NASCAR Countdown to Green Pre-Race: NBC - 1:30 pm/et

Television Race Coverage: NBC, 2:00pm/et

In the Booth: Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte

Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider

Other Reporters: Kelli Stavast, Rutledge Wood

Pre/Post-Race and Hosts: Krista Voda, Kyle Petty, Dale Jarrett

NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: at 10:00am/et on FoxSports1

Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
Monday, November 9 at 2:00pm/et on NBCSN [NASCAR 120]

TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski's TV Listings Page
Fox Sports TV Listings
FoxSports1 (FS1) TV Schedule
NBC Sports - TV Times
NBCSN
CNBC
TSN Race Schedule - Canada
TV Racer
Armed Forces Network - Search NASCAR

Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Channel 90

goprn.com

siriusxm.com

NBC Sports at stream.nbcsports.com

FOX Sports GO. All NASCAR programming on FOX and FOX Sports 1 is streamed live through the FOX Sports GO app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content. Requires a participating TV provider.

Radio: MRN Live Streaming

Radio: Performance Racing Network (PRN) Live Streaming

SiriusXM Internet Radio is available via any internet connected device, with a subscription.

Practices:
Friday, November 6, 12:30 - 1:55 pm/et, TV-NBCSN
Saturday, November 7, 11:00 - 11:55 am/et, TV-CNBC

Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, November 7, 2:00 - 2:50 pm/et, TV-NBCSN

Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, November 6 at 6:45 pm/et, TV-NBCSN, no re-air scheduled.

Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 1.5-mile quad oval, 334 laps, 501 miles
Track Size: 1.5 miles
Race: 334 laps, 501 miles
Width: 58 feet (minimum)
Turns: 750-foot radius
Degree of Banking: Turns: 24 degrees
Straightaways/dogleg: Banking: 5 degrees;
Straights: Front Straight - 2250 feet; Back Stretch - 1330 feet
Front Straightaway Grandstand: 66 rows, 112,522. Includes: PSL seats (36,000 w/armrests); and Handicapped Seating (1,595 - Row 28 at portal entrances)
Back Straightaway Grandstand: 12 rows, 9,855
Luxury Suites: 144 with seating for 9,992
Victory Lane Club Suites: 50 with seating for 3,152
Condominium Seating: 2,571
Infield Capacity: Approx. 53,000
Grandstand Seating: 122,377
Total Permanent Seating: 138,122
Total Estimated Capacity: 191,122 Pit Road: 45 pit stalls for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1997

Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: Actor John Krasinski
Command to start engines: John Krasinski
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
Honorary Pace Car Driver: TBA
Color Guard: Sheppard Air Force Base 82nd Training Wing Honor Guard
Invocation: Alliance Raceway Ministries; Dr. Roger Marsh
National Anthem: Bárbara Padilla, 4th fourth season, NBC's "America's Got Talent"
Flyover: F-16's, US Air Force Reserve, Carswell AFB, Texas

Track Websites & Social Media:
Texas Motor Speedway website
Speedway Motorsports
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Track Stats - Racing-reference.info

April 2015: see the Texas Race Info page

November 2014: see the Texas Race Info page

April 2015 Race Winner: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 140.500mph, started 5th

November 2014 Race Winner: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 132.239mph, started 3rd

Track Race Record: Greg Biffle, April 2012, 160.577mph

Slowest Race Record: Jeff Burton, 1997, 125.102mph

Oldest Race Winner: Dale Jarrett, 44 years, 4 months, 6 days, 4/1/2001

Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 10 months, and 13 days, 4/7/2014

April 2015 Pole Winner: #41-Kurt Busch, 193.847mph, finished 14th

November 2014 Pole Winner: #20-Matt Kenseth, 199.299mph, finished 25th

Track Qualifying Record: #14-Tony Stewart, 200.111, 10/31/2014 (2nd round qualifying)

Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 6 months, 0 days, 4/08/2002

Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 23 years, 0 months, 12 days, 11/05/2006

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Texas:
#48-Jimmie Johnson...............107.2
#20-Matt Kenseth...............104.7
#18-Kyle Busch...............101.3
#16-Greg Biffle...............99.4
#14-Tony Stewart...............97.0
#19-Carl Edwards...............95.8
#24-Jeff Gordon...............93.3
#11-Denny Hamlin...............93.0
#88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr...............91.9
#15-Clint Bowyer...............89.6
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2015 races (21 total) among active drivers at Texas Motor Speedway.
Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.
See an explanation how the Driver Rating is calculated at NASCAR.com.(NASCAR)(11-3-2015)

