TEXAS
The Lone Star State
From the travels and adventures of the “World’s #1 Trackchaser”
All-Time Favorite Texas Track:
Devil’s Bowl Speedway – Mesquite
Current lifetime trackchasing state rank: 1
Best Memories:
The 85 Speedway in Ennis was my 1,600th-lifetime track to see. The 105 Speedway in Cleveland offered 59 sno-cone flavors! We took our grandkids, Mitch and Astrid, to the Battleground Speedway (above) in Highlands for a 300-lap enduro with more than 100 very competitive cars. That was a dusty but fun affair!
The CC Speedway in Corpus Christi was an old-line asphalt short track with the roughest surface I’ve ever seen. The Circuit of the Americas road course is one of the most upscale RC facilities I’ve seen. I’ve been down there a couple of times, once with grandson Mitch (above).
The Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite is my all-time favorite track in Texas. I’ve been down there ten times mainly to see some of the very best World of Outlaws sprint car racing from way back in the day. I’ve seen names like Steve Kinser, Time Green, Sammy Swindell, Bobby Davis Jr. and Doug Wolfgang win there. I’ve even had to be towed in the Devil’s Bowl Speedway parking lot!
I’ve seen the homemade caged karts race at the I-35 Kartway (above). I’ve seen a lot of good caged kart racing at places like the Kam Raceway and Winnsboro Speedway. Some five of those events have been indoors. The Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore was one of the best short tracks I’ve seen.
The Mud Creek Off-Road Park in Jacksonville featured UTVs racing in 6-18” of water at a price tag of $75! I really didn’t like the Reliant Park Complex (above) in Houston street course race. Yes, I hate street course racing! I’ve seen EIGHT countable tracks at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth!
# | TRACK | CITY | STATE | COUNTRY | DATE | TRACK TYPE |
1 | El Paso Speedway Park | El Paso | Texas | United States | Pre-1980 | DO |
2 | Big H Motor Speedway | Houston | Texas | United States | March 6, 1980 | DO |
3 | Devil’s Bowl Speedway | Mesquite | Texas | United States | March 13, 1980 | DO |
4 | Cowtown Speedway | Fort Worth | Texas | United States | July 30, 1983 | DO |
5 | Lone Star Speedway | Kilgore | Texas | United States | May 5, 1984 | DO |
6 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth | Texas | United States | March 30, 2000 | ADJACENT-DO |
7 | Outlaw Speedway | Grand Prairie | Texas | United States | March 31, 2000 | DO |
8 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth | Texas | United States | April 1, 2000 | OUTER-PO |
9 | Silsbee Speedway | Silsbee | Texas | United States | May 12, 2000 | DO |
10 | Texas Thunder Speedway | Alvin | Texas | United States | May 13, 2000 | DO |
11 | Speedway 90 | Beaumont | Texas | United States | May 11, 2001 | DO |
12 | 105 Speedway | Cleveland | Texas | United States | May 12, 2001 | DO |
13 | Heart O’ Texas Speedway | Waco | Texas | United States | March 19, 2004 | DO |
14 | Kennedale Speedway Park | Kennedale | Texas | United States | March 20, 2004 | DO |
15 | Texas World Speedway | College Station | Texas | United States | March 20, 2004 | PRC |
16 | Thunderbird Speedway | Crandall | Texas | United States | March 20, 2004 | DO |
17 | Lubbock Motor Speedway | Lubbock | Texas | United States | March 21, 2004 | DO |
18 | Boyd Raceway | Boyd | Texas | United States | April 1, 2005 | DO |
19 | Superbowl Speedway | Greenville | Texas | United States | October 14, 2005 | DO |
20 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth | Texas | United States | October 15, 2005 | PRC |
21 | Abilene Speedway | Abilene | Texas | United States | October 16, 2005 | DO |
22 | Red River Speedway | Wichita Falls | Texas | United States | October 16, 2005 | PO |
23 | Motorsport Ranch | Cresson | Texas | United States | November 5, 2005 | PRC |
24 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth | Texas | United States | November 5, 2005 | ADJACENT-PO |
25 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth | Texas | United States | November 6, 2005 | INDOOR-PO |
26 | Rio Grande Speedway | McAllen | Texas | United States | December 1, 2005 | DO |
27 | Mercedes Benz of Sugar Land Road Course | Angleton | Texas | United States | November 19, 2006 | PRC |
28 | Houston Motorsports Park | Houston | Texas | United States | March 16, 2007 | PO |
29 | Houston Raceway Park | Baytown | Texas | United States | March 16, 2007 | DO |
30 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth | Texas | United States | October 19, 2007 | TEMPORARY-DRC |
31 | South Texas Speedway | Corpus Christi | Texas | United States | November 16, 2007 | DO |
32 | Eagles Canyon Raceway-3.4M | Slidell | Texas | United States | December 1, 2007 | PRC |
33 | Grayson County Speedway | Bells | Texas | United States | June 7, 2008 | DO |
34 | Paris Motor Speedway | Blossom | Texas | United States | June 7, 2008 | DO |
35 | Texana Raceway Park | Edna | Texas | United States | November 21, 2008 | DO |
36 | Gator Motorplex | Willis | Texas | United States | November 22, 2008 | DO |
37 | Tri-State Speedway | Amarillo | Texas | United States | May 1, 2009 | DO |
