SBNation.com - NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway: Matt Kenseth Takes Checkered Flag Saturday Nighthttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46737/sbn-fave.png2011-04-10T08:48:55-04:00http://www.sbnation.com/rss/stream/18593852011-04-10T08:48:55-04:002011-04-10T08:48:55-04:00NASCAR Results From Texas: Carl Edwards Leads Updated Point Standings
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<p>Carl Edwards got a third-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night – <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/10/2101655/carl-edwards-texas-motor-speedway-result-finish-nascar-2011" target="_blank">despite his mother's cooking</a> – and moved back into the Sprint Cup Series points lead (Kyle Busch had been the previous points leader).</p>
<p>"Third was about the best we could hope for," Edwards said afterward. "Coming out of here with the points lead and a teammate (Matt Kenseth) in Victory Lane is a good trip to Texas for us."</p>
<p>Kenseth had the best trip of all. Not only did he win the Samsung Mobile 500, but his victory resulted in a six-spot jump in the point standings – all the way to third.</p>
<p>Runnerup Clint Bowyer was the evening's other big gainer, as the Richard Childress Racing driver moved up four spots to 12th.</p>
<p>The race wasn't so good for Mark Martin, who was caught up in a crash and dropped a series-high five spots to 15th. Other big losers included Kevin Harvick (ninth) and Martin Truex Jr. (21st), who fell four spots apiece.</p>
<p>Here are the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings after the Texas Motor Speedway race:</p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Carl Edwards</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Kyle Busch -9</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Matt Kenseth -13</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Jimmie Johnson -13</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Kurt Busch -16</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Dale Earnhardt Jr. -21</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Ryan Newman -23</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Juan Pablo Montoya -24</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Kevin Harvick -28</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Tony Stewart -43</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Paul Menard -47</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Clint Bowyer -55</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">AJ Allmendinger -63</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Jeff Gordon -64</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Mark Martin -67</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Kasey Kahne -70</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">David Ragan -71</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Greg Biffle -73</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Marcos Ambrose -81</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Denny Hamlin -82</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Martin Truex Jr. -96</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Brad Keselowski -97</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Bobby Labonte -99</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Jamie McMurray -99</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Jeff Burton -100</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Brian Vickers -107</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">David Reutimann -112</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Joey Logano -112</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">David Gilliland -142</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Regan Smith -144</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Robby Gordon -152</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Casey Mears -163</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Dave Blaney -169</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Bill Elliott -174</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Tony Raines -175</span></li>
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<b>Related: </b><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/9/2101597/nascar-results-today-texas-motor-speedway-2011-matt-kenseth" target="_blank"><i>Results from the Samsung Mobile 500</i></a>
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https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/10/2101932/nascar-results-texas-motor-speedway-2011-point-standings-carl-edwardsJeff Gluck2011-04-10T01:08:22-04:002011-04-10T01:08:22-04:00NASCAR Results From Texas Motor Speedway: Roush Fenway Racing Dominates
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<p>Jack Roush wore a cowboy hat and a grin into the Texas Motor Speedway media center on Saturday night, which is a pretty good sign his Roush Fenway Racing team had a great race.</p>
<p>"I'm really proud of what we've been able to do in 2011," Roush said, crediting his team's engineering, new Ford nose and FR9 engines.</p>
