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Nascar will return to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend with its three national series races on consecutive days on the 1.5 mile track north of Fort Worth.
The Craftsman Truck Series will practice, qualify and race on Friday, and practice and qualify for Saturday’s event.
The cup series practices and qualifies for Sunday’s 400-mile race.
Chase Elliott wants to win his first cup victory since last year’s Texas race, while Ryan Blaney tries to end the recent battle.
Two-time Cup champion Kyle Busch is the defensive winner of the truck race, but is not entered on Friday (which happens to be his 40th birthday). Sam Mayer won the XFinity race in Texas last year.
Chase Elliott is the defending cup winner at Texas and has been in a 37-year-old winning streak since achieving his 19th career win on April 14, 2024 (he won the Clash pre-season exhibition in February at Bowman-Gray Stadium).
Connor Zilisch sustained lower back injuries in the last round of Talladega crash.
Texas car Speedway schedule
(All times east)
Friday, May 2
Garage open
- 09:30 – Midnight – Truck Series
- 12 – 19:30 – XFINITY SERIES
- 2 – 19:00 – Cup series
Trace activity
- 2:35 – 15:30 – Truck practice (no TV)
- 3:40 – 16:30 – Truck qualifying (no TV)
- 5 – 17:55 – XFinity Practice (CW -App)
- 6:05 – 19:00 – XFINITY QUALIFICATION (CW -APP)
- 20:00 – truck race (167 rounds, 250.5 miles, stage 1 on lap 40, phase 2 at cloth 80; fs1, mrn, siriusxm nascar radio
Saturday 3 May
Garage open
- 09:00 – 13:30 – Cup series
- 11:00 – 19:30 – XFINITY SERIES
Trace activity
- 11:00 – 12 PM – Cup Practice (Prime, Performance Racing Network)
- 12:10 pm – 13:00 – Qualifying (Prime, MRN)
- 14:00 – XFinity Race (200 rounds, 300 miles, stage 1 on lap 45, stage 2 on cloth 90; cw, prn, siriusxm nascar radio)
Sunday 4th May
Garage open
- 12:30 – 22:00 – Cup Series
Trace activity
- 15:30 – Cup Race (267 rounds, 400.5 miles, phase 1 at cloth 80, phase 2 on cloth 165; fs1, prn, siriusxm nascar radio)
Weekend weather
Friday, Distributed thunderstorms in the AM and cloudy air later that day with a highlight of 72 degrees. Winds of the North North East at 10 to 15 mph and a 50% chance of rain. It is expected to be 70 degrees with a 24% chance of rain at the beginning of the truck race.
Saturday: Clouds in the morning and mainly sunny sky in the afternoon with a peak of 77 degrees and winds of the North North East at 10 to 15 mph. It is expected to be 72 degrees with a 7% chance of rain at the beginning of the XFinity race.
Sunday: Mostly sunny with a highlight of 78 degrees and winds of the East South East at 5 to 10 mph. It is expected to be 75 degrees with a 6% chance of rain at the beginning of the cup race.
