Texas Motor Speedway is an enigma among intermediate tracks. Video of the races from a decade ago looks like a completely different race track. Most of the track surface can't even be utilized in current races for various reasons, but how did we get here?
Flashback to 2016: Drivers and teams were dissatisfied with the weepers at TMS, making it impossible to dry the track in a reasonable amount of time. As a result of the drainage issues and the aging surface, a repave was scheduled for the off-season that followed. But this was no simple repave — it was a full reconfiguration.