Texas Track Notes & History - Thursday:
· Construction on Texas Motor Speedway began in 1995.
· The first NASCAR national series race at TMS was a NASCAR Nationwide Series event on April 5, 1997 - won by Mark Martin.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was on April 6, 1997 - won by Jeff Burton.
· The track underwent a repave between the 2001 and 2002 seasons.
· In 2011, the spring NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was moved from Sunday to Saturday night under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway.
· Texas Motor Speedway hosted its first Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on November 6, 2005 - won by Carl Edwards.
(NASCAR)(11-5-2015)

Texas Pole Notes & Facts - Friday:
· Jeremy Mayfield was the first Coors Light pole winner, in 1998 at Texas with a speed of 185.906 mph. The inaugural Coors Light pole at Texas Motor Speedway in 1997 was cancelled due to weather conditions.
· 21 drivers have Coors Light poles at Texas, led by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Bobby Labonte and Martin Truex Jr. with two each.
· Two drivers have won consecutive Coors Light poles at Texas Motor Speedway: Bobby Labonte (2003 and 2004) and Ryan Newman (2005 sweep).
· Three of the 29 (10.3%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway have been won from the Coors Light pole; Kasey Kahne (2006), Jimmie Johnson (2012) and Kyle Busch (2013).
· The third-place starting position is the most proficient starting spot in the field at Texas Motor Speedway, producing more wins than any other starting position (six) - most recent: Jimmie Johnson (fall of 2014).
· Six of the 29 (20.6%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway have been won from the front row: three from the pole and three from second-place.
· 23 of the 29 (79.3%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway have been won from a top-10 starting position.
· Four of the 29 (13.7%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Texas Motor Speedway is 31st, by Matt Kenseth in 2002.
· Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions twice in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway; the inaugural event in 1997 and the spring race of 2007. The actual race has never been rain shortened, but was postponed to Monday in 2014 due to weather.
(NASCAR)(11-6-2015)

Texas Driver Notes & Facts - Saturday:
· Jeff Gordon is the only drive to have made all 29 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway.
· Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average starting position at Texas Motor Speedway with an 8.417. Johnson is the only active driver with an average starting position at Texas inside the top 10.
· 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski (11/02/2008) and Trevor Bayne (11/07/2010) made their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career starts at Texas Motor Speedway.
· David Ragan (4/09/2011) and Martin Truex Jr. (11/04/2007) posted their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light poles at Texas Motor Speedway.
· 18 different drivers have won at Texas Motor Speedway, led by Jimmie Johnson with five victories.
· Seven drivers have multiple wins at Texas Motor Speedway: Jimmie Johnson (five), Carl Edwards (three), Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart each have two.
· One NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver has won at Texas Motor Speedway in two different manufacturers: Jeff Burton (1997 - Ford; 2007 - Chevrolet)
· Jeff Burton (4/06/1997) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (4/02/2000) won their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career race at Texas Motor Speedway.
· Three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers have posted consecutive wins at Texas Motor Speedway: Jimmie Johnson (2014 Chase race and Spring of 2015), Carl Edwards (2008 sweep) and Denny Hamlin (2010 sweep).
· Jimmie Johnson has won the last three consecutive Chase races at Texas Motor Speedway (2012, 2013 and 2014).
· 11 of the 13 active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers who have won at Texas Motor Speedway participated in at least two or more races before visiting Victory Lane. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won at Texas in his first appearance; Carl Edwards and Ryan Newman won in their second appearance at TMS.
· Jeff Gordon competed at Texas Motor Speedway 16 times before winning in the spring of 2009; the longest span of any the 13 active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winners.
· Only three of the 13 winning drivers have made 10 or more attempts before their first win at Texas Motor Speedway: Jeff Gordon (16) Kyle Busch (15) and Kurt Busch (13).
· Kevin Harvick leads the series among active drivers with the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway without visiting Victory Lane at 25.
· Jimmie Johnson leads the series in runner-up finishes at Texas Motor Speedway with five; followed by Matt Kenseth with four and Jeff Gordon with three.
· Matt Kenseth leads the series in top-five finishes at Texas Motor Speedway with 13; followed by Jimmie Johnson with 12, Jeff Gordon with nine, Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch each have eight.
· Jimmie Johnson leads the series in top-10 finishes at Texas Motor Speedway with 18; followed by Matt Kenseth (17) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (15).
· Two active drivers have a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series average finish inside the top 10 at Texas: Jimmie Johnson (8.750) and Matt Kenseth (9.462).
· Casey Mears has participated in the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway without posting a DNF (21).
· Jimmie Johnson leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in Laps Led at Texas Motor Speedway with 1,017 laps led in 24 starts.
· Jeff Gordon leads all active NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers in Laps Completed at Texas Motor Speedway with 8,664 laps.
· Two female drivers have made NSCS starts at Texas Motor Speedway: Shawna Robinson and Danica Patrick
(NASCAR)(11-7-2015)

