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Texas Motor Speedway
The Great American Speedway
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Location Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Time Zone UTC -6/-5 (DST)
Capacity 112,700 (grandstands)
Opened 1996
Major Events World Stock Car Championship
Round of Texas

North American Stock Car Tour
Race of Texas
Oval
Surface Asphalt
Distance 1.500 mi (2.414 km)
Turns 4
Banking Turns 1-2 : 20°
Turns 1-2 : 24°

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 track measures 1.5 miles (2.41 km) and is 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.

History[edit | edit source]

World Stock Car Championship[edit | edit source]

North American Stock Car Tour[edit | edit source]

Champ Car[edit | edit source]