Dickies 500

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**Dickies 500**

Venue	Texas Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsor	Dickies
First race	2005
Distance	501 miles (806.3 km)
Number of laps	334
Previous names	None

Tire changes and refueling at the 2006 Dickies 500

The Dickies 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The inaugural race took place on November 6, 2005. The race is held on the first weekend in November each year; TMS has expressed interest in changing the date, which is also the opening weekend of deer hunting season in Texas.

The race was acquired as a result of the Ferko lawsuit, which forced NASCAR to relinquish the sport's fourth major, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 and in the process end its Grand Slam, as the Southern 500 was one of the four races that made it up.

This race has been derisively referred to as the Francis Ferko 500, mostly by traditionalist fans upset by the demise of the Southern 500.

This race is featured in the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby where on the last lap Ricky Bobby spins out with Jamie McMurray and McMurray continues but Bobby puts the car in reverse and wins backwards. The filming was actually at Lowe's Motor Speedway with the wall painted to look like Texas.

[edit] Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Car Make	Winner's Prize (USD)	Distance (miles)	Average Speed (mph)
Dickies 500
2005	November 6	Carl Edwards	Ford	$496,300	501	151.055
2006	November 5	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	$521,361	508.5 ⁽¹⁾	134.891
2007	November 4	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	$486,211	501	131.219
2008	November 2	Carl Edwards	Ford	$486,211	501	131.219
2009	November 8	Kurt Busch	Dodge	$440,575	501	147.137