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Texas By The Numbers
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We’re back at Texas, and Cousin Carl showed the world that he can contend at this track. Earlier this year in the Samsung 500, Edwards built a lead of more than seven seconds over second place Johnson.
 
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Jeff Gordon Captures First Career Pole At Texas
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Mental game tough on Chase for the Sprint Cup contenders
The Canadian Press - FORT WORTH, Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas — NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup can be as much a mental game as it is a competition on the track. Sleep sometimes comes hard for
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Drivers don't want more changes to NASCAR's Chase
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NASCAR driver Jeff Burton said talk of altering the Chase for the Cup playoff format again "is ridiculous". They say the format is fine, despite the fact
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Hornaday Tames Texas
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Ron Hornaday Jr. flashed the form that’s made him a three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, dominating the final 50 laps of the Chevrolet
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Like old times: Track returns to NASCAR family
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
By Scott Linesburgh STOCKTON - Stockton 99 Speedway made history 54 years ago when it joined NASCAR. On Friday, the largest auto racing organization in the
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The Nationwide Series Is Hurting NASCAR
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Mears To Stay In No. 5 Through End Of Year
Although a switch for the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale at Homestead-Miami was discussed, Casey Mears will remain in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet while Mark Martin will sit on the sideline. Martin is replacing Mears next season, while Mears will drive for Richard Childress Racing. There were discussions about Mears driving for RCR with Martin going into the Hendrick car for the finale so they could get a head start on next season, Mears and Martin said last Sunday. But Hendrick Motorsports has opted to just keep Mears in the car.

Gordon On Texas Pole
Despite all his success in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Jeff Gordon hasn’t had much of it at Texas Motor Speedway. That could be about to change. Gordon, driving the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, dashed to his first pole at the 1.5-mile track on Friday to claim the top starting spot for Sunday’s Dickies 500. The four-time series champ is seeking his first win in his 16th start at the track. Gordon’s fast lap of 188.469 mph beat out Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s Martin Truex Jr., who qualified second at 188.003. Richard Childress Racing’s Clint Bowyer posted the third-fastest speed at 187.859. Roush Fenway Racing’s Jamie McMurray and Hendrick’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. completed the top five.
Positions six through 10 belong to Roush Fenway’s Matt Kenseth, Hendrick’s Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Tony Stewart, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Reed Sorenson and Haas CNC Racing’s Scott Riggs. Chase For The Sprint Cup drivers outside the top 10 included Roush Fenway’s Carl Edwards (16th), JGR’s Denny Hamlin (17th), Roush Fenway’s Greg Biffle (19th), RCR’s Kevin Harvick (23rd), JGR’s Kyle Busch (29th) and RCR’s Jeff Burton (38th). Brad Keselowski, driving the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, qualified based on speed and will start 37th in his series debut. Tony Raines (Haas CNC Racing), Bryan Clauson (Ganassi), Chad McCumbee (Petty Enterprises), Max Papis (Germain Racing) and Johnny Sauter (EM Motorsports) all failed to qualify based on speed and will miss the race.
 

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 The talk in the garage is that testing at Cup tracks next year, which NASCAR floated out the idea of about 24 days, could be reduced to about 12-16.(Roanoke Times)(11-1-2008)

Earnhardt, Jr. says season is too long: In a year that the sanctioning body was supposed to get back to its roots, it may be time for NASCAR to take an even longer, harder look at itself, #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr said. Foremost in his mind: the length of the season. "We have saturated the market with race after race after race," Earnhardt said. "The NFL, they do such a great job. I hate to keep comparing to them and using them as examples, but they do the best job. They give you just enough to keep you wanting more. The season ends before you want it to. You get just enough to get excited and then it's all over and there's such a long wait. The model works." But perhaps Earnhardt's most pointed comment was a swipe at what could be construed as greed and excess, not only by the sanctioning body, but drivers, team owners and practically everyone associated with the sport. "We're driven by the ability to go make another dollar and make more money and there's no way we would ever trim it down," Earnhardt said with a shrug. "When we were a 28-race schedule, the sport was giving you just enough to get really get excited about the next season. When we were racing at 12 o'clock, people were racing home from church to get to see the start of the race. We've just made it too easy and too much. We sort of lost a lot of the substance that we really had before and the character of the sport I think has waned a little bit, but its part of the times, too." Even though it would mean a significant drop in revenue, Earnhardt would love to see NASCAR scale back. But he isn't holding his breath it'll happen any time soon. "No way we would ever trim the schedule back," he said. "There's no way we would change what we really already have here."(Yahoo Sports)(11-1-2008)