Texas Race Notes & Facts - Sunday:
· There have been 29 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway, one NSCS event from 1997 - 2004 and two races per year since 2005.
· 144 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas; 116 in more than one.
· Roush Fenway Racing leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in wins at Texas Motor Speedway with nine; followed by Hendrick Motorsports with seven and Joe Gibbs Racing has four.
· Four different manufacturers have won a NSCS race at Texas, led by Ford (12), followed by Chevrolet (11), Toyota (three) and Dodge (three).
· There have been five NSCS green-white-checker finishes at Texas Motor Speedway: fall 2006 (334/339), spring 2008 (334/339), fall 2012 (334/335), spring 2014 (334/340) and fall 2014 (334/341).
· Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway was the (4/4/2004) race won by Elliott Sadler with a MOV of 0.028 over second-place Kasey Kahne.
(NASCAR)(11-8-2015)

For news, stats, records and more about this race track, see: Jayski.com's Texas Motor Speedway Track News/Rumors/Links page

Johnson wins at Texas: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway for his 5th win of the season, 6th win at Texas and 75th career win. Johnson led just 6 of the 334 laps. He passed #2-Keselowski with 3 laps remaining after Keselowski had dominated the race, leading 312 laps.
#24-Gordon remains the only driver automatically advancing to the Championship round of The Chase after his Martinsvile win.
#2-Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #4-Harvick, #18-Busch, #19-Edwards, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #41-Busch, #78-Truex, Jr., #24-Gordon, and #1-McMurray.
#22-Joey Logano cut down a tire 10 laps into the race and had to go to the garage for extended repairs. He finished 40th, 66 laps down.
Erik Jones, filling in for #20 Kenseth, finished 12th.
There were 15 lead changes among 8 drivers and 9 cautions for 47 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 137.490mph.
See unofficial race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Unofficial Race Results page (pdf) and check out the Penalty Report (pdf) and Lap Summary Report (pdf).
See OFFICIAL race results & points standings on the Official Race & Points Report (pdf).(11-8-2015)

Finishing positions of the 2015 Sprint Cup Chase drivers at Texas:
[by points standings before the race (start pos)]
1) #24-Jeff Gordon, 9th (18)
2) #18-Kyle Busch, 4th (3)
3) #78-Martin Truex Jr., 8th (23)
4) #4-Kevin Harvick, 3rd (2)
5) #19-Carl Edwards, 19th (13)
6) #2-Brad Keselowski, 2nd (1)
7) #41-Kurt Busch, 7th (7)
8) #22-Joey Logano, 40th (4)
(11-8-2015)

Race Fast Facts - Texas:
Jimmie Johnson won the 11th Annual AAA Texas 500, his 75th victory in 505 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his fifth victory and 20th top-10 finish in 2015.
This is his sixth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 25 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 15 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 23rd top-10 finish in 2015.
Kevin Harvick (third) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 26 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Brett Moffitt (30th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 2 points over Kyle Busch.
Jimmie Johnson becomes the first driver to win three consecutive NSCS races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson has won the last four consecutive Chase races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson has 75 career wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, just one win behind NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt (76).
Jimmie Johnson is the third driver in series history to sweep both races at Texas in a single season joining Carl Edwards (2008) and Denny Hamlin (2010).
(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(11-8-2015)

