Race Weekend Central

Texas Motor Speedway Adding Temporary Tire Packs

Add Texas Motor Speedway to the list of tracks that have re-evaluated the safety of their facilities in the wake of Kyle Busch‘s Xfinity Series wreck at Daytona International Speedway in February.

With the help of consultants and engineers assigned by NASCAR, the recommendation came that Texas should add around 244 feet of tire packs in portions of turns 1 and 4. With the recommendation, the speedway immediately began the installation and expects those additions to be completed in time for next weekend’s Xfinity and Cup series companion races.

“Why would you not?’’ TMS President Eddie Gossage told the Dallas Morning News on Tuesday. “From purely a business standpoint, the worst thing in the world would be to lose one of the assets you’re selling the public… because you maybe could have done something safer.

“Plus, we’re all friends, colleagues in this.’’

The tires are intended as just a temporary fix to protect areas of the wall that don’t currently have SAFER barriers in place, however the intent is to upgrade to the softer walls during the offseason.

About the author

Sign up for the Frontstretch Newsletter

A daily email update (Monday through Friday) providing racing news, commentary, features, and information from Frontstretch.com
We hate spam. Your email address will not be sold or shared with anyone else.

Share via