Smith announces the decision to build 1. Texas Motor Speedway officials announced plans to build The Speedway Club, a nine-story building located above the first turn of the 1.
Mark Martin, driving the No. Jeff Burton, driving the No. Construction work begins on Turn 4 of the 1. Finishing touches are put on many of the 76 condominium units in the story Lone Star Tower overlooking Turn 2 of the speedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. August , Texas Motor Speedway announces plans to add 4, seats to its state-of-art facility.
John Paul Jr. Ten thousand more seats are added for the Primestar bringing the total seating capacity to , Construction begins on a new infield road course that will host the Grand Prix of Texas on September , CART postpones the Firestone Firehawk two hours prior to green flag citing excessive g-forces to the drivers.
The speedway begins repaving the 1. Sam Hornish Jr. Sam Hornish, Jr. Al Unser Jr. Brendan Gaughan wins the Silverado k, becoming the first driver in Camping World Truck Series history to win four consecutive times at the same track.
Gil de Ferran, making the final start of his outstanding Indy car career, goes out in glorious fashion by winning the Chevy k IndyCar Series race from the pole. After leading every lap from the pole position, Danny Lasoski won his first International Race of Champions event under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway. Tony Kanaan edges teammate Dario Franchitti by 0. South Tunnel construction completed. Tomas Scheckter edges Sam Hornish Jr. Construction begins on the new multi-purpose, two-story Victory Lane Broadcast Center.
Texas Motor Speedway concludes a special track renovation process that is expected to help alleviate a dip that has formed between Turns 1 and 2. Carl Edwards holds off Jimmie Johnson by 0. And that's bad news for the competition. In the 26 races since , the Busch brothers have combined for 25 top finishes and 11 top-five finishes.
They have won three times, with Kyle capturing the April event in and and Kurt the November event in He has finished in the top 10 nine times in the 13 April events there and eight times in the November event. Kurt and Kyle have finished in the top 10 together eight times at TMS. Kurt has won two poles at TMS and Kyle one. Kyle, 32, joined the circuit in and claimed the championship himself in The rivalry between the two brothers peaked that year at Sonoma when, for the first and only time in their careers, Kyle and Kurt finished in an event.
They were on fire. I think he won eight races that year. From that point forward, he was establishing himself and getting those big wins.
Big wins, indeed. Kyle has won 43 times, including back-to-back Brickyard s in He has won at least one race in all 14 of his seasons on the circuit. Kurt has won 29 races, including the Daytona in Banister will lead a pack of 40 drivers, including the Round of 8 championship contenders, to the green flag as part of his role as the honorary pace car driver for the AAA Texas Banister, who skippered Texas to its second consecutive American League West Division championship this season, will become the latest Rangers representative to serve as honorary pace car driver.
Left-handed pitcher C. Wilson, a member of the organization's first team to advance to the World Series, was awarded the role in Most recently, fan favorite and fellow pitcher Derek Holland served as the honorary pace car driver for the AAA Texas They have arrived from literally all ends of the earth, with six of the world's seven continents represented including North America, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe.
Not surprising, the lone one missing is Antarctica, the southernmost continent and site of the South Pole that is a virtually uninhabited, ice-covered landmass. But that isn't going to deter Texas Motor Speedway for striving for perfection by having a fan representing every continent attend a race in this five-year span during its 20th anniversary season of racing. There also have been military deployments over the years. The speedway will provide that individual along with a guest a pair of suite tickets for the race weekend, pre-race passes to the concert by country artist Jake Owen, access to the Sprint Cup drivers' meeting and garage passes along with a Texas Motor Speedway "No Limits" merchandise package.
It should be quite an entertaining day. The contest info will be available on all of the speedway's social media platforms with a link to the meme album on its Facebook page for submissions. If a fan's submission is selected, it will be featured on Big Hoss during the driver introductions and then printed, signed by Norris and mailed to the individual.
Quaid, a Houston native, returns to his home state to deliver the command for the car field to start their engines for one of the largest-attended, single-day sporting events in Texas. For tickets or additional information, please visit www. Texas Motor Speedway will produce 30, each of the seven-inch bobbleheads of the Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Patrick and Harvick, and 20, of the Rahal bobbleheads.
Fans must show their individual AAA Texas race ticket in order to receive a bobblehead. Texas Motor Speedway would like to host football game: Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has envisioned his track hosting a major college football game for years.
Bristol Motor Speedway pulled it off earlier this month with Tennessee and Virginia Tech squaring off, and TMS sent out a news release the week of the game to remind folks of Gossage's idea for years. But Gossage knows to make it work the game has to be "special" such as his idea in of hosting the Red River Rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma.
