New surface for Texas Speedway
Summer resurfacing is well underway at Texas Motor Speedway.
Pictures: Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway’s racing surface is being removed and replaced with a new, smoother, faster drying surface. Work, now at the midway point, is progressing right on schedule, according to speedway officials.
The 1.5-mile speedway surface is being re-paved with a granite-based asphalt compound that will dry much faster than the current limestone-based compound. Crews are working on a concrete base over the tunnel areas which extends into turns one and two and turns three and four.
Milling is also progressing on the front and back straightaways. Once that is completed and the concrete has cured, crews will begin preparations to lay down the asphalt which is scheduled for early August.
"We are right on schedule with the project," said Jim Stufflebeam, the speedway’s director of development. "Work is underway on the concrete slabs in the turns. The concrete base should stabilize the ground under the surface."
Work will be completed in time for racing to begin again in September.
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