Dickies
500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX
With three races to go in the Chase for
the Sprint Cup, the NASCAR circuit heads
into Texas Motor Speedway for the
Dickies 500. The Dickies 500 is a
relatively new race on the NASCAR
circuit, having completed its inaugural
race in November of 2005 at the Texas
Motor Speedway. |
Dickies
500 Odds & Texas Motor Speedway Driver Lines |
Everything
about Texas is big including the
1.5-mile quad-oval at the Great American
Speedway. The Texas Motor Speedway is
known for being fast. Really fast. Due
to the high speed reports on
qualification from 2004 and 2005, the
Texas Motor Speedway can now be
considered the fastest non-restrictor
plate track on the NASCAR circuit. With
on track qualifying speeds of 200mph,
the action is electric. Drivers can plow
into the turns at high speed and come
out even faster.
It is a custom that this Dickies 500
race falls in the first weekend of
November. It is speculative but, this
might be changing in the following years
as it interferes with the first day of
hunting season in Texas.
As well, the Texas Motor Speedway lost a
lawsuit for the right, to have the
Mountain Dew Southern 500 every year.
Fans were angry at the decision and felt
the need to voice their opinions over
the changes. The lawsuit not only
changes the Texas Motor Speedway but how
the NASCAR season was run. Bet on your
favorite driver on to victory as he
crosses the checker flag.
Bet Dickies 500
Drivers at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway Track Specs:
Length: 1.5-mile quad oval
Start Time: 3 p.m. (et)
Laps: 334
Miles: 500
Past Winner's of Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
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in 2009,
Kurt Busch drove to Victory Lane
at Texas after his younger
brother ran out of fuel with 2
1/2 laps left. Kyle Busch was
trying to stretch his fuel to
make the end while his brother
Kurt was closing in steadily
from behind. Kyle ran out of gas
with 2 1/2 laps to go and dove
onto pit road. His brother Kurt
took over the top spot and was
able to make it to the checkers
to steal the win. |
2009 winner of the Dickies 500 |
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in
2008, Edwards dominated most of the
race, but when a host of drivers
took two tires on the
second-to-last pit stop,
Edwards, who opted for four,
became the chaser. Crew chief
Bob Osborne told Edwards not to
worry, that he had a plan. Turns
out the plan was not to pit
again, going the final 69 laps
on a single tank of gas. It may
not have been Osborne's original
idea, but it worked, because
when the rest of the field
pitted one last time, Edwards
took back the lead, dialed back
on his accelerator to save fuel
and cruised to his eighth win of
the season. Can Edwards do it
again in 2009 or will Jimmy
johnson have other plans for
this years Sprint Cup victory? |
2008 winner of the Dickies 500 |
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