Samsung 500

NASCAR race infobox
Name=Samsung 500
Logo=TktlogoSamsung500.png Img_size=172px
Venue=Texas Motor Speedway
Sponsor= Samsung
First race=1997
Distance=convert|501|mi|km|1
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)
The Samsung 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 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 convert|1.5|mi|km track, the actual distance is convert|501|mi|km|1. There were 12 different winners in the first dozen 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.

Grandfather Clause

Samsung sponsors the race, and RadioShack was previosly 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.

Past Winners

Samsung 500
*2008 - Carl Edwards
*2007 - Jeff BurtonSamsung / RadioShack 500
*2006 - Kasey Kahne
*2005 - Greg Biffle
*2004 - Elliott Sadler
*2003 - Ryan Newman
*2002 - Matt KensethHarrah's 500
*2001 - Dale JarrettDirecTV 500
*2000 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Primestar 500
*1999 - Terry Labonte Texas 500
*1998 - Mark MartinInterstate Batteries 500
*1997 - Jeff Burton

Manufacturer Wins