Inversions and random draws.
That’s the most succinct way to summarize the race format for the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race when it moves to Texas Motor Speedway on June 13. The race winner will collect $900,000, and an additional $100,000 will be presented to the fastest pit crew during a compulsory stop near the end of the race.
The 100-lap showdown has been split into six segments with the lineup for each stage being determined by random draws or various inversion procedures.
Additionally, NASCAR will use a competition package not utilized since the 2018 All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a formula that will further reduce horsepower on the intermediate length track from 550HP to 510HP.
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NASCAR is on its way to Austin next month for the first time ever. Speedway Motorsports has signed a one-year deal with the Circuit of the Americas racetrack to host a full weekend of racing May 21st to the 23rd. Marcus Smith, the president and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, said Monday that they plan to make this an annual event.
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We Haven t Given Up on North Wilkesboro, Says Marcus Smith If we can think of a way to do something there, we re going to.
North Wilkesboro Speedway is the legend that just won’t die.
Despite inactivity for a decade and no NASCAR events in a quarter of a century, a subset of the fandom has not given up hope that something can be done with the hallowed grounds of what used to be the oldest continually operating stop on the Cup Series schedule.
Of course, that title now exclusively belongs to Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, but also applied to Wilkes County, North Carolina until 1996. That’s when the track was sold to Speedway Motorsports Inc. and its dates given to Texas Motor Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway, respectively.