Photographers:
Bert Hill, Laural Hill, Dianna Elledge, Don Greer, June Greer, Sara Harris and Mack Harris



Where is Texas Motor Speedway?  In North Fort Worth (circled 'A')





We met at Facility Tours / Gift Store





Ariel view of Texas Motor Speedway



2011 Ticket Information

LUXURY SEATS (LIGHT PURPLE) AT GATE 3 THROUGH 7

High atop the frontstretch grandstands, Texas Motor Speedway’s Luxury Suites offer more first-class accommodations than any other sports or entertainment facility in the world. Beginning deep in Turn One extending over the Start/Finish Line and continuing through Turn Four, two levels of suites provide exceptional views of the entire property. Full-service catering makes Texas Motor Speedway’s Luxury Suites the ideal venue to entertain clients, prospects, employees and friends. Each Luxury Suite can accommodate up to 64 guests, and includes pre-race pit passes and VIP parking passes for each event.

Each Luxury Suite is fully enclosed with self-controlling air conditioning and features a full-service bar and food area, as well as entertainment space and private restrooms. Each suite is also equipped with two closed-circuit televisions that provide non-stop coverage of the racing action. Levy Restaurants, Texas Motor Speedway’s exclusive caterer, provides suiteholders with a customized dining experience, complete with world-class culinary fine dining that is sure to exceed your expectations.

TRACK FACTS

Racing Surface

Oval: 1.5 miles
Width: 58 feet (minimum)
Turns: 750-foot radius
Banking: 24 degrees in turns, five degrees in straightaways
Frontstretch: 2,250 feet long
Backstretch: 1,330 feet long
Pit Road: 45 pit stalls for NASCAR Sprint Cup, 35 pit stalls for the IndyCar Series

Seating Information

Front Straightaway grandstand: 66 rows, 112,522. Includes: PSL seats (36,000 w/armrests); and Handicapped Seating (1,595- Row 28 at portal entrances)
Back straightaway grandstand: 12 rows, 9,855
Luxury Suites: 144 with seating for 9,992
Victory Lane Club Suites: 50 with seating for 3,152
Condominium Seating: 2,571
Infield Capacity: approximately 53,000
Grandstand Seating: 122,377
Total Permanent Seating: 138,122
Total Estimated Capacity: 191,122

Acreage

1,500

Parking

660 total acres of parking
131 acres asphalt paved — 20,000 spaces
464 acres gravel paving — 52,600 spaces
65 acres grass — 7,400 spaces
Bus spaces — 300 paved
Handicap parking — Available on frontstretch outside Gates 2-3; backstretch outside Gates 9 and 10

Camping

Reserved: Approximately 6,800 spaces — 1,000 infield; 4,700 Turn 3; 1,100 tent sites
Unreserved: 1,000 (available for NASCAR Sprint Cup events only)
Burnout Alley: 67 spaces (located along the backstretch)

Structures

Time Warner Victory Lane Broadcast Center: 2,900 square feet on two levels
Samsung Media Center: Total of 2,232 square feet
Deadline Room: 63' X 48'
Victory Theater: 33' X 47'
Goodyear Building: 2,013 square feet
Cafeteria: 5,103 square feet
NASCAR Sprint Cup Garage: 22,272 square feet
IndyCar Series/ NASCAR Nationwide Series Garage: 22,272 square feet
Hospitality Village: 477,480 square feet
North Tunnel to Infield: Two lanes. Each lane is 12' wide by 8.5' high. Both lanes designated for vehicle use.
South Tunnel to Infield: Three lanes. Each lane is 12' wide by 13.5' high. Two lanes designated for vehicles, RV’s and transporters; one designated for pedestrians.

