Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The reconfigured track measures 1.44 miles (2.32 km) with banked 20° in turns 1 and 2 and banked 24° in turns 3 and 4. Texas Motor Speedway is a quad-oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., who owns many other NASCAR tracks, Including Atlanta and Charlotte.
The Great American Speedway | |
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Location | 3545 Lone Star Circle, Fort Worth, TX 76177 |
Time zone | UTC−6 / −5 (DST) |
Capacity | 181,655[1] |
Owner | Speedway Motorsports, Inc. |
Operator | Speedway Motorsports, Inc. |
Broke ground | April 11, 1995 |
Opened | February 29, 1996 |
Construction cost | $250 million USD |
Former names | Texas International Raceway (1996) |
Major events | NASCAR Cup Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Xfinity Series My Bariatric Solutions 300 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Vankor 350 SpeedyCash.com 400 IndyCar Series Genesys 600 |
Oval | |
Surface | Asphalt |
Length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
Turns | 4 |
Banking | Turns: 1-2 20° & 3-4 24° |
Race lap record | 0:22.542 (Paul Tracy, Team Green, 2001, CART FedEx Championship Series) |
Website | www |
History
The speedway has been managed since its inception by racing promoter Eddie Gossage.
Based on qualifying speeds in 2004, 2005, and 2006 (with Brian Vickers shattering the qualifying record at Texas with a speed of 196.235 mph (315.810 km/h) in the 2006 Dickies 500 qualifying), the Texas Motor Speedway was once considered the fastest non-restrictor plate track on the NASCAR circuit, with qualifying speeds in excess of 192 mph (309 km/h) and corner entry speeds over 200 mph (320 km/h). However, as the tracks' respective racing surfaces continue to wear, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have become consistently faster than at Texas (2005 and 2006). Brian Vickers holds the NASCAR qualifying record at TMS. In 2006, he posted a 196.235 mph (315.810 km/h) speed. Elliott Sadler beat the record before Brian, qualifying in the 49/50th spot. Being the last person out on the track, Brian nipped Elliott Sadler's qualifying time.[2] The NASCAR records still fall short of the all-time TMS qualifying record though. Driving a Lola Ford Champ Car, Kenny Brack took pole for the aborted Firestone Firehawk 600, with an average speed of 233.447 mph in 2001.
Two racetracks formerly on the Winston Cup schedule were closed to make room for Texas Motor Speedway's two race dates, with the North Wilkesboro Speedway being bought by TMS owner Bruton Smith and New Hampshire International Speedway owner Bob Bahre. The track was closed with one of the track's two dates going to both new owners. The North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina was also sold to Smith as a result of the Ferko lawsuit with the track's one remaining date also being handed over to Texas.
Texas Motor Speedway is home to two Cup Series races: the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 and the AAA Texas 500, as well as two NASCAR Xfinity Series races, the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 and the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge and the IndyCar Series race, the Firestone 600. The track also hosts two NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series races, the Vankor 350 and SpeedyCash.com 400 (which takes place on the same weekend as the IndyCar Firestone 600).
For a short time during construction in September 1996, the track's name was changed to Texas International Raceway. SMI's customary track naming convention had planned to have the "Motor Speedway" as part of the name. However, in August 1996, a small quarter-mile dirt raceway in Alvin, Texas (now known as Texas Thunder Speedway) had filed suit to use the name. On December 2, 1996, a settlement between the two tracks saw the "Texas Motor Speedway" name reinstated to the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) oval, and the small number of Texas International Raceway merchandise instantly became collectible.
Between 2001 and 2002, the track, after the reconfiguration in 1998, was repaved because of a hole in turn three. On August 17, 2010, a press conference was held and it was announced that TMS's spring race will become a Saturday night event in 2011. The Samsung Mobile 500 was held on Saturday April 9, 2011. The same year, the apron of the speedway was repaved.
Jeff Burton (1997) and Dale Earnhardt, Jr (2000) both earned their first Cup win at Texas Motor Speedway. Earnhardt's victory was a then-record for fewest races to notch a victory in the "modern era" on the Cup circuit, winning in just his 12th start, breaking the record held by his father, Dale Earnhardt (16 starts). (The record has since been broken three times, by Kevin Harvick (3 starts), Jamie McMurray (2 starts) and Trevor Bayne (2 starts).