<p>Roush's memorable evening resulted in an average finish of 3.75 for the team's drivers: Matt Kenseth won the race, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/10/2101655/carl-edwards-texas-motor-speedway-result-finish-nascar-2011" target="_blank">Carl Edwards was third</a>, Greg Biffle was fourth and pole-sitter David Ragan finished seventh.</p>
<p>Here's how the three other major multi-car teams fared Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway:</p>
<p><b>Richard Childress Racing (average finish 9.5)</b></p>
<p>Clint Bowyer was clearly the second-best car all evening, and finished right where he should have – in second. His strong run moved him up four spots to 12th in the point standings.</p>
<p>Paul Menard had another top-five run. The fifth-place finish was Menard's second top-five of the season, but only the fourth of his career. His potential breakout season seems as though it will continue, and he moved up to 11th in points.</p>
<p>Kevin Harvick had won the last two Sprint Cup races, but faltered with a 20th-place finish on Saturday. Crew chief Gil Martin said the team's fortunes were bound to change at some point.</p>
<p>"We've had a good race every race this year," Martin said. "Sooner or later you're going to have a bad one. We'll bounce back from it."</p>
<p>The news was a bit better for teammate Jeff Burton, who has struggled with bad breaks this season but finished 11th at Texas.</p>
<p><b>Hendrick Motorsports (average finish 19.0)</b></p>
<p>Though it was a decent day for Hendrick Motorsports (Jimmie Johnson and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/9/2101619/dale-earnhardt-jr-texas-motor-speedway-results-nascar-2011" target="_blank">Dale Earnhardt Jr.</a> both had top-10 finishes), the results were weighed down by Mark Martin's wreck and Jeff Gordon's misfortune.</p>
<p>Gordon ran out of gas at the end of the race and finished 22nd; Martin's 36th-place result dropped him five spots in the standings, all the way down to 15th.</p>
<p><b>Joe Gibbs Racing (average finish 18.3)</b></p>
<p>Oh boy. This just hasn't been a good season for JGR as a whole.</p>
<p>Joey Logano (24th) had another sub-par race, Kyle Busch's loose wheel left him 16th and Denny Hamlin – who swept both Texas races last season – was a disappointing 15th.</p>
<p>Busch is still in good shape, sitting second in the points. But Hamlin (20th) and Logano (28th) may be wondering what the heck is going on with their teams with this rough start to the season.</p>
<p>Is it time for Hamlin fans to panic?</p>
<p><i>Related: </i><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/9/2101597/nascar-results-today-texas-motor-speedway-2011-matt-kenseth" target="_blank"><i>NASCAR results from Texas Motor Speedway</i></a></p>
https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/10/2101699/nascar-results-today-texas-motor-speedway-2011Jeff Gluck2011-04-10T00:24:21-04:002011-04-10T00:24:21-04:00Sorry, Mom: Home Cooking Upsets Carl Edwards' Stomach At Texas Motor Speedway
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<p>Nancy Sterling, the mother of NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, was just trying to be nice. She cooked up her son a rice and beans dish on Friday night, and Edwards ate it on Saturday morning before the Texas Motor Speedway race.</p>
<p>Without going into too many details, it didn't go so well.</p>
<p>Edwards, though, felt fine after the initial wave of stomach illness, and figured he'd be OK to race on Saturday night.</p>
<p>But about 50 laps into the Samsung Mobile 500, the Roush Fenway Racing driver started feeling sick again. At one point, while driving at 200 mph, Edwards was literally gagging and trying everything he could to "keep everything in."</p>
<p>The team gave him Tums, Pepto Bismol and an anti-nausea pill to help with his stomach issues – and it worked. He eventually came home with a third-place finish and recaptured the Sprint Cup Series points lead from Kyle Busch.</p>
<p>Toughed out a race on a night where he felt sick instead of climbing from the car for a relief driver should help Edwards' image. The reputation of his mother's cooking, though, took a hit.</p>
<p>"My mom made a little dish," he said afterward. "I think one of the ingredients might have been bad; I think it might have been her first attempt at it."</p>
<p>Nearby, runnerup Clint Bowyer chuckled and responded: "I'll cook for you next week!"</p>
<p>"Yeah, I'll bet," Edwards said.</p>
<p>Edwards joked that his white firesuit – unstained – was proof that he was able to, in fact, keep it all in. But it was close, though he added he preferred "not to talk about the details."</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 9px;">"</span>I've never had that (happen) before," he said. "I remember when Tony (Stewart) was sick at Watkins Glen, and he ran really well. There have been a lot of guys who have felt a lot worse than I did today, and they ran really well. I wasn't going to quit, but I was just complaining a little bit."</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/10/2101655/carl-edwards-texas-motor-speedway-result-finish-nascar-2011Jeff Gluck2011-04-09T23:51:25-04:002011-04-09T23:51:25-04:00Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gets Another Top-10 Result At Texas Motor Speedway
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<p>Ho-hum. Another race, another top-10 finish for Dale Earnhardt Jr.</p>
