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Banked oval in Texas good for show

By Robin Miller
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, October 5, 2003

Texas Motor Speedway's square corners came under heavy criticism from NASCAR in its early days and required a facelift or two while Championship Auto Racing Teams had to postpone a 2001 race because speeds topping 235 mph were disorienting drivers. But, since 1998, the high-banked, 1.5-mile oval has become the calling card of the Indy Racing League. In the 11 Indy-car races staged at TMS, eight have been decided by a victory margin of less than one second -- incl ...

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