Texas presents next intermediate challenge for Cup Series field
The NASCAR Cup Series field has tackled two 1.5-mile ovals in 2026 already — but none of Sunday’s 38 entrants have faced something like Texas Motor Speedway yet this year.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway are D-shaped ovals, symmetrical at either end of the course, making them the only true intermediate tracks on the schedule thus far. But Texas is anything but symmetrical, with a wide, flat corner through Turns 1 and 2 and a tighter, quicker, higher-banked groove through Turns 3 and 4, all rounded out by a double-dogleg on the front straightaway. more
