Samsung 500

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Samsung/RadioShack 500
Samsung/RadioShack 500
Venue Texas Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsor Samsung and RadioShack
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 Samsung/RadioShack 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup race held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas USA. Even though is 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 km). There were 12 different winners in the first dozen races, the longest such streak for any NASCAR track. 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.

[edit] Grandfather Clause

RadioShack and Samsung sponsor the race. 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

Samsung / RadioShack 500

Harrah's 500

DirecTV 500

Primestar 500

Texas 500

Interstate Batteries 500

  • 1997 - Jeff Burton
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