All You Need to Know About the NASCAR Cup Race at Texas Motor Speedway

After the All-Star race at Bristol, NASCAR is going to Texas for their annual visit. This weekend, the Texas Motor Speedway will host the ‘O’Reilly Auto Parts 500‘.

The race will start on Sunday, July 19th at 3:00 PM EST. In addition, the venue is set to host a doubleheader on Saturday, July 18th. First a NASCAR Xfinity race at 3:00 PM EST. After that, a Gander Truck Series race at 8:00 PM EST.

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Kyle Busch will look for his first victory of the season at Texas Motor Speedway

Busch brothers, Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch will start the race in the second row at P3 and P4 respectively. Both Busch brothers have been trudging through a winless streak in recent months and will look to grab their first win of 2020.

This week at Bristol, Kyle managed to end his struggle of the starting laps and finish the race behind Chase at second.

In addition, Kyle Busch will run all the three races at the Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. Fox NASCAR’s Bob Pockrass revealed this on Twitter while answering a fan question.

Starting ahead in the front row at pole position is Aric Almirola and followed by Ryan Blaney. Aric’s Stewart-Haas racing teammate and current Cup series points leader Kevin Harvick will round up the ‘top-5’.

Harvick has won 4 races in 2020 and will look to strengthen his grip on the Cup series points table. And he will be the crowd favorite to challenge for the win. At Bristol, Harvick finished at P3 behind Chase and Kyle Busch.

Wednesday’s All-Star Race winner, Chase Elliott, will start the race at eighth alongside Denny Hamlin at P7. Chase will look to continue his high and take the Texas 500 win to challenge for Harvick’s top spot.

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