Riding with … Dave Blaney

Friday: The Hartford native qualified in 29th position for Sunday’s Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Blaney averaged 186.948 mph in qualifying at the 1.5 mile-long track in Fort Worth.

Sunday: Coverage of the race begins at 1:30 p.m. on FOX (17/62) and at 2 p.m. on WBBG-FM (106.1).