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After Gossage's retirement, the speedway announced that they would reduce capacity down to 75,000 and renovate the suites at the track.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news |last=Engel |first=Mac |date=June 15, 2021 |title=TMS hopes to offer more with less as sport enters new era |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-tms-hopes-to-of/138887933/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116201909