Samsung 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	Samsung 500
Name of Track:	Texas Motor Speedway
Date:	April 15th

Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track layout is very similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway). The track measures 1.5 miles around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the quad-oval design, where the front straghtaway juts outward slightly.

The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Lowe's Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Very Fast Track

Based on qualifying speeds in 2004 and 2005, the Texas Motor Speedway was once considered the fastest non-restrictor plate track on the NASCAR circuit, with qualifying speeds in excess of 192 mph and corner entry speeds over 200 mph.

However, as the tracks' respective racing surfaces continue to wear, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have become consistently faster than at Texas (2005 and 2006).

Busy Race Season

Texas Motor Speedway is home to two NASCAR Nextel Cup races: the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 and the Dickies 500, as well as two Busch Series Races, the O'Reilly 300 and the O'Reilly Challenge and last but not least, the Indy Racing League race, the Bombardier Learjet 500.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Samsung 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for Samsung 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Pts	Status	Sponsor
1	Jeff Burton	31	2	$526,766	334	190	running	Prilosec OTC
2	Matt Kenseth	17	4	$357,266	334	175	running	DEWALT
3	Mark Martin	1	6	$275,583	334	165	running	U.S. Army
4	Jeff Gordon	24	1	$255,811	334	170	running	DuPont
5	Jamie McMurray	26	13	$173,325	334	155	running	Crown Royal
6	Greg Biffle	16	21	$160,125	334	150	running	3M / Ameriquest
7	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	24	$164,945	334	146	running	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
8	Juan Montoya	42	16	$168,375	334	142	running	Texaco / Havoline
9	Denny Hamlin	11	7	$143,100	334	138	running	FedEx Ground
10	David Stremme	40	14	$130,175	334	134	running	Coors Light
11	Kurt Busch	2	17	$157,233	334	135	running	Miller Lite
12	Carl Edwards	99	10	$129,975	334	127	running	Office Depot
13	Tony Raines	96	27	$131,325	334	124	running	DLP HDTV
14	Brian Vickers	83	36	$114,325	334	126	running	Red Bull
15	Paul Menard	15	42	$113,325	333	118	running	Energizer / Menards
16	Clint Bowyer	7	8	$123,775	333	115	running	Jack Daniel's
17	Elliott Sadler	19	15	$131,870	333	117	running	Dodge Dealers / UAW
18	Joe Nemechek	13	25	$108,325	333	109	running	CertainTeed
19	David Gilliland	38	30	$137,639	332	106	running	M&M's
20	Kasey Kahne	9	34	$154,816	332	103	running	Dodge Dealers / UAW
21	Dave Blaney	22	40	$137,033	332	100	running	Caterpillar
22	Johnny Sauter	70	35	$102,325	332	97	running	Yellow Trans.
23	Casey Mears	25	33	$113,175	332	94	running	National Guard / GMAC
24	Robby Gordon	7	23	$102,625	332	96	running	Jim Beam
25	Tony Stewart	20	9	$146,861	332	88	running	NASCAR Day / The Home Depot
26	Jeff Green	66	31	$121,683	332	85	running	Best Buy
27	Scott Riggs	10	39	$105,925	331	82	running	Valvoline / Stanley Tools
28	Bobby Labonte	43	22	$133,261	331	79	running	Cheerios / Betty Crocker
29	Kevin Harvick	29	11	$140,961	331	76	running	Shell / Pennzoil
30	Dale Jarrett	44	37	$91,575	331	73	running	UPS
31	Ken Schrader	21	38	$112,364	331	70	running	Motorcraft
32	Ryan Newman	12	20	$122,625	330	67	running	ALLTEL
33	Ricky Rudd	88	29	$118,933	321	64	running	Snickers
34	Sterling Marlin	14	28	$97,508	304	61	running	Panasonic Plasma HDTV
35	Kyle Petty	45	32	$94,272	291	58	running	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil
36	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	12	$128,983	288	60	engine	Budweiser
37	Kyle Busch	5	5	$100,475	262	52	running	Cheez-It / CARQUEST
38	Jimmie Johnson	48	3	$135,261	260	49	Accident	Lowe's
39	David Ragan	6	19	$117,025	239	46	running	AAA Insurance
40	Reed Sorenson	41	26	$89,075	197	48	engine	TUMS
41	Mike Bliss	49	41	$80,960	42	40	Accident	PVA.org
42	Kenny Wallace	78	43	$80,865	38	37	engine	Furniture Row Racing
43	J.J. Yeley	18	18	$108,898	1	34	Accident	Interstate Batteries