On October 13, 2000, Tony Roper was racing in the Craftsman Truck Series O'Reilly 400 at Texas Motor Speedway when he attempted to pass Steve Grissom. However, another truck veered up the racetrack in the tri-oval, forcing Roper to evade, turning him into Grissom's front bumper. The contact caused Roper's #26 Ford to take a sudden hard-right turn, which then caused the truck to slam head-on into the concrete wall of the tri-oval. Roper died the next day as the result of the injuries he sustained from the crash.
In fall of 2012, Gossage added a carnival outside turn two to promote the track's "Wild Asphalt Circus" theme.[3] On September 23, 2013, the track announced that by the 2014 spring Cup race, the world's largest video screen would be added. The Panasonic screen, nicknamed "Big Hoss", is 218 feet (66 m) wide and 94.6 feet (28.8 m) tall.[4]
In 2014, Texas Motor Speedway did not sell tickets on the backstretch for either of its NASCAR Cup Series races, reducing the seating capacity of the track to 112,552.[5] The world's largest high-definition video screen at a motor speedway, Big Hoss, was introduced in the Duck Commander 500.
As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas, TMS held graduations for 23 area high schools in late spring 2020.[6]
Firestone Firehawk 600
The Firestone Firehawk 600, a CART race, was to be held on April 29, 2001. During practice and qualifying, however, 21 of 25 drivers[7] complained of dizziness and disorientation during two days of practice. Drivers experienced sustained G forces over 5 Gs, more than the typical human tolerance. With their powerful 900+ hp turbocharged engines and superspeedway downforce packages, the Champ Cars were averaging speeds well in excess of 230 mph. This was much faster than IRL machinery of the time, and faster still than the speeds seen regularly by NASCAR Cup Series cars.
With the possibility of drivers blacking out on the track, CART cancelled the race two hours before the scheduled start.
Statistics
Track records
Note: The NASCAR timing and scoring use a length of 1.50 miles (2.41 km).[8] This length was used by IRL in their races in 1997 and 1998, too.[9] Since 1999 the IRL timing and scoring use a remeasured track length of 1.455 miles (2.342 km).[10] The CART measured for the inaugural and later cancelled race a length of 1.482 miles (2.385 km).[11] In 2017 IndyCar use a track length of 1.44 miles for timing and scoring.[12]
Record | Year | Date | Driver | Car make | Time | Speed/Average speed |
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NASCAR Cup Series | ||||||
Qualifying | 2017 | November 3 | Kurt Busch | Ford | 26.877 | 200.915 mph (323.341 km/h) |
Race (500 miles) | 2012 | April 14 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3:07:12 | 160.577 mph (258.424 km/h) |
NASCAR Xfinity Series | ||||||
Qualifying | 2002 | April 5 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | 27.908 | 193.493 mph (311.397 km/h) |
Race (300 miles) | 2008 | April 5 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 1:58:39 | 151.707 mph (244.149 km/h) |
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series | ||||||
Qualifying | 2018 | November 2 | Johnny Sauter | Chevrolet | 28.608 | 188.758 mph (303.777 km/h) |
Race (200 miles) | 2015 | November 6 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 1:23:44 | 158.002 mph (254.280 km/h) |
IndyCar | ||||||
Qualifying | 2001 | April 28 | Kenny Bräck | Lola Cosworth | 22.854 | 233.447 mph (375.697 km/h) |
Practice | 2001 | April 28 | Paul Tracy | Reynard Honda | 22.542 | 236.678 mph (380.896 km/h) |
Race (165 mi (266 km)) | 2011 | June 11 | Will Power | Dallara Honda | 0:48:09 | 206.693 mph (332.640 km/h) |
Source:[13] |
NASCAR Cup Series
Records
(As of 4/9/17)
Most Wins | 7 | Jimmie Johnson |
Most Top 5s | 15 | Jimmie Johnson |
Most Top 10s | 21 | Jimmie Johnson |
Starts | 30 | Jeff Gordon |
Poles | 2 | 7 Drivers |
Most Laps Completed | 9617 | Matt Kenseth |
Most Laps Led | 1041 | Jimmie Johnson |
Avg. Start* | 8.0 | Steve Park |
Avg. Finish | 6.0 | Chase Elliott |
* from minimum 3 starts.
NASCAR Cup Series winners
Year | Date | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) |
Report | |
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Laps | Miles (km) | |||||||||
1997 | April 6 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 4:00:16 | 125.111 | Report |
1998 | April 5 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:39:47 | 136.771 | Report |
1999 | March 28 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:28:21 | 144.276 | Report |
2000 | April 2 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:49:12 | 131.152 | Report |
2001 | April 1 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:31:59 | 141.804 | Report |
2002 | April 8* | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:31:01 | 142.453 | Report |
2003 | March 30 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Penske Racing | Dodge | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:43:28 | 134.517 | Report |
2004 | April 4 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:36:30 | 138.845 | Report |
2005 | April 17 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:51:08 | 130.055 | Report |
November 6 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:19:00 | 151.055 | Report | |
2006 | April 9 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Evernham Motorsports | Dodge | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:37:55 | 137.943 | Report |
November 5 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 339* | 508.5 (818.351) | 3:46:11 | 134.891 | Report | |
2007 | April 15 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:39:41 | 143.359 | Report |
November 4 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:49:05 | 131.219 | Report | |
2008 | April 6 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 339* | 508.5 (818.351) | 3:30:41 | 144.814 | Report |
November 2 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:28:26 | 144.219 | Report | |
2009 | April 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:25:22 | 146.372 | Report |
November 8 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing | Dodge | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:24:18 | 147.137 | Report | |
2010 | April 19* | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:25:34 | 146.23 | Report |
November 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:34:01 | 140.456 | Report | |
2011* | April 9 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:21:26 | 149.231 | Report |
November 6 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:16:51 | 152.705 | Report | |
2012 | April 14 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:07:12 | 160.577 | Report |
November 4 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 335* | 502.5 (808.695) | 3:41:30 | 136.117 | Report | |
2013 | April 13 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:27:40 | 144.751 | Report |
November 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:18:05 | 151.754 | Report | |
2014 | April 7*[14] | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 340* | 510 (820.765) | 3:39:02 | 134.191 | Report |
November 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 341* | 511.5 (823.179) | 3:52:05 | 132.239 | Report | |
2015 | April 11 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:33:57 | 140.5 | Report |
November 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:38:38 | 137.49 | Report | |
2016 | April 9–10* | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:37:16 | 138.355 | Report |
November 6 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 293* | 439.5 (707.306) | 3:16:00 | 134.541 | Report | |
2017 | April 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:24:18 | 147.137 | Report |
November 5 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:29:52 | 143.234 | Report | |
2018 | April 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:32:07 | 141.714 | Report |
November 4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 337 | 505.5 (813.523) | 3:21:27 | 150.558 | Report | |
2019 | March 31 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:16:11 | 153.224 | Report |
November 3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 334 | 501 (806.281) | 3:44:44 | 133.759 | Report |
Notes
- 2002, 2010 (spring), & 2014 (spring): Race moved from Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon due to rain.
- 2006 (fall), 2008 (spring), 2012 (spring) and 2014 (both): Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish. 2014 (fall) took two attempts.
- 2011 (spring): First scheduled night event in Cup Series history at Texas Motor Speedway.
- 2016 (spring): Race was delayed by rain for 2 hours. Race was completed early Sunday morning at 2:45 am CT.
- 2016 (fall): Race shortened due to rain.
