• Numerous Amenities,
Oversized Site Footprint
Makes Burnout Alley The
Ultimate Destination For
Race Fans With Motor Homes
• 74 Spaces Available At
$15,000 Each For An Entire
TMS Race Season
• Project To Be Completed
Prior To April’s Samsung 500
NASCAR Race Week
FORT WORTH, Texas
(December 1, 2008) – Texas
Motor Speedway President
Eddie Gossage unveiled a $2
million capital improvement
project for the auto racing
facility today that will
transform the upper half of
the backstretch area into a
lavish motorcoach area known
as Burnout Alley.
Burnout
Alley will consist of 74
expansive sites with
numerous amenities that will
make it the ultimate
destination for fans
traveling and entertaining
in their motorcoaches for
NASCAR and IndyCar Series
race weeks. Each gated
courtyard will be 30x60 feet
and include full service
hook-ups for water, electric
and live race feeds;
concierge service that will
include grocery shopping;
catering options; free
wireless internet and
24-hour restroom access.
The ticket package for
each race week will consist
of 10 VIP passes for Burnout
Alley; 10 pre-race passes
for each NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series race; 10 pit/infield
passes; two access passes
for The Speedway Club; 10
souvenir event programs; and
three reserved parking
spaces nearby.
“Our demand for motor
home space – even this year
during a downturn economy –
has continued to rise each
and every year, and our fans
have indicated to us that
there was a need for this
type of project,” Gossage
said.
“We pride ourselves at
Texas Motor Speedway for
providing what our fans want
as well as our creativity,
and Burnout Alley is a
product of both. Once we got
involved in the development
of this project, we wanted
to make Burnout Alley the
ultimate RV area of any
speedway race fans will ever
visit.”
Each site in Burnout
Alley will sell for $15,000
annually for an entire Texas
Motor Speedway race season
that consists of a pair of
NASCAR weeks and one for the
IndyCar Series. The Samsung
500 race week – featuring
the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
and Nationwide Series – is
set for April 2-5; the
Bombardier Learjet 550k race
week – showcasing the
IndyCar Series and NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series –
is June 4-6; and the season
culminates with the Dickies
500 triple-header race week
with the NASCAR Sprint Cup,
Nationwide and Camping World
Truck Series from Nov. 5-8.
The project has a
targeted 75-day construction
period, which would have a
projected completion date
for Burnout Alley of early
to mid-March.
The construction of
Burnout Alley will eliminate
approximately 21,022 seats
on the backstretch and
reduce the capacity in that
section from approximately
30,850 to 9,850. The overall
seating capacity for Texas
Motor Speedway will move to
approximately 138,100, which
still ranks among the
largest sports facilities in
the United States. (Note:
These figures are estimates
until the actual removal of
seats occur and final
capacity numbers are
determined.)
Despite the reduction,
the Samsung 500 and Dickies
500 Sprint Cup Series races
are expected to annually
remain as the two
largest-attended, single-day
sporting events in Texas and
among the 20 largest in the
United States.
“With the reduction in
seating on the backstretch
in addition to the special
pricing we also announced
today, we’re expecting those
tickets to go fast and also
put a premium on securing a
frontstretch ticket for the
NASCAR race weeks,” Gossage
said.
For additional
information or to reserve a
2009 site in Burnout Alley,
please contact Texas Motor
Speedway at (817) 215-8518
or visit the speedway
website at
www.texasmotorspeedway.com.