Texas Motor Speedway

The Texas Motor Speedway (called " The Great American Speedway ") is a circuit of the " type; Superspeedway" used in NASCAR which is in the northern part of the town of Fort Worth, Texas in the county of Denton to the the United States.

The provision of the circuit is very similar to that of the Atlanta Motor Speedway and the Lowe' S Motor Speedway (before Charlotte Motor Speedway). The Texas Motor Speedway is a " quad-oval" (oval comprising a straight line forming an elbow) a 1,5 miles length (2,414 kilometers), with turns inclined with 24 degrees and a capacity total of 212.585 spectators including 159.585 permanent places. Speedway is had by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company which is owner of the tracks of the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Lowe' S Motor Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway. Its cost of construction rose to $250 million USD.

History

At the end of November 1994 the owner of NASCAR of the time, Bruton Smith, announced that a circuit would be built in the area of Dallas - Fort Worth. In February 1995, the county of Denton obtained the authorization to build the circuit in the north of Fort Worth. Work began the August 18th 1995. The Texas 500 of the April 5th 1997 was the first official race on the new circuit.

For one short period during construction in September 1996, the name of the circuit was changed into Texas International Raceway. The company Speedway Motorsports, Inc. had projected that “Motor Speedway” is an element of the name. However, in August 1996, a small circuit of a quarter of miles in Alvin, Texas (now known under the name of Texas Thunder Speedway) had brought the lawsuit to use the name. The December 2nd 1996, an agreement between the two circuits saw the name “Texas Motor Speedway” restored with the oval of 1,5 miles.

Firestone Firehawk 600

Texas Motor Speedway was supposed to accommodate the Firestone Firehawk 600, a race of CART, the April 29th 2001. It was to be the first race of CART on a circuit specifically designed for NASCAR. CART had never programmed a race on a way with steepnesss larger than 18. But, the rival Indy Racing League had already produced races on this track since 1997 (currently known as a Bombardier Learjet 550).

However, 21 of the 25 pilots qualified for the coursese is felt sorry for of giddiness and confusion during the two days of drive. They had expected speeds well above 220 miles/h, and makes of it the lowest speed of qualification was of 219 miles/h. During the drive of Saturday, several pilots had complained about the giddiness. They underwent pushes of more than 5.5 G; an acceleration in 3 G is regarded as the maximum that a driver can support in this type of race.

With the possibility of serious accidents, CART launched the race two hours before the programmed departure. TMS continued the CART, claiming which it should have known the risks posed by speeds. The two parts were arranged later in the year. CART, now known under the name of Field Because , never returned to Texas Motor Speedway.

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