NASCAR SPRINT CUP AND NATIONWIDE SERIES NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTARY

TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

 SPRINT Cup and NATIONWIDE Series Weekend Schedule

Aerial Picture of Texas Motor Speedway

Grandstand View of Texas Motor Speedway

TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY WEBSITE

Address:

P.O. Box 500
Fort Worth, TX 76101
(817) 215-8500  

Texas Speedway Specifications

Quad Oval: 1.5 miles
Width: 58 feet (minimum)
Turns: 750 Foot Radius
Banking: 24-degree banking -- straights banked five degrees
Front Stretch: 2,250 feet long
Back Stretch: 1,330 feet long
Pit Road: 42 pit stalls
Grandstand Seating: 154,861
Infield Seating. 53,000
Total Seating: 204,861

Pit Road Speed : 55 mph

Sprint Cup Race : 334 Laps - 500 Miles

Nationwide Series Race : 200 Laps - 300 Miles

SAMSUNG 500  

Sprint Cup Race #7 of 36 

Race: Sunday, April 5th, 2009 at 12:00pm (Eastern)

Pre-Race Show: FOX 11:30am (Eastern)

Speed TV Pre-Race Show: 9:00am with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace

Television Coverage of Race: FOX - 12:15pm (Eastern) 

Announcers: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds

Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda

Other Reporters: Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond

Posted Awards - $7,500,000 (Est)   First Place - $430,000 (Est)

2008 Pole Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr - Finished 12th
2008 Race Winner: Carl Edwards - Started 2nd

Race Length: 334 Laps - 500 Miles

 CUP RACE RECORDS

Race: Saturday, April 4th, 2009 at 2:00pm (Eastern)

Television Coverage of Race: ESPN2 - 2:00pm (Eastern) 

Countdown to the Race: ESPN2  - 1:30pm (Eastern)

Announcers:  Jerry Punch, Andy Petree, Dale Jarrett

Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Jamie Little, Shannon Spake

Posted Awards - $1,550,000 (Est)   First Place - $65,000

2008 Pole Winner: Kevin Harvick - Finished 34th
2008 Race Winner: Kyle Busch - Started 31st

Race Length: 200 Laps - 300 Miles

NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE RECORDS

All Times Eastern *This schedule of events is tentative and is subject to change.

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