Jerry Jones' fast-paced clash in North Dallas is taking over local sports radar!
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Roger Penske and IndyCar found a Texas-sized “playground” in Jerry Jones’ neighborhood for a temporary street course to bring the series back to the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Nearly three years after IndyCar last ran on the fast 1 1/2-mile oval at Texas Motor Speedway about 30 miles away, the open-wheel series will race Sunday on a 2. 73-mile, 14-turn circuit on the streets of Arlington around the home stadiums of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and MLB’s Texas Rangers.
“It’s iconic because we are here between the Cowboys and the Rangers real estate. To have this as our playground, you might call it, for a weekend is amazing,” Penske said. “We don’t have this kind of commitment any place that we go as we do here.
The investment by the partners along with IndyCar is amazing. ” The Grand Prix of Arlington is the first of three new street races on the IndyCar schedule this season. It is also the start of a multiyear deal in North Texas that came together with the involvement of a pair of successful businessmen and showmen.
Their relationships goes back to when Penske was chairman of the host committee for the Super Bowl played in Detroit in 2006, five years before one in Jones' then sparkling-new stadium. A powerhouse partnership The 89-year-old Penske acquired the racing series in January 2020 and this year marks his 60 years as a team owner , with more than 650 major race wins and 48 championships across multiple series. The 83-year-old Jones is a three-time Super Bowl champion owner, though the most recent title came three decades ago.
whose Cowboys play in the stadium referred to as “JerryWorld” because of his desire for big events there. AT&T Stadium was the site of the first championship game in the College Football Playoff era, an NCAA men’s Final Four and an NBA All-Star Game. This inaugural race comes three months before the first of nine scheduled World Cup matches there, the most for any of the 16 host markets this year for the world’s most-watched sporting event, and while work goes on inside the stadium to prepare for the installation of a grass field.
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