NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Sunday, May 4
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $11,055,250
TV: FS1, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 400.5 miles (267 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 165), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 267)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Andy’s Frozen Custard 300
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, May 3
The Time: 2 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 1:30 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: SpeedyCash.com 250
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Friday, May 2
The Time: 8 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 8 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 250.5 miles (167 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 40),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 80), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 167)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Week:
Friday, May 2
NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 5 p.m. ET)
NCTS Race: SpeedyCash.com 250 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 8 p.m. ET)
Saturday, May 3
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, PRN, SiriusXM at 11 a.m. ET)
NXS Race: Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 (CW, PRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)
Sunday, May 4
NCS Race: Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY (FS1, PRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 p.m. ET)
NASCAR Cup Series
Texas Storylines and Insights:
· This weekend marks the 45th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, the 13th since the reconfiguration and the third scheduled at 400 miles (267 laps).
· The last eight Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway were won by eight different drivers, the track record is 13 different winners between 1998 and 2007.
· A total of 24 drivers have won a Cup Series race at Texas, and eight of the 24 are active this weekend: Kyle Busch (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020), Denny Hamlin (2010 sweep, 2019), Joey Logano (2014), Austin Dillon (2020), Kyle Larson (2021), Tyler Reddick (2022), William Byron (2023) and Chase Elliott (2024).
· Chase Elliott’s most recent win came at Texas last April, his current 37 race winless streak is his second longest of his career behind the 42 race winless streak he ended at Texas last year.
· Brad Keselowski finished top-10 in the last six Texas races, the longest active top-10 streak.
· Brad Keselowski is winless at Texas but has three runner-up finishes there including this race last year.
· Brad Keselowski is looking for his first top-10 finish of 2025, he had four top-fives and five top-10s after 10 races in 2024.
· Chase Briscoe’s average finish of 9.0 at Texas is the best all-time by any driver, Tyler Reddick ranks second all-time at 9.3.
· Chevrolet won the last four Texas races, the longest streak ever by a make at the track.
· Hendrick Motorsports drivers won three of the last four Texas races with three different drivers: Chase Elliott 4/24, William Byron 9/23, Kyle Larson 10/21.
· A total of 27 different drivers have won the pole at Texas Motor Speedway, six of the 27 are active this weekend: Brad Keselowski (2015, 2022), Kyle Busch (2013), Austin Dillon (2016), Ryan Blaney (2018), Bubba Wallace (2023) and Kyle Larson (2024).
· The 16 cautions at Texas last April tied the track record for the most cautions set in 9/22 which was a 500 mile race compared to last year’s 400 mile race (it was the most ever cautions in a 400 mile race on a 1.5 mile track).
· The final green flag stretch was six laps or less in three of the last four Texas races.
· Four times the driver running second in this race last year was involved in an accident (McDowell on lap 143, Wallace on lap 173, Hamlin on lap 266 and Chastain on the last lap).
· Denny Hamlin leads all drivers in laps run in the top-five and the top-10 at Texas in the Next Gen car.
· William Byron leads all drivers in points earned at Texas in the Next Gen car.
· The last six races on 1.5 mile tracks were each won by a different driver.
· Kyle Larson, with three, is the only repeat winner in the last nine races on 1.5 mile tracks.
· The pass for the win came in the final seven laps in four of the last seven races on 1.5 mile tracks.
· Twice the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway has concluded with a last lap pass for the win: 4/15/2007, 4/7/2014.
· Kyle Larson’s nine wins on 1.5 mile tracks rank fifth among active drivers, all nine came in his 31 starts on them with Hendrick Motorsports (29% win percentage on them with Hendrick).
· Alex Bowman finished top-10 in the last seven races on 1.5 mile tracks, the longest active streak and his career longest streak of top-10s on 1.5 mile tracks.
· Ryan Blaney finished in the top-10 in only two of the last eight races on 1.5 mile tracks with finishes of 32nd or worse in five of them.
· Kyle Busch finished outside the top-10 in the last six races on 1.5 mile tracks, he is on a 10 race streak without a top-five finish on 1.5 mile tracks.
· All three of Ryan Preece’s top-10 finishes on 1.5 mile tracks came in the last three races.
