Samsung Mobile 500
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| Venue | Texas Motor Speedway |
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| Sponsor | Samsung |
| First race | 1997 |
| Distance | 501 miles (806.281 km) |
| Laps | 334 |
| Previous names | Interstate Batteries 500 (1997)
Texas 500 (1998) Primestar 500 (1999) DirecTV 500 (2000) Harrah's 500 (2001) Samsung / RadioShack 500 (2002-2006) Samsung 500 (2007-2009) |
The Samsung Mobile 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas USA. Even though is advertised as a "500 mile" race, because TMS is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) track, the actual distance is 501 miles (806.3 km). There were 10 different winners in the first ten races, the longest such streak for any NASCAR track in the Cup Series. Jeff Burton, the winner of the first Cup race, broke that streak by getting his second Texas win in a last lap pass in 2007. Now starting in 2011, the race will become a Saturday night event, whereas before it was always a Sunday afternoon race. This was done since the night race at Phoenix was moved to February and became a day race. The 2011 race was run on April 9, 2011 and it was the first scheduled night race of the year.
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[edit] Grandfather Clause
Samsung sponsors the race, and RadioShack was previously a co-sponsor. The joint sponsorship was grandfathered in 2003 by NASCAR's grandfather clause when Nextel became a NASCAR sponsor, as they banned rival wireless sponsorships (Nextel uses Motorola exclusively); the ban was lifted after the 2005 merger of Sprint and Nextel because Sprint is sold at RadioShack, and Sprint offers Samsung products.
[edit] Past winners
| Year | Date | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) |
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| 1997 | April 6 | Jeff Burton | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 4:00:16 | 125.111 |
| 1998 | April 5 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:39:47 | 136.771 |
| 1999 | March 28 | Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:28:21 | 144.276 |
| 2000 | April 2 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:49:12 | 131.152 |
| 2001 | April 1 | Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:31:59 | 141.804 |
| 2002 | April 8* | Matt Kenseth | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:31:01 | 142.453 |
| 2003 | March 30 | Ryan Newman | Penske Racing | Dodge | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:43:28 | 134.517 |
| 2004 | April 4 | Elliott Sadler | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:36:30 | 138.845 |
| 2005 | April 17 | Greg Biffle | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:51:08 | 130.055 |
| 2006 | April 9 | Kasey Kahne | Evernham Motorsports | Dodge | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:37:55 | 137.943 |
| 2007 | April 15 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:39:41 | 143.359 |
| 2008 | April 6 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 339* | 508.5 (818.351) | 3:30:41 | 144.814 |
| 2009 | April 5 | Jeff Gordon* | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:25:22 | 146.372 |
| 2010 | April 19* | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:25:34 | 146.230 |
| 2011* | April 9 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:21:26 | 149.231 |
- 2002 and 2010: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
- 2008: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.
- 2009: Jeff Gordon in his 17th start at Texas finally wins there, leaving Homestead and Kentucky as the only tracks he has failed to win at.
- 2011: First scheduled night event in Sprint Cup history at Texas Motor Speedway.
[edit] Manufacturer Wins
| Rank | Manufacturer | Wins |
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| 1 | Ford | 8 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 3 | Dodge | 2 |
| 4 | Toyota | 1 |
[edit] Television broadcasters
[edit] Notes
- The 2002 race, which was to be shown on Fox, was postponed to Monday on FX due to Fox's weekday programming
[edit] External links
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