After two weekends of short tracks, the two top NASCAR series move on to Texas to race.  There will definitely be some people who are eager to see Texas.  Brian Vickers was racing as well as anyone before plummeting at Bristol and Martinsville.  The Roush bunch has had two horrible weeks in a row and could use some good finishes as well.  Last year Dale Earnhardt Jr won the pole, but Carl Edwards took the Sprint Cup win.  In the Nationwide Series, crowd favorite Kyle Busch won.

The Nationwide Series race starts at 2:30 on Saturday afternoon.  Kyle Busch will start on the pole and Matt Kenseth will starting on the outside pole.  9 of the top 10 starters are actually Sprint Cup drivers.  Part timer Terry Cook is the only non-Cup driver starting in the top 10.  Justin Algaier, the Penske Racing development driver, will be starting the race 11th.  Considering that Kyle Busch is sitting on the pole, it'd be hard for him not to be considered the favorite.

On Sunday, the racing begins 1:30 on Fox.  This is the first race that drivers must qualify based on this year's owner points.  That means guys like Scott Speed, Aric Almirola, and David Gilliland must qualify on speed or they'll be going home.  So far in Friday practice, Mark Martin and David Ruettiman are the two fastest drivers so they'll be drivers to watch in both qualifying and the race.  The Roush team will look to rebound from a horrible two weeks as will Red Bull driver Brian Vickers, who has done well at Texas and other 1.5 mile tracks.  Dale Earnhardt Junior is returning to the track where he got his first career win and hopes to get his first one of 2009 out of the way.  Jeff Gordon, the series point leader, has never won at Texas although he has been close a few times before.  He's looking to break his longest winless streak of his career.  Texas is one of the fastest tracks on the circuit and sure to be exciting on Sunday.