Facilities

Entrances/Exits: Frontstretch, Gates 1-7; South Tunnel/Infield, Gate 8; Backstretch, Gates 9-11 and North Tunnel
Elevators: 21
Women’s Restrooms: 1,656
Men’s Restrooms: 843
Kitchens: Two
Concession Buildings: 24
Souvenir Buildings: 23
Infield Care Center: One
Infield Road Course (4 course variations)
 1 — 2.324 miles
2 — 1.07 miles
3 — .7 miles
4 — .5 miles
Pit road length: 800 feet
Road width: 35 feet — 40 feet
Turns: 8 to 15 depending on variation

Lil’ Texas Motor Speedway

Oval: 1/5 mile, asphalt surface
Seating: 1,448 permanent seats
Banking: 12 degrees

Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track

Oval: .4 mile, clay surface
Seating: 10,994
Banking: 12 degrees
Straightaway: 70 feet wide
Corners: 80 feet wide
Luxury Suites: 14 with seating for 308

Fun Facts

Unique Lap Counter: Texas Motor Speedway is the first speedway ever to display the laps in the race counting down AND also counting up. Two separate panels on the scoring tower in different colored lights indicate how many laps are left in the race and also how many laps have been run in the event.

How Enlightening: Texas Motor Speedway has enough permanent lighting to illuminate 11 NFL stadiums — an average of 2,000,000 watts for a nighttime event. A standard household plug is 120 volts — the speedway lights run on 480 volts each.

By the Numbers: Approximately 60,000 — 70,000 vehicles are parked on speedway property for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. A Cup race will also see 30,000 — 40,000 fans camping on the speedway grounds.

Best Supporting Role: There are a total of 400 concrete columns and 600 concrete piers supporting the facility.

Recycling Riches: The front grandstand is constructed of 2 million pounds of aluminum and 15,000 tons of steel. The aluminum used could produce 61 million Coca-Cola cans.

Dirty Work: During original construction, workers moved more than 4,000,000 cubic yards of dirt at the speedway.

Hot Diggity Dog: In one year, enough hot dogs are sold to go around the 1.5-mile oval six times, that’s nine miles!

Patty Pillar: If all the hamburgers served in one year at the speedway were stacked, it would be taller than a 74-story building.

Make a Splash: Enough Coca-Cola, Dasani water, coffee and hot chocolate are consumed each year at the races to fill the 34,000-gallon Texas-shaped pool at Lone Star Tower Clubhouse.

The Big Show: Four Cowboys Stadiums will fit in the infield of Texas Motor Speedway!





Neisha Young looking at kitchen magnets



Barry Blalock bought the original baseball cap when the speedway
was first opened on April 6, 1997.







Interpreters: Brice Boiles (left) and Rachel St. John (right)





14 passengers in each van for two-hour tour at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. (2 groups totaling 4 vans)















Entering the inside speedway











On the 24-degree-slant track now







Speeding at 80 m.p.h.





Victory area where a racer gets a trophy after winning a race.





Past champions on the left wall



Past champions in a different race on the right wall



Group A at 10:00 a.m.



Group B at 1:00 p.m.





Race Car Pit area where tires are changed, etc.



Inside one of the luxury rooms





Finish line









Campground in far background



Victory Area at top
Race Car Pit (changing tires, etc) in middle
Finish line at bottom







Don Greer (left) and Stanley Green (right) trying on fireproof uniforms



Paul Miller (left), Stanley Green (center) and Linda Green (right)



Don Greer



June Greer



Stanley Green (left with a ticket) and Linda Green (right holding the poster)
Admission: Special $95 instead of real $125 price for 4 laps at 160 mph in 6 cars racing at same time.
1.5 miles for each lap . . . for 4 laps, it is 6 miles long for only 3 minutes of driving







2:41 minutes of video of 6 cars in action . . . this video is from Don Greer's car



Steve Green (Stanley/Linda Green's son) and Paul Miller of Missouri (friend of Stanley and Linda)



Officially certified and look-real racers (l-r): Don Greer, June Greer, Linda Green and Stanley Green



June Greer



Don Greer



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