<p>Earnhardt Jr. finished ninth at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night, marking his sixth straight result of 12th or higher. That's the longest such streak of consistent finishes for NASCAR's most popular driver since he had seven in a row during March/April 2008 – his first season with Hendrick Motorsports.</p>
<p>The results that were once hard to come by for Earnhardt Jr. – he only had nine finishes of 12th or better <i>all of last year </i>– are now seemingly routine.</p>
<p>"That's how good the team is," Earnhardt Jr. said. "We just ain't made any real big mistakes."</p>
<p>Earnhardt Jr. moved up two spots in the Sprint Cup Series point standings – to sixth – and is now closer to the championship leader (-21 points) than the Chase bubble (+26 points).</p>
<p>"We had a much better car tonight (than ninth)," he said. "We had a terrible pit stop at one point, lost a bunch of track position. The last two runs, we made some adjustments that didn't suit the car too well. It was too tight, and then we jumped back over the fence and it was too loose. Still a good car; happy with the way we ran."</p>
<p>Sitting on the pit wall after the race, Earnhardt Jr. was drenched with sweat and held a cool rag to his neck. He had told his team during the middle portion of the race that he was extremely hot inside the car on a steamy Texas evening.</p>
<p>"I was OK near the end, but that long green-flag run in the middle was getting hu-<i>mid!</i>" he said. "But we cooled off there under them cautions, and everything was fine there toward the end."</p>
<p>When Earnhardt Jr. got out of the car, he and David Ragan (who finished seventh) had a brief chat. The two had raced hard on a couple different occasions during the race, and Earnhardt Jr. at one point had mentioned wrecking the Roush Fenway Racing driver.</p>
<p>"I was getting frustrated there, but he was doing what he was supposed to do," Earnhardt Jr. said. "I was mad, but I want the spot, man! The hell with running behind him. My car was way faster than his, but I just couldn't get by him. He was running a good line, and I was loose on the bottom."</p>
<p>So based on the way he's running lately, would anything but a top 10 be a disappointment at this point?</p>
<p>"Well, every week that I've ever ran, if I don't run where I think I should, it's a letdown to me," he said. "So I'd say yeah."</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/9/2101619/dale-earnhardt-jr-texas-motor-speedway-results-nascar-2011Jeff Gluck2011-04-09T23:25:12-04:002011-04-09T23:25:12-04:00NASCAR Results From Texas Motor Speedway: Matt Kenseth Takes Checkered Flag
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<p>Matt Kenseth had what appeared to be the best car at Texas Motor Speedway and it paid off as he came around to take the checkered flag during Saturday night's Samsung Mobile 500. Kurt Busch was forced to pit with just 15 laps to go, clearing the way for Kenseth down the stretch. An extended green-flag run to end the race led to problems for some, including pit road problems for one potential leader.</p>
<p>Clint Bowyer finished second and Carl Edwards finished third, but it was all Kenseth as the race wound down. Edwards had one of the more humorous stories, saying he was all hopped up on Pepto Bismol after having stomach problems for much of the day. In a post-race interview, Edwards attributed his issues to his mother's home cooking, but had a laugh about it.</p>
<p>Tony Stewart also had a shot to win, but didn't have enough to make it to the checkered flag, running out of gas and finishing in 12th as the final car on the lead lap. Jeff Gordon joined him in running out of gas, finishing 24th as a result. Jimmie Johnson finished eighth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was ninth, right in the thick of things in Texas.</p>
<p>Here's the full set of results from Texas:</p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Matt Kenseth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Clint Bowyer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Carl Edwards</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Greg Biffle</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Paul Menard</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Marcos Ambrose</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">David Ragan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Jimmie Johnson</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Dale Earnhardt Jr.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Kurt Busch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Jeff Burton</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Tony Stewart</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Juan Pablo Montoya</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Ryan Newman</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Denny Hamlin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Kyle Busch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Trevor Bayne</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Brad Keselowski</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">AJ Allmendinger</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Kevin Harvick</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Kasey