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Fort Stockton is a city in and the county seat of Pecos County, Texas, United States.It is located on Interstate 10, future Interstate 14, U.S. Highways 67, 285, and 385, and the Santa Fe Railroad, 329 mi (529 km) northwest of San Antonio and 240 mi (390 km) southeast of El Paso.
While Texas cities were solidly Republican by the 1990s — and while it was a solidly Republican state presidentially after 1980 and in terms of the statewide executive after 1994 — the state ...
The three cars broke 47 speed endurance records, including the 10,000- and 25,000-kilometer world speed records. Other national and international speed records ranging from 10 kilometers to 24 hours were achieved by a team of drivers working 24 hours a day for 8 days. These records were also set at the Fort Stockton test track. [1]
Clayton Wheat "Claytie" Williams Jr. (October 8, 1931 – February 14, 2020) was an American businessman from Midland, Texas who ran for governor in 1990.Despite securing the Republican nomination and initially leading in the polls against Democratic challenger State Treasurer Ann Richards by twenty points, Williams ultimately lost the race due in part to a comment he made about rape. [1]
At 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 Xfinity Series race will take place. The weekend’s final race is the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 which begins at 2:30 p.m. on ...
The town of Fort Stockton began near the Fort Stockton army post at Comanche Springs as St. Gaul, Texas, but was renamed Fort Stockton in 1880. [10] [11] Pecos County was established by the Texas Legislature in 1871 originally out of Presidio County. In 1871, Pecos County was organized and St. Gaul was named the county seat.
National Championship Sports Car Road Races 60 mi (97 km) Eagle Mountain National Guard Base: Fort Worth, Texas: June 2 3 Lime Rock National Championship Sports Car Races: 100 km (62 mi) Lime Rock Park: Lakeville, Connecticut: June 9 4 Road America National Championships Races: 150 mi (240 km) Road America: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin: June 23 5
Texas is a red state, that Republican presidential nominee John McCain won with over 55% of the vote. Cornyn slightly underperformed McCain. However, Noriega underperformed both 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Texas and Cornyn's 2002 opponent, Ron Kirk, with Noriega receiving just 42.8% of the vote.