NASCAR: Winners And Losers From Texas

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Nov 6, 2016; Fort Worth, TX, USA; A view of the covered cars during the rain delayed start of AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

Loser: Texas Motor Speedway

The past few races at Texas Motor Speedway have seen real issues with rain delays. Earlier in April, the race was delayed a few hours, then in the summer, the IndyCar race was delayed and eventually postponed.

But there was a new level of frustration on Sunday as the AAA Texas 500 was delayed roughly six hours because of track drying. As the afternoon went on, it became obvious that the track drying crew was having significant trouble getting Turns 1 and 2 ready to go.

That brought up the issue of a possible repave.

Headline prediction for 2017: “Texas Motor Speedway to repave track surface…”
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) November 6, 2016

It’s something that drivers and fans don’t like to hear because older tracks seem to provide better racing, but it seems like it’s something that is bound to happen sooner or later for Texas.

NASCAR Executive Vice President Steve O’Donnell said on SiriusXM Radio that “you want to wait as long as possible” in terms of repaving a track. He also mentioned that with new technology, they’re “able to repave and do some things that almost age the track overnight.”.

Though it certainly would not be an ideal situation, it seems like a repave is in the near future for Texas.

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