April 27, 2020

TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

By Checker Bot

Updated 04-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY!

Texas Motor Speedway: Map and circuit history of Texas Motor Speedway, USA.

Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR and IndyCar Racing: The premier motorsports facility in Texas, hosting IndyCar, NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Gander RV & Outdoors Truck series races.

TMS not selling Sprint Cup backstretch tickets: Texas Motor Speedway won’t sell tickets on the backstretch for its two NASCAR Sprint Cup races next year.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas . the reconfigured track measures 1.44 miles (2.32 km) with banked 20° in the Texas motor speedway was once considered the fastest non-restrictor plate track on the NASCAR circuit . however, as tracks’ respective racing surfaces wear, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have become consistently faster . Brian Vickers holds two racetracks formerly on the Winston Cup schedule were closed to make room for Texas motor speedway’s two race dates . north Wilkesboro speedway was bought by Bruton Smith and Bob Bahre . the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina was also sold to Smith as a result of the Ferko lawsuit . the track’s one remaining date also being handed over to Texas . for a short time during a small quarter-mile dirt raceway in alvin, Texas had filed suit to use the name . a settlement between the two tracks saw the name reinstated to the 1.5-mile oval . on august 17, 2010, a 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 a truck veered up the racetrack in the tri-oval, forcing Roper to evade . the contact caused the truck to slam head-on into the concrete wall . Roper died the the world’s largest high-definition video screen at a motor speedway, Big Hoss, was introduced in the Duck Commander 500 . 21 of 25 drivers complained of dizziness and disorientation during practice and CART cancelled the race two hours before the scheduled start . this length was used by IRL in their races in 1997 and 1998, too . since 1999 the IRL timing and scoring use a remeasured track length of In 2017 IndyCar use a track length of 1.44 miles for timing and scoring . 2006 (fall), 2008 (spring), 2012 (spring) and 2014 (both): Race extended due to a NASCAR Over 2016 (fall): Race shortened due to rain. 2000 and 2016: Postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to weather . 2001: Originally scheduled from September 16 due to 9/11 . 2003: Race was Texas motor speedway hosts occasional Monster Truck show as well as motocross and short course racing . Featured performers include: Jo Dee Messina, Bryan White, Wynonna Judd, Vince Gill, The Charlie the concert remains one of the top attended concerts ever . ongoing classes and events are held regularly at the facility . the Traxxas TORC Series held the series’ first off-road racing event in 2009 . the first annual Christian alt-rock festival FortyFest was held at the Texas motor speedway “Little Texas” facility in august 2010 . the track hosted the Stadium Super Trucks as a support event for Indy

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