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Spin the Black Circle: Dickies 500 preview

By Christopher Harris
ESPN.com

Friday, November 2, 2007

There are differences between Atlanta Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. The racing surface is much newer in Fort Worth, and has been repaved a few times in the scant 10 years Cup races have been held here. Atlanta is craggier and older. Texas used to have a "dual-banking" setup that had 24 degrees of bank for Cup cars but just eight degrees for open-wheelers, but a second groove was hard to find, so Bruton Smith had the whole joint done at 24 degrees. Texas also now has more gradual banki ...

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