Samsung/Radio Shack 500
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| Venue | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Corporate sponsor | Radio Shack |
| First race | 1997 |
| Distance | 501 miles (806 km) |
| Number of laps | 334 |
| Previous names | Interstate Batteries 500 (1997)
Texas 500 (1998) Primestar 500 (1999) DirecTV 500 (2000) Harrah's 500 (2001) |
The Radio Shack 500 is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Justin, Texas USA.
[edit] Grandfather Clause
RadioShack and Samsung sponsored the race between 2002 and 2006; 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 after the 2005 merger of Sprint and Nextel, since Sprint is sold at RadioShack, and Sprint uses Samsung products.
[edit] Past Winners
- 2006 Kasey Kahne
- 2005 Greg Biffle
- 2004 Elliott Sadler
- 2003 Ryan Newman
- 2002 Matt Kenseth
- 2001 Dale Jarrett
- 2000 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- 1999 Terry Labonte
- 1998 Mark Martin
- 1997 Jeff Burton
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