Keselowski triumphs in Texas Xfinity race

His previous best was second on two occasions (fall of 2013 and spring of ’14), in 15 races at this track.

With a victory on Sunday at Martinsville, Gordon has done just that, ensuring him a one-in-four chance to win the championship in two weeks at Homestead Miami Speedway.

Kyle Busch: Has best average finish (12.9) of Chase drivers at Texas since 2005.

“Winning never hurts”, Keselowski said.

“I think in general we are just trying to step up our mile and a half performance, and that could contribute to the weekend”, Gordon said.

However the vehicle owners’ championship is already decided in favour of Roger Penske for a third consecutive year, thanks to Keselowski’s win and Kyle Busch dropping to 14th place leaving the JGR #54 auto 98 points adrift. Next on the schedule after Texas is Phoenix, where Harvick has seven victories, including the last four in a row and five of the last six. He returns to his home track Saturday with three races remaining and the series points lead, by 27 points over defending champion Chase Elliott. Team Penske leads the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing team by 98 points. The Penske Racing star will be a top contender to win Sunday’s AAA Texas 500. That’s what my 19 team is working on.

Keselowski was the fastest vehicle in all three rounds of qualifying Friday and will start first. I talked to (crew chief) Darian (Grubb) a little bit about it as we were going to lunch. We also need to build up our confidence on the mile-and-a-half tracks.

“I really feel that the competition is as tough as it’s ever been”. Everybody in the shop appears to me to be doing just that – they’re not looking backwards.

Joey Logano, driver of the #22 AAA Insurance Ford, speaks at a press conference prior to practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 6, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas.

“Weepers” – water seepage from underneath the asphalt – only compounded the problem. The morning and afternoon practice session were canceled.