August 2009 - News

 TMS Swaps Dates With Phoenix, Samsung 500 Moves To April 15-18
 Fall NASCAR Triple-Header Remains First Week Of November
 ARCA RE/MAX Series Race Added To April Weekend
 Truck Series Race Returns As Companion Event For IndyCar Series In June
 Season Tickets, Starting As Low As $279, Go On Sale Friday

FORT WORTH, Texas (August 27, 2009) – Texas Motor Speedway will have a slight shift in its 2010 NASCAR schedule as the Samsung 500 race week will be run April 15-18, moving the Sprint Cup Series race from the seventh to the eighth event of the season as a result of a date swap with Phoenix International Raceway.

FORT WORTH, Texas (August 26, 2009) – Devron Jeffers, a five-time salesperson of the year at Texas Motor Speedway, has been promoted to Director of Sales, Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage announced today.

• Oklahoma’s Premier Casino Now Title Sponsor For Both Texas Motor Speedway Truck Series Events

FORT WORTH, Texas (August 25, 2009) – WinStar World Casino has decided to “double down” with Texas Motor Speedway.

WinStar World Casino has secured the title sponsorship for the fall NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, giving the expansive Oklahoma gaming facility the title rights for both truck series events at the world-class motorsports venue in Fort Worth.

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

If  you think Saturday night’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway did nothing to clarify, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup picture, take another look.

By Jim Pedley
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

Kurt Busch’s plan looked so good a week ago. It made so much sense and had so much long-term potential. Well, it’s a plan that’s in the garbage can now. All thanks to a wreck on a track known for being highly wreck-resistant.

By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
 
(August 18, 2009)
 
Two significant events happened in Sunday’s Carfax 400, and neither one was Jimmie Johnson running out of gas at Michigan for the second time this season. First, Brian Vickers won and picked up a ton of points, moving to 13th in the standings, 12 points behind No. 12 Mark Martin. And second, Martin’s crew chief, Alan Gustafson, inexplicably allowed his driver to run out of gas on the last lap, which resulted in a disastrous 31st-place finish. Here’s our weekly breakdown of the top 12.
 
1. Tony Stewart, 3,500. Here’s my concern with Smoke: Stewart’s No. 14 team is doing really well, teammate Ryan Newman’s No. 39 isn’t. If it’s the drivers, that’s one thing. But what if it’s the equipment? What if the bad luck that has plagued the 39 at times this season spreads to the 14?

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BROOKLYN, Mich. – The Carl Edwards of 2009 is slowly but surely beginning to bear shades of the Carl Edwards of 2008.

No, the Roush Fenway Racing driver still hasn’t won this season, as he did nine times last year, but he is clearly picking up steam – seemingly just at the right time.