Gordon say Letarte will continue as crew chief next year: Should Gordon not crack the win column before the season finale at Homestead, don't expect any wholesale changes to the #24 squad including crew chief Steve Letarte's post. "We're not changing Steve or crew chiefs," Gordon said. "I believe in him. The problems we're having are not Steve. We need to build more depth on the team, and Steve is a big part of organizing that and has really been spearheading a lot of the ideas that are going to be improvements for us for this season and next year."(CBS Sports)(11-1-2008)        
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Video: Post-Qualifying News Conferences from Texas

Jeff Gordon says his team gives him a great chance to win the Dickies 500. (57 seconds) [Watch Video]
Jeff Gordon says he surprised himself by winning the Dickies 500 pole. (50 seconds) [Watch Video]
Martin Truex Jr. says he was an adjustment away from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole. (27 seconds) [Watch Video]
Clint Bowyer says he isn't great at qualifying but had a strong car to qualify third. (13 seconds) [Watch Video]
Friday Notebook: Drivers Caution Against Chase Changes
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Video: Friday News Conferences from Texas

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Texas qualifying run goes Gordon's way in a big way
Pole's a start, but four-time champion still looking for win in Lone Star State
FORT WORTH, Texas – Jeff Gordon, underrated? Jeff Burton thinks so.

"When we talk about the greats of our sport his name doesn't seem to come up," Burton said Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. "It's easy for me to sit here and say how great Richard Petty was because I never had to race with him. I think drivers have a hard time saying, 'You know what? That guy might be better than me.'
http://www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/20528.html

Hornaday wins, closes in, but Benson still has points lead
FORT WORTH, Texas - Ron Hornaday won one race, but Johnny Benson still leads the other.

Hornaday came from the back of the pack to earn a dominating victory over Kyle Busch Friday night in the Chevy Silverado 350k at Texas Motor Speedway, completing a season sweep of the two Craftsman Truck Series races at the 1.5-mile track.
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Edwards earns Nationwide pole, while Bowyer will start 21st
FORT WORTH, Texas - Carl Edwards is doing his best to stay in the hunt for two NASCAR championships this season.

Edwards, chasing Jimmie Johnson in the Cup playoffs, won the pole for Saturday's O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. That gives him a big jump on Nationwide Series leader Clint Bowyer, who will line up 21st in Saturday's race.
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 NEXT RACE: O'Reilly Challenge, 3:30pm/et, Saturday, November 1, 2008 at Texas Motor Speedway

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Edwards on pole in Texas #60-Carl Edwards backed up his strong practice runs by grabbing the Coor's Light Pole for the O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. His qualifying speed was 188.101mph. #33-Kevin Harvick will line up second followed by: #25-Bobby Hamilton, Jr., #18-Kyle Busch, #64-David Stremme, #5-Mark Martin, #21-Stephen Liecht, #20-Joey Logano, #38-Jason Leffler, and #10-Brian Vickers. Not making the race were: #89-Morgan Shepherd, #05-Burney Lamar, #09-John Wes Townley, #31-Kenny Hendrick, #91-Justin Hobgood, #78-Johnny Sauter, and #84-Mike Harmon. The lineup is posted on the Texas Race Page.(10-31-2008)

Edwards paces Happy Hour too: #60-Carl Edwards was the fastest driver in Happy Hour as well. His top speed was 184.704mph. #33-Kevin Harvick was second, followed by #5-Mark Martin, #99-David Reutimann, #64-David Stremme, #00-Josh Wise, #18-Kyle Busch, #2-Clint Bowyer, #88-Brad Keselowski, and #29-Scott Wimmer. The only driver not on track during the session was #61-Brandon Whitt. Complete speeds are posted on the Texas Race Page.(10-31-2008)

Edwards fastest in opening practice: #60-Carl Edwards was fastest in the first practice for the O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. His top speed was 185.637mph. The rest of the top 10 were: #64-David Stremme, #21-Stephen Leicht, #2-Clint Bowyer, #6-David Ragan, #33-Kevin Harvick, #20-Loey Logano, #59-Marcos Ambrose, #00-Josh Wise, and #18-Jyle Busch. Not practicing during the session were: #4-Derrike Cope, #47-Kelly Bires, and #84 Mike Harmon. There were no accidents during the practice. Complete speeds are posted on the Texas Race Page.(10-31-2008)

