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FORT WORTH, Texas -- As he bounded into a helicopter to whisk him away from Texas Motor Speedway following the DirecTV 500 in 2000, Jeff Burton was surprised to find Dale Earnhardt already strapped into the flying machine. Burton was trying to make a quick getaway from the track after finishing second in the race to Earnhardt's son, Dale Earnhardt Jr. It was the younger Earnhardt's first victory in the Cup Series. "What in the hell are you doing? You ought to be in Victory Lane celebrating with Junior," Burton told the elder Earnhardt. "Nah," replied big Dale. "This is...

WELCOME TO TEXAS *** Samsung 500 (334 Laps, 501 Miles ~ Sunday, April 06, 2008 - TV: Fox 1:30 PM/ET ~ green flag 2:15 ET Amdro Fire Strike Pre-Race Show starring, the Doobie Brothers *** Nationwide Series O'Reilly 300 (200 Laps, 300 Miles / TV: ESPN2 ~ Saturday, April 05, 2008 ~ 2:30PM Nationwide Series Live from Texas on ESPN2: After a weekend off, the Nationwide Series returns to action this weekend and ESPN2 will have live, flag-to-flag coverage of the 300-mile race from Texas Motor Speedway Saturday, April 5, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET with NASCAR Countdown. The...

Hundreds of Soldiers recently returned from Iraq stand at attention as 250,000 Texas NASCAR fans applaud their service and sacrifice during prerace festivities at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday. TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, Texas (Army News Service, April 19, 2005) – Many words are used to describe Texas and Texans. ‘Little’ ain’t one of them. On Sunday, 250,000 Texas NASCAR fans formally welcomed home several hundred Fort Hood Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans during pre-race ceremonies here at the Samsung / Radio Shack 500. The crowd at the sold-out event stood and cheered as the Soldiers marched down the speedway’s front stretch single...