NASCAR Cup race preview

November 3, 2019 at 12:23AM
Martin Truex Jr. sits in his car during NASCAR Cup Series auto racing practice Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Forth Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Larry Papke)
Martin Truex Jr. is coming off a victory last weekend at Martinsville Speedway. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Texas Motor Speedway, 2 p.m., NBCSN

What: Race 34 of 36 (eighth of playoffs)

Track: 1½-mile oval

Race distance: 501 miles, 334 laps

2018 winner: Kevin Harvick

Last race: Martin Truex Jr. took first at Martinsville.

Fast facts: Truex led 464 of 500 laps for his first Martinsville win, which earned him a spot in the Championship 4, which is in two weeks. Truex has three playoff wins and seven victories overall in 2019. … Denny Hamlin, who is racing with a torn labrum, won the spring race at Texas, his third at the track. … Joey Logano had six straight top-seven finishes in Fort Worth before placing 17th this spring. … Qualifying was Saturday night.

Next race: Nov. 10, ISM Raceway, Avondale, Ariz.

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