Samsung/RadioShack 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	Samsung/RadioShack 500
Name of Track:	Texas Motor Speedway
Date:	April 9th

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/RadioShack 500 NASCAR Race Results

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

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Pts	Status	Sponsor
1	Kasey Kahne	9	1	$530,164	334	185	running	Dodge Dealers/UAW
2	Matt Kenseth	17	6	$362,491	334	175	running	Carhartt
3	Tony Stewart	20	40	$286,386	334	175	running	The Home Depot
4	Denny Hamlin	11	8	$208,500	334	165	running	FedEx Express
5	Kevin Harvick	29	24	$204,511	334	160	running	Reese's Caramel Cup
6	Jeff Burton	31	21	$172,220	334	150	running	Cingular Wireless
7	Scott Riggs	10	22	$133,850	334	146	running	Stanley Tools/Valvoline
8	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	9	$156,608	334	147	running	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker
9	Mark Martin	6	3	$151,850	334	143	running	AAA
10	Bobby Labonte	43	10	$164,211	334	134	running	Cheerios/Betty Crocker
11	Jimmie Johnson	48	16	$165,161	334	130	running	Lowe's
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	15	$154,816	334	127	running	Budweiser
13	Reed Sorenson	41	13	$126,675	334	124	running	Target
14	Casey Mears	42	20	$150,233	334	121	running	Texaco/Havoline
15	Kyle Busch	5	26	$129,725	334	118	running	Kellogg's/Delphi
16	Ken Schrader	21	32	$140,089	334	115	running	Motorcraft Genuine Parts
17	Dale Jarrett	88	27	$143,350	334	112	running	UPS
18	Jeff Green	66	4	$133,833	334	114	running	Best Buy/SanDisk
19	Clint Bowyer	7	12	$116,075	333	106	running	Jack Daniel's Texas Pride
20	Robby Gordon	7	29	$109,275	333	103	running	Jim Beam Black
21	David Stremme	40	28	$127,033	333	100	running	Coors Light
22	Jeff Gordon	24	11	$148,411	332	97	running	DuPont
23	Joe Nemechek	1	17	$129,070	332	94	running	U.S. Army
24	Tony Raines	96	36	$97,075	332	91	running	DLP HDTV
25	Terry Labonte	44	30	$95,975	332	88	running	Kellogg's
26	Michael Waltrip	55	42	$108,833	331	85	running	NAPA Auto Parts
27	Travis Kvapil	32	39	$105,122	331	82	running	Tide-Downy
28	Scott Wimmer	4	43	$94,075	330	79	running	AERO Exhaust
29	Dave Blaney	22	31	$92,475	330	76	running	Caterpillar
30	Sterling Marlin	14	18	$89,325	329	73	running	CENTRIX Auto Finance
31	Jeremy Mayfield	19	34	$116,891	328	70	running	Dodge Dealers/UAW
32	Kevin Lepage	61	35	$85,800	328	67	running	RoadLoans.com
33	Elliott Sadler	38	25	$113,558	286	69	engine	M&M's
34	Kurt Busch	2	7	$124,633	286	61	running	Miller Lite
35	J.J. Yeley	18	2	$118,075	270	63	running	Interstate Batteries
36	Carl Edwards	99	37	$101,175	256	60	Accident	Office Depot
37	Jamie McMurray	26	41	$127,100	254	52	running	Crown Royal
38	Mike Garvey	151	23	$79,125	251	49	Accident	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil
39	Kyle Petty	45	19	$87,000	248	46	engine	Schwan's Home Service
40	Ryan Newman	12	14	$124,283	200	43	Accident	ALLTEL
41	Derrike Cope	74	38	$78,760	169	0	electrical	myguardian911.com
42	Greg Biffle	16	5	$98,860	81	42	Accident	Subway/Nat'l Guard/Little League
43	Brian Vickers	25	33	$86,847	24	34	engine	GMAC