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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. Texas Motor Speedway started construction in 1995, and the track was formally opened in February of 1996. Shortly after the track was opened, it was reconfigured in 1998. The 1.5 mile oval features 20 degree banking in turns 1 and 2, and 24 degrees in turn 3 and 4. It is modeled closely after the tracks at Charlotte and Atlanta. The track hosted one Cup race per year from 1997 through 2004. From 2005 through 2020 the track had two events. The Speedway got both of its race dates by taking away dates from other race tracks. The two tracks got their dates taken away for this track are North Wilkesboro Speedway and North Carolina Speedway. Both tracks would end up

closing. In a strange twist, by 2023 Texas had lost it's All Star race and it was given to a newly remodeled North Wilkesboro. The speedway has been managed since its inception by racing promoter Eddie Gossage until June 2021 when he stepped down from the position of track president, citing retirement from motorsports management. Between 2001 and 2002, the track, after the reconfiguration in 1998, was repaved because of a hole in turn three. On August 17, 2010, a press conference was held and it was announced that TMS's spring race will become a Saturday night event in 2011. The first Cup race was held in April 1997, and Dale Jarrett started on the pole; but Jeff Burton would lead the final 58 laps to get his first career Cup win, beating Jarrett by four seconds. Texas brothers Bobby and Terry Labonte finished third and fourth. The race saw a 13 car pile up on lap two; and

another large crash just before half way involving nine cars. Dale Earnhardt Jr also got his first career Cup win at this track in 2000. The track saw a variety of race winners after it opened. It was 12 races before Burton won for a second time to become the first repeat winner. Carl Edwards swept both races in 2008, becoming the first back-to-back winner. The first Xfinity race was held here in 1997 the day before the first Cup race. The final yellow cam with 50 laps to go when Steve Park crashed. Jimmy Spencer would lead until 13 laps to go when Mark Martin would work his way by and go on to take the checkered flag. The first Truck Series race came in June of 1997.

Mike Bliss would win the pole and lead the first 112 laps. He had a flat and had to pit. Kenny Irwan took the lead at that point and led the final 55 laps to get the win. The Truck ran a combined event with the Indy Car series and they had their first start at Texas the following day. The Indy race was a 300 mile affair, and Tony Stewart was strong as he led a race high 100 laps. He was leading late in the event when he developed motor problems, and was passed by Arie Luyendyk with 19 laps to go. Stewart's motor finally expired with just two laps to go, and Luynedyk went on to get the win. The Indy cars started racing twice a year at the track in 1998 and did so through 2004. After that they raced once a year as of the end

2022. Also as of that time, Scott Dixon has the most wins with five, followed by Helio Castroneves with four. On October 13, 2000, Tony Roper was racing in the Craftsman Truck Series O'Reilly 400 at Texas Motor Speedway when he attempted to pass Steve Grissom. However, another truck veered up the racetrack in the tri-oval, forcing Roper to evade, turning him into Grissom's front bumper. The contact caused Roper's #26 Ford to take a sudden hard-right turn, which then caused the truck to slam head-on into the concrete wall of the tri-oval. Roper died the next day as the result of the injuries he sustained from the crash. Jimmie Johnson has the most Cup wins at the track. He has claimed eight wins through the end of 2022. Next is Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch with four each. At the end of the 2022 season, Kyle Busch has the most wins in the Xfinity Series. He won five races in a row from 2008-2010.

He has a total of ten Xfinity wins. In fall of 2012, track promoter Eddie Gossage added a carnival outside turn two to promote the track's "Wild Asphalt Circus" theme. By the 2014 spring Cup race, the world's largest video screen will be added. The Panasonic screen, nicknamed "Big Hoss", measures 218 feet wide and 94.6 feet tall. 2014 saw Jimmie Johnson win the first of his three in a row. Johnson has the record for most wins with seven. The Cup series continued to race here twice a year through 2020. But after the 2020 season was over it was announced that Texas would lose one of it's Cup races starting in 2021. That race would go to the road course Circuit of the Americas. In exchange Texas would host the All Star race. As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas, TMS held graduations for 23 area high

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