· With Kyle Larson’s stage 1 win at Talladega, he passed Martin Truex Jr for the most stage wins in Cup (67).
· Three of the top-four in points are Hendrick drivers (Byron-1st, Larson-2nd, Elliott-3rd) with all four drivers ranking in the top-9 (Bowman 9th).
· 26 top-10 finishes are the most ever by Hendrick Motorsports through 10 races and are the second most all-time through 10 races behind JGR with 27 in 2019.
· Kyle Larson leads all Cup drivers with 503 laps led in 2025, William Byron ranks second in 2025 laps led with 364.
· Hendrick Motorsports drivers won five of the last six stages.
· Chase Elliott is the only driver to finish inside the top-20 in all 10 races this season.
· Denny Hamlin is the only driver to finish on the lead lap in all 10 races in 2025, his current streak of 21 straight lead lap finishes is the longest active streak and his second longest streak behind 23 between 2022 and 2023.
· William Byron’s average start of 10.3 is the best of all drivers in 2025.
· William Byron’s average finish of 8.5 in 2025 leads all drivers and is the best by a Hendrick driver through 10 races since Jimmie Johnson in 2013 with 7.0.
· Kyle Larson’s six top-five finishes and seven top-10 finishes in 2025 are his most ever through 10 races in a season.
· Hendrick Motorsports is the only team with at least one car finishing in the top-five in all 10 races in 2025, no other team had at least one car finish top-10 in all 10 races this year.
· Talladega was the third race in 2025 that Hendrick Motorsports had four cars finish in the top-10 (through only 10 races), the last season Hendrick had at least three races with four cars in the top-10 was in 2014 (five races).
· The 285 lead changes in 2025 are the fourth most all-time through 10 races.
· The 244 lead lap finishers in 2025 are the most ever through the first 10 races of a season.
· Four races ended with a last lap pass in 2025, the most ever through 10 races.
· 2025 is the second straight season that Richard Childress Racing had only one top-five finish after 10 races.
· The final stage was caution free in each of the last two races of 2025, the longest streak in the Stage era.
· 2024 NASCAR Cup Champion Joey Logano’s 284 laps led in 2025 are the most for a driver through the first 10 races without a top-five finish since 2016 (Matt Kenseth – 347).
· Joey Logano is the first defending champion without a top-five finish through the season’s first 10 races.
· Ford’s nine top-fives and 23 top-10s are their fewest since 2016 (8 and 18 respectively).
· Four of the six drivers with at least six top-10 finish in 2025 drive for Hendrick Motorsports: Larson and Byron-7, Bowman, Elliott, Bell and Hamlin-6.
· Erik Jones is making his 300th Cup start this weekend at Texas, eight drivers won in their 300th start including Kyle Busch at Texas in April 2013. Jones is one of five drivers to make their 300th start at the age of 28 or younger.
· Zane Smith’s average finish through 10 races in 2025 is nine positions better than it was through 10 races in 2024.
· Bubba Wallace’s 94 stage points through 10 races in 2025 are his most ever at this point in a season by 25 points.
· Ryan Blaney ranks third in 2025 in stage points earned (92), 33% of his total points this season came from stages.
· Five of the 10 best pit crews in 2025 are Toyota teams.
· Austin Cindric gave Team Penske its first win of the season in three of the last four years.
· Kyle Larson is second in passing, first in speed, third on restarts at 1.5 mile tracks in 2025.
· Ryan Blaney is first in speed at 1.5 mile tracks this year, but DNF in both races.
· Ross Chastain has gained 21 positions on restarts at 1.5 mile tracks this year, most of all drivers.
· Ricky Stenhouse Jr. currently sits 18th in the playoff standings despite ranking 32nd in passing, 31st in speed, and having the 35th ranked pit crew this season.
· Bubba Wallace’s pit crew has gained a net 37 spots on four tire stops this season, most of all teams.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Texas Storylines and Insights:
· This Saturday’s event will mark the 47th NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, raced every season since 1997, and the 15th Xfinity Series race since the reconfiguration.
· Harrison Burton (2021) and Sam Mayer (2024) are the only past Texas winners in the field this weekend.
· Eight different drivers won the last nine Texas races, John Hunter Nemechek is the only repeat winner.
