TWS Online Course Map

Adopting the nickname "The World’s Fastest Speedway" in 1973 when Mario Andretti established the World Closed Course Land Speed Record of 214.158 mph qualifying for an Indy car race (a record which stood for twelve years), Texas World Speedway has played host to numerous professional and amateur drivers over its thirty-year history. It is one of only six Super Speedways of two miles or greater in the, U.S. and the only example west of the Mississippi river.

However, TWS is known not only for its 2-mile oval, but also its 2.9-mile, 15-turn "Grand Prix" course which utilizes the oval’s front straight (with 8-degree banking), runs through its infield and exits over the back straight into the "back course" before returning to the infield. The infield course is well known for its blisteringly fast turn "1" and "2" complex, which many racers, pros and amateurs alike, have dubbed "the funest turn in racing" due to the nearly limitless number of successful "lines" it allows and its amazing entry speeds.

The recently repaved and reworked "back course" adds nearly a mile to the infield course. Beginning with the deceivingly fast uphill turn "A," it is this "back course" which affords a double-blind "B" and "C" complex. A successful launch through "C" affords fifth-gear speed on the back straight, which culminates in the full-on "D" uphill sweeper. After gaining your wits after "D," you must negotiate the challenge offered by the blind, downhill "E" and "F" corkscrew. Through the corkscrew and again you cross over the oval’s back straight to enter the tricky decreasing-radius turn "7" buttonhook.

The remainder of the infield course includes the full-throttle turn "9" with its ever-so-slight elevation change and the exceedingly technical back esses of "10," "11" and "12." Through "12" and it is back on the oval’s banked straightaway for a drag race to "the Funnel" of turn 1.