Texas Car Show Venues and Dragstrips
15 Texas tracks, expo halls and show grounds, along with 10 car museums open or closed.
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Texas Dragstrips
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Houston Raceway Park (Royal Purple Raceway)
Houston Raceway Park opened in Baytown in 1988.
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Penwell Knights Raceway at Caprock Motorplex
Penwell Knights Raceway calls itself the Permian Basin's premier drag racing facility.
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Texas Motorplex
Texas Motorplex opened in 1986 at 7500 US-287 in Ennis.
Texas Expo and convention centers
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American Bank Center
The Corpus Christi Car Show returned to the American Bank Center on April 12 with custom cars, trucks and motorcycles.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas
The convention center opened in January 1973 in downtown Dallas.
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Lone Star Convention & Expo Center
The Lone Star Convention Center has 56,000 square feet of space.
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NRG Park and NRG Center
NRG Center opened in 2002 with 706,000 square feet of single-level exhibit space.
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Travis County Exposition Center
The Travis County Exposition Center arena opened in 1983 in Austin.
Texas Fairgrounds
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Fair Park
Fair Park covers 277 acres immediately east of downtown Dallas.
Texas Speedways
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Circuit of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas officially opened on October 21, 2012, in southeastern Travis County.
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Eagles Canyon Raceway
Eagles Canyon Raceway opened in November 2007 in eastern Wise County near Decatur.
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MSR Houston
MSR Houston opened in December 2005 in Angleton, about 35 miles south of Houston.
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Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway opened to the public on August 3, 1996, and held its first races in 1997.
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Texas World Speedway
Texas World Speedway opened on November 9, 1969, with a 2-mile oval.
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Thunderhill Raceway
Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle opened in April 1998.
Texas Car Museums
Vintage Car Museum & Event Center
The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday 11 AM to 4 PM and Sunday 11 AM to 3 PM, with free admission.
Woody's Classic Cars & Baseball Museum
The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm with free admission.
Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum
The museum is open Friday 1 to 4 pm and Saturday noon to 5 pm.
DFW Car & Toy Museum
The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday 11 am to 6 pm, with free admission.
Texas Transportation Museum
The museum is a volunteer-led nonprofit founded in 1964.
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Chaparral Gallery
The Chaparral Gallery shows Chaparral race cars and the GS IIB Experimental Corvette.
ArtCar Museum
The ArtCar Museum opened in the Houston Heights in February 1998.
Pate Museum of Transportation
The Pate Museum of Transportation opened its main building on August 2, 1969.
Horton Classic Car Museum
The Horton Classic Car Museum in Nocona permanently closed on February 22, 2023.
Texas Museum of Automotive History
The museum showed about 80 classic cars on loan from 40 collectors at Grand Place in Fair Park.
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Texas Venue Questions
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Which Texas venue draws the most car events?
Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, which hosts both Goodguys Lone Star Nationals along with its NASCAR and IndyCar weekends.
Where can I take my own car down a Texas dragstrip?
Houston Motorsports Park lists a Friday street night and Edinburg Motorsports Park a Friday test and tune; Texas Motorplex in Ennis runs dated events such as TX2K. Out west, Penwell Knights Raceway near Odessa races from early March to mid-December.
Which Texas tracks are no longer running?
Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas World Speedway near College Station and Thunderhill Raceway near Kyle are listed as closed.
Which Texas car museums are open?
Vintage Car Museum & Event Center, Woody's Classic Cars & Baseball Museum, Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum, DFW Car & Toy Museum, Texas Transportation Museum, Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Chaparral Gallery.
Why do only some venues have a page?
A venue earns a page once enough published facts and car events are on file; the others stay on this list.
What sources do the Texas venue details use?
Track and venue sites, with encyclopedia and news pages for history and closures; each venue page links its source.
Could a Texas track or hall be added to this list?
List an event held there through the schedule page form, and the venue comes with it.
Do auctions and swap meets show up on this list?
Yes, when the venue or organizer publishes dates, such as the Greenville and Conroe swap meets.
Shows at Texas venues
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