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CART Coming to Texas Motor Speedway In 2001

12 July 2000

CART Coming to Texas Motor Speedway In 2001

    FORT WORTH-DALLAS, Texas, July 11 Texas Motor Speedway
will be the only speedway to host every major American racing series with the
addition of a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race in 2001.
    The announcement was made today by Texas Motor Speedway General Manager
Eddie Gossage, interim CART President and Chief Executive Officer Bobby Rahal,
and 1996 FedEx Championship Series Champion Jimmy Vasser at The Movie Studios
at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.
    "This is a great addition to our schedule," said Gossage.  "The addition
of CART to our schedule will make 2001 the single-greatest racing season ever
for any speedway.  To have the distinction as the only speedway to host all
major racing series is really quite remarkable."
    The Texas 600k will be held on Sunday, May 6, and will be televised on
ABC.  CART is expected to announce its complete 2001 schedule in the near
future.
    "Fort Worth-Dallas is a key market for us," said Rahal.  "The teams and
sponsors are excited about being here.  It's a first class facility and we'll
put on a great show for the fans."
    In addition to the CART FedEx Championship Series event, the speedway
hosts NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Grand National Series races in early
spring, as well as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Indy Racing Northern
Light Series for two race weekends each year, once in early summer and again
in the fall.  This year the speedway added the American Le Mans and BFGoodrich
Trans-Am Series as part of the Grand Prix of Texas held on the new infield
road course.  Fans also saw great racing from the Pennzoil World of Outlaws
sprint cars, Hav-A-Tampa dirt late models and the Wrenchead.com National Dirt
Track Series motorcycles on the new Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track.
    Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) is a leading marketer and promoter of
motorsports entertainment in the United States.  SMI owns and operates the
following premiere facilities:  Atlanta Motor Speedway; Bristol Motor
Speedway; Las Vegas Motor Speedway; Lowe's Motor Speedway (Concord, N.C.);
Sears Point Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway.  SMI also provides event food,
beverage and merchandising services through its Finish Line Events subsidiary,
and manufactures and distributes smaller-scale, modified racing cars through
its 600 racing subsidiary.  SMI is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol TRK.
    Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. owns, operates and
markets the FedEx Championship Series, which is comprised of 20 races in five
countries on four continents in 2000.  Champions Juan Montoya, Michael
Andretti and Jimmy Vasser are among the drivers who battle for the series
title at speeds of more than 230 miles per hour on oval circuits as well as
temporary and permanent road courses.  CART also owns and operates its top two
development series -- the Dayton Indy Lights Championship and the Toyota
Atlantic Championship.  Learn more about CART's open-wheel racing series at
http://www.cart.com.