What to expect

Speed, speed and more speed. The more drivers race at Texas, the faster they go. It's a wide-open, high-banked, 1.5-mile track that allows drag racing all the way around.

There's nothing goofy about the track, so expect hard, clean racing. Greg Biffle's car was so dominant here in the spring he'll be the favorite. His Roush teammates should join him up front, as they did at Kansas, a track very similar to Texas.

TSN's winner: Greg Biffle

Dickies 500

When: 3:20 p.m. ET Sunday

TV: NBC

Length: 501 miles/334 laps

TRACK facts

TEXAS Motor Speedway

Opened: February 5, 1996

Location: Justin, Texas

First NASCAR Cup race: April 6, 1997

Distance: 1.5 miles

Front stretch: 2,250 feet

Back stretch: 1,330 feet

Banking in Turns 1-4: 24 degrees

Banking in straights: 5 degrees

Grandstand seats: 154,861

Tickets: 817-215-8500

Website: texasmotorspeedway.com

CHASE DRIVERS AT TEXAS

                  Races   Wins   Top 5s   Top 10s   Poles    Laps/Led

Jimmie Johnson      4       0       1        4        0       1,336/0
Kurt Busch          5       0       1        4        0       1,668/4
Rusty Wallace       9       0       3        4        0      2,831/97
Tony Stewart        7       0       1        4        0      2,256/61
Mark Martin         9       1       3        4        0     2,732/116
Matt Kenseth        6       1       1        2        0     1,954/150
Carl Edwards        1       0       0        0        0         334/0
Jeremy Mayfield     9       0       1        2        1     2,821/159
Greg Biffle         3       1       1        1        0       982/219
Ryan Newman         4       1       1        1        1      1,114/80

                  Avg. start   Avg. finish   DNF   LLF

Jimmie Johnson       10.8          6.5        0     4
Kurt Busch           19.2          9.8        0     4
Rusty Wallace        15.2         12.1        1     7
Tony Stewart         25.1         16.6        2     4
Mark Martin          13.4         15.3        1     6
Matt Kenseth         25.3         15.3        1     3
Carl Edwards         20.0         19.0        0     1
Jeremy Mayfield      16.7         19.6        2     3
Greg Biffle           9.7         20.0        1     1
Ryan Newman          13.8         24.0        2     2

LLF: lead lap finishes

BACKTRACKING

Samsung/RadioShack 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
April 17, 2005

TOP 10

Finish   Start   Driver               Car, make      Laps led

  1.        5    Greg Biffle          16 Ford           219
  2.       31    Jamie McMurray       42 Dodge            0
  3.       18    Jimmie Johnson       48 Chevrolet        0
  4.       32    Casey Mears          41 Dodge           15
  5.       13    Sterling Marlin      40 Dodge            3
  6.       21    Michael Waltrip      15 Chevrolet        7
  7.       19    Kurt Busch           97 Ford             2
  8.        4    Ricky Rudd           21 Ford             0
  9.       11    Dale Earnhardt Jr.    8 Chevrolet        0
 10.        6    Rusty Wallace         2 Dodge            0

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