Race News from Insiders

Metallica will be the first rock band to be featured in the Encore Drive-In Nights series, with a full set showing August 29 at hundreds of drive-in and outdoor theaters across the United States and Canada, including Big Hoss, the world’s largest HDTV at Texas Motor Speedway.

This weekend, the recently promoted Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve is adding a pair of firsts to the list by making his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut and taking on his first NASCAR doubleheader weekend.

On October 25, a single ticket will allow access to both the NASCAR Cup Series Texas 500 and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 400.

Austin Dillon fended off all comers over three late-race restarts, including Richard Chlidress Racing (RCR) teammate Tyler Reddick, to end an 88-race dry spell and capture victory in the 24^th O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

The victory was the third consecutive and fifth career series victory for the 21-year-old Columbus, Ohio, native. He won back-to-back July 9-10 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky.

Busch led five times for 72 laps, including 32 of the final 33, in the No. 51 KBM Toyota en route to his series-leading 59^th victory by 0.777-of-a-second ahead of his 19-year-old rookie protégé who earned his career-best series finish in the No. 18 KBM Toyota.