· Sam Mayer won last year’s Texas race by 0.002 seconds over Ryan Sieg, the second closest finish in Xfinity Series history.
· Three of the last eleven Texas Motor Speedway Xfinity Series races finished with a last-lap pass for the win.
· Austin Hill won a record ninth drafting track race at Talladega last weekend.
· Austin Hill’s 13 career wins leads all drivers since he moved to Xfinity Series in 2022.
· Matt DiBenedetto – fifth, Blaine Perkins – seventh had career-best finishes at Talladega.
· This weekend’s race will be the last of 12 consecutive weeks of racing before a two-week break.
· Texas is the only 1.5-mile track with different banking at each end of the track (Turns 1 & 2 – 20 degrees and Turns 3 & 4 – 24 degrees).
· Since the reconfiguration, only Daytona (134) has more cautions than Texas’ 130.
· Only four of 46 previous Texas Xfinity Series races ended in overtime.
· Ten drivers on the entry list never made an Xfinity Series start at Texas Motor Speedway.
· Seven drivers on the entry list never made a start at Texas in any series.
· Thirteen of the last 16 Texas races have been won by drivers under the age of 30, Kyle Busch won the other three.
· Of the five drivers that claimed their first career Xfinity Series win at Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1998 and Chase Elliott in 2014 went on to win the championship that season.
· Sammy Smith’s 5.5 average finish is the fifth best at Texas all-time among drivers with multiple starts.
· Justin Allgaier won the last four stages at Texas, his six stage wins at Texas lead all drivers.
· Austin Hill finished inside the top-10 in four straight Texas races, the longest active streak.
· Joe Gibbs Racing won six of the last 10 Texas races with four different drivers.
· Joe Gibbs Racing needs 97 laps led to reach 3,000 all-time at Texas.
· Joe Gibbs Racing’s 17 Texas wins are the second most by a team at a single track (JGR won 18 times at Phoenix).
· Texas is the third of six races on 1.5-mile tracks this season in the Xfinity Series.
· Justin Allgaier won both races this season on 1.5-mile tracks – Las Vegas & Miami.
· The last five races on 1.5-mile tracks were won by drivers over the age of 30.
· Chevrolet won six of the last seven races on 1.5-mile tracks.
· Ford won only one of the last 31 races on 1.5 mile tracks (Riley Herbst at Las Vegas in 10/23).
· Sheldon Creed, Jesse Love and Austin Hill finished in the top-10 in five straight races on 1.5-mile tracks.
· Six of 12 Playoff spots are filled after eleven races for just the second time in series history.
· The first five drivers below the cutoff are all rookies. Currently Daniel Dye holds the first spot outside the cutoff -9 points back from Harrison Burton in the final Playoff spot (12th).
· Only three drivers gained points on the Playoff cutoff at Talladega.
· Sammy Smith was running at the finish in 34 straight races, dating back to April 26, 2024.
· Katherine Legge became the fourth female driver to lead a lap in Xfinity Series history – Danica Patrick: 66, Patty Moise: 22, Natalie Decker: 7, Katherine Legge: 1.
· Legge will be making her third start of the 2025 Xfinity Series season this weekend, and her first on a 1.5-mile track in the series.
· Jusitn Allgaier leads the driver standings by 79 points over second and 102 points over third.
· Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with eight top-fives and seven top-10 finishes in 2025.
· Justin Allgaier’s eight top-five finishes in 2025 are his most ever after 11 races in a season.
· Justin Allgaier is 10 top 10s away being the first driver to reach 300.
· Joe Gibbs Racing is one pole win away from 200, they are the only team with 100 poles.
· JR Motorsports is eight wins away from 100, only three other teams won at least 100 Xfinity Series races (Joe Gibbs Racing-217, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing-138, Richard Childress Racing-100).
· Kyle Larson leads all drivers in laps led in 2025 with 408 despite making only two Xfinity Series starts.
· Daniel Dye is the only driver to finish inside the top-20 in the last 10 races.
· Sam Mayer is the only driver to finish top-15 in nine of 11 races this season.
· Four races this year ended with a last lap pass for the win.
· Five of the 11 races this season went to overtime.
