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Texas Motor Speedway |
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Location: Forth Worth, TX Shape: Quad-Oval Distance: 1.5-miles Banking, Turns 1&2: 24 degrees Banking, Turns 3&4: 24 degrees Front Straight: 2250 Feet Banking, Straightaways: 5 degrees Back Straight: 1330 feet
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| TMS ranks as the second-largest sports facility in the country, and the third-largest in the world. |
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The first NASCAR Winston Cup Series race hosted by the Texas Motor Speedway, the Interstate Batteries 500, heralded a new era for motorsports racing in the largest state in continental United States. The track ranks as the second-largest sports facility in the country, and the third-largest in the world.
Texas Motor Speedway is a motorsports haven along the historic Chisholm Trail in Fort Worth. It features seating for 150,061 fans.
It represents the pinnacle in luxury for fans of auto racing, as the facility features 194 skybox VIP suites, seating 13,192 people. A total of 21 elevators service the skyboxes.
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| CONTACT INFO |
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Tickets:
(817) 215-8500
Get Directions Write: Texas Motor Speedway PO Box 500 Forth Worth, TX 76101
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The track offers a front straightaway grandstand that holds 120,000 fans in a section that stretches nearly two-thirds of a mile. Gracing the south end of the speedway grounds is a 23-acre lake, which is stocked with fish and used for watercraft exhibitions.
Speedway Motorsports, the owner and operator of Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway and 600 Racing, is the owner and operator of Texas Motor Speedway.
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RACE RECORDS |
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NASCAR Series |
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Driver |
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Speed |
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Date |
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Winston Cup Series Series |
T. Labonte |
144.276 |
3/28/99 |
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Busch Grand National Division Series |
M. Martin |
122.993 |
4/5/97 |
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QUALIFYING RECORDS |
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NASCAR Series |
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Driver |
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Speed |
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Time |
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Date |
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Winston Cup Series |
T. Labonte |
192.137 |
28.105 |
3/31/00 |
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Busch Grand National Division Series |
J. Leffler |
184.451 |
29.276 |
5/31/00 |
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Craftsman Truck Series |
B.Reffner |
180.373 |
29.938 |
10/12/00 |
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