Series this Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. Mark parted ways with driving a
full-time schedule for Roush Fenway Racing, but signed on for two Busch Series
events in 2007. Mark earned a fifth-place finish in his first race with the No.
06 team at Daytona in February.This weekend the No. 06 Dish Network team will have the veteran behind the wheel for the final time in 2007. Texas is a track that Mark excels at and he is looking forward to getting back into a Busch car.
"Texas has always been a really good track for us and we've won two or three races there in the Busch Series," said Mark. "In fact we won the first one there back in 1997 and we are looking forward to going back there this weekend and seeing what we have. Chad Norris and the guys at Roush Fenway Racing gave me a good car at Daytona, so hopefully we can pick up where we left off and contend for the win in the No. 06 Dish Network car."
In seven previous starts at Texas Motor Speedway in the Busch Series, Mark has won three races. He finished fourth there in the fall after starting from the pole.
Crew chief Norris and the entire team have had a few weekends off and are ready to get back to the track with Mark.
"The whole team is really looking forward to having Mark back in the Dish Network Ford," said Norris. "We are bringing what we feel like is a winning car. It is the same car Jamie (McMurray) raced to a top-15 finish in Atlanta last month. We've been preparing for this race the past few weeks, all of the guys have been putting a ton of effort into trying to make Mark's last start at Roush Fenway Racing a memorable one. With Mark's record at Texas we feel like we have a really good shot to bring a trophy back home with us."
The Busch Series hold both its two practice sessions and its qualifying on Thursday beginning at Noon (ET). Qualifying is set for 7:05 p.m. (ET).
The O'Reilly 300 is set to take the green flag at 3:00 p.m. (ET) on Saturday with on-track coverage beginning at 2:30 p.m. (ET) and televised on Espn2.