· Three crew chiefs got their first Xfinity Series win in 2025: Adam Wall at Bristol, Sam McAulay at Darlington and Chad Haney at Atlanta
· Chevrolet led 1,571 of 2,035 laps this season.
· Alpha Prime had three top-five finishes in the last five races, the team only had two career top five entering 2025.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Texas Storylines and Insights:
· This weekend marks the 51st running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway (1997-2025) – the most races of any track in the series.
· Texas is the first of a six consecutive week stretch of Truck races, the longest stretch of the season, this stretch will go through Michigan the first week of June.
· Texas Motor Speedway is the third of five 1.5-mile tracks on the 2025 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series schedule – Homestead, Las Vegas, Texas, Kansas and Charlotte.
· There have been five different winners in the last five CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Texas Motor Speedway.
· Five of the last six Texas Truck Seres races have seen the final lead change occur with 9 laps or less to go, including two last lap passes.
· There have been four last lap passes for the win at Texas, tied with Mosport for the most among non-drafting tracks in the Truck Series.
· Six drivers have earned their first career CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win at Texas, the most recent was Carson Hocevar (April 1, 2023).
· Two former CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Texas Motor Speedway winners are running fulltime this season – Matt Crafton (two wins: 2014, 2015) and Stewart Friesen (2022).
· The driver who has led the most laps has won six of the last eight CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Texas.
· Corey Heim leads all active Truck Series drivers in average finishing position at Texas Motor Speedway with a 5.3 in three starts but has yet to win at the track. His best finish at Texas is second in 2024.
· Corey Heim leads the Truck Series driver standings following Rockingham by 22 points over Chandler Smith in second and up 62 points on Tyler Ankrum in third. Heim has held the points lead following the last four races.
· Corey Heim has led 346 laps this season, almost twice as much as the next driver (Chandler Smith-187). Heim is the only driver to lead laps in all seven Truck Series races this season.
· A total of 10 drivers have won stages in the Truck Series in 2025, led by Corey Heim with four stage wins.
· Only one driver has finished every lap of the seven Truck Series races this season (100% laps completed): Daniel Hemric.
· Tyler Ankrum is on a streak of six top-10 finishes, including the last four being top fives and his win at Rockingham. Ankrum ended a 130-race winless streak at Rockingham, the most starts between wins in Truck series history.
· Five drivers finished top-10 in the first two 1.5 mile track races of 2025: Tyler Ankrum, Grant Enfinger, Corey Heim, Layne Riggs, Chandler Smith.
· Four Truck Series drivers are on streaks of top-10 finishes of three or more – T. Ankrum (6), C. Heim (5), J. Garcia (4) and R. Caruth (3).
· Prior to his 13th at Rockingham (seventh race of 2025), Chandler Smith finished inside the top-10 in each of the first six races.
· The last 21 Truck Series races ended at the scheduled distance, the longest streak ever without an overtime finish in Trucks. The last overtime finish was at Darlington on May 10, 2024
· Four drivers are on the longest top-10 streak of their careers: Tyler Ankrum (6), Jake Garcia (4), Kaden Honeycutt and Gio Ruggiero (2).
· Ford remains winless in 2025; they did not win for the first time in 2024 until race 15.
· Ford is winless in the last 45 Texas races; their last win was by Greg Biffle in June of 2000.
· Corey Heim led the most laps in four of the last five races of 2025 but won only one of the four races
Hot Start To CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Season (Through First Seven Races)
· Six different winners in the first seven races, tied for second most (7 in 2012).
· Each of the last six races of 2025 were won by different drivers.
· The 105 lead changes and 58 leaders in 2025 are the most ever through seven races in a season.
· 11 drivers have DNF’d due to accidents in 2025, tied for the fewest through seven races (1995).
· 19 full time driver have a top-10 in 2025, third most all time through seven races.
· 28 different driver have led a lap in 2025, tied for the most all time through seven races.
· Seven full-time drivers have a top-10 average finish in 2025, tied for most through seven races.
NASCAR & Texas, Etc.
Historical & Significant Events at Texas Motor Speedway:
· Construction on Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) began in 1995 just outside the Dallas/Fort-Worth area of Texas.
· The 1.5-mile track sits on approximately 1,500 acres.
· The first NASCAR national series race at Texas Motor Speedway was a NASCAR Xfinity Series event on April 5, 1997. The race was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin driving an RFK Racing Ford (122.993 mph).
