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    • A Texas Motor Speedway billboard featuring NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is shown along Highway 360 northbound near Green Oaks Boulevard in Arlington, Texas. Track president Eddie Gossage said Thursday that the billboards, part of a series of similar ads to promote the NASCAR Sprint Cup weekend at the track in April, will be changed after a request from Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, the driver's sister and business manager. Bruce Maxwell/Fort Worth Star-Telegram

    'Step-Mom' billboards axed after Kelley Earnhardt Elledge objects

    'It's taken a life of its own,' Texas track boss says in defense of campaign, 'and that's what you want'

    Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has agreed to change billboards featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr. after the original message drew objections from Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Earnhardt Jr.’s sister and business manager.

    Texas race TV ratings down 14 percent

    TV ratings from last Sunday's Nextel Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway were down 14 percent from a year ago, according to Nielsen Media Research.

    Busch Series Notebook | Edwards locks up driver title, but owner race still undecided

    BUSCH SERIES NOTEBOOK

    Carl Edwards wrapped up his first NASCAR Busch Series championship last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. That was only half the battle.

    • Smith spars for gas rights in Texas

      11/06/2007 6:49 am EST

      The low roar coming from Texas Motor Speedway isn't a race getting warmed up. There's also a rumble over who owns the mineral rights under the 1,450-acre facility -- rights that could ultimately be worth tens of millions of dollars.

    • Rankings | Power of 9 victories

      Johnson drives his way to top of rankings

      11/05/2007 10:57 pm EST

      DAVID POOLE

      That’s Racin’s David Poole ranks the top 40 teams in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series following the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

      Slideshow | Texas Motor Speedway action

    • A day in the Chase | How the top-12 teams fared at Texas

      11/04/2007 10:42 pm EST

      DAVID POOLE and JIM UTTER

      Breaking down the results for the Chase competitors at Texas Motor Speedway:

    • Elevator | Late-race skirmish rides to the top

      11/04/2007 10:37 pm EST

      DAVID POOLE

      Riding the racing elevator, wrapping up the Texas race weekend:

    • Observations | 'Deserving?' The guy with the most points

      11/04/2007 10:33 pm EST

      DAVID POOLE

      Some observations on Sunday's race from David Poole of The Charlotte Observer and ThatsRacin.com:

    • Keys to the race | Some of the bigger moments in Sunday's Dickies 500 at Texas

      11/04/2007 10:26 pm EST

      DAVID POOLE

      Clint Bowyer comes to pit road with a loose left-rear wheel. Since he'd taken only right-side tires on his previous stop, the team believes the problem is on the right.

    • Updated points | Complete driver standings

      11/04/2007 9:11 pm EST

      The full NASCAR Nextel Cup driver standings after the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway:

      UNOFFICALProvided by NASCAR Statistics- Sunday, 11/4/2007 @ 7:00 PM CentralUNOFFICAL
      PosDriverBPtsPointsLdrNxtStartsPoleWinsT5sT10DNFsMoney WonPPosG/L
      1 Jimmie Johnson120638200343919224$7,243,67421
      2 Jeff Gordon1506352-30-30347620281$6,842,6501-1
      3 Clint Bowyer756201-181-15134215170$4,061,11930
      4 Kyle Busch1056043-339-158340111192$4,499,49362
      5 Carl Edwards606025-357-18340310143$4,390,7874-1
      6 Tony Stewart1206009-373-16340310224$6,127,8795-1
      7 Jeff Burton355951-431-5834019163$5,780,83681
      8 Kevin Harvick605943-439-834014140$7,243,5467-1
      9 Kurt Busch1255929-453-1434125133$4,914,70590
      10 Matt Kenseth1005928-454-1340111204$5,953,397111
      11 Denny Hamlin1005858-524-70341111171$4,650,88910-1
      12 Martin Truex Jr.855858-524034117124$4,738,266120
      13 Dale Earnhardt Jr.953840-2542-201834107127$5,006,372130
      14 Ryan Newman853772-2610-6834506149$4,764,084162
      15 Casey Mears453705-2677-6734115102$4,006,75014-1
      16 Greg Biffle353697-2685-834114105$4,136,43015-1
      17 Kasey Kahne353355-3027-3423420185$4,925,737170
      18 Jamie McMurray253336-3046-193411394$3,636,732191
      19 Bobby Labonte353314-3068-223400033$4,374,50918-1
      20 J.J. Yeley153265-3117-493410135$4,134,984211
      21 Juan Pablo Montoya 153257-3125-83401364$4,608,65820-1
      22 Reed Sorenson303067-3315-1903410366$3,921,038220
      23 David Ragan #53045-3337-223400224$4,501,324230
      24 Elliott Sadler403009-3373-363400021$3,806,972251
      25 David Stremme102930-3452-793400037$3,039,73824-1
      26 Robby Gordon352841-3541-893300122$2,954,729260
      27 Mark Martin302822-3560-1923005102$4,011,953270
      28 Tony Raines102792-3590-303200013$3,140,572302
      29 David Gilliland52778-3604-143410125$4,146,110290
      30 Johnny Sauter152717-3665-613300122$3,005,614311
      31 Jeff Green202704-3678-133200034$3,394,93128-3
      32 Dave Blaney352579-3803-1253110148$3,417,331320
      33 Ricky Rudd102464-3918-1152900016$3,510,059330
      34 Paul Menard #152341-4041-1232800003$2,301,074340
      35 Kyle Petty402175-4207-1662700115$2,709,963350
      36 Scott Riggs02135-4247-402700015$2,671,041360
      37 Joe Nemechek52068-4314-672700018$2,331,717370
      38 Brian Vickers351928-4454-1402100154$1,976,151380
      39 David Reutimann #101790-4592-1382500009$2,293,614390
      40 Sterling Marlin151600-4782-1901900004$1,928,740400
      41 Dale Jarrett01472-4910-1282300008$2,041,107410
      42 Bill Elliott201439-4943-331800002$1,888,312420
      43 AJ Allmendinger #51165-5217-2741700002$1,316,982441
      44 Michael Waltrip151149-5233-161410023$1,461,08443-1
      45 Kenny Wallace101066-5316-831500003$1,411,828450
      46 Jeremy Mayfield15995-5387-711500003$1,245,502493
      47 Ward Burton5939-5443-561600008$1,284,97246-1
      48 John Andretti5932-5450-71500008$1,210,28347-1
      49 Ken Schrader10932-545001300004$1,519,34648-1
      50 Regan Smith5516-5866-416700000$648,051500
      51 Boris Said5510-5872-6500010$671,083510
      52 Mike Bliss0325-6057-185400001$399,667520
      53 Ron Fellows5283-6099-42200110$215,875530
      54 Aric Almirola0272-6110-11500003$423,025540
      55 P J Jones0267-6115-5300000$237,816550
      BPts - Bonus Points, -Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, PPos = Previous Position, G/L = Points standing gain/loss
      PosDriverBPtsPointsLdrNxtStartsPoleWinsT5sT10DNFsMoney WonPPosG/L
      56 Mike Wallace0266-6116-1200110$724,066560
      57 Terry Labonte0204-6178-62300001$307,469570
      58 Chad McCumbee0128-6254-76200000$151,308580
      59 Chad Chaffin0125-6257-3200000$149,450590
      60 Patrick Carpentier5102-6280-23100000$72,850600
      61 Jacques Villeneuve0100-6282-2100000$73,325610
      62 Kevin Lepage095-6287-5200001$187,107620
      63 Butch Leitzinger079-6303-16100000$69,800630
      64 Jon Wood076-6306-3100000$131,933640
      65 Johnny Benson070-6312-6100000$64,875650
      66 Scott Wimmer070-63120100000$139,450660
      67 Marc Goossens055-6327-15100000$68,760670
      68 Mike Skinner0 100000$118,3089825
      69 Derrike Cope0 000000$20,008756
      70 Frank Kimmel0 000000$19,9588717
      71 Eric McClure0 000000$19,8338918
      72 Kirk Shelmerdine0 000000$19,8089523
      73 Stanton Barrett0 000000$19,35072-2
      74 Brandon Whitt0 000000$19,2759924
      75 James Hylton0 000000$19,2008610
      BPts - Bonus Points, -Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, PPos = Previous Position, G/L = Points standing gain/loss

