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Texas World Speedway - Cup Series Race Winners

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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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Texas World Speedway - Cup Series Race Winners

Texas World Speedway (TWS) was a motorsport venue located in College Station, Texas. The track was one of only eight superspeedways of 2.000 mi (3.219 km) or greater in the United States used for racing, the others being Indianapolis, Daytona, Pocono, Talladega, Ontario (California), Auto Club, and Michigan. Originally opened as Texas International Speedway, TWS was an almost exact copy of Michigan International Speedway[2] and was part of Larry LoPatin's American Raceways Inc. and operated a part of Riverside International Raceway, Trenton Speedway, and Atlanta International Raceway and in 1971 ARI went bankrupt. During the 1980s the track fell into a state of disrepair and both NASCAR and the Indy cars chose to drop it from their respective schedules. From 2012 to its closure in 2017 Texas World Speedway experienced a resurgence in use spurred by the growing popularity of road racing and the Speedway's 15-turn, 2.900 mi (4.667 km) road course which was very popular with drivers worldwide, who recognized the fast, wide and rhythmic road course as a "racer's track". During this period the track was completely booked with racing events, HPDE programs including the Speedway's popular Performance Driving School, professional team tests, motorcycle schools, "street drags" and non-racing events. During this time the track hosted its first 24-hour racing event by entry-level racing series ChumpCar World Series and later by the semi-professional racing series World Racing League.

Texas World Speedway - Information

Texas World Speedway

College Station, Texas


Year Open:
Track Shape: Oval
Track Length: 2.0 miles miles
Front Stretch Length:
Back Stretch Length:
Turn Banking: 22 degrees
Straight Banking: 2 degrees/12 degrees

NASCAR Cup Series Races Held at Texas World Speedway

Date Race Name Winner Start Pos Car Man Avg Speed (mph) Laps Run
6/7/1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 Benny Parsons 4 Ford 132.47 400
6/1/1980 NASCAR 400 Cale Yarborough 1 Chevrolet 159.04 400
6/3/1979 Texas 400 Darrell Waltrip 4 Chevrolet 156.21 400
6/10/1973 Alamo 500 Richard Petty 2 73 Dodge 142.11 500
6/25/1972 Lone Star 500 Richard Petty 1 72 Plymouth 144.18 500
11/12/1972 Texas 500 Buddy Baker 2 71 Dodge 147.05 500
12/12/1971 Texas 500 Richard Petty 3 71 Plymouth 144 500
12/7/1969 Texas 500 Bobby Isaac 7 69 Dodge 144.27 500