Texas Motor Speedway, north of Fort Worth, is a 1.5 mile quad-oval with 24 degrees of banking in the turns and 5 degrees on the straightaways. It's a newer track, completed in 1996, and holds 159,585 screaming fans in the stands. (Counts vary by who you ask and how you define "seat". I think this number means available tickets to sell for a permanently-positioned place to put your butt.)
The race Sunday will be 501 miles, or 334 laps. Carl Edwards is the defending race champion, and I do have him on my fantasy team despite my aversion for picking drivers who won the last race, or the last running of the same race. Tony might look a little more natural in victory lane sporting the black cowboy hat wielding six-shooters, though.
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