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| TRACK PROFILE |
| Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas. (The mailing address lists nearby Justin, Texas, the nearest post office, but the track itself is in Fort Worth -- signage on the Turn 1 and 3 walls reads "Fort Worth -- Denton County".) The track layout is very similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway). The track measures 1.5 miles around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the quad-oval design, where the front straghtaway juts outward slightly. The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Lowe's Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Based on qualifying speeds in 2004 and 2005, the Texas Motor Speedway was once considered the fastest non-restrictor plate track on the NASCAR circuit, with qualifying speeds in excess of 192 mph and corner entry speeds over 200 mph. However, as the tracks' respective racing surfaces continue to wear, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have become consistently faster than at Texas (2005 and 2006). [1] Texas Motor Speedway is home to two NASCAR Sprint Cup races: the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 and the Dickies 500, as well as two Nationwide Series Races, and the O'Reilly 300 and the O'Reilly Challenge.
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| RACE LISTING |
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| Date | Sanction | Winner | Laps |
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| 6 June 1997 | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | 167 |
| 4 April 1998 | NASCAR Busch Series | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 200 |
| 5 June 1998 | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Tony Raines | 167 |
| 9 June 2000 | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Greg Biffle | 167 |
| 13 October 2000 | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Bryan Reffner | 167 |
| 31 March 2001 | NASCAR Busch Series | Kevin Harvick | 200 |
| 8 June 2001 | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Jack Sprague | 167 |
| 5 October 2001 | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Travis Kvapil | 146 |
| 7 June 2002 | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Brendan Gaughan | 167 |
| 8 June 2002 | ROMCO Super Late Model Series | Chris Davidson | 50 |
| 13 September 2002 | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Brendan Gaughan | 146 |
| 7 June 2003 | ROMCO Super Late Model Series | Greg Davidson | 68 |
| 2 April 2004 | ROMCO Super Late Model Series | Robert Richardson | 66 |
| 12 June 2004 | ROMCO Super Late Model Series | Michael Crofford | 56 |
| 11 June 2005 | USRA Super Late Model Series | T. Wade Welch | ??? |
| 7 April 2006 | Crown Royal IROC Series | Tony Stewart | 67 |
| 8 April 2006 | NASCAR Busch Series | Kurt Busch | 206 |
| 10 June 2006 | USRA Super Late Model Series | Chris Davidson | 70 |
| 4 November 2006 | NASCAR Nationwide Series | Kevin Harvick | 200 |
| 5 November 2010 | Camping World Truck Series | Kyle Busch | 147 |
| 8 April 2011 | NASCAR Nationwide Series | Carl Edwards | 200 |
| 9 April 2011 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | Matt Kenseth | 334 |
| 10 June 2011 | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | 168 |
| 4 November 2011 | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | Kevin Harvick | 148 |
| 5 November 2011 | NASCAR Nationwide Series | Trevor Bayne | 200 |
| 6 November 2011 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | Tony Stewart | 334 |
| 13 April 2012 | NASCAR Nationwide Series | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 200 |
| 14 April 2012 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | Greg Biffle | 334 |
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