Texas Motor Speedway is the real wild card in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Chase

FORT WORTH, Texas -- From the first lap ever turned at this place, Texas Motor Speedway often has made the unexpected a reality. > It began with a multicar crash on the first turn 12 years ago. No one would have guessed Jeff Burton, a fourth-year driver who was winless in his career at the time, would go to Victory Lane in that first race in 1997. > And who would have thought 10 years would pass before Burton became the first driver to win twice at Texas, a track that had 12 different winners before... (link)