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.
The first practice session was held on Thursday, November 1, at 3:05 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.[3]Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.998 and an average speed of 186.220 miles per hour (299.692 km/h).[4]
The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, November 1, at 5:05 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.[3]Brett Moffitt of Hattori Racing Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.754 and an average speed of 187.800 miles per hour (302.235 km/h).[4]
Qualifying was held on Friday, November 2, at 3:10 PM CST.[3] 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]
Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 28.608 and an average speed of 188.758 miles per hour (303.777 km/h) in the second round.[6]
