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Racetrack Specifications
 Completed: 1960
Length: 1.5 miles
Shape: Quad-oval
Banking: 24° turns, 5°straighaways
Frontstretch length: 2,250 feet
Backstretch length: 1,330 feet
Seating capacity: 212,585
Location:
Texas Motor Speedway
3545 Lone Star Circle Fort Worth, TX 76177 817-215-8500
“It was a thrill of a lifetime for me and I wanted everyone to know how great
it was to be treated so nicely. With Dale's name associated with it, I expected
it to be nothing short of classy and it was.”
Mark Spence Description of Fort Worth, Texas:
Fort Worth, also known as Cow Town, is a modern metropolitan city with a distinctively
Western flavor and myriad things to see and do. The city started in 1849 as an
actual Army fort and has retained much of its early character, priding itself on
its old-fashioned comfortable, down-home quality. In the old days, the streets
of Fort Worth were home to cowboys, adventurers, gunmen, and outlaws. Today,
however, travelers to Fort Worth are more likely to see oil moguls walking the
streets. Cowboy boots are still the order of the day in many places, particularly
the Stockyards, which are reminiscent of the old West. There are longhorn cattle
drives through the streets every day, as well as the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and
Billy Bob's country and western music nightclub. Everything in Fort Worth is not
about cowboys, though; there is also an impressive array of museums and cultural
activities, as well as family entertainment and sports. When you come to Fort
Worth, you know you'll have fun.
Accommodations:
Things To See and Do:
Billy Bob's Texas - The World's Largest Honky Tonk
Cowtown Coliseum - Rodeos
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie - Horse Racing
Marshall Creek Ranch - Dude Ranch
History:
Texas Motor Speedway got its start when NASCAR speedway owner O. Bruton Smith decided to build a multi-million dollar superspeedway in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 1994. Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte, and Bobby Labonte participated in the groundbreaking ceremony in April of 1995, and construction began in August. In its original configuration, the speedway had 24 banking for stock cars and 8 banking for open-wheel cars. The first NASCAR event was held in April 1997, and Mark Martin won the race. In 1998, Turn 4 was reshaped to create an easier transition between the turns and the front straightaway. In April of that year, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s first Busch Series victory took place at Texas Motor Speedway. A second renovation was then completed to eliminate the dual banking, and this resulted in the racetrack's current configuration. |
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