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AAA Texas 500
Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #34 of 36 for the 2014 season
Chase for the Sprint Cup race #8 of 10
Sunday, November 02, 2014
Radio:
TV:
PRN
ESPN, 2 p.m. (ET)
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 3:16pm/et
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Upcoming schedule
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
-- noon-12:50 p.m.: NASCAR Nationwide Series practice, FOX Sports 1
-- 1-2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1
-- 3:15 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FOX Sports 1
-- 4:30-6 p.m.: NASCAR Nationwide Series final practice, ESPN2
-- 6:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, ESPN2
-- 8:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino and Resort 350 (147 laps, 220.5 miles), FOX Sports 1
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
-- 11-11:50 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1
-- 12:15 p.m.: NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FOX Sports 2
-- 2-2:50 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice FOX Sports 2
-- 3:30 p.m.: NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reily Auto Parts Challenge (200 laps, 300 miles), ESPN
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
-- 3 p.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 (334 laps, 501 miles), ESPN
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Track Length: 1.5 miles
Race Length: 501 Miles
First Race: April 6, 1997 - Interstate Batteries 500
Banking: 24° (Corners); 5° (Dogleg); 5° (Backstretch)
Lengths: 2,250 feet (Frontstretch); 1,330 feet (Backstretch)
Seating: 159,585
April 2014 Race Winner: #22-Joey Logano, 134.191mph, started 10th
November 2013 Race Winner: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 151.754mph, started 3rd
Track Race Record: Greg Biffle, April 2012, 160.577mph
April 2014 Pole Winner: #14-Tony Stewart, 195.454mph, finished 10th
November 2013 Pole Winner: #99-Carl Edwards, 196.114mph, finished 12th
Track Qualifying Record: #4-Kevin Harvick, 198.282, 4/5/2014 (1st round qualifying)
History
There's an old adage about the Lone Star State: "Everything is bigger in Texas." When the NASCAR Cup Series teams arrived at Bruton Smith's Texas Motor Speedway, a first glance gave them the idea that the racing would be similar to sister track, Lowe's Motor Speedway. After all, both tracks have a double dog-leg frontstretch, two short chutes that connect on both sides of the start/finish line straightaway and wide 24-degree banked turns.
The teams soon found out that Texas Motor Speedway was, in fact, quite different. The turns were longer than the Lowe's facility and that allowed the cars to carry more speed through the corners. Thus, the chassis setups and gearing used at Lowe's would not be useful at Texas and the tires were subjected to more wear.
The inaugural event was plagued by rain - some three days worth. Because Texas Motor Speedway was new to the schedule, qualifying was abandoned so that the teams could get more practice on the tricky track. The field was set by owner points.
