Cup race, the world's largest video screen would be added. The Panasonic screen, nicknamed "Big Hoss", is wide and tall. In 2014, Texas Motor Speedway did not sell tickets on the backstretch for either of its NASCAR Cup Series races, reducing the seating capacity of the track to 112,552. The world's largest high-definition video screen at a motor speedway, Big Hoss, was introduced in the Duck Commander 500. In 2017 along with a repaving of the track surface, the Track was reprofiled to have the banking in turns 1 and 2 be reduced from 24 degrees to 20 degrees along with having the racing surface width expand from 60 feet to 80 feet in turns 1 and 2 as well. As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas, TMS held graduations for 23 area high schools in late spring 2020. With the reveal of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, Texas Motor Speedway began hosting the NASCAR All-Star Race while losing the spring Cup date with the addition of the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. Firestone Firehawk 600 The Firestone Firehawk 600, a CART race, was to be held on April 29, 2001. During practice and qualifying, however, 21 of 25 drivers complained of dizziness and disorientation during two days of practice. Drivers experienced sustained G forces over 5 g, more than the typical human tolerance. With their powerful 900+ hp turbocharged engines and superspeedway downforce packages, the Champ Cars were averaging speeds well in excess of 230 mph. This was much faster than IRL machinery of the time, and faster still than the speeds seen regularly by NASCAR Cup Series cars. With the possibility of drivers blacking out on the track, CART cancelled the race two hours before the scheduled start. Statistics Track records Note: The NASCAR timing and scoring use a length of . This length was used by IRL in their races in 1997 and 1998, too. Since 1999 the IRL timing and scoring use a remeasured track length of . The CART measured for the inaugural and later cancelled race a length of . In 2017, IndyCar use a track length of 1.44 miles for timing and scoring. Lap Records The official race lap records at Texas Motor Speedway are listed as: NASCAR Cup Series Records (As of 6/9/2021) * from minimum 3 starts. NASCAR Cup Series winners Notes 2002, 2010 (spring), & 2014