No changes to Nationwide points system next year: NASCAR gave me [Terry Blount] a little news this week that the Nationwide points system will not change in 2009. One year ago, NASCAR officials floated one of its infamous trial balloons about the possibility of changing the system to keep Cup regulars from earning points in the feeder league. The proposed plan was this: Any Cup driver ranked in the top 35 in the Cup standings would not earn points for a Nationwide event. The idea was to ensure that a Nationwide-only driver win the series championship without excluding or limiting Cup drivers from participated in Nationwide events. But NASCAR officials said Tuesday they have no plans to change the points format for 2009
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 Oct. 31 NASCAR Nationwide Series: CARL EDWARDS - No. 60 Save-a-Lot Ford Fusion - (qualified 1st) -"Drew and the guys have been working really hard for tomorrow out here. This is great. We've got to run well and the guys have been doing a great job. That lap was fun. That was good enough for me."
EDWARDS - PRESS CONFERENCE - TAKE US THROUGH YOUR LAP. "The Save-a-Lot Fusion was really good. Kevin [Harvick] laid down a really fast lap and I thought, 'Man, that's a good one.' I didn't know if I could do anything with that. I ran my lap and I was real excited to hear that it was faster, because I don't think I could have gone any faster than that. It's cool. It's neat to win a pole here at Texas. I don't know if you guys saw it, but they put your car over there in victory *** and we got a neat helmet from 7-Eleven and the whole crew got to take their photos. That's pretty neat. They do a really neat presentation here for the pole." (FordRacing)

Oct. 31 NASCAR Nationwide Series: Post-qualifying quotes from Bobby Hamilton Jr. BOBBY HAMILTON JR. - No. 25 Ford Fusion - (qualified 3rd) - "The track has cooled off; it's done everything that gives the car grip. We made some changes right at the last minute to tighten it up. The bottom line is if you can turn on the wheel and stay on the gas, you're going to be fast. Fortunately, we were able to do that. We were a little bit off compared to these front two guys, but I don't know where I'll wind up. I hope we're in the top-10." YOU HAVE A LOGO ON THE HOOD NOW. "It's been a friend of mine for a while and I hate just having a plain race car. So I asked him to get the decals and we'll do something." HAMILTON - PRESS CONFERENCE - TAKE US THROUGH YOUR LAP "We just had a perfect. The track cooled off, one and two and three and four and just had a ton of grip. If you're able to run wide open and if you can do that, you could run really fast. Fortunate enough, we had enough grip in the car to get it done. I didn't think we'd be that quick, but I'll take it." (FordRacing) (10-31-08

Oct. 31 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Halloween qualifying for the O'Reilly Challenge has concluded. Quickest for both practices; last week's race winner, #60 Carl Edwards, posted a lap time of 28.708,with a speed of 188.101mph, to claim the pole for tomorrow's event. Starting alongside, #33 Kevin Harvick had a lap of 28.941, and a speed of 186.587. The #25 of Bobby Hamilton Jr.had a great showing for Team Rensi today, posting the third quickest  speed at 185.925mph. Alongside on Row 2 will be the #18 Kyle Busch, who clocked a speed of 185.746. Row 3 finds the #64 of David Stremme-185.682, and the #5 of Mark Martin-185.542. In the first practice session, Stremme ran the second fastest speed of the day.#21 Stephen Leicht posted a speed of 185.376 to garner the seventh starting spot for RCR. Leicht will share the #29 ride with Jeff Burton for '09, and had the third fastest time overall in practice today. Next to him, #20 Joey Logano, who had the eighth quickest qualifying speed at 185.344mph. The balance of the top-ten starters for Saturday's race finds #38 Jason Leffler-185.166, and #10 Brian Vickers-185.141mph. 50 cars attempted to qualify for the O'Reilly Challenge; seven going home. Cars entering tomorrow's lineup on owners'points are #61 Brandon Whitt, #24 Eric McClure, #4 Derrike Cope, #81 DJ Kennington, #52 Donnie Neuenberger,and #01 Danny Efland. Those headed home-#05 Burney Lamar, #09 John Wes Townley, #89 Morgan Shepherd, #31 Kenny Hendrick, #91 Justin Hobgood, #78 Johnny Sauter, and #84 Mike Harmon.(thehotlap) (10-31-08)
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Hornaday wins at Texas: For the second time this season, #33-Ron Hornaday was first to cross the finish line at Texas Motor Speedway to pick up the win for the Chevy Silverado 350. Caught on pit road when a caution came out on lap 58, Hornaday restarted from the tail end of the lead lap, almost going a lap down, but battled back to the lead to get the win and is now just six points behind Benson in the driver point standings. This is Hornaday's sixth win this season; his 39th overall. The first caution came out on lap two when the #2 of Cale Gale struggled and spun. Several trucks were caught up in the melee including pole-sitter #14 Rick Crawford. The #21 of Jon Wood & #7-T.J. Bell sustained heavy damage, sending both to the garage for the night. Rounding out the top ten were; #51-Kyle Busch, #23-Johnny Benson, #30-Todd Bodine, #6-Colin Braun, #59-Terry Cook, #09-Travis Kvapil, #5-Mike Skinner, #16-Brian Scott, #22-Scott Speed. There were 7 lead changes among 3 drivers, with 5 caution flags for 26 laps. Complete race results are posted on the Texas Race Page.(Unofficial)(10-31-2008)

