NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: O’Reilly Auto Parts 300
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
The Date: Saturday, October 24
The Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN, 4 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
What To Watch For:
Since the inception of the Playoffs in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2016, Texas Motor Speedway has hosted the fifth race of the postseason (Race No. 31 on the year).
The four Playoff races at Texas (2016-2019) have produced four different winners – Kyle Larson (2016), Erik Jones (2017), Cole Custer (2018) and Christopher Bell (2019).
The winner of the Texas Playoff race has never gone on to win the Xfinity title later that season.
Twice the Playoff race winners at Texas where non-Playoff contenders – Larson in 2016 and Jones in 2017.
In total Texas Motor Speedway has hosted the NASCAR Xfinity Series 39 times producing 24 different pole winners and 20 different race winners.
The first NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway was on April 5, 1997 and was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin driving for Roush Fenway Racing.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch leads the series in poles (four), wins (nine), top fives (16), top 10s (17) and laps led (1,701) at Texas.
Only one former series Texas winner is entered this weekend – Team Penske’s Austin Cindric who took the checkered flag at Texas back in July.
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