Texas offering new price with "Backstretch Buster"

Texas Motor Speedway will help race fans offset the challenges of a difficult economy with "Backstretch Buster" seating for the Samsung 500 and Dickies 500 Sprint Cup Series races in 2009, speedway president Eddie Gossage announced Monday.

• Project to be completed prior to April's NASCAR race weekend

• 74 spaces available at $15,000 each for an entire TMS race season

• Numerous amenities, over-sized site footprint makes Burnout Alley the ultimate destination for race fans with motorhomes

• More on Burnout Alley

TMS will provide fans with the least expensive seat for a Sprint Cup race in the history of the venue by offering $20 seats on the backstretch. The special pricing will be for the first two rows of the backstretch, which will make approximately 1,080 seats available at $20 each for the Samsung 500 on April 5 and again for Dickies 500 on Nov. 8. Due to the price point, each customer will be limited to a maximum of four tickets in this section.

Texas Motor Speedway also will move to a blanket price of $40 per seat for the remaining 10 rows, which comprise approximately 8,750 seats on the newly configured backstretch that will feature "Burnout Alley" RV sites on the upper half. The speedway will continue its popular family 4-packs in these rows as well. Fans still will have the option for $159 to purchase the family 4-pack, which consists of four tickets, four hot dogs and four Coca-Colas.

"Backstretch Buster" seats for the Samsung 500 will go on sale 9 a.m. Tuesday while those for the Dickies 500 will be available beginning April 15. "Backstretch Buster" seating at $20 is only available by calling the TMS ticket office at (817) 215-8500. The $40 seating and family 4-packs are available through the ticket office as well as the speedway's Web site at www.texasmotorspeedway.com.