2017 Texas - O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 - Pre Race Thread

[PeopleAreStrange]

NASCAR returns to Texas Motor Speedway in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex this weekend!
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[PeopleAreStrange]

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do for three or so hours after the race ends?

I'm hoping to attend the race, but want to avoid the post-race traffic nightmare.

 

[2 Sweet]

Tailgate if you don't wanna wait around. How bad is the traffic in western Dallas by the track?

 

[Fordracing7]

Tailgate if you don't wanna wait around. How bad is the traffic in western Dallas by the track?

I don't know about race traffic but can't be that bad otherwise. every time I've been in that area it's totally wide open and it's a pretty far distance from downtown

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

On this day 40 years ago, DW won the Rebel 500

 

[FLRacingFan]

I don't often actually look forward to a Texas race but I'm very interested in seeing how the repave and reconfiguration mix up the racing this weekend.

 

[kkfan91]

I'm excited for racing this week in the 4 hours north of Houston suburb

 

[DanicaFreak]

does @dpkimmel2001 do these threads??

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Usually. I think PAS is trying to generate some home-town love for North Waco.

 

[kkfan91]

does @dpkimmel2001 do these threads??

He always jumps on Texas because of his Dallas Fort Worth issues.

 

[*WEAVER*]

And here I always thought this race was in Amarillo.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do for three or so hours after the race ends?

I'm hoping to attend the race, but want to avoid the post-race traffic nightmare.

Log on here and post all your pictures?

 

[aunty dive]

 

[Johali]

does @dpkimmel2001 do these threads??

He doesn't like Dallas Motor Speedway because it's not in Fort Worth.

 

[2 Sweet]

All I know about Ft. Wurth is that it's a small district within Dallas. Not sure what the big deal is

 

[DanicaFreak]

He doesn't like Dallas Motor Speedway because it's not in Fort Worth.

 

[Johali]

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frickin yuuuck.

 

[Brentford]

Dad and I decided this weekend that we wanted to go, so I ordered out tickets last night. Missed out on the bogo deal, but oh well. Still deciding on whether or not we want to attend the dirt race Saturday night.
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[Acs]

Whoah, I totally forgot, this is now a Sunday race not a night race like last year. So now Texas has no night races. Crazy.

 

[AdoubleU24]

Whoah, I totally forgot, this is now a Sunday race not a night race like last year. So now Texas has no night races. Crazy.

Anyone know why they did this? I was so pumped all weekend for a night race this week and looked yesterday to find this out.

 

[4tires17gals]

another ruined racetrack with a smaller crowd and less tv viewers

 

[kkfan91]

Anyone know why they did this? I was so pumped all weekend for a night race this week and looked yesterday to find this out.

I'm going to say deer season because Texas always uses that as an excuse

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Didnt Mike Joy compare the new Texas config to Darlington?

Lmfao

 

[kymartin6]

Whoah, I totally forgot, this is now a Sunday race not a night race like last year. So now Texas has no night races. Crazy.

Thank God....... I hate night races........ makes Sunday afternoon so boring....

 

[Greg]

Usually. I think PAS is trying to generate some home-town love for North Waco.

Was that the hometown of David Koresh?

 

[RacerrecaR]

Thank God....... I hate night races........ makes Sunday afternoon so boring....

Opposite for me. Now that Spring is here I like to be outside at the lake or having cookouts during the day, not inside watching a race. Having races at night lets me relax when I've had my fun for the day and am already half in the bag.

 

[kymartin6]

Opposite for me. Now that Spring is here I like to be outside at the lake or having cookouts during the day, not inside watching a race. Having races at night lets me relax when I've had my fun for the day and am already half in the bag.

Half in the bag is my problem...... I fall asleep before it's over.....

 

[RacerrecaR]

Half in the bag is my problem...... I fall asleep before it's over.....

That's a NASCAR issue, not a half in the bag issue.

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

does @dpkimmel2001 do these threads??

In my defense, @AndyMarquisLive started the Martinsville pre-race thread last weekend.

 

[Clutch]

In my defense, @AndyMarquisLive started the Martinsville pre-race thread last weekend.

You should have said......For what it is Worth Amarquis started the .....

 

[R Clarence]

DVR the damned thing......................................

 

[AdoubleU24]

Atlanta is in Hampton, Charlotte is in Concord, Chicagoland is in Joliet - Why the fuss?

 

[R Clarence]

Why the fuss?

Sumthin' to do......

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

On this day 24 years ago, Rusty Wallace wins at Bristol

and Mario Andretti gets his last win.

 

[kkfan91]

Atlanta is in Hampton, Charlotte is in Concord, Chicagoland is in Joliet - Why the fuss?

Something something people don't respect Fort Worth as its own city, don't get him started.

 

[aunty dive]

TIRE CODES

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials

Set limits:
Cup: 4 sets for practice, 1 set for qualifying/start of race and 11 sets for race
Xfinity: 9 sets for the event

Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4688 Right-side -- D-4718

Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.56 in. (2,224 mm) Right-side -- 88.62 in. (2,251 mm)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 25 psi Left Rear -- 25 psi
Right Front -- 56 psi Right Rear -- 52 psi

Storyline - Goodyear brings a little bit of Kentucky to Texas: The big story of the week is the repave and reconfiguration of this week's stop on the NASCAR circuit - Texas Motor Speedway. The asphalt mix the track used is said to be the same as the one on Kentucky Speedway's repave last year. Along with the new surface, Texas reduced the banking in turns one and two. With the timing of the Texas project being so tight and work being completed in early-March, there was not sufficient time for Goodyear to conduct a tire test at the facility and then build the quantities needed for the race weekend in early-April. Given the commonality of the asphalt mix, along with the results of the Kentucky race last July, the decision was made to bring a tire set-up with the same tread compounds as raced at Kentucky.

Notes: Teams in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will run the same tire set-up at Texas this weekend . . . this is the same left-side tire code (D-4688) teams in all three national NASCAR series ran at Kentucky in 2016 . . this is a brand new right-side tire code (D-4718), which features the same tread compound as the right-side Cup teams ran at Kentucky last July, with a minor construction change . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run liners in all four tire positions at Texas . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.

Jayski ... thanks

 

[aunty dive]

16 sets for Cup cars at Texas will cost teams approx. $28,160 ...

Mull that over for a minute.

 

[2 Sweet]

16 sets for Cup cars at Texas will cost teams approx. $28,160 ...

Mull that over for a minute.

$440 per tire

 

[sdj]

Opposite for me. Now that Spring is here I like to be outside at the lake or having cookouts during the day, not inside watching a race. Having races at night lets me relax when I've had my fun for the day and am already half in the bag.

I love my DVR!!! I do a lot of different things on Saturdays and Sundays and sitting inside in the afternoon ain't one of them.

For Friday Night races we watch at around 6am on Saturday Morning. For Saturday races, we watch on Sunday morning around 6 am.
For the Sunday Race we watch after Supper. PLUS NO COMMERCIALS!!!

All Good!

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

Atlanta is in Hampton, Charlotte is in Concord, Chicagoland is in Joliet - Why the fuss?

Thank you for reminding me why I do this every race:

People like you wrongly see Fort Worth as a suburb or satellite town like Concord, Hampton, & Joliet.

In reality, Fort Worth is a metro anchor like Charlotte, Atlanta, and Chicago (except on a much smaller scale than the latter).