NASCAR returns to Texas Motor Speedway for the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500. This will be the first race of the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Playoffs. For Playoff drivers, win this race and secure your spot in the next round. The 1.5-mile track located in Fort Worth, Texas began hosting NASCAR races in 1997. Texas Motor Speedway is an asphalt oval with twenty degrees of banking in Turns 1 & 2, twenty-four degrees in Turns 3 & 4, five degrees in straightaways. Texas Motor Speedway also hosted the NASCAR All Star Race here back in the summer.