    • Yellow flies enough to qualify for bonus miles

      11/04/2007 9:06 pm EST

      STEPHEN HAWKINS

      The yellow flag was flying early and often during the Dickies 500.

    • Starting spot no advantage for Allmendinger

      11/04/2007 9:04 pm EST

      STEPHEN HAWKINS

      Good starts haven't translated into good finishes for Cup rookie AJ Allmendinger.

    • Extra stops push Bowyer back

      11/04/2007 8:35 pm EST

      JIM UTTER

      FORT WORTH, Texas – Clint Bowyer’s best hope to win the Chase for the Nextel Cup this season? Speaking about new points leader Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, who trails Johnson by just 30 points with two races left, Bowyer’s crew chief, Gil Martin offered this assessment: “They’re going to have to oversleep or something in Phoenix.”

    • Johnson and 48 team win again

      New points leader pulls past Kenseth 2 laps from the end, takes the Dickies 500 victory at Texas

      11/04/2007 7:01 pm EST

      DAVID POOLE

      FORT WORTH, Texas - Jimmie Johnson finally looked at the "big picture" Sunday evening at Texas Motor Speedway, but not until he'd earned his third straight Nextel Cup victory in a dramatic battle with Matt Kenseth late in the Dickies 500.

      Updated points | Complete driver standings Results | Unofficial Cup scoring at Texas Slideshow | Texas Motor Speedway action

    • Race Day at Texas

      Repeat winners are kind of hard to come by

      11/04/2007 11:41 am EST

      DAVID POOLE

      Jeff Burton won here in April to become the only driver with more than one Cup victory at Texas. Among this year’s Chase drivers only Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards have victories at the Texas track.

      Race updates | How they run at Texas Pole story | Truex puts up 193.106 mph lap, plenty to rope in top spot at Texas Sunday's lineup | How they roll off in the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway


    TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY  
    TRACK FACTS
    Date Opened: February 5, 1996
    First NWCS Race: Interstate Batteries 500, April 6, 1997
    Qualifying Record: Bill Elliott, 194.224 mph (27.803 sec), 4/5/02
    Race Record: Terry Labonte, 144.276 mph, 3/28/99
    Owner: SMI
    Chairman: O. Bruton Smith
    Phone: (817) 215-8500
    Tickets: (817) 215-8500
    Shipping Address:
    3601 Hwy 114
    Justin, TX 76247
    Mailing Address:
    PO Box 500
    Fort Worth, TX 76101    		 TRACK CONFIGURATION
    Distance: 1.5 Mile Oval
    Banking in Turns 1-4: 24º
    Banking in Straightaways: 5º
    Length of Frontstretch: 2,250 ft.
    Length of Backstretch: 1,330 ft.
    Grandstand Seating: 154,861
    Miles/Laps: 501 mi. = 334 laps