Originally Posted by cmakin:
You are correct. Darrel won by a lap. I was watching Herschel McGriff, since he was one that I used to follow on the west coast growing up. His race was pretty exciting, placing third (or so), one position ahead of Dale Earnhardt.
I was at both of those races along with many others at TWS. Great track, lousy location.
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Originally Posted by ASPHALT24:
thanks for sharing these pics. great shots!! does anybody know who owns this facility, and what they are going to do with it? doesn't look like new asphalt, possibly they put some sealer down. i remember that last arca race, i believe dw ran in that show in a western auto car.
I don't think there is any real consideration for upgrading the track. It's paid for now and considering today's prices it was built super cheap. However, despite maps showing that it is near Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas-Ft.Worth, it is really in the middle of nowhere. No problem for avid fans. I've made many trips there from Lubbock and Amarillo, 430 and 500 miles. But to attract a big crowd, it's just too far away from population centers.
Also, the stands don't have much capacity. I forget, but it's either 20K or 40K. Even if they could expand the capacity, which wouldn't be hard (it's a clone of Michigan essentially), there wouldn't be near enough parking. And the parking lot itself is a giant mudhole when it rains.
