Texas Motor Speedway

Chase Elliott was leading at Texas when a right rear tire issue led to hard contact with the wall and a fiery finish to his day, knocking him from the top of the playoff standings.

Mark Faber was named GM of Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday.

O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners and most successful promoters in the history of auto racing, died Wednesday. He was 95.

Ryan Blaney had to go two extra laps at Texas Motor Speedway after thinking he had already won NASCAR’s All-Star race and $1 million.

Josef Newgarden used the nonexistent high line to pass Scott McLaughlin in the final turn at Texas Motor Speedway and steal the IndyCar race his teammate had dominated.

Texas Motor Speedway has hosted IndyCar since it opened in 1997, but the contract with IndyCar expires after the Xpel 375 Sunday. NBC 5 photojournalist Noah Bullard talked to some of the racers after the race about hopes that IndyCar returns to TMS.

Two Northlake police officers are recovering after an 18-wheeler crashed into their vehicles along an icy stretch of Interstate 35W near Texas Motor Speedway.

Kyle Larson claimed the first of four championship-contending spots in NASCAR’s season finale with a dominating victory at Texas on Sunday to start the round of eight in the playoffs.

The third round of NASCAR’s playoffs are getting started in Texas. It is a tight chase with three races left to determine the four championship drivers for the season finale.

NASCAR has ordered a cease fire in the feud between Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick before the drivers even arrived at Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s race.

Racing fans started rolling into Texas Motor Speedway Tuesday ahead of the NASCAR Playoffs this weekend. They’ll see some wet weather before drivers hit the track.

Racing fans started rolling into Texas Motor Speedway Tuesday ahead of the NASCAR Playoffs this weekend. They’ll see some wet weather before drivers hit the track.

Video captured a propane tank explosion at a car show at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday.

Video captured a propane tank explosion at a car show at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday.

Kyle Larson was back in the NASCAR All-Star race, and won another $1 million by winning it again. Larson held off a hard-charging Brad Keselowski during the final 10-lap shootout at Texas on Sunday night.

Kyle Busch has gotten his 99th career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory. He stayed in front through two late restarts at Texas with pushes from series points leader Austin Cindric, the last going into a green-white overtime finish.

John Hunter Nemechek has won his second consecutive NASCAR Truck Series race.

NASCAR is running its All-Star race in the Lone Star State. The six-segment, 100-lap race Sunday night will provide quite a way to mark the 25th season of racing at Texas Motor Speedway. It also will be a sendoff for track president and showman Eddie Gossage in his last race after overseeing the track since its groundbreaking in 1995.

This stormy weather has been an ongoing pattern for weeks and it’s put a damper on people’s plans to come to North Texas for some summer fun.

Campers staying at Texas Motor Speedway for the All-Star 10 Days of Speed events are crossing their fingers that rain tapers off soon.