2013 AAA Texas 500 - Sprint Cup Series

Last year's event saw some beatin' and bangin' on the track between Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski, the main drivers battling it out for the championship this year. Maybe with the Gen-6 car, this could produce great racing as it usually does towards the end of the season.

http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2013/story/_/page/34-Texas-2013-Entry-List

1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's Felix Sabates
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Time Warner Cable Linda Hendrick
4 7 Dave Blaney Chevy Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin
5 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford MAC Tools Richard Petty
6 10 Danica Patrick # Chevy GoDaddy Gene Haas
7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office J D Gibbs
8 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO Bob Germain
9 14 Mark Martin Chevy Bass Pro Shops / Mobil1 Margaret Haas
10 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota Sour Apple Extra Strength 5-Hour Energy Rob Kauffman
11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Hire Our Heros Jack Roush
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford Ford Ecoboost John Henry
13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Snickers Joe Gibbs
14 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Toyota Home Depot "Let's Do This" Joe Gibbs
15 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Glen Wood
16 22 Joey Logano Ford AAA Walter Czarnecki
17 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Chevy Drive to End Hunger Rick Hendrick
18 27 Paul Menard Chevy Quaker State / Menards Richard Childress
19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Budweiser Richard Childress
20 30 Parker Kligerman (i) Toyota Swan Energy Brandon Davis
21 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress
22 32 Timmy Hill # Ford U.S. Chrome Frank Stoddard
23 33 Austin Dillon (i) Chevy Boot Barn Joe Falk
24 34 David Ragan Ford SaferCar.gov Bob Jenkins
25 35 Josh Wise(i) Ford MDS Transport Jerry Freeze
26 36 J.J. Yeley Chevy Accell Construction Allan Heinke
27 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's Brad Jenkins
28 39 Ryan Newman Chevy Outback Steakhouse Tony Stewart
29 40 Landon Cassill (i) Chevy Pirate Oilfield Services Mike Hillman
30 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi
31 43 Aric Almirola Ford Farmland Richard Petty
32 47 Bobby Labonte (PC6) Toyota Clorox Tad Geschickter
33 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon
34 51 Kyle Larson(i) Chevy Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau Harry Scott Jr.
35 55 Elliot Sadler(i) Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip
36 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip
37 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Chevy Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Barney Vissar
38 83 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine
39 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota NEMCO - JRR Andrea Nemechek
40 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy AMP Energy Gold / 7-Eleven Rick Hendrick
41 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine
42 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb
43 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac Jack Roush

500th start for Richard Petty Motorsports.

Admittedly, I'm not really looking forward to this race, based on the fact that Texas is garbage.

But maybe I'll be surprised, and the championship battle should be at least somewhat entertaining.

At least, I hope so.

Also the Sprint Cup debut of PKNATION

Good Job, Goodyear, screwing Gordon & pretty much going to decide who wins this title...

Indy 08 repeat likely

Lucstar88 wrote:Good Job, Goodyear, screwing Gordon & pretty much going to decide who wins this title...

Indy 08 repeat likely

Surprisingly, that wasn't the case. I guess some rubber worked into the track and improved the wear. Hmm.

But regardless, that was a terrible race, of course not really surprised at that considering this track's recent history. Jimmiewinslol and Junior finishes 2nd again, and if you're keeping track at home, that's three runner-up finishes in the last six races and fifth overall this season. On the other hand, if Junior hadn't had that engine failure at Chicagoland, he'd probably be right in the thick of the championship right now, because he's had a pretty solid Chase. Still pretty tight for the championship, and it's looking like it could come down to Homestead before we find out who the champ is. Hopefully, the last two races will be more entertaining than this shitfest.   

The 2013 AAA 500 @ Texas gets a 2.5/10.

I didn't watch. I guess it's a good thing. The fact that Texas has a place in the Chase, let alone a spot on the calendar, is a total joke.

On a "can you really be that stupid" note, some dumbass on Twitter actually thinks there'd be more gas in the world if NASCAR didn't "waste" it. If anyone wants to troll him, I'll give you his handle.

Does anyone still think we should have 12 races a year at 1.5 mile high banked tri-ovals? Or for that matter, does anyone still think that it was totally worth giving up Rockingham for this track?

Mystrsyko wrote:Does anyone still think we should have 12 races a year at 1.5 mile high banked tri-ovals? Or for that matter, does anyone still think that it was totally worth giving up Rockingham for this track?

No to both.

None of the Cookie Cutters are really all that high banked.....