Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a major motorsport complex in North Texas featuring a high-banked 1.5-mile (2.4 km) oval track and accompanying infield road course. The facility is a principal venue for NASCAR and other national racing series.

Race weekends bring grandstand seating, paddock and pit-area viewing, hospitality suites and multiple fan activities; the oval’s banking and length create high-speed racing typical of American stock-car events. The infield road course is used for sports car and motorcycle races and for testing.

The speedway opened in 1996 and was developed to host top-level American motorsport, rapidly becoming one of the region’s main sporting venues. Over the decades it has hosted NASCAR Cup Series races, IndyCar events and large public concerts.

The circuit lies in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area near the city of Fort Worth, Texas, and is accessible by major regional highways.

• Track length: The primary oval length is 1.5 miles (2.4 km), a standard size for many major NASCAR events.
• Opened: Opened in 1996, it regularly hosts NASCAR Cup Series races and other national motorsport events throughout the year.

What to See #

• 1.5-mile oval: The 1.5-mile (2.4 km) high-banked oval is the main racing circuit used for NASCAR events and other major series.
• Road course: An infield road course that incorporates sections of the oval for sports car and motorcycle events and for testing purposes.
• Spectator facilities: Grandstands, suites and fan areas around the perimeter that together provide large spectator capacity and race-day facilities.