stats

April 2019 Race Winner: Denny Hamlin, 153.224 mph, started 6th
November 2018 Race Winner: #4-Kevin Harvick, 150.558 mph, started 3rd
Track Race Record: Greg Biffle, April 2012, 160.577mph
Slowest Race Record: Jeff Burton, 1997, 125.102mph
Oldest Race Winner: Dale Jarrett, 44 years, 4 months, 6 days, 4/1/2001
Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 10 months, and 13 days, 4/7/2014

April 2019 Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson, 188.890, finished 5th
November 2018 Pole Winner: #12-Ryan Blaney, 200.505 mph, finished 2nd
Track Qualifying Record: #41-Kurt Busch, 200.951mph, 11/3/2017 (final round qualifying)
Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 6 months, 0 days, 4/08/2002
Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 23 years, 0 months, 12 days, 11/05/2006
Worst Starting Spot to Win: #17-Matt Kenseth, 2002, started 31st

(as of 2018)
Most Wins: 7 - Jimmie Johnson
Most Poles: Eight drivers tied with 2
Most Top 5's: Jimmie Johnson, 15; Matt Kenseth, 14; Kyle Busch, 11
Most Top 10's: Jimmie Johnson, 21; Matt Kenseth, 19; Kevin Harvick, 18

Most Cautions: 13 - 11/2/2014
Fewest Cautions: 2 - 4/14/2012
Most Caution Laps: 73, 4/6/1997
Fewest Caution Laps: 10, 4/14/2012

Most Running at the Finish: 40 - 11/6/2005 & 11/2/2008
Fewest Running at the Finish: 29 - twice, most recently 4/5/1998
Most Lead Changes: 33 - 11/7/2010
Most Leaders: 17 - 4/2/2000
Fewest Lead Changes: 12 - 11/6/2016
Fewest Leaders: 4 - 11/8/2009

Most Wins by Manufacturer: 13 - Ford; 12 - Chevy; 5 - Toyota; 4 - Dodge

Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 1 [of 334] - Jeff Burton 4/15/2007
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 278 [of 334] - Tony Stewart, 11/5/2006
Most Laps Led: 312 [of 334] - Brad Keselowski, 11/8/2015

April 2019 Race statistics

Lead changes: 26 among 13 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 5 for 29
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 16 minutes and 11 seconds
Average speed: 153.224 miles per hour (246.590 km/h)

Ryu
10-28-2019, 12:21 AM
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick

4me2c
10-28-2019, 01:01 AM
1)... Kevin Harvick
2)... Kyle Busch
3)... Kurt Busch
4)... Jimmie Johnson


Lol @ My Friend Ryu...! :cool:

ranagee
10-28-2019, 01:28 AM
Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano

Ryu
10-28-2019, 01:31 AM
1)... Kevin Harvick
2)... Kyle Busch
3)... Kurt Busch
4)... Jimmie Johnson


Lol @ My Friend Ryu...! :cool:
lol giving 1 more shot:)

Orziz
11-02-2019, 04:18 PM
Chase Elliot*
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Larson

4me2c
11-02-2019, 06:45 PM
For dara, this just in :

"single-car qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night (7:05 p.m. ET on CNBC/NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)"...!

dara
11-02-2019, 08:00 PM
For dara, this just in :

"single-car qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night (7:05 p.m. ET on CNBC/NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)"...!

Thanks, so no real change there.

4me2c
11-02-2019, 08:42 PM
On here :
https://www.nascar.com/weekend-schedule/texas-playoff-weekend/

They show a, TSN .ca app, Option also...!