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings - Eliminator Round:
[after Texas, race 34 of 36, Chase race 8 of 10]
1) #24-Gordon* [1 win], 4082
2) #18-Busch[4], 4080 -2; +11 ahead of 5th
3) #4-Harvick [3], 4079 -3; +10 ahead of 5th
4) #78-Truex, Jr.[1], 4076 -6; +7 ahead of 5th
Top 4 advance to Championship round
5) #19-Edwards[2], 4069 -13; -7 out of 4th
6) #2-Keselowski[1], 4057 -25; -19 out of 4th
7) #41-Busch[2], 4048 -34; -26 out of 4th
8) #22-Logano [6], 4013 - 69; -63 out of 4th
The order is set by the points standings after the last round.
(ties are broken by wins, 2nds, 3rds, etc, with in that round of the Chase)
*Automatically advances to Championship round with a win in the Eliminator round.
See the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings page (pdf) and Unofficial Owners Points Standings page (pdf).
See OFFICIAL race results & points standings on the Official Race & Points Report (pdf).(11-8-2015)

Unofficial Top 25 in 2015 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):
[after Texas, race 34 of 36]
(using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial)
1) #4-Kevin Harvick (C3), 1234
2) #22-Joey Logano (C8), 1217 -17
3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (EC), 1147 -87
4) #2-Brad Keselowski (C6), 1138 -96
5) #78-Martin Truex Jr. (C4), 1102 -132
6) #48-Jimmie Johnson (EC), 1080 -154
7) #11-Denny Hamlin (EC), 1047 -187
8) #19-Carl Edwards (C5), 1042 -192
9) #41-Kurt Busch (C7), 1035 -199
10) #24-Jeff Gordon (C1), 1032 -202
11) #20-Matt Kenseth (EC), 1009 -225
12) #1-Jamie McMurray (EC), 992 -242
13) #31-Ryan Newman (EC), 991 -243
14) #27-Paul Menard (EC), 918 -316
15) #43-Aric Almirola, 903 -331
16) #5-Kasey Kahne, 896 -338
17) #15-Clint Bowyer (EC), 869 -365
18) #16-Greg Biffle, 821 -413
19) #42-Kyle Larson, 809 -425
20) #18-Kyle Busch (C2), 779 -455
21) #3-Austin Dillon, 778 -456
22) #13-Casey Mears, 730 -504
23) #47-AJ Allmendinger, 714 -520
24) #17-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 687 -547
25) #9-Sam Hornish, Jr., 677 -557
(C# = chase driver and current Chase position)
(EC = chase driver that has been eliminated from the Chase)
(11-8-2015)

Lucky Dogs - Who got a lap back on each caution at Texas: (and their finish)
Caution 1: none, no one a lap or more down
Caution 2: none, no one on track a lap or more down
Caution 3: none, no one on track a lap or more down
Caution 4: #88-Earnhardt, Jr., 6th
Caution 5: #17-Stenhouse, Jr., 21st
Caution 6: #6-Bayne, 39th
Caution 7: #27-Menard, 13th
Caution 8: #88-Earnhardt, Jr., 6th
Caution 9: #20-Jones, 12
(11-8-2015)

Race Coverage of the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled for Sunday, November 8, 2015.
Television (TV): NBC at 2:00 pm/et; Countdown Green Pre-Race show at 1:30pm/et; green flag approx. 2:16pm/et
Radio: Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio 90
Scheduled Race Re-Airs: Monday, November 9 at 2:00pm/et on NBCSN

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole sitter #2-Keselowski chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters].
Outside pole sitter #4-Harvick took pit stall 14, the first pit stall with an opening in front of it.
#18-Busch, who starts 3rd took the 9th pit stall.
The 43rd and final pit stall was taken by #42-Larson, who starts 5th.
To see where the drivers/teams pit stall is, see the pit selection chart on Jayski.com's Pit Stall Selection chart.(10-30-2015)

Highlights of NASCAR's changes on pit road in 2015:
" Number of officials on pit road during race reduced from 43 to 10.
" 45 HD cameras will be mounted on the grandstand side of each track and directed toward pit road to monitor pit stops and officials call or clear penalties.
" Every camera looks at two pit stalls and the cameras record 100 percent of the race.
" Video feeds from cameras are fed to a production truck in the TV compound where eight NASCAR officials monitor stops for violations.
" Pit road speeding penalties will still be called from race control based on scoring loops.
" Pit stalls are laser measured
" Missing Lug Nuts are no longer a penalty.
" Fueling can start once car is stopped.
" Fueling can continue until car leaves pit stall.

