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Texas Motor Speedway Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
Sunday, May 3 3:30 p.m. ET 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) The Purse: $11,233,037
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Texas Motor Speedway Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
Saturday, May 2 3:30 p.m. ET TV: CW, 2:30 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) The Purse: $1,753,590
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Texas Motor Speedway Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
Friday, May 1 8 p.m. ET 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) The Purse: $789,700
Track Facts & Insights: Texas
- 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.
- Texas Motor Speedway has earned the nickname – “The Great American Speedway.”
- 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. - A unique feature at the track is a 10-story building named the Lone Star Tower that overlooks the second turn and is used for condominiums and office space.
The Lone Star Tower broke ground in 1996 and was completed in early 1998. - 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 2014 and was officially certified by Guinness World Records as the largest HD television LED screen in the world.
- In 2023, TMS hosted a second location of the Gordy’s HWY30 Music Fest, a country music festival that originated from Filer, Idaho.
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TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Race Details
This weekend’s race is the 46th at Texas, the 14th since the reconfiguration prior to the 2017 races and the fourth scheduled at 400 miles ( 267 laps )
The stage end laps are 80, 165 and 267 (80 laps, 85 laps, 102 laps)
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: NINE DIFFERENT WINNERS, NINE RACES
The last nine races at Texas were won by nine different drivers, the track record is 13 different winners between 1998 and 2007
Hendrick Motorsports drivers won three of the last five Texas races with three different drivers: Chase Elliott 4/24, William Byron 9/23, Kyle Larson 10/21
Texas Track Records and Performance
Two drivers got their first win at Texas: Jeff Burton in 4/97 and Dale Earnhardt Jr in 4/00
Brad Keselowski is winless at Texas but has three runner-up finishes there, most recently in 2024
There were 11 speeding penalties in this race last year, more than the prior three races there in the Next Gen car combined
CAUTION-HEAVY RACING AT TEXAS
All three Texas races scheduled for 400 miles had at least 11 cautions, including a track record-tying 16 in 2024
The last two races at Texas had at least seven cautions in the final stage
The final green flag stretch was six laps or less in four of the last five Texas races
Texas averages 14 cautions per race in the Next Gen car, the most of all active tracks
KYLE LARSON’S DOMINANCE ON 1.5-MILE TRACKS
10 wins on 1.5-mile tracks rank fifth among active drivers, all 10 came in his 38 starts on them with Hendrick Motorsports (26% win percentage on them with Hendrick)
17 stage wins on 1.5-mile tracks in the Next Gen car, no other driver has more than 10 1,920 laps led on 1.5-mile tracks in the Next Gen car, more than double the next closest driver (Byron – 912) led in 22 of his last 23 starts on 1.5-mile tracks, dating back to Miami in October 2022, including his last 11
Larson’s Current Winless Drought
Currently on a 34 race winless streak, his longest since joining Hendrick Motorsports in the start of 2021 Won every 6 races (16.67%) between the start of 2021 and his last win at Kansas in May 2025 Finished runner-up four times since his last win including Kansas two weeks ago
His teammates have five wins since his last win (Chase Elliott-3, William Byron-2) Won the 2025 Championship
NASCAR INSIGHTS
Pit Crew Insights
Chase Elliott has gained 45 positions on pit road this season, the most of all drivers (Logano, Buescher +29)
The fastest 3 stops for Ryan Blaney’s crew in 2026 all came in their first start together at Kansas after changing the jackman
All four of the Joe Gibbs Racing pit crews are ranked in the top 15 in 2026
Penske: Joey Logano has gained 29 positions on pit road in 2026, Ryan Blaney has lost 87 positions
SEASON STATISTICS AND STORYLINES
Tyler Reddick’s average finish of 5.9 is the best through 10 races since 2020 (Kevin Harvick – 5.5)
Despite Kyle Busch earning their first top-10 finish of 2026 at Talladega, Richard Childress Racing’s average finish of 22.7 is
their worst through 10 races since 2002 (24.8)
RFK Racing’s average finish of 13.0 is their best through 10 races since 2012 (10.1)
The last three races in 2026 had a combined MOV of 0.287, the smallest total over a three-race span since the introduction of
electronic scoring in 1993
Cole Custer is the only full-time driver without a top-20 finish this season
29 of the 35 drivers to run all 10 races have at least one top-10 finish
ONES TO WATCH
HOT
Kyle Larson
Finished top-10 in three of the last five
Texas races including a win in October 2021
Led in each of the last five Texas races for a total of 541 laps led
Won at least one stage in each of the last five Texas races
Leads all drivers in laps run in the top-five
and the top-10 in the Next Gen car at Texas
HOT
William Byron
Finished top-10 in four of the last five
Texas races including a win in September 2023
Finished on the lead lap in the last six Texas races
Averaged a top-10 running position in four
of the last five Texas races
Never finished outside the top-20 in a stage at Texas
COLD
Chris Buescher
Best Texas finish of 14th in 16 starts
Only three lead lap finishes at Texas
Average finish of 22nd at Texas
COLD
Alex Bowman
Only two top-10 finishes in 16 Texas starts
Finished 12th or worse in his last five
Texas races
Failed to finish four of his last seven Texas
starts due to accidents
SLEEPER
Daniel Suarez
Finished top-12 in the last five Texas races
Finished top-10 in the last three Texas
races, the longest active streak
Six top-10 finishes in the last nine Texas races
SLEEPER
Brad Keselowski
Three time Texas runner-up
Finished top-10 in six of the last seven Texas races
