The NASCAR Cup Series is making its one stop to Texas Motor Speedway for the 2025 season.
The WURTH 400 is set for 2:30 p.m. CT on May 4.
Some of the best drivers in the Cup Series will be running toward the front with aims to take the checkered flag.
Here are drivers to watch for the NASCAR Texas race.
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When is NASCAR Texas race?
The WURTH 400 is set for 2:30 p.m. CT on May 4 at Texas Motor Speedway.
What channel is NASCAR Texas race on?
The WURTH 400 NASCAR Texas race will be broadcast on FS1 with Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick in the broadcast booth.
Chase Elliott
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
Age: 29
Hometown: Dawsonville, Georgia
Crew chief: Alan Gustafson
What to know: Chase Elliott has one win at Texas in the Cup Series’ last trip to Texas Motor Speedway and has a strong history of running there with eight top 10s in 16 races, including the All-Star Race at Texas in 2021 and 2022.
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Denny Hamlin
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
Age: 44
Hometown: Chesterfield, Virginia
Crew chief: Chris Gayle
What to know: Denny Hamlin has three wins at Texas, including sweeping the 2010 races. Hamlin knows his way around the speedway with strong showings at Texas Motor Speedway in the last five years.
Joey Logano
Team: Team Penske
Age: 34
Hometown: Middletown, Connecticut
Crew chief: Paul Wolfe
What to know: Logano has been one of the more consistently strong drivers at Texas, earning 16 top 10 finishes at Texas in 31 races, including the two All-Star races in 2021-22.
Kyle Larson
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
Age: 32
Hometown: Elk Grove, California
Crew chief: Cliff Daniels
What to know: Kyle Larson won the All-Star Race in 2021 and later won the fall race in 2021 with a dominant showing. In the last three years, though, Larson has one top 10 finish at Texas. That said, the 2021 Cup Series champion is a driver to watch in every race.
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William Byron
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
Age: 27
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Crew chief: Rudy Fugle
What to know: Byron, like his teammate Kyle Larson, is always a driver to keep an eye on. Byron won at Texas in 2023 and has seven top 10 finishes in 12 starts at Texas.
Brad Keselowski
Team: RFK Racing
Age: 41
Hometown: Rochester, Michigan
Crew chief: Jeremy Bullins
What to know: Brad Keselowski has nine consecutive top 10 finishes at Texas, dating back to the 2020 summer race.
Christopher Bell
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
Age: 30
Hometown: Norman, Oklahoma
Crew chief: Adam Stevens
What to know: Christopher Bell is good, but not great at Texas, with four top 10s in eight starts but with some poor finishes mixed in. Bell won three races in a row earlier this season but has struggled since and can turn it around at Texas.
Ryan Blaney
Team: Team Penske
Age: 31
Hometown: Hartford, Ohio
Crew chief: Jonathan Hassler
What to know: Ryan Blaney won three times in 2024, all vastly different racetracks including Iowa Speedway, Pocono and Martinsville. Blaney has won once at Texas back in 2022 but has struggled there in the last two races.
Tyler Reddick
Team: 23XI Racing
Age: 29
Hometown: Corning, California
Crew chief: Billy Scott
What to know: Reddick has a win at Texas, September 2022, but is either strong or struggles at Texas. Reddick loves 1.5-mile tracks and is a threat to pull into victory lane.
Austin Cindric
Team: Team Penske
Age: 26
Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina
Crew chief: Brian Wilson
What to know: Cindric won last time out with a dramatic win at Talladega for his third career victory, two of which have come on superspeedways. The other was last season at Gateway, and Cindric is running well as of late.
Kyle Busch
Team: Richard Childress Racing
Age: 39
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Crew chief: Randall Burnett
What to know: Kyle Busch has won four times at Texas, his last coming in October 2020. Busch struggled in 2022-23 but bounced back in 2024 with a ninth-place finish. Busch is searching for his first win since 2023, and Texas feels like a great spot to get the job done.
Chase Briscoe
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
Age: 30
Hometown: Mitchell, Indiana
Crew Chief: James Small
What to know: Briscoe has four top 10 finishes, including two top 5 finishes, in six starts at Texas. He finished sixth in last year’s NASCAR Texas race.
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