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May 16, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 16, 2012) - Texas Motor Speedway wants to add a little color to June's Firestone 550 souvenir program. That's why it's enlisting the help of some of Texas Motor Speedway's biggest "little" fans.
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May 16, 2012
Throughout the course of his 11-year IZOD IndyCar Series career, Tony Kanaan has played the role as mentor. During his eight years with Andretti Autosport, Kanaan helped groom the likes of Danica Patrick, Marco Andretti and the late Dan Wheldon.
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May 16, 2012
The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series took to the track on April 21 at Kansas Speedway, Plano, Texas, native James Buescher hoisted the checkered flag in celebration. Buescher scored his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory, snapping a 75-race winless streak.
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May 15, 2012
Four weeks separate the IZOD IndyCar Series’ previous race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to the sport’s crown jewel – the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 27. With preparations for the Indy 500 getting underway last weekend, drivers didn’t sit idle during their down time.
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May 15, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 15, 2012) - Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson may be in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, but he will definitely be at Clara Love Elementary School in Justin, Texas, in spirit...and vanilla and chocolate.
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May 09, 2012
Speedway Children's Charities-Texas Chapter is bringing in the finest fare for the Firestone 550 race week as it once again plays host to Chefs in the Fast Lane presented by the City of Roanoke: The Unique Dining Capital of Texas on Thursday, June 7, at 6 p.m. CT. at Texas Motor Speedway.
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May 09, 2012
Team Penske's Will Power has dominated the start of the IZOD IndyCar Series season as he heads into the Indianapolis 500. Winner of the last three races (Barber, Long Beach, Sao Paulo, respectively), he sits atop the championship standings with a 45-point advantage over teammate Helio Castroneves and isn't concerned with the long layoff.
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May 09, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 9, 2012) - Target Chip Ganassi Racing has remained one of the IZOD IndyCar Series' powerhouse teams, but the organization known for winning races and championships has struggled during the outset of the 2012 season.
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May 07, 2012
Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing's Charlie Kimball gave the Ganassi organization and Honda a session sweep of the fastest laps during Monday's IZOD IndyCar Series open test at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kimball ran a lap of 211.330 miles per hour in the No. 83 Novo Nordisk Honda to take the top honors in the afternoon session and second overall to Target Chip Ganassi's Scott Dixon. Dixon (No. 9 Target Honda), who was second to Kimball in the afternoon at 211.330 mph , was the only driver on the day to surpass 212 mph with his morning-session lap of 212.371 mph.
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May 07, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 7, 2012) - Former Formula One star Rubens Barrichello had his IZOD IndyCar Series rookie oval test at Texas Motor Speedway postponed on Sunday night, but it didn't discourage him from running laps at the world-class motorsports venue anyway.
"I can see how much I was so excited because I slept last night thinking about today was going to happen," Barrichello said. "I woke up on the other side of the bed so I was already ovaling in my dreams. So it was a good experience for me when I got going here (on track)."
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May 07, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 7, 2012) - Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon posted the fastest lap of the morning session during Monday's IZOD IndyCar Series open test at Texas Motor Speedway.
Dixon ran a lap of 212.371 miles per hour in the No. 9 Target Honda among the 42 he ran during the session. His lap was more than two miles per hour faster than the next closest among the 10 of the 11 drivers that took to the 1.5-mile oval.
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May 07, 2012
Rubens Barrichello climbed the 24-degree banking between Turns 1 and 2 at Texas Motor Speedway and exclaimed (well, fill in your own expletive).
It's a new chapter in the career of the 19-year Formula One veteran and four-race veteran of the IZOD IndyCar Series.
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May 07, 2012
Former Formula One star Rubens Barrichello had his IZOD IndyCar Series oval rookie test delayed from Sunday night at Texas Motor Speedway and will go through the on-track orientation Monday morning prior to the start of the open test featuring 11 drivers overall.
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May 07, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 7, 2012) – The IZOD IndyCar Series’ open test today at Texas Motor Speedway has no shortage of storylines as teams prepare for the June 9th Firestone 550 and the series’ crown jewel, the Indianapolis 500, on Sunday, May 27.
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May 01, 2012
Forget about Times Square, the New Year’s ball dropped on James Buescher right smack in the middle of America’s Heartland: Kansas City, Kan. The countdown started at 3, three weeks ago in Martinsville when Buescher finished third in the Kroger 250. It dropped to 2, two weeks ago in Rockingham with the second place finish. Then the long awaited moment, the countdown reached 1, finally the winner of a Camping World Truck Series race as he strolled into victory lane in the SPF 250 at the Kansas Speedway. Three straight weeks, 3-2-1 and 2012 has certainly turned into a Happy New Year for the Plano, Texas native. “It’s definitely been great,” said Buescher of the new season. “I’ve been running NASCAR races since 2008 and to finally get some wins going, hopefully we can continue this.”
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April 27, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas (April 27, 2012) - The Road To The X Games for Global Rallycross Championship stars such as Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust and Ken Block will culminate at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 9, as the inaugural Hoon Kaboom Texas will serve as the final qualifier to earn automatic berths for X Games Los Angeles 2012.
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April 18, 2012
Texas Motor Speedway has become Roush Fenway Racing’s playground and this past weekend’s Samsung Mobile 500 was further proof. The organization swept both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races at “The Great American Speedway!” for the third time.
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April 18, 2012
Registration is open for the inaugural "No Limits" Half Marathon and 5k running events scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27, at Texas Motor Speedway to benefit Speedway Children's Charities-Texas Chapter.
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April 18, 2012
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson walked away with a runner-up finish in Saturday night's Samsung Mobile 500 for the fifth time in 18 appearances at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnson's fifth runner-up performance is the most second-place finishes by a Sprint Cup Series driver, passing Matt Kenseth's four runner-up finishes.
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April 18, 2012
NASCAR drivers came away quite impressed with Texas Motor Speedway's new state-of-the art, studio set that made its debut for driver media availability and press conferences during the Samsung Mobile 500 doubleheader weekend.
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