IndyCar Series winners
Season | Date | Driver | Team | Chassis | Engine | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) |
Report | |
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Laps | Miles (km) | |||||||||
1996-97 | June 7, 1997 | Treadway Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 208 | 312 (502.115) | 2:19:48 | 133.903 | Report | |
1998 | June 6 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 208 | 312 (502.115) | 2:08:46 | 145.388 | Report | |
September 20 | Byrd/Cunningham Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 208 | 312 (502.115) | 2:21:53 | 131.931 | Report | ||
1999 | June 12 | Panther Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 208 | 312 (502.115) | 2:00:06 | 150.069 | Report | |
October 17 | Kelley Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 208 | 312 (502.115) | 2:14:16 | 135.246 | Report | ||
2000 | June 11* | Kelley Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 208 | 312 (502.115) | 1:47:20 | 169.182 | Report | |
October 15 | Panther Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 208 | 312 (502.115) | 1:43:36 | 175.276 | Report | ||
2001 | June 9 | Kelley Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:55:44 | 150.873 | Report | |
October 6* | Panther Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:43:36 | 168.523 | Report | ||
2002 | June 8 | Chip Ganassi Racing | G-Force | Chevrolet | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:45:50 | 164.984 | Report | |
September 15 | Panther Racing | Dallara | Chevrolet | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:46:29 | 163.981 | Report | ||
2003 | June 7 | Kelley Racing | Dallara | Toyota | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:43:48 | 168.213 | Report | |
October 13 | Team Penske | Dallara | Toyota | 195* | 292.5 (470.733) | 1:48:56 | 156.268 | Report | ||
2004 | June 12 | Andretti Green Racing | Dallara | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:53:24 | 153.965 | Report | |
October 17 | Team Penske | Dallara | Toyota | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:49:32 | 159.397 | Report | ||
2005 | June 11 | Panther Racing | Dallara | Chevrolet | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:45:47 | 165.047 | Report | |
2006 | June 10 | Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:34:01 | 185.71 | Report | |
2007 | June 9 | Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 228 | 342 (550.395) | 1:52:15 | 177.314 | Report | |
2008 | June 7 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara | Honda | 228 | 342 (550.395) | 2:04:36 | 159.74 | Report | |
2009 | June 6 | Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 228 | 342 (550.395) | 1:55:16 | 172.677 | Report | |
2010 | June 5 | Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 228 | 342 (550.395) | 2:04:47 | 159.508 | Report | |
2011 | June 11 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara | Honda | 114 | 171 (275.197) | 0:54:47 | 181.649 | Report | |
Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 114 | 171 (275.197) | 0:48:09 | 206.693 | ||||
2012 | June 9 | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara | Honda | 228 | 342 (550.395) | 1:59:02 | 167.217 | Report | |
2013 | June 8 | Team Penske | Dallara | Chevrolet | 228 | 342 (550.395) | 1:52:17 | 177.257 | Report | |
2014 | June 7 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara | Chevrolet | 248 | 372 (595.2) | 2:01:25 | 178.301 | Report | |
2015 | June 6 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara | Chevrolet | 248 | 372 (598.676) | 1:52:48 | 191.94 | Report | |
2016 | June 12 /August 27* |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Dallara | Honda | 248 | 372 (598.676) | 2:29:25 | 144.901 | Report | |
2017 | June 10 | Team Penske | Dallara | Chevrolet | 248 | 372 (598.676) | 2:32:31 | 140.491 | Report | |
2018 | June 9 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara | Honda | 248 | 372 (598.676) | 2:00:53 | 177.250 | Report | |
2019 | June 8 | Team Penske | Dallara | Chevrolet | 248 | 372 (598.676) | 1:55:09 | 186.084 | Report | |
2020 | June 6 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara | Honda | 200* | 300 (482.803) | 1:38:37 | 175.201 | Report | |
- 1997: Billy Boat took checkered flag as the winner due to scoring error; Luyendyk declared official winner the following day.
- 2000 and 2016: Postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain. 2016 race further postponed due to more rain/logistical issues.
- 2001: Postponed from September 16 due to 9/11.
- 2003: Race shortened due to crash involving Kenny Bräck.
- 2020: Race was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Current races hosted
- IndyCar Series – Texas Indy 600
- NASCAR Cup Series – O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
- NASCAR Cup Series – AAA Texas 500
- NASCAR Xfinity Series – My Bariatric Solutions 300
- NASCAR Xfinity Series – O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
- NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series – Vankor 350
- NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series – SpeedyCash.com 400
Other races such as the Lone Star Legends[15] series take place during the summer. The dirt track facility hosts the occasional Monster Truck show as well as motocross and short course racing.[16]
Other events
On June 14, 1997 Texas Motor Speedway hosted the Fruit of the Loom CountryFest for an estimated 185,000 spectators. Featured performers were Jo Dee Messina, Bryan White, Wynonna Judd, Vince Gill, The Charlie Daniels Band, Hank Williams Jr., LeAnn Rimes, Travis Tritt, and Randy Travis.