Kahne</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Jamie McMurray</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Jeff Gordon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Joey Logano</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Bobby Labonte</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Casey Mears</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Brian Vickers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Landon Cassill</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">David Reutimann</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Dave Blaney</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Robby Gordon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Andy Lally</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Ken Schrader</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Tony Raines</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Martin Truex Jr.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Mark Martin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Regan Smith</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">David Starr</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Joe Nemechek</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Michael McDowell</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">JJ Yeley</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">David Gilliland</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Mike Skinner</span></li>
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https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/9/2101597/nascar-results-today-texas-motor-speedway-2011-matt-kensethBrian Floyd2011-04-09T19:33:38-04:002011-04-09T19:33:38-04:00Live Chat: Texas Motor Speedway
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<p>We're back to the traditional chat format this week, so "have at it" – much like Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton did at Texas Motor Speedway last fall.</p>
<p>So without further adieu, let's get it started.</p>
<p>Who do you think is going to win tonight?</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/9/2101226/live-chat-texas-motor-speedwayJeff Gluck2011-04-09T07:00:48-04:002011-04-09T07:00:48-04:00NASCAR At Texas Motor Speedway: Start Time, Starting Lineup, TV Listings And More
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<p><i><span style="line-height: 9px;">I</span>t's NASCAR race day at Texas Motor Speedway, and we've got the actual race start time, the starting lineup and some other facts about the Texas race for you below.</i></p>
<p><b>Start time: </b>The command to start engines will be given by retired U.S. Army Master Aviator Gary Linfoot at 7:38 p.m. Eastern time (6:38 local). The <b>actual start time of the race is estimated to be 7:46:30.</b> Yep, you read that right – the estimated green flag time is 30 seconds past 7:46. Pretty specific, isn't it? An executive from Sprint is waving the green flag tonight.</p>
<p><b>Race name/distance: </b>The race is called the Samsung Mobile 500, although it's actually not 500 miles. The real distance of the race is 501 miles, which is the result of 334 laps around the 1.5-mile Texas track.</p>
<p><b>TV and radio:</b> As for all of the races through May, FOX is televising the race. The radio broadcast can be found on your local Performance Racing Network (PRN) affiliate. <a href="http://www.goprn.com/affiliates/stations/sprint_cup_series/" target="_blank">Click here to see a list of PRN stations</a> where you can listen.</p>
<p><b>National anthem:</b> For those who are sick of singers screwing up the national anthem before the start of NASCAR races, fear not: There is no anthem singer at Texas. Instead, it'll be performed by the Army Ground Forces Band, also known as the "Brass Brigade." Should be a good one.</p>
<p><b>Last time:</b> Denny Hamlin pulled off an incredible win, going to Victory Lane one year ago just <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2010/4/19/1431153/nascar-texas-motor-speedway-2010-denny-hamlin" target="_blank">days after he had surgery on his injured knee</a>. Hamlin followed his spring Texas win with another victory there in the fall.</p>
<p><b>Starting lineup for the Texas Motor Speedway race tonight:</b></p>
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<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">David Ragan</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Carl Edwards</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Clint Bowyer</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Matt Kenseth</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Regan Smith</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Jimmie Johnson</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Marcos Ambrose</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Joey Logano</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Greg Biffle</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Kurt Busch</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Kyle Busch</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Jeff Burton</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Kasey Kahne</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Juan Pablo Montoya</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">AJ Allmendinger</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Ryan Newman</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Jamie McMurray</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Trevor Bayne</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Paul Menard</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Michael McDowell</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Mark Martin</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Casey Mears</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Denny Hamlin</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Landon Cassill</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">David Reutimann</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Tony Stewart</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Brad Keselowski</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Dale Earnhardt Jr.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Kevin Harvick</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Brian Vickers</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Martin Truex Jr.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Jeff Gordon</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">David Starr</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 9px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Bobby Labonte</span></li>
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https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/9/2100055/nascar-texas-motor-speedway-start-time-starting-lineup-tv-listings-2011Jeff Gluck2011-04-08T20:26:34-04:002011-04-08T20:26:34-04:00NASCAR Fans Helping NASCAR Fans: How One Good Deed Led To Another
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<p>Sandie Longs <i>loves</i> NASCAR. But because her heart is bigger than her bank account, she can't express the passion for her favorite sport in person very often.</p>
<p>Instead, Longs spends her free time tweeting her enthusiasm for NASCAR under the handle <a href="http://twitter.com/vegangymmie" target="_blank">@vegangymmie</a>, sending numerous messages to drivers, spotters, media and other fans involved in the sport.</p>
<p>With few exceptions, Longs is overwhelmingly kind and positive in her tweets to others. She maintains her optimistic approach despite having somewhat of a rough go in life because, as she said, "It's better than crying."</p>
<p>But one of the most difficult times of year for Longs, 41, is when her beloved NASCAR and its drivers visit Texas Motor Speedway, which is only a short drive from her home in McKinney.</p>
<p>There's only one problem: Longs not only can't afford the tickets, but even if she could, she doesn't have a car.</p>
<p>That's where fellow race fan Boyd Adams comes in. Adams, who tweets under the <a href="http://twitter.com/racepix" target="_blank">@racepix</a> handle, lives approximately 10 miles away from Longs and had connected with her about their common interest via Twitter.</p>
<p>"We kept in touch, and the conversations became more than just about racing," Adams said. "Family stuff, the daily grind and all that."</p>
<p>But last fall, money became tight for Adams, too. The 49-year-old was laid off from his job shortly before last November's Texas race.</p>
<p>Adams said he figured, "Man, I'm not going to have the money to go to the races," but he was given free tickets to all three events that weekend.</p>
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<p>His wife, though, couldn't attend. She found out she had to work on each of the race days, leaving Adams with an extra ticket. That's when Adams decided to get in touch with Longs.</p>
<p>"I contacted Gymmie to see if she might be interested in going to the races," he said. "And she was excited to do that."</p>
<p>Adams' wife told him to be on his best behavior – in order not to scare a woman he had never met – so he picked Longs up in the front of her apartment complex instead of at her door. That way, he said, it would reassure her that he "wasn't a creep" and she could back out of the situation if she wanted.</p>
<p>Obviously, it turned out Adams was a good guy, and the two Twitter friends were literally off to the races together.</p>
<p>"It's a pay-it-forward kind of deal," he said. "You do a good deed, and hopefully it leads to another."</p>
<p>In this case, it did.</p>
<p>Adams' wife had to work again on Friday and was unable to attend the Texas Nationwide race, so she told her husband to invite Longs instead. But husband and wife planned to be at Saturday's Sprint Cup race together, and since Longs couldn't afford a ticket, she knew she wouldn't be able to go.</p>
<p>Sprint caught word of Longs' predicament late Friday afternoon, and a representative for Miss Sprint Cup decided to award Longs two free Sprint Cup race tickets for tomorrow night.</p>
<p>A happy Longs was handed the tickets during qualifying on Friday, and, as she did last fall, she'll have the opportunity to see all of her favorite Cup drivers in person (which, by the way, includes most of the field).</p>
<p>And how will she get to the track?</p>
<p>Adams, of course, plans to give her a lift.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/4/8/2099651/nascar-texas-motor-speedway-fans-tickets-sprint-cup-2011Jeff Gluck