• More Than 1,000 Seats
Will Be Available On
Backstretch At $20 For 2009
Samsung 500 And Dickies 500
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Races
• Remainder Of
Backstretch Seats To Go For
$40 Or Part Of Family 4-Pack
At $159
FORT WORTH, Texas (Dec.
1, 2008) – Texas Motor
Speedway will help race fans
offset the challenges of a
difficult economy with
“Backstretch Buster” seating
for the Samsung 500 and
Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series races in 2009,
speedway president Eddie
Gossage announced today.
Texas Motor Speedway will
provide fans with the least
expensive seat for a NASCAR
Sprint Cup race in the
history of the venue by
offering $20 seats on the
backstretch. The special
pricing will be for the
first two rows of the
backstretch, which will make
approximately 1,080 seats
available at $20 each for
the Samsung 500 on April 5
and again for Dickies 500 on
Nov. 8. Due to the price
point, each customer will be
limited to a maximum of four
tickets in this section.
Texas Motor Speedway also
will move to a blanket price
of $40 per seat for the
remaining 10 rows, which
comprise approximately 8,750
seats on the newly
configured backstretch that
will feature “Burnout Alley”
RV sites on the upper half.
The speedway will continue
its popular family 4-packs
in these rows as well. Fans
still will have the option
for $159 to purchase the
family 4-pack, which
consists of four tickets,
four hot dogs and four
Coca-Colas.
“These are very, very
difficult economic times for
many of our race fans, and
for those who are struggling
we wanted to provide them a
bigger window of opportunity
to come out to Texas Motor
Speedway and enjoy what they
are passionate about,”
Gossage said. “It is a great
deal in any major-league
sport to be able to get a
seat for $20 and considering
the six to seven hours of
entertainment they will get
between the pre-race show
and racing, it is a
tremendous deal for a Sprint
Cup Series race. This is the
lowest-priced seat we have
ever offered for a Cup race
and we hope our less
fortunate fans during these
economic times take full
advantage of it.”
“Backstretch Buster” seats
for the Samsung 500 will go
on sale 9 a.m. Tuesday while
those for the Dickies 500
will be available beginning
April 15.
“Backstretch Buster”
seating at $20 is only
available by calling the TMS
ticket office at (817)
215-8500. The $40 seating
and family 4-packs are
available through the ticket
office as well as the
speedway’s website –
www.texasmotorspeedway.com –
and TicketMaster.