On June 21, 1997 Texas Motor Speedway hosted the Blockbuster Rock Fest where an estimated 385,000 fans bought tickets and attended. The 15 hour plus and 16 band concert featured the likes of Bush, No Doubt, Collective Soul, Matchbox Twenty, Jewel, the Wallflowers, the Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind, Sugar Ray, Paula Cole as well as many others. Because fans started arriving the night before, VH1 organized a kickoff concert on that Friday night. The concert remains one of the top attended concerts ever.
Ongoing classes and events are held regularly at the facility, such as the Texas Driving Experience[17] and Team Texas.[18]
The Traxxas TORC Series held the series' first off-road racing event in 2009 at Texas Motor Speedway.[19] The 0.4 mile clay oval at the facility was transformed by adding jumps and whoops.[19] Winners in the two-race weekend were: Pro-4 winner Rick Huseman won twice; Pro-2 events were claimed by Ricky Johnson and Scott Taylor; and for Pro Lite class winners were Marty Hart and Casey Currie.[20] It was the only TORC event held at the track as of 2013.
In June 2017, the track hosted the Stadium Super Trucks as a support event for IndyCar.[21] The series raced on a dirt track consisting of the infield, pit road, and the frontstretch. To promote the event, the speedway's turn two featured an off-road expo nicknamed the "Off-Road Ruckus", allowing visitors to drive their off-road vehicles along an obstacle course and observe exhibits.[22]
The first annual Christian alt-rock festival FortyFest was held at the Texas Motor Speedway "Little Texas" facility in August 2010.
Texas Motor Speedway made an unsuccessful overture to move the annual Texas-Oklahoma rivalry football game from the Cotton Bowl to the infield of the modern racing facility in 2004.[23]
See also
- List of NASCAR race tracks
- Sports in Texas
References
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- "NASCAR Cup Series Schedule, Results & Tickets on". Nascar.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
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- "TMS not selling backstretch tickets". ESPN. Associated Press. November 25, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- Elassar, Alaa (May 3, 2020). "Texas Motor Speedway is hosting high school graduations for the class of 2020". CNN. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- Firestone Firehawk 600 lineup. Usatoday.Com (2001-04-28). Retrieved on 2013-07-18.
- "Texas Motor Speedway at NASCAR.com". Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "1997 True Value 500". www.champcarstats.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "2015 IndyCar race result at Indycar homepage" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "2001 Firestone Firehawk 600 Presented by Pioneer". www.champcarstats.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "2017 IndyCar practice results at IndyCar homepage" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "Race Results at Texas Motor Speedway". Racingreference.info. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- Hawkins, Stephen (April 6, 2014). "Rain postpones NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- Lone Star Legends Website is und Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine. Lslegends.webhost4life.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-18.
- Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Total Driving Experience". Texasdrivingexperience.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- "Team Texas High Performance Driving School". Teamtexas.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- "TRAXXAS TORC Series Hosts Season Opener at Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track". Who Won.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
- "A Behind the Scenes Perspective of the TORC Series Debut in Texas". Race Dezert.com. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
- Davison, Drew (August 27, 2016). "Texas Motor Speedway adds 'extreme motorsports' truck race in 2017". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- Davison, Drew (June 7, 2017). "Stadium Super Trucks to create mega buzz at TMS". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- B. Duane Cross, NASCAR.COM. "Smith hoping to lure college football to Bristol - Aug 26, 2005". Nascar.Com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Texas Motor Speedway. |
- Texas Motor Speedway Official Site
- RacingCircuits.info's history of Texas Motor Speedway
- Texas Motor Speedway race results at Racing-Reference
- Trackpedia guide to driving Texas Motor Speedway
- Texas Motor Speedway Page on NASCAR.com
- GNEXTINC.com: Texas Motor Speedway Page – Local area information, track specs, mapping, news and more.
- Jayski's Texas Motor Speedway Page – Current and Past Texas Motor Speedway News
- Texas Motor Speedway Fan Page – Photographs and articles on past speedway events.
- Dale Jarrett Racing Experience at Texas Motor Speedway
- High Resolution image from Google Maps