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4 unusual facts about Texas Motor Speedway


Forty Fest

After the original March 20, 2010 date was canceled due to an unusual winter snowstorm, Forty Fest—Resonate 2010 will be on August 21, 2010 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Furious and the Fast

Christopher invites them all to the big race at Texas Motor Speedway which will feature his methane car racing against oil powered cars.

The Solar Car Challenge

On even-numbered years, the race is a track race around the Texas Motor Speedway.

On odd-numbered years, the race is a road course that starts at the Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas; the end of the course varies from year to year.


2005 Dickies 500

The 2005 Dickies 500 was the inaugural running of the Dickies 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race, which was held on November 6, 2005 at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) in Fort Worth, Texas.

2013 Firestone 550

Before coming to Texas Motor Speedway, IndyCar completed the first doubleheader of the season at Belle Isle in the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit, where Mike Conway earned his first victory of the season in the first race, while Simon Pagenaud won his first IndyCar series race in the second part of the doubleheader.

Austin Dillon

On July 11, 2010, Dillon scored his first career NASCAR victory in the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway in the Camping World Truck Series and won a Truck Series race in a truck wearing the No. 3 for the first time since Bryan Reffner won for Team Menard in 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Bully Hill Vineyards 200

The truck series also races two races at Martinsville Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway and also Kentucky Speedway however, both of those tracks also host a Sprint Cup Series race.

Ferko v. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.

, commonly known as the Ferko lawsuit, was an American lawsuit between plaintiff Francis Ferko, a resident of Plano, Texas and a shareholder of Speedway Motorsports, Inc.'s Texas Motor Speedway, and defendants NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation (ISC), which are both owned by the France family.

Germán Quiroga

In 2012, Quiroga returned to KBM for a limited schedule of events, driving the No. 51 Toyota in four races at Talladega Superspeedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead.

Kertus Davis

He also made one start in the #12 Supercuts/Hot Tamales Dodge at Texas Motor Speedway for FitzBradshaw Racing, but finished in 40th due to a transmission failure.

Todd Bodine

After losing in Vegas to Shane Hmiel, Bodine won his first two career races back-to-back at Fontana and Texas.


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