Links to results, practices, qualifying PDF's: (will be added as available)
Official Race & Points Report
Race Results
Drivers Points
Owners Points
Lap Summary Report
Penalty Report
Happy Hour Practice Speeds
Practice 2 Speeds
Pitstalls
Starting Lineup
Qualifying Results
Practice 1 Speeds
Qualifying Order
Latest / Final Entry List
Preliminary Entry List

NASCAR Green-White-Checkered Race Procedure: NASCAR allows a maximum of three restart attempts prior to the White Flag under NASCAR's Green-White-Checkered flag finish. If the leader has taken the White Flag and the caution flag is displayed, the field is frozen and the race will not be restarted. Previously, there was only one restart attempt. The procedure applies to all three national series. See rule and notes on the Green-White-Checker rule page.

See Jayski's - 2015 Sprint Cup Race Results Page for pole winner, race winner with speed and starting/finishing position, links to race results, drivers & owners points, pit stall selections, qualifying results/starting lineup and practice speeds as well as link to race track and race information page for each race

Practices canceled: Both Sprint Cup practices were canceled on Saturday. There was rain overnight at the track and rain seeping onto the track prevented teams from getting practices in.(11-7-2015)

First Saturday practice: was canceled. NASCAR could not get the track dry soon enough to get the session in before NASCAR XFINITY Series qualifying was scheduled to start.(11-7-2015)

Keselowski wins Texas pole: #2-Brad Keselowski won the Coors Light pole for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway with speed of 196.929mph for his 3rd pole of 2015, 1st at Texas and 11th of his career. Keselowski has won 2 races from the pole out of 10 previous poles.
#4-Harvick is on the outside pole followed by #18-Busch, #22-Logano, #42-Larson, #20-Jones, #41-Busch, #48-Johnson, #11-Hamlin, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #10-Patrick, and #16-Biffle.
Missing the race were: #32-Gase & #62-Sorenson.
See the starting lineup, qualifying results round-by-round, qualifying order on Jayski.com's Texas Qualifying Page.(11-6-2015)(11-6-2015)

Where the 2015 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Texas:
[listed by current driver points position]
1) #24-Jeff Gordon, 18th
2) #18-Kyle Busch, 3rd
3) #78-Martin Truex Jr., 23rd
4) #4-Kevin Harvick, 2nd
5) #19-Carl Edwards, 13th
6) #2-Brad Keselowski, 1st POLE
7) #41-Kurt Busch, 7th
8) #22-Joey Logano, 4th
(10-6-2015)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Texas:
Brad Keselowski won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 11th Annual AAA Texas 500 with a lap of 27.421 seconds, 196.929 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 231 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his third pole and 21st top-10 start in 2015.
This is his first pole in 15 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kevin Harvick (second) posted his 23rd top-10 start of 2015 and his sixth in 26 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 17th in 23 races this season.
Brett Moffitt (35th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(11-6-2015)

Second Round of Qualifying for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over after 10 scheduled minutes.
#2-Keselowski 197.455
#22-Logano 196.671
#4-Harvick 196.542
#41-Busch 196.150
#18-Busch 196.078
the rest of the top 12: 48 11 42 20 88 16 10;
out of the top 12 and not advancing to round 3: 19 15 55 5 13 24 31 27 33 14 78 43
(11-6-2015)

First Round of Qualifying for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over, after 20 scheduled minutes.
#2-Keselowski 198.282
#22-Logano 197.260
#14-Stewart 197.260
#41-Busch 197.246
#18-Busch 197.116
the rest of the top 24: 88 11 15 42 31 20 48 27 5 4 13 24 10 43 16 19 55 78 33;
out of the top 24 and not advancing to round 2: 21 3 1 17 6 47 7 9 95 26 34 40 46 83 35 23 38 98 32 51 62
Drivers who will miss the race: #32-Gase, #62-Sorenson.
(11-6-2015)

Friday practice: for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over. After 85 scheduled minutes, top five, slowest and notes:
#2-Keselowski 197.059
#4- Harvick 196.421
#19-Edwards 196.249
#42-Larson 196.128
#22-Logano 196.000
slowest: #62-Sorenson 187.201 & #98-Preece 185.727.
most laps run: #40-Cassill, 32 laps
note: Qualifying will be this evening at 6:45pm/et. It will be shown on NBCSN.
See fastest speeds, lap run, best 10 consecutive lap ave on the Texas practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(11-6-2015)