38 | Texoma Motor Speedway | Wichita Falls | Texas | United States | August 21, 2009 | INNER-DO |
39 | Texoma Motor Speedway | Wichita Falls | Texas | United States | August 21, 2009 | OUTER-DO |
40 | Bell County Fair Expo | Belton | Texas | United States | September 6, 2009 | DO |
41 | Texas D.I.R.T. Motorplex | Winona | Texas | United States | October 31, 2009 | DO |
42 | Lady Luck Speedway | Lubbock | Texas | United States | April 23, 2010 | DO |
43 | I-35 Kartway | Lorena | Texas | United States | April 25, 2010 | DO |
44 | 85 Speedway | Ennis | Texas | United States | October 8, 2010 | DO |
45 | Shady Oaks Speedway | McAllen | Texas | United States | November 5, 2010 | DO |
46 | Diamond W Arena Complex | Alvarado | Texas | United States | December 11, 2010 | DO |
47 | Lone Star Expo Center | Conroe | Texas | United States | February 5, 2011 | INDOOR-DO |
48 | J.S. Bridwell Agricultural Center | Wichita Falls | Texas | United States | February 26, 2011 | INDOOR-DO |
49 | 281 Speedway | Stephenville | Texas | United States | March 13, 2011 | DO |
50 | RPM Speedway | Crandall | Texas | United States | October 14, 2011 | DO |
51 | Cycle Ranch | FloresvIlle | Texas | United States | October 15, 2011 | DRC |
52 | Gulf Coast Speedway | Alvin | Texas | United States | October 15, 2011 | DO |
53 | Texas Thunder Speedway | Killeen | Texas | United States | March 31, 2012 | DO |
54 | Pasadena Expo Center | Pasadena | Texas | United States | February 9, 2013 | INDOOR-DO |
55 | Circuit of the Americas-3.4M | Austin | Texas | United States | March 9, 2013 | PRC |
56 | Cotton Bowl Speedway | Paige | Texas | United States | March 9, 2013 | DO |
57 | I-35 Kartway | Elm Mott | Texas | United States | March 9, 2013 | DO |
58 | San Antonio Speedway | San Antonio | Texas | United States | September 6, 2013 | AO |
59 | Circuit of the Americas | Austin | Texas | United States | June 7, 2014 | TEMPORARY-MRC |
60 | Kam Kartway | Rhome | Texas | United States | June 7, 2014 | DO |
61 | CC Speedway | Corpus Christi | Texas | United States | June 28, 2014 | DO |
62 | MGAnderson Cancer Center Speedway at NRG Park | Houston | Texas | United States | June 28, 2014 | TEMPORARY-PRC |
63 | Harris Hill Raceway | San Marcos | Texas | United States | September 13, 2014 | PRC |
64 | Caddo Creek | Greenville | Texas | United States | October 5, 2014 | TEMPORARY-DRC |
65 | Oakhill Raceway | Alvord | Texas | United States | November 16, 2014 | DRC |
66 | Young County Arena | Graham | Texas | United States | December 12, 2014 | TEMPORARY-DO |
67 | Red River Speedway | Wichita Falls | Texas | United States | March 13, 2015 | DO |
68 | Mud Creek Off-Road Park | Jacksonville | Texas | United States | March 27, 2015 | DO |
69 | Timberline Speedway | Corley | Texas | United States | March 27, 2015 | DO |
70 | Texas Motor Speedway – Infield Road Course | Ft. Worth | Texas | United States | March 28, 2015 | PRC |
71 | Mud Creek Off-Road Park | Jacksonville | Texas | United States | March 28, 2015 | DRC |
72 | Endeavor-Bridgeport – Short | Bridgeport | Texas | United States | December 5, 2015 | DRC |
73 | Endeavor-Bridgeport – Long | Bridgeport | Texas | United States | December 6, 2015 | DRC |
74 | Battleground Speedway | Highland | Texas | United States | October 8, 2016 | DO |
75 | Route 66 Motor Speedway | Amarillo | Texas | United States | May 19, 2017 | INNER-DO |
76 | Winnsboro Kart Speedway | Winnsboro | Texas | United States | June 10, 2017 | DO |
77 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth | Texas | United States | June 10, 2017 | MRC |
78 | Quinlan | Quinlan | Texas | United States | October 8, 2017 | DRC |
79 | I-37 Speedway | Pleasonton | Texas | United States | November 3, 2017 | DO |
80 | Miller Ranch | Cash | Texas | United States | November 19, 2017 | DRC |
81 | Rally Ranch | Dale | Texas | United States | December 3, 2017 | DRC |
82 | Seymour Speedway | Seymour | Texas | United States | March 16, 2018 | DO |
83 | Buffalo Creek Speedway | Canton | Texas | United States | June 12, 2020 | DO |
84 | Route 66 Motor Speedway | Amarillo | Texas | United States | June 27, 2020 | OUTER-DO |
85 | Cedar Hill Raceway | Ovalo | Texas | United States | September 26, 2020 | DO |
86 | Slayton Speedway | Slayton | Texas | United States | October 10, 2020 | DO |
87 | Goertz Ranch | Rockne | Texas | United States | April 17, 2021 | DRC |
88 | TexPlex | Midlothian | Texas | United States | November 7, 2021 | DRC |
89 | Rocket Raceway Park | Petty | Texas | United States | April 9, 2022 | DO |
90 | Diamond Willow Ranch | Bastrop | Texas | United States | November 20, 2022 | DRC |
91 | Rusty’s Walnut Creek Ranch | Cedar Creek | Texas | United States | January 22, 2023 | DRC |
92 | Richard Borchard Regional Fairgrounds | Robson | Texas | United States | February 10, 2024 | INDOOR-DO |
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Below is a key to surface types and track configurations so you can understand the above list just a little bit easier.
Surface types: D-dirt; P-paved; M-mixed
Configuration types: O-oval; RC-road course; F8-figure 8 track