Race: Sunday, April 15, 2007 in Fort Worth, TX
Title Sponsor: Samsung
Track: Texas Motor Speedway
TV: FOX 1:30pm/et
FOX Pre-Race Show: FOX - 2:00pm/et - with hosts Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond
Green Flag Scheduled: 2:10pm/et
Practice Dates/Times/TV
Practice: Friday, April 13, 12:30 - 2:00pm/et TV: SPEED; and
Saturday, April 14, 11:30am - 12:20pm/et TV: SPEED
PEED
Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, April 14, 1:20 - 2:30pm/et on TV-SPEED
Qualifying Info
Qualifying Draw: Friday, April 13, 11:30am/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Friday, April 13 at 5:10pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air at 8:00pm/et and 2:30am/et AND live via radio at PRN Radio and Sirius Satellite NASCAR Radio.
NEXTEL CUP EVENT SCHEDULE for this race
(this schedule is local time for the track - which is central time)
Thursday, April 12th
11:00am-12:10pm NBS Practice
12:20pm-12:50pm NBS Rookie Practice
1:00pm - 2:00pm NBS Practice
6:00pm NBS The Dallas Morning News Qualifying (Busch)
8:00pm Fandango (Open to season ticket holders only)
Friday, April 13th
6:00am NNCS Haulers Enter
7:30am NNCS Garage Opens
12:00pm Gates Open
12:30pm - 2:00pm NNCS Practice
4:10pm NNCS The Dallas Morning News Qualifying Days (CUP)
8:00pm Dale The Movie
Saturday, April 14th
9:30am Gates Open
10:30am-11:20am NNCS Practice
12:20pm-1:20pm NNCS Final Practice
2:00pm NBS OReilly 300 (200 Laps, 300 Miles / TV:
Sunday, April 15th
9:00am Gates Open
1:00pm NNCS Samsung 500 (334 Laps, 501 Miles / TV: FOX, Local Radio: Live 105.3FM KLLI)
Track Details
Completed : 1996
Distance : 1.5 miles
Shape : Quad-oval
Banking : 24° turns
5° straights
Frontstretch : 2,250 feet
Backstretch : 1,330 feet
Seating : 159,585
Won’t be goin’ to Texas, but will be at The Altamont in N CA to watch our SIL drive in his 2nd race day. He’s driving a Honda Civic that he’s been working on through the winter.
Last weekend, he managed to get an 8th place finish in his first race and a 2nd place finish in the finale.
Oh, and on a totally different racing note, I spotted a car the other night sporting personalized plates - JR8 SR3.