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In the early 1990s, the newly incorporated and rising Speedway Motorsports and its founder, Bruton Smith, sought to build a major racetrack west of the Mississippi River, deciding on the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in 1994 with eventual longtime track general manager Eddie Gossage. Construction began in 1995 and was completed in 1996, with ...
Stock car races in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas since 1997. The 400-mile (640 km) event, currently known as Würth 400 for sponsorship reasons, has been held sometime in October or November each year, except for 2024 when it was held in April, where the track's original spring race (held from 1997 to 2020) was traditionally held.
The first Championship/Indy car races in the Dallas/Fort Worth area took place at Arlington Downs Raceway in nearby Arlington, Texas. AAA sanctioned five races from 1947 to 1950. USAC sanctioned ten Championship car events at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. The race was discontinued when the track closed in 1981.
The first Indy car events in the Dallas/Fort Worth area were held at Arlington Downs from 1947 through 1950 under AAA sanction. [1]From 1997 through 2023, Speedway Motorsports-owned Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth hosted events under IndyCar sanction.
Green Valley Raceway was a motorsports race track located in Smithfield, Texas, and was part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.Designed and built by Bill McClure on his North Texas dairy farm, the facility opened in 1960, and was used for over 20 years until its closure in 1986.
MotorSport Ranch is an auto racing facility located in Cresson, Texas 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Fort Worth. The membership-based track is described as a country club with a road course instead of a golf course, and features three track layouts, a skidpad, garages, a clubhouse, and on-site businesses.
Dallas-Fort Worth’s population has passed 8 million people, with Fort Worth gaining more new residents than any other city in the United States between 2021 and 2022.
Eagles Canyon Raceway is a motor racing track in Decatur, Texas built to FIA specifications. [5] The track is located 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Fort Worth in eastern Wise County. The track was devised by David and Linda Cook, both with extensive backgrounds in motorsports, who set out to create a Formula 1-style race track in North Texas.