From Chevy Pickups To Lamborghinis, Families Race Friday Nights At Texas Motor Speedway

Fort Worth’s Texas Motor Speedway is known for big NASCAR events, but every Friday for six weeks in the summertime, its track is open to amateurs.

By Christopher ConnellyJuly 25, 2018 11:45 am, , ,

From KERA North Texas:

Texas Motor Speedway’s Friday night drag races draws racing enthusiasts from all over North Texas — and some from hundreds of miles away — to try their luck.

Chris Medina of Fort Worth says there’s nowhere he’d rather be.

“It’s Friday night, you’ve got racing going on, you’ve got fast cars,” Medina says. “It can’t get any better.”

Medina has made the drive up to the Texas Motor Speedway for three summers of the amateur drag racing series. It’s a chance to hang out with friends and families and check out the cars.

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