Race Awards:
Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award : Terry Cook, #59 (22 Places)
Keystone Light Pole Award: Rick Crawford, #14 (178.826 mph)
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Ron Hornaday, Jr., #33
Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race: Johnny Benson, #23
Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award: Colin Braun, #6
Sunoco Diamond Performance: Ron Hornaday, Jr., #33
Wix Filters Lap Leader Award: Ron Hornaday, Jr., #33 (45 Laps)
(NASCAR PR)(10-31-2008)

Benson leads points by six: #23-Johnny Benson leads the driver point standings with 3489; now just six points ahead of second place #33-Ron Hornaday Jr. Rounding out the top ten are #30-Todd Bodine, #99-Erik Darnell, #88-Matt Crafton, #5-Mike Skinner, #14-Rick Crawford, #18-Dennis Setzer, #60-Jack Sprague, #59-Terry Cook. Complete driver point standings are posted on the Texas Race Page.(Unofficial)(10-31-2008)

KHI plans to run three trucks at Homestead; Newman in the #2, Harvick in another: From Team Chevy's Post Race Notes & Quotes:
KEVIN- What is the plan for the #2 truck for the rest of the season? "Ryan (Newman) is going to run the #2 at Homestead and I will run the truck at Phoenix and Homestead, or one of the trucks. For the most part, we are going to race the next two weeks.
HORNADAY INTERJECTS - If you are going to run one and he is going to run one, where does that leave me?
KEVIN - "That means we will have three.(Team Chevy PR)(11-1-2008)

Toyota clinches manufacturers title: Toyota clinched its third consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series manufacturer's championship Friday at Texas Motor Speedway when Kyle Busch crossed the finish line second in his #51 Tundra -- enabling Toyota to take home another title with two races remaining in the 2008 season. It marks the fourth manufacturer's title for Toyota since becoming a participant in NASCAR's upper levels of competition in 2004. Seven teams have campaigned Toyota Tundras in 2008 -- Bill Davis Racing, Billy Ballew Motorsports, Germain Racing, HT Motorsports, Red Horse Racing, Wyler Racing and Xpress Motorsports -- combining for 12 wins, 54 top-five finishes and 105 top-10 results in 23 races. In addition, Tundra drivers captured 10 poles and led 1,756 laps in NCTS competition this season. Bill Davis Racing (BDR) and Billy Ballew Motorsports (BBM) led the Tundra contingent in 2008, winning 10 of 12 races for Toyota. BDR drivers have combined for seven of the 12 victories, with Johnny Benson winning five times (Milwaukee, Kentucky, Indianapolis, Nashville and Martinsville),and Mike Skinner (Las Vegas) and Scott Speed (Dover) each recording one win. Busch won three races (California, Atlanta and Bristol) for BBM, and Bodine -- driving for Germain Racing -- won the superspeedway events at Daytona and Talladega.(Toyota Motorsports PR)(11-1-2008)

Lawyler to #15 in '09? During the race broadcast Adam Alexander reported that Ryan Lawler is looking for sponsorship with plans to run either a full or partial schedule in the #15-Toyota for Billy Ballew Motorsports in 2009.(10-31-2008)

Benson to Red Horse Racing in 2009? UPDATE 2: Starr out at end of season? Denied: Team owner Bill Davis wasn't at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, when rumors swirled about the stability of his race team. A possible merger or sale to Gillett Evernham Motorsports has apparently fallen apart, and now comes whispers that Truck Series points leader Johnny Benson might leave the team at the end of the season to drive for Red Horse Racing.(AP/ESPN.com)(10-30-2008)
UPDATE: Hearing that the entire #23 team may be moving to Red Horse Racing next season. Also hearing that David Starr will be out at the end of the season, and a possible second team at Red Horse Racing will have a rookie named as driver.(10-30-2008)
UPDATE 2: During the prerace setup on SPEED/tv, while interviewing David Starr, Ray Dunlap reported Starr would not be leaving the #11. Starr said that they are working with their new sponsor Zachry through the end of the season and hoped that they liked what they saw and would be back next season with Red Horse Racing.(10-31-2008)
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 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: Chevy Silverado 350 at Texas
 
