Motorsports Insider: Austin Dillon no stranger to growing limelight or accepting pressure

| |Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013

Grandson of Richard Childress remains focused and on course.

IndyCar’s close finishes can return to TMS, but it’ll take an exact balance

| |Sunday, Jun. 09, 2013

Pack racing produces excitement for fans but fear for the drivers at Texas Motor Speedway’s high-banked oval.

Castroneves dominates to grab fourth IndyCar win at TMS

| |Sunday, Jun. 09, 2013

Helio Castroneves wins by 4.69 seconds and takes the series lead.

Marco Andretti falls back at TMS, his rival moves up in IndyCar standings

| |Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013

Helio Castroneves wins at Texas Motor Speedway to take sole possession of the season standings.

Texas Motor Speedway honors heroes before IndyCar race

|Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013

Pit Stops

Jeb Burton makes name for himself with Texas trucks win

| |Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013

Rookie Jeb Burton holds off Ty Dillon to earns his first victory on the Camping World Trucks Series.

Helio Castroneves out to win his first IndyCar Series title

| |Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013

Texas Motor Speedway notes

Hey, America, look at the Americans at the top of IndyCar

Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013

The IndyCar Series has a race Saturday night right where it wants it.

IndyCar Firestone 550 lineup at Texas Motor Speedway

Friday, Jun. 07, 2013

Pos./DriverNo.SpeedComment
1. Will Power12219.182More than 1.5 mph better than field in qualifying
2. Marco Andretti25217.553If he’s mistake-free, he’ll be there on the last lap
3. Ryan Hunter-Reay1217.524Defending series champion making his highest start at TMS
4. Dario Franchitti10217.504Coming off 14th at TMS last year, second-worst race ever here
5. E.J. Viso5217.244Looking for a dark horse candidate? This is your driver
6. Helio Castroneves3217.100Has more experience at TMS than any driver in the field
7. Josef Newgarden67216.693Making only second start at TMS, finished 13th last year
8. Charlie Kimball83216.570Best finishes in three starts at TMS are a pair of 23rds.
9. Ed Carpenter20216.552Top finish of ninth three times at TMS, 2006, ’08 and ’09
10. James Jakes16216.487Coming off career-best second-place finish in second Detroit race last week
11. Scott Dixon9216.4472008 TMS winner from the pole and led 133 laps last year
12. Simona de Silvestro78216.396Early-season momentum and speed have slipped, taking 10-spot grid penalty
13. James Hinchcliffe27216.248Only multiple-race winner this year in IndyCar; both street-course victories
14. Simon Pagenaud77215.727Making second TMS start, will take 10-spot grid penalty
15. Tony Kanaan11215.4742004 TMS winner not happy with worst TMS starting position
16. Alex Tagliani98215.406Two-time pole winner at TMS, finished ninth last year
17. Sebastien Bourdais7214.839Second season with Dragon Racing, first race at TMS
18. Oriol Servia4214.586Did not run last week at Detroit; has led laps only at season opener
19. Graham Rahal15213.888Disappointing qualifying for last year’s runner-up and father’s RLL team
20. Sebastian Saavedra6213.217First full season with Dragon Racing, coming off first top-10 of season
21. Pippa Mann18212.785Making second start since recovering from 2011 crash in Las Vegas
22. Justin Wilson19207.807Defending race champion off to good start with five top-10s
23. Takuma Sato14NAWon at Long Beach, but coming off disappointments at Indy and Detroit
24. Tristan Vautier55NADevelopmental series champion last year making first start at TMS

TMS Pit stops: IndyCar issues fines, puts two drivers on probation

Thursday, Jun. 06, 2013

IndyCar has issued $40,000 in fines and placed two drivers on probation for incidents at Detroit last weekend.