{"id":12545,"date":"2014-04-04T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=12545"},"modified":"2014-04-07T16:34:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T20:34:43","slug":"nascar-at-texas-2014-weekend-schedule-start-time-qualifying-practice-tv-and-weather-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/04\/04\/nascar-at-texas-2014-weekend-schedule-start-time-qualifying-practice-tv-and-weather-info\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR at Texas 2014: Weekend Schedule, Start Time, Qualifying, Practice, TV and Weather Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12547 aligncenter\" alt=\"NRA 500\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/04\/texas.jpg\" width=\"819\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/04\/texas.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/04\/texas-594x378.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/04\/texas-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/04\/texas-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NASCAR heads to Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas this weekend for the seventh races of the 2014 season. <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When will the race start?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup series will race at the 1.5 mile track. The Truck Series is off this week. The Nationwide Series will run the\u00a0O&#8217;Reilly Auto Parts 300\u00a0on Friday evening while the Sprint Cup cars will run the Duck Commander 500 on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Sprint Cup race is being sponsored by the Robertson family, the stars of the hit television show, &#8216;Duck Dynasty.&#8221; The Robertson family will have many duties at the track this weekend while their company, &#8216;Duck Commander&#8217; takes the title role of the race on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- medium in story ad --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"9984433490\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Below you will find the Texas Motor Speedway race weekend schedule, including the race start time, practice and qualifying times, TV info, and weather at the track if you are headed out to see the races this weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>Weekend Schedule:<\/h2>\n<p><em>All times are listed in ET.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Thursday, April 3.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET: NASCAR Nationwide Series Practice<br \/>\n&#8212; 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. ET: NASCAR Nationwide Series Final Practice<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Friday, April 4<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8212; 4:10 p.m. ET: NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying<\/span> <strong>TV: <\/strong>FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n&#8212; 6:00-7:50 p.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice<strong> TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n<strong>&#8212; 8:30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Nationwide Series O&#8217;Reilly Auto Parts 300 (200 laps, 300 miles) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/04\/04\/chase-elliott-wins-nationwide-series-race-at-texas-full-results-for-oreilly-auto-parts-300\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">WINNER: Chase Elliott, full results<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- medium in story ad --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"9984433490\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Saturday, April 5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 10:30 a.m.-noon ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Practice<strong> TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2028&#8211; 3:10 p.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"Tony Stewart wins pole at Texas, Full qualifying results for Duck Commander 500\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/04\/05\/tony-stewart-wins-pole-at-texas-full-qualifying-results-for-duck-commander-500\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Stewart wins pole, qualifying results<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Sunday, April 6<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; 3 p.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Duck Commander 500 (334 laps, 501 miles) WINNER: <a title=\"Joey Logano wins at Texas, Results for the Duck Commander 500\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/04\/07\/joey-logano-wins-at-texas-results-for-the-duck-commander-500\/\">Joey Logano, full results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Race Day Track Info:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Sprint Cup:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Grand Marshal<\/b>: Si Robertson<br \/>\n<b>Honorary Starter\/Wave Green Flag<\/b>: Phil Robertson<br \/>\n<b>Invocation<\/b>: Sadie Robertson<br \/>\n<b>National Anthem<\/b>: Missy Robertson<\/p>\n<p>Jep Robertson, the younger brother of Willie, Jase and Alan, will be in one of the Chevrolet Camaro pace cars that will help lead the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starting field to the green flag.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a title=\"Jason Witten to be honorary pace car driver at Texas Motor Speedway\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/04\/03\/jason-witten-to-be-honorary-pace-car-driver-at-texas-motor-speedway\/\">Cowboys&#8217; Jason Witten to drive pace car at Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Willie Robertson will present the iconic wooden boot trophy to the Duck Commander 500 winner in Victory Lane.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- medium in story ad --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"9984433490\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Last Year\u2019s Winner:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Nationwide<\/strong>: Kyle Busch<br \/>\n<strong>Sprint Cup<\/strong>: Kyle Busch<\/p>\n<h2>Weather:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday &#8211; Sunny, low 70&#8217;s with no chance of rain.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saturday &#8211; Cloudy, mid-60&#8217;s with a 10% chance of rain.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sunday &#8211; Low 60&#8217;s, with a 70% chance of rain<\/strong>. \u00a0 \u00a0 <em>We will keep you updated as the weather changes.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Like our post? 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