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Throughout the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, www.texasmotorspeedway.com will be providing you with the special opportunity to watch the Chase driver press conferences as well as the post-qualifying and post-race press conferences LIVE from those respective speedways.

Now you not only can watch the Chase for the Sprint Cup races each week (ABC-TV), but find out what your favorite Chase drivers are saying as they prepare for the next event in addition to interviews from the top finishers following the conclusion of each race.

David Reutimann was the fastest in the second practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Dickies 500 with a lap of 186.812 MPH.

FORT WORTH, Texas (November 6, 2009) – Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet) won the Dickies 500 pole for the second consecutive year, earning the position with a lap of 191.117 miles per hour during Friday’s 7-Eleven Qualifying Day at Texas Motor Speedway.

Carl Edwards was quickest in the final practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Challenge practice at Texas Motor Speedway.

FORT WORTH, Texas (November 5, 2009) – Matt Crafton (No. 88 Menards/McGuire-Nicholas Chevrolet) posted a lap of 179.354 miles per hour to capture the pole position at Thursday’s 7-Eleven Qualifying Day for the WinStar World Casino 350k NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

FORT WORTH, Texas (November 5, 2009) – 2002 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte takes aim Thursday during the Beretta Celebrity Clay Shoot presented by Coors Light at the Circle T Ranch in Westlake. Labonte joined several other celebrity shooters, including three-time Indianapolis 500 champion Johnny Rutherford and Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief, in the clay shooting event that benefitted Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas Chapter.

Kyle Busch was the fastest NASCAR Camping Worls Series truck in the first practice for the WinStar World Casino 350k at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 180.102 MPH.