· The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway was on April 6, 1997, and the race was won by Jeff Burton in an RFK Racing Ford (125.111 mph).
· In 1997, the speedway held a two-day country music festival titled Country Fest, attracting 260,000 people. A week later, the speedway held RockFest ’97, a rock music festival that attracted around 400,000 people.
· Texas Motor Speedway underwent its first repave between the 2001 and 2002 NASCAR Cup Series seasons.
· The infield road course at Texas Motor Speedway has four length variations – 2.324 miles, 1.07 miles, 0.7 mile, 0.5 mile.
· Texas Motor Speedway hosted its first NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race on November 6, 2005 – the postseason race won by RFK Racing driver Carl Edwards (151.055 mph).
· In 2010, the track hosted FortyFest, a Christian rock music festival.
· In 2011, the spring NASCAR Cup Series race was moved from Sunday to Saturday night under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway. The 2017 season marked the first year it was moved back to a Sunday afternoon race.
· In 2013, TMS announced the construction of Big Hoss TV, which when constructed, was set to become the biggest HD screen in the world. The video screen was completed in March 2014and was officially certified by Guinness World Records as the largest HD television LED screen in the world.
· Texas Motor Speedway underwent its second repave between the 2016 and 2017 NASCAR Cup Series seasons. The renovation added a new layer of asphalt over the existing pavement, an expansive French drainage system on the frontstretch and backstretch and reduced the banking in Turns 1 and 2 by four degrees (now 20 degrees).
· The 2021 season marked the first time the track hosted the NASCAR All-Star Race instead of the points-paying spring event. Texas Motor Speedway hosted the NASCAR All-Star Race in 2021 and in 2022 instead of spring race.
· Texas Motor Speedway has hosted one NASCAR Cup Series race from 1997 – 2004 and two races per year from 2005 – 2020.
· In 2021 and 2022, the track hosted the NASCAR All-Star Race and one point-paying Playoff race.
· In 2023, TMS hosted a second location of the HWY30 Music Fest, a country music festival that originated from Filer, Idaho.
· Texas Motor Speedway has earned the nickname of “The Great American Speedway.”
· Since 2023, the NASCAR Cup Series has only competed at Texas Motor Speedway once a season. In total, Texas Motor Speedway has hosted 44 NASCAR Cup Series races from 1997 – 2024.
Latest Track Storylines:
· Film and television actor Shea Whigham, best known for his standout roles in acclaimed projects such as “Boardwalk Empire,” “True Detective,” “Joker” and “American Hustle,” has been named the Grand Marshal for the NASCAR Cup Series race this Sunday, May 4, at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). The talented veteran actor co-stars with Tom Cruise in “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – The Final Reckoning,” which will have a gala screening on May 14 at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
· The other primary dignitary role for the WÜRTH 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY will be filled by Sebastian Würth, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Würth Group. He will serve as the Honorary Starter and wave the green flag to officially start the 11th race of the season. Benjamin Würth, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group, will be a co-Honorary Race Official alongside Moses Brings Plenty, who is best known for his portrayal of “Mo” in the Paramount Network hit series, “Yellowstone.”
· Former NCS star Kasey Kahne will buckle in as the Honorary Pace Car Driver and help lead the field to the green flag. Kahne was an 18-race winner in the NCS and was part of the closest Cup Series finish in TMS history. He was edged by Elliott Sadler by 0.028 second in the 2004 race.
· Football champion running back Spencer Tillman will provide the pre-race invocation for the WÜRTH 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY. Tillman spent eight years in the NFL with the Houston Oilers (1987-88, ’92-94) and San Francisco 49ers (’89-91). He was also an All-American and captain of the University of Oklahoma’s 1985 national championship team. Tillman is currently a college football game analyst for FOX Sports.
· Another esteemed dignitary will be National Anthem singer Don Graves, who will celebrate his 100th birthday the day prior to his appearance at the NCS race. He is a U.S. Marine veteran who is part of an exceptional group of living American heroes who took part in the successful invasion on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II. It will be Graves’ second visit to TMS to perform, having sung “God Bless America” prior to the 2023 fall NCS Playoff race.