Nothing is on the horizon. Texas-OU is special. That would fit the bill of special. It just has to be a special game.
A national championship game, you know, or whatever. The issue would come down to getting marquee schools to agree to playing at the track. They did a great job. Great job up there. Worth Star-Telegram Texas to give away Tony Stewart bobbleheads: While bobblehead giveaways of star athletes may be commonplace at other professional sports facilities, the promotion is a rarity at motorsports venues. The bobblehead, presented by State Waterheaters and created by Colleyville's TAT Company, features Stewart's likeness with his trademark facial scruff and familiar Mobil 1 firesuit as he hoists a checkered flag inside Texas Motor Speedway.
The promotion will limit one bobblehead per individual. This is one of the best, if not THE best, family values in all professional sports. NASCAR fans have passed down their passion for motorsports from generation to generation for decades, and through this new Fans First initiative, we'll continue that legacy by introducing young fans to the sport and engaging them for years to come.
This offer is available at all of the 13 Cup Series events shown below next season. Tickets for many of Speedway Motorsports' events are already on sale.
Since releasing his debut album Startin' with Me in , Owen has risen as one of today's most popular male country singers for his irresistible melodies, smooth vocals, and laid-back attitude. The Florida native is known throughout the music world as an artist who has become a beacon of positive vibes through his uplifting lyrics and melodies, optimism, love of the beach and his youthful spontaneity.
The pre-race pass and access are free for all Texas Motor Speedway season ticket holders. A ticket to the AAA Texas must accompany all pre-race passes. The free music also will continue for fans following the conclusion of the AAA Texas The Hawg Heaven Ranchero Dawg is the next generation of the highly successful, bacon-infused Hawg Heaven line and is sure to entice all race fans to check out the latest creation by Levy Restaurants Executive Chef Lincoln Engstrom.
This oversized sandwich features: Quarter-pound Kobe beef dog on a poppy seed bun topped with 'Charro' beans studded with bacon and chorizo; A crisp, thick slice of bacon; Smoked cheddar cheese; Avocado; Bacon crema. The specialty concession item only will be available at the concession stand on the concourse inside the Gate 4 main grandstand entrance.
The scoreboard, which has 16 mm pixel resolution as a surface-mounted diode compared to Big Hoss' 20 mm as a discrete LED, also will have the ability to be utilized for advertising opportunities, graphics, race statistics, video, advertising and even social media.
The scoreboard is being built as a technological advancement to the traditional electronic scoring pylons used at speedways, including at Texas Motor Speedway where the foot tall scoring pylons situated in Turns 1 and 4 will be removed. O'Reilly Auto Parts will be linking its brand to the state's best-attended, single-day sporting event and the Sprint Cup Series' third-highest paying race in the newly named O'Reilly Auto Parts that will be held Sunday, April 9, In addition to the traditional branding assets in race entitlement agreements, O'Reilly Auto Parts will continue as the "Official Auto Parts Supplier of Texas Motor Speedway" and own exclusive status in the auto parts store category.
The yellow flag flew only twice for debris in the mile race - on Lap and of - tying the fewest number of debris cautions at the 1. The April 19, race was the last at Texas that didn't include a debris yellow. In the 12 Cup races since then at Texas, there had been average of three debris cautions per race, including a high of seven in the Nov.
There were four in the Nov. The Texas race kept in line with a trend of declining debris cautions this season. Through seven races, there have been eight debris yellows, with a high of two at Texas and Las Vegas Motor Speedway Martinsville Speedway had none over laps. NBC Sports He led 34 of laps. It is the 9th time he has swept both races at a track during the same weekend. Pole winner, Edwards led laps but had to pit under green with a loose wheel, lost a lap, and couldn't get back to the front before the end of the race.
Truex, Jr. There was a large wreck late in the race when Johnson got into the back of 3-Dillon, who was on old tires, and sent him into a spin. The start of the race was delayed by nearly 2 hours after light rain hit the track. There were 17 lead changes among 8 drivers and 7 cautions for 41 yellow flag laps. Hawg Heaven BBQ Melt available at Texas: Texas Motor Speedway and Levy Restaurants are making it easy for race fans to enjoy an entire barbeque meal, including those delicious comfort food sides, with just their hands.
The item will only be available at the concession stand on the concourse inside the Gate 4 main grandstand entrance. No Limits Checkered Past craft beer to be available at Texas: Texas Motor Speedway will become the state's first professional sports industry entity and arguably the country's first sporting venue to own its own beer with the unveiling of the No Limits Checkered Past craft beer.
