The Nascar Nationwide and Sprint Cup series entered Texas after a week off of racing.
Many felt that Ricky Stenhouse Jr. who won the 2011 Nationwide Championship primarily due to the integration of the new points system (where a driver can only run for points in one series). Well ladies and gentleman Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is out to prove them wrong as he took home his second win of the season in only six races, with top 5's and 10's finishes. With fellow championship contender Elliot Sadler having his worst finish of the year in 12th Stenhouse Jr. leaves Texas only 4 points behind the leader Sadler.
Austin Dillon who sits third, also closed up the gap with an impressive 5th place finish. But what caught a lot of peoples attention was the fact that Trevor Bayne's the driver of the number 60 car who sits 7th in point was MIA in the Nationwide garage. Bayne's nightmare came true as the number 60 car did not have the funding to be able to compete. But Bayne was found in the Sprint Cup garage piloting the number 21 Wood Brothers Ford and also won Fridays practice. On Saturday Jimmie Johnson was the one taking it to the field but the 48 slipped up and the Biff was there to pounce, giving the points leader Greg Biffle the win on Saturday night over Jimmie Johnson, giving him his first win of the year. MWR was making even more noise yet again with Martin Truex Jr. capturing the pole position and finishing 6th, and Mark the kid Martin brought home another third place finish. But the question is when will Hendrick Motorsports get that elusive 200th win, my bet is soon as all four drivers came home in the top ten. But that wasn't all the racing, the Camping World Truck series got the Sunday call this time and Kasey Kahne fresh off his first top ten of the season at Texas took home his third Truck series win despite having to start in last. This was Kahne's third win in only four starts.
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