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April 9, 2017

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

FORT WORTH, Tex. – Jimmie Johnson proved on Sunday that you can’t keep a good driver, a good car and a good team down for long—even if you change the playing field at one of his favorite race tracks.
The seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion passed Joey Logano for the lead on Lap 318 of 334 and pulled away for his first victory of the season in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at newly repaved and reconfigured Texas Motor Speedway.
Continue reading “New pavement at Texas can’t stop Jimmie Johnson juggernaut”

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying – O’Reilly Auto Parts 500
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
Friday, April 7, 2017

1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 198.405 mph.
2. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 198.020 mph.
3. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 198.020 mph.
4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 197.759 mph.
5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 197.563 mph. Continue reading “2017 NASCAR Cup Series Texas Starting Lineup – Kevin Harvick On Pole”

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SHOW #457 – Guests: Chase Elliott / Travis Peterson – We recap the incredible Martinsville weekend, Bubba and Sadler visit Vegas, Harvick goes back to his roots, Larson flies commercial, plus Texas is ALL NEW so we break things down for you. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie

Continue reading “The Final Lap Weekly #NASCAR Racing Radio Podcast #457 Chase Elliott/Travis Peterson Texas Preview”