Coverage of Qualifying for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled for Friday, November 6, 2015 at 6:45pm/et.
Television (TV): TBA, 6:30pm/et
Radio: Live online at Performance Racing Network (PRN)
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: none

Qualifying Order for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is posted. 45 cars/drivers are listed.
The first driver to be lined up on pit road will be #23-Burton.
The final driver lined up on pit road will be #38-Gilliland.
The order is set by a random draw, how cars park on pit road before they qualify, held about an hour before the first practice.
After the first round, the cars line up by speed.
See the full qualifying order on Jayski.com's Texas Qualifying Page.(11-6-2015)

Entry List for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is posted, 45 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including: #20-Erik Jones (in for Kenseth), #21-Blaney, #32-Gase, #33-Scott, #62-Sorenson, #95-McDowell, #98-Preece.
Drivers who need to be in the top-36 in speed and have no provisional available to them (lowest in owners points): #62-Sorenson (45th), #95-McDowell (44th)
Drivers who would miss the race if qualifying is canceled (least race attempts): #21-Blaney (17 attempts), #95-McDowell (18)
See the full entry list on Jayski.com's Texas Entry List

For the group qualifying rules and format, see my Qualifying Rules page

How to Calculate Track Speeds: use the formula Speed = Distance divided by Time. Distance is Track Length, and Lap Time into Hours. Once hour is 3600 seconds, so the calculation for a 48 second lap at Daytona(2.5 miles) would be: Speed = 2.5 x (3600/48), = 2.5 x 75 = 187.500mph. For a 19 second lap at Bristol(.533 miles): Speed = .533 x (3600/19), = .533 x 189.474 = a speed of 100.990mph

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings - Eliminator Round:
[after Martinsville, race 33 of 36, Chase race 7 of 10]
1) #24-Gordon* [1], 4047
2) #18-Busch[4], 4039 -8; +9 ahead of 5th
3) #78-Truex, Jr.[1], 4039 -8; +9 ahead of 5th
4) #4-Harvick [3], 4037 -10; +7 ahead of 5th
Top 4 advance to Championship round
5) #19-Edwards[2], 4030 -17; -7 out of 4th
6) #2-Keselowski[1], 4013 -34; -24 out of 4th
7) #41-Busch[2], 4011 -36; -26 out of 4th
8) #22-Logano [6 wins], 4009 - 38; -28 out of 4th
The order is set by the points standings after the last round.
(ties are broken by wins, 2nds, 3rds, etc, with in that round of the Chase)
*Automatically advances to Championship round with a win in the Eliminator round.
See OFFICIAL race results & points standings on the Official Race & Points Report (pdf).(11-1-2015)

Unofficial Top 25 in 2015 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):
[after Martinsville, race 33 of 36]
(using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial)
1) #22-Joey Logano (C8), 1213
2) #4-Kevin Harvick (C4), 1192 -21
3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (EC), 1109 -104
4) #2-Brad Keselowski (C6), 1094 -119
5) #78-Martin Truex Jr. (C3), 1065 -148
6) #11-Denny Hamlin (EC), 1041 -172
7) #48-Jimmie Johnson (EC), 1033 -180
8) #20-Matt Kenseth (EC), 1009 -204
9) #19-Carl Edwards (C5), 1003 -210
10) #41-Kurt Busch (C7), 998 -215
11) #24-Jeff Gordon (C1), 997 -216
12) #31-Ryan Newman (EC), 969 -244
13) #1-Jamie McMurray (EC), 958 -255
14) #27-Paul Menard (EC), 887 -326
15) #43-Aric Almirola, 877 -336
16) #5-Kasey Kahne, 872 -341
17) #15-Clint Bowyer (EC), 840 -373
18) #42-Kyle Larson, 802 -411
19) #16-Greg Biffle, 796 -417
20) #3-Austin Dillon, 745 -468
21) #18-Kyle Busch (C2), 738 -475
22) #13-Casey Mears, 712 -501
23) #47-AJ Allmendinger, 687 -526
24) #17-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 664 -549
25) #14-Tony Stewart, 661 -552
26) #9-Sam Hornish, Jr., 657 -556
27)#10-Danica Patrick*, 640 -573
*Reflects 25 point penalty after Martinsville.
(C# = chase driver and current Chase position)
(EC = chase driver that has been eliminated from the Chase)
(11-1/3-2015)