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For tires, rubber meets the road at Texas. (Insider: NASCAR).
It's lightning fast--perhaps the fastest track on the Winston Cup circuit.
Jeff Gordon and Mike Skinner know that Texas Motor Speedway, site of this weekend's Samsung/ Radio Shack 500, is also one of the most treacherous. On a high-speed track such as Texas, where drivers stake their lives on the ability of their tires to stick to the racing surface, a blowout can be devastating.
Just ask Skinner.
In 1998, he took a hit that sidelined him with a broken shoulder for three weeks. A year later, Skinner careened off the Turn 1 wall and was knocked out.
Skinner regained consciousness a few minutes later. His shoulder blade was broken in ...