The appropriately named No Limits Checkered Past craft beer, centered around the speedway's "No Limits, Texas" marketing campaign, is a versatile, light-bodied Texas steam beer that provides low bitterness and a character that revolves into a toasty, rustic finish that remains perfect for year-round consumption. The beer is carefully crafted with pale barley and lager yeast to provide a light, malt character that is aged for three weeks and cold filtered before being transferred into the signature No Limits Checkered Past can.
The ounce can features a diamond-plated look with the iconic No Limits, Texas skull logo adorned at the top with the No Limits Checkered Past logo across a race tire and pistons. Following the race weekend, No Limits Checkered Past will be available at various local retailers. Audacity Brew House, which began operation nearly a year and a half ago, has exploded onto the popular craft beer scene after becoming Denton's first brewery when it opened in Blake Shelton filming at Texas; casting call for fans: Texas Motor Speedway is having a casting call during next week's Duck Commander NASCAR doubleheader that will give fans of Blake Shelton the opportunity to take part in a national television commercial featuring the country music superstar.
The casting call is for fans to serve as the stage-side crowd as Shelton, also a judge on NBC's popular reality show "The Voice," performs his hit song, "Bringing Back the Sunshine. The app is available on iTunes and Google Play. Those selected as participants will get access to the Texas Motor Speedway infield for them and a guest and be part of the crowd for Shelton's performance. Sadie Robertson will have the honor of waving the green flag from the starter's stand for the car field in the first Saturday night race of the Sprint Cup season that will be televised live on FOX.
Robertson was a fan favorite on "Dancing With The Stars" as she advanced to the finals with partner Mark Ballas before finishing runner-up to actor Alfonso Ribeiro and partner Witney Carson.
Those include: Jase Robertson and year-old Rowdy Robertson, the recently adopted son of Willie and Korie who is from Texas, as the tandem that will provide the most famous words in motorsports in their role as co-Grand Marshals. Uncle Si will spice up driver introductions as he will announce the top starting lineup for the Duck Commander while his brother and family patriarch, Phil, will deliver the invocation.
Justin Martin, a Duck Commander employee and "Duck Dynasty" co-star, will drive one of the pace cars and lead the field to the green flag.
Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform an hour-long concert on the frontstretch stage beginning at approximately pm prior to the start of the Duck Commander at pm.
VIP pre-race passes as well as individual tickets for the Duck Commander , which must accompany the VIP credential, go on sale Friday beginning at am. The VIP pre-race pass is free for most season ticket packages. For more ticket information, please visit texasmotorspeedway.
But as long as there is a need, Speedway Children's Charities will continue working to improve the lives of children by supporting local nonprofits that help children in hundreds of local communities. Speedway Children's Charities raises grant money through various fundraising activities, including clay shoots, track events, auctions, holiday light displays and more.
Chuck Swannack, executive director of Speedway Children's Charities. CMS Individual tickets will not go on sale until February 12th, take advantage of the Cyber Monday Special and be the first to get your tickets. Johnson led just 6 of the laps. He passed 2-Keselowski with 3 laps remaining after Keselowski had dominated the race, leading laps.
He finished 40th, 66 laps down. Erik Jones, filling in for 20 Kenseth, finished 12th. There were 15 lead changes among 8 drivers and 9 cautions for 47 yellow flag laps.
See unofficial race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Unofficial Race Results page pdf and check out the Penalty Report pdf and Lap Summary Report pdf. This is the initial phase of the multi-million dollar project that was spearheaded and built by Verizon and will only be available to the company's customers for the AAA Texas race weekend.
Once the system is established this weekend, other major carriers will have the ability to be added to the D-RAN system in the future to give Texas Motor Speedway the most comprehensive coverage during race weekends with multiple carriers on board. The massive sandwich features two foot-long Texas Hot Links, custom made for Levy Restaurants by locally owned Syracuse Sausage in nearby Ponder, Texas, a jalapeno bacon and caramelized onion mix, bacon queso and topped with crunchy spicy pork rinds.
The sundae features a Krispy Kreme maple bacon donut, two scoops of rocky road ice cream, hot fudge sauce infused with bacon, bacon whipped cream, honey roasted peanuts, chocolate chips, marshmallows and candied bacon.
The two scoops of ice cream and four kinds of bacon are the perfect way to celebrate Gordon's final race at Texas Motor Speedway. Both will be available at the concession stand inside Gate 4 of the speedway.
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