685 laps led at Texas are the most of all active drivers without a win there
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JUSTIN ALLGAIER’S HISTORIC RUN
Allgaier’s Record-Breaking Season
Leads all drivers with 3 wins and 8 Top 5s in 2026
Point lead over second of 105 points is larger than the gap from second to sixth
Justin Allgaier, Corey Day and Sheldon Creed are tied with 9 Top 10s this season
Justin Allgaier and Austin Hill are tied with 4 stage wins this season
31 career wins are tied for 6th all-time with Jack Ingram
Texas Stage Dominance
Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with 7 career stage wins at Texas
Justin Allgaier won five of last six stages at Texas
Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with 18 career stage wins on 1.5-mile track
COREY DAY’S HISTORIC FIRST WIN
Corey Day is the first non-Cup Series driver to win for Hendrick Motorsports since Kyle Busch in 2004
Corey Day’s win was the first for Hendrick Motorsports at Talladega
Breaking Records for Young Drivers
Four of the last 13 races were won by first-time winners : Taylor Gray – Martinsville (10/20/25), Sheldon Creed (02/2026),
William Sawalich – Rockingham (04/2026) and Corey Day – Talladega (04/2026)
The average age of the last four winners (20) is 15 years younger than the average age of the first seven winners (35) this season
SHELDON CREED’S CAREER YEAR
Finished Top 10 in a career-best eight straight races, the longest active streak
Scored 13 or more stage points in three straight races
Leads all drivers with an average finish of 6.5 this season
Won the last two Dash 4 Cash prizes
DASH 4 CASH COMPETITION
Texas is the fourth and final Dash 4 Cash race of 2026
The highest-finishing of the four qualified drivers at Texas will win $100,000 bonus
2026 is the 18th season of Dash 4 Cash in O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
$6,625,000 awarded since the start of the program in 2009
The four Dash 4 Cash races in 2026 are Bristol, Kansas, Talladega and Texas
Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with eight bonus money wins
JR MOTORSPORTS’ RECORD PACE
JR Motorsports had at least one car finish in the Top 10 in 68 consecutive races, the second-longest streak all-time
Through 11 races, JR Motorsports is ahead of their 2025 pace in wins, Top 2s, Top 5s, Top 10s, stage wins, laps led and average finish
JR Motorsports won with four of their five cars and four of their ten drivers this season
MANUFACTURER COMPETITION
Chevrolet won nine of the 11 races, 20 of 22 stages and led all but 350 laps this season
Chevrolet has most Top 5s and laps led by single manufacturer through 11 races in series history
FORD IS MISSING
Ford does not have an entry for Texas this weekend. It is the first O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race without a Ford entry since
October 27, 1991 at Martinsville
Since the start of the 1992 season, Ford has been represented in every NOS event
TEXAS TRACK SPECIFICS
This is the 48th NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Texas since the inaugural race in 1997
Texas has hosted a NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race every season since 1997
Nine different drivers won last 10 races at Texas
There has not been an overtime finish in the first 11 races of the season, the longest stretch to open a season without an overtime in series history
JOE GIBBS RACING
Joe Gibbs Racing Turnaround
Had at least one car finish Top 3 in six of last seven races
Won three of last four races on 1.5-mile tracks with three different drivers
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TEXAS’ UNIQUE RACE CHARACTERISTICS
This is the 52nd Truck race at Texas, the most races at one track in series history
Stages at Texas: 40/40/87
Texas is the first of five races on 1.5-mile tracks in 2026 including three in the Chase
It’s been 343 days since the Truck Series last raced on a 1.5-mile track (Charlotte – 5/23/2025), the longest gap since the
series began running at 1.5-mile tracks in 1996
Six of the last seven Texas races had a pass for the win in the final nine laps including three last lap passes in the last four races
Six drivers got their first NTS win at Texas, but only one in the last 20 races (Carson Hocevar – 2023)
There were 14 overtime finishes at Texas, the most of all tracks
The driver who led the most laps won seven of the last nine Texas races
5 last lap passes for the win at Texas, the most among non-drafting tracks in the Truck Series
13 DNFs at Texas in 2025, tied with New Hampshire for the most in a race in 2025
KYLE BUSCH’S HISTORIC TEXAS DOMINANCE
Won his last four Texas starts, no driver has won five consecutive starts at a track
20 combined wins at Texas across all three series, the second most at a track behind his 22 combined wins at Bristol
49 laps led away from passing Ron Hornaday Jr for most all time at Texas
Led over 50 laps in seven of his 15 Texas starts including each of the last four
1.5-MILE TRACK CONTEXT AND CURRENT SEASON MOMENTUM
Texas is the first of a six week stretch of Truck races, the longest of the season
First seven races of 2025 were run in 63 days, the next 6 races will be run in 36 days
Corey Heim (five wins) is the only repeat winner in the last 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks
The driver who led the most laps won four of the five 1.5-mile track races in 2025
Four teams won the last 11 1.5 mile track races dating back to the start of 2024: TRICON Garage (5 wins), Spire Motorsports (4 wins), Rev Racing and CR7 Motorsports (1 win each)
FORD’S STRUGGLES AT TEXAS AND 1.5-MILE TRACKS
Ford has not won on a 1.5-mile track in 13 races (Ben Rhodes – Charlotte 05/23)
Ford hasn’t won at Texas since June 2000 (Greg Biffle), this 46-race gap is the longest by a manufacturer at any active track
2026 SEASON FORM AND STATISTICS
31 DNFs in 2026 are the fewest through six races in a season since 1995 (30)
Chandler Smith is the only driver to complete every lap in the first six races of 2026, however he was disqualified following Rockingham for failing post-race inspection (rear height requirements)
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