The place To Watch NASCAR This Week:
Friday, Might 2
NXS Apply & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 5 p.m. ET)
NCTS Race: SpeedyCash.com 250 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 8 p.m. ET)
Saturday, Might 3
NCS Apply & Busch Mild Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, PRN, SiriusXM at 11 a.m. ET)
NXS Race: Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 (CW, PRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)
Sunday, Might 4
NCS Race: Würth 400 introduced by LIQUI MOLY (FS1, PRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 p.m. ET)
Historic & Important Occasions at Texas Motor Speedway:
· Development on Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) started in 1995 simply exterior the Dallas/Fort-Price space of Texas.
· The 1.5-mile monitor sits on roughly 1,500 acres.
· The primary NASCAR nationwide collection race at Texas Motor Speedway was a NASCAR Xfinity Sequence occasion on April 5, 1997. The race was gained by NASCAR Corridor of Famer Mark Martin driving an RFK Racing Ford (122.993 mph).
· The primary NASCAR Cup Sequence race at Texas Motor Speedway was on April 6, 1997, and the race was gained by Jeff Burton in an RFK Racing Ford (125.111 mph).
· In 1997, the speedway held a two-day nation music competition titled Nation Fest, attracting 260,000 folks. Every week later, the speedway held RockFest ’97, a rock music competition that attracted round 400,000 folks.
· A ten-story constructing named the Lone Star Tower overlooks the second flip and is used for condominiums and workplace area. The Lone Star Tower broke floor in 1996 and was accomplished in early 1998.
· Texas Motor Speedway underwent its first repave between the 2001 and 2002 NASCAR Cup Sequence seasons.
· The infield street course at Texas Motor Speedway has 4 size variations – 2.324 miles, 1.07 miles, 0.7 mile, 0.5 mile.
· Texas Motor Speedway hosted its first NASCAR Cup Sequence Playoff race on November 6, 2005 – the postseason race gained by RFK Racing driver Carl Edwards (151.055 mph).
· In 2010, the monitor hosted FortyFest, a Christian rock music competition.
· In 2011, the spring NASCAR Cup Sequence race was moved from Sunday to Saturday evening underneath the lights at Texas Motor Speedway. The 2017 season marked the primary yr it was moved again to a Sunday afternoon race.
· In 2013, TMS introduced the development of Huge Hoss TV, which when constructed, was set to develop into the largest HD display screen on this planet. The video display screen was accomplished in March 2014 and was formally licensed by Guinness World Information as the most important HD tv LED display screen on this planet.
· Texas Motor Speedway underwent its second repave between the 2016 and 2017 NASCAR Cup Sequence seasons. The renovation added a brand new layer of asphalt over the prevailing pavement, an expansive French drainage system on the frontstretch and backstretch and lowered the banking in Turns 1 and a pair of by 4 levels (now 20 levels).
· The 2021 season marked the primary time the monitor hosted the NASCAR All-Star Race as a substitute of the points-paying spring occasion. Texas Motor Speedway hosted the NASCAR All-Star Race in 2021 and in 2022 as a substitute of spring race.
· Texas Motor Speedway has hosted one NASCAR Cup Sequence race from 1997 – 2004 and two races per yr from 2005 – 2020.
· In 2021 and 2022, the monitor hosted the NASCAR All-Star Race and one point-paying Playoff race.
· In 2023, TMS hosted a second location of the HWY30 Music Fest, a rustic music competition that originated from Filer, Idaho.
· Texas Motor Speedway has earned the nickname of “The Nice American Speedway.”
· Since 2023, the NASCAR Cup Sequence has solely competed at Texas Motor Speedway as soon as a season. In whole, Texas Motor Speedway has hosted 44 NASCAR Cup Sequence races from 1997 – 2024.
