The
Firestone 550 is an
IndyCar Series race held at
Texas Motor Speedway near
Fort Worth, Texas. The race is held on a Saturday night in early June. From
1997until
2005, it served as the first race after the
Indianapolis 500. It resumed this place in
2010 and will continue to do so in
2011. When it debuted in 1997, it was the first IndyCar race in the state of
Texas since
1979.
Since its inception, the Firestone 550 has widely been considered the second-largest
oval track race on the
IndyCar Series calendar (second only to the
Indy 500) in terms of attendance, popularity, and prestige.
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