Marley
11-02-2019, 09:34 PM
Kyle Busch
Martin Truex Jr.
Chase Elliott ++++
Denny Hamlin

dara
11-03-2019, 12:51 AM
Starting Order for the AAA Texas 500

1 Kevin Harvick 4
2 Erik Jones 20
3 Denny Hamlin 11
4 Kurt Busch 1
5 Alex Bowman 88
6 Aric Almirola 10
7 Daniel Suarez 41
8 Brad Keselowski 2
9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17
10 Matt DiBenedetto 95
11 Joey Logano 22
12 Kyle Busch 18
13 Kyle Larson 42
14 Chase Elliott 9
15 Ryan Blaney 12
16 Daniel Hemric 8
17 Martin Truex Jr. 19
18 William Byron 24
19 Ty Dillon 13
20 Chris Buescher 37
21 Austin Dillon 3
22 Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. 43
23 Jimmie Johnson 48
24 Clint Bowyer 14
25 Ryan Newman 6
26 David Ragan 38
27 Michael McDowell 34
28 Ryan Preece 47
29 John H. Nemechek 36
30 Parker Kligerman 96
31 Paul Menard 21
32 Landon Cassill 00
33 Corey Lajoie 32
34 JJ Yeley 53
35 Ross Chastain 27
36 Garrett Smithley 52
37 Quin Houff 77
38 Joe Nemechek 15
39 Josh Bilicki 51
40 Timmy Hill 66


Kevin Harvick will start on pole Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, earning his sixth of the year.

"Our car was really good 20-25 laps that we ran it in a row yesterday a couple of times," he said after qualifying. "Hopefully it's still good tomorrow as the track widens outs."

Erik Jones and Denny Hamlin will follow second and third, respectively, while Kurt Busch and Alex Bowman round out the top five.

A few drivers had trouble during inspection Saturday. Jimmie Johnson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Austin Dillon all failed their second attempt but managed to pass on their third.

Johnson will start in 23rd and Dillon in 21st. Stenhouse, however, is in a much better position as he'll start at ninth.
AAA Texas 500 Starting Lineup

dara
11-03-2019, 12:53 AM
Kevin Harvick ***
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliott

dishuser
11-03-2019, 01:07 AM
Kevin Harvick***
Denny Hamlin
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch

crazed 9.6
11-03-2019, 05:42 AM
Kevin Harvick ***
Erik Jones
Kyle Larson
Chase Elliott

dara
11-03-2019, 04:52 PM
Projected Green Flag at 3:18p Eastern

WEATHER: The Weather Channel is forecasting temperatures in the mid 60s with partly cloudy skies. There is virtually no chance of rain.

stilled
11-03-2019, 04:56 PM
Denny Hamlin ****
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex
Erik Jones

TimeKeeper
11-03-2019, 05:21 PM
Kurt Busch*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Aric Almirola

bigstar
11-03-2019, 05:42 PM
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick *
Denny Hamlin
Chase Elliott

superbox
11-03-2019, 05:48 PM
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin*
Chase Elliott
Kyle Busch

82harley
11-03-2019, 07:09 PM
Martin Truex Jr.***
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin

minitor
11-03-2019, 07:23 PM
Martin Truex Jr.
Kevin Harvick*
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Busch

dara
11-03-2019, 08:06 PM
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick


1)... Kevin Harvick
2)... Kyle Busch
3)... Kurt Busch
4)... Jimmie Johnson




Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano


Chase Elliot*
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Larson


Kyle Busch
Martin Truex Jr.
Chase Elliott ++++
Denny Hamlin


Kevin Harvick ***
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliott


Kevin Harvick***
Denny Hamlin
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch


Kevin Harvick ***
Erik Jones
Kyle Larson
Chase Elliott


Denny Hamlin ****
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex
Erik Jones


Kurt Busch*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Aric Almirola


Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick *
Denny Hamlin
Chase Elliott


Martin Truex Jr.***
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin


Martin Truex Jr.
Kevin Harvick*
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Busch


Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin*
Chase Elliott
Kyle Busch

All regulars are in, if you need to change your pics, post after this one before Green Flag

dara
11-03-2019, 08:21 PM
Great reaction to the Joy Ride, lol.

Green Flag!

Favorites by driver:
Kyle Busch: Ryu
Kurt Busch: TimeKeeper
Elliott: Marley, orziz
Hamlin: stilled, superbox
Harvick: dara, minitor, dishuser, bigstar, 4me2c, crazed
Truex: ranagee, 82harley.

