Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
The first practice session was held on Thursday, November 2, at 2:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[2]Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.529 and an average speed of 182.871 mph (294.302 km/h).[3]
The final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, November 2, at 2:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[2]Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.146 and an average speed of 185.274 mph (298.170 km/h).[4]
Qualifying was held on Friday, November 3, at 3:00 PM CST.[2] Since Texas Motor Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) racetrack, the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[5]
Justin Haley of GMS Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.004 and an average speed of 186.181 miles per hour (299.629 km/h) in the second round.[6]