On Wednesday, Texas Motor Speedway officially waved the checkered flag on the repave of its 1.5-mile track surface.
The track announced the project’s completion on social media.
The repave, the first at TMS since 2001, was announced in January as a way to prevent the lengthy rain delays that plagued the track last year for its NASCAR and Verizon IndyCar Series events.
As part of the repave, the banking in Turns 1 and 2 was reduced from 24 to 20 degrees. The racing surface width was expanded from 60 to 80 feet in those turns. Turns 3 and 4 were unchanged and simply repaved.
NASCAR returns to the track April 7-9 with the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series.
Goodyear has already announced it will not be able to conduct a tire test before the race weekend.
Track Paving: Complete. pic.twitter.com/hbwQcSIjm5
— Texas Motor Speedway (@TXMotorSpeedway) March 8, 2017