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Fin Str Trk Driver Team Lap Pts BPts Status TLd LLd
1 7 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. VFW Chevrolet 147 190 5 Running 2 45
2 3 51 Kyle Busch Miccosukee Resorts/NOS Energy Toyota 147 180 10 Running 3 87
3 20 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota 147 165   Running    
4 10 30 Todd Bodine Lumber Liquidators Toyota 147 160   Running    
5 9 6 Colin Braun # Con-way Freight Ford 147 155   Running    
6 26 59 Terry Cook Team ASE/Harris Trucking Toyota 147 150   Running    
7 4 09 Travis Kvapil Zaxby's Ford 147 151 5 Running 2 15
8 17 5 Mike Skinner XM/Toyota Tundra Toyota 147 142   Running    
9 25 16 Brian Scott # Albertson's Toyota 147 138   Running    
10 18 22 Scott Speed # Red Bull Toyota 147 134   Running    
11 1 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar/Powerstroke Diesel by  147 130   Running    
12 24 11 David Starr Zachry Toyota 147 127   Running    
13 11 18 Dennis Setzer Carter County Dodge Dodge 147 124   Running    
14 15 81 Donny Lia # NationRides.com Chevrolet 147 121   Running    
15 19 60 Jack Sprague Wyler.com Toyota 147 118   Running    
16 21 10 Brendan Gaughan International MAXXFORCE Diesel Ford 147 115   Running    
17 13 13 Shelby Howard FarmPaint.com Chevrolet 147 112   Running    
18 12 99 Erik Darnell Northern Tool + Equipment Ford 146 109   Running    
19 27 88 Matt Crafton Menards/McGuire-Nicholas Chevrolet 145 106   Running    
20 22 9 Paul Tracy Bombardier Learjet/Sport Clips Toyota 144 103   Running    
21 23 63 Jack Smith Dave Porter Truck Sales Ford 113 100   Running    
22 14 15 Ryan Lawler Ergon Hyprene Toyota 106 97   Running    
23 16 8 Chad McCumbee Malcolmson Construction Chevrolet 105 94   Running    
24 29 40 Jeff Green Key Motorsports Chevrolet 64 91   Accident    
25 28 08 Jason White GunBroker.com Dodge 62 88   Engine    
26 31 36 J C Stout Mittler Bros. Machine Ford 27 85   Overheating    
27 30 0 Butch Miller ASI Limited Chevrolet 25 82   Rear End    
28 32 57 Norm Benning  Chevrolet 21 79   Vibration    
29 5 07 Max Papis GEICO/Construct Corps Toyota 16 76   Accident    
30 2 2 Cale Gale American Commerical Lines Chevrolet 1 73   Accident    
31 6 21 Jon Wood Air Force Ford 1 70   Accident    
32 8 7 T J Bell Jr. Home4theHolidays.org Chevrolet 1 67   Accident    
33 34 41 Ryan Matthews  Dodge 1 64   Vibration    
34 33 89 Mike Harmon Lafferty Performance Chevrolet 0 61   Engine

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Courtesy of Jayski
  http://www.jayski.com/pages/tv.htm
 
Sat Nov 1
2:00 am NCTS Set-Up SPEED

2:30 am NCTS: Chevy Silverado 350K at Texas SPEED

11:00 am Trackside at Texas SPEED

3:00 pm NNS Countdown ESPN2

3:30 pm NNS: O'Reilly Challenge at Texas ESPN2

6:00 pm NSCS Texas Final Practice (SDD) ESPN2

11:00 pm Tradin' Paint SPEED

11:30 pm NASCAR Performance SPEED

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Sun Nov 2
1:30 am NNS: O'Reilly Challenge at Texas ESPN2

8:00 am NASCAR Angels HALL

8:30 am Tradin' Paint SPEED

9:00 am NASCAR Performance SPEED

9:30 am NASCAR in a Hurry SPEED

10:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2

10:00 am NASCAR RaceDay SPEED

2:00 pm NASCAR RaceDay - Special Edition SPEED

3:00 pm NASCAR Countdown ABC

3:30 pm Dickies 500 at Texas ABC

7:00 pm SPEED Report SPEED

8:00 pm NASCAR Victory *** SPEED

9:00 pm Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain SPEED

10:00 pm NASCAR Now ESPN2

 
Jayski does not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, http://www.speedtv.com/schedule/
 
Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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