Other drivers
Almirola
Johnson
Jones
Larson
Logano
Keselowski

dara
11-03-2019, 08:26 PM
9 badly damaged only 10 laps in.

4me2c
11-03-2019, 08:59 PM
2 n 17 Out...!

dara
11-03-2019, 09:01 PM
#2 and 17 slide hard into the wall and are done.

4me2c
11-03-2019, 09:08 PM
Bad Brad would have been OK if Stinkhouse hadn't rammed His rear end...!

dara
11-03-2019, 09:13 PM
Bad Brad would have been OK if Stinkhouse hadn't rammed His rear end...!

Stenhouse just in a bad spot. Marbles got both of them.

dara
11-03-2019, 09:26 PM
Already 6 cautions. Hamlin spins but doesn't look too bad.

dara
11-03-2019, 09:31 PM
That might be the end for Hamlin, he bounced hard in the grass.

dara
11-03-2019, 09:32 PM
Kevin Harvick wins Stage 1, 10 bonus pts to:

dara, minitor, dishuser, bigstar, 4me2c, crazed

4me2c
11-03-2019, 09:42 PM
That might be the end for Hamlin, he bounced hard in the grass.

Seems that Loud BANG was worse then the Bite...!

dara
11-03-2019, 10:24 PM
Aric Almirola wins Stage 2. No bonus points awarded.

dara
11-03-2019, 10:39 PM
Jimmie Johnson slides, no real reason.

dara
11-03-2019, 10:46 PM
10th caution.off the restart. Luckily #4 misses getting involved.

dara
11-03-2019, 10:47 PM
Harvick gets penalized for equipment over the wall during a top up.

Yeah, I'd be mad if I were Harvick... all on the crew chief. At least he was already in the back of the lead lap, losing about 6 spots, but now on 4 new Goodyear tires. (lol)

dara
11-03-2019, 11:16 PM
Bubba spins, brings out the caution.

dara
11-03-2019, 11:30 PM
Stewart-Haas wants both Harvick and Almirola in the championship.

crazed 9.6
11-03-2019, 11:31 PM
Stewart-Haas wants both Harvick and Almirola in the championship.

yes they do :eek:

dara
11-03-2019, 11:57 PM
oops, #10 is not in the chase, lol.

dara
11-04-2019, 12:06 AM
Congrats to Kevin Harvick, and 50 pts to dara, minitor, dishuser, bigstar, 4me2c, crazed

crazed 9.6
11-04-2019, 12:08 AM
Harvick !!!
Might be my first time to pick a winner :)
I was upset with Harvick about that thing that happened last time he won (during the burn out)... so I never pick him again till today.. I sure taught him a lesson :)

dara
11-04-2019, 12:16 AM
crazed had the high score of 191

https://i.imgur.com/73FDxST.png

dara
11-04-2019, 12:23 AM
Podium change:

dara 4749
minitor 4615
stilled 4567
superbox 4532

Full standings in the rules thread. Next week is Phoenix ISM-2 on Sunday. As a reminder, this is an elimination race, so the scores will be used for the 4th diecast contest.

4me2c
11-04-2019, 12:38 AM
Congratz to Harvick for that Race Win and Congratz to Crazed 8.4 for That Pool Win...!

How did Larson get 40 pts for a 12th Place Finish when

Kyle Busch got 38 for 7th Place,
Kurt Busch got 32 for 9th Place,
Eric Jones got 36 for 10th Place.
Joey Logano got 39 for 4th Place and
Truex Jr. got 31 for 6th Place...?!?

dara
11-04-2019, 12:48 AM
Congratz to Harvick for that Race Win and Congratz to Crazed 8.4 for That Pool Win...!

How did Larson get 40 pts for a 12th Place Finish when

Kyle Busch got 38 for 7th Place,
Kurt Busch got 32 for 9th Place,
Eric Jones got 36 for 10th Place.
Joey Logano got 39 for 4th Place and
Truex Jr. got 31 for 6th Place...?!?


Larson was in the top 5 in the first 2 stages