A number of NASCAR Cup Sequence streaks at Texas Motor Speedway might be on a collision course over 400 miles on the 1.5-mile oval.
Chevrolet has received 4 consecutive Cup races at Texas — the monitor’s longest streak for a producer — with Chase Elliott, Wiliam Byron, Tyler Reddick and Kyle Larson accounting for the wins.
Chase Elliott seems to be to attain his first Cup factors win since final yr’s Texas race, whereas Ryan Blaney seeks to finish latest struggles.
Hendrick Motorsports drivers Elliott, Byron and Larson might be among the many favorites once more at Texas, the place there have been eight completely different winners up to now eight races courting to the 2019 season. Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon additionally might break that run with a victory.
The final six Cup races on 1.5-mile tracks even have been received by completely different drivers.
Joey Logano advised SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that he and Austin Cindric have talked about what occurred on the finish of stage two at Talladega.
Elliott is also looking for to snap a streak for the second consecutive yr, coming into the race in a 37-race winless drought in factors races (he received The Conflict preseason exhibition at Bowman-Grey Stadium in February). Final yr, he ended a 42-race winless streak.
There have been 16 warning flags within the 400-mile race on April 14, 2024, tying the file set within the Sept. 25, 2022 race that was 500 miles.
Legacy Motor Membership driver Erik Jones might be making his three hundredth Cup begin.
Particulars for Sunday’s Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway
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START: The command to begin engines might be given at 3:32 p.m. by Shea Whigham from “Misson Inconceivable – The Ultimate Reckoning.” … The inexperienced flag is scheduled to wave at 3:43 p.m.
PRERACE: The Cup storage will open at 12:30 p.m. … Driver introductions are at 2:55 p.m. … The nationwide anthem might be carried out at 3:25 p.m. by USMC Corporal Don Graves, a 100-year-old survivor of Iwo Jima.
DISTANCE: The race is 267 laps (400.5 miles) on the 1.5-mile oval.
STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 80. Stage 2 ends at Lap 165.
ENTRY LIST: Click on right here for the 38 automobiles entered at Texas.
TV/RADIO: FS1 will broadcast the race beginning at 3:30 p.m. … Efficiency Racing Community and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio may have radio protection.
FORECAST: WeatherUndergound — Largely sunny with a excessive of 77 levels and winds from the east-southeast at 5 to 10 mph. It’s anticipated to be 74 levels with no probability of rain at the beginning of the Cup race.
LAST YEAR: Chase Elliott held the lead via two overtimes and beat Brad Keselowski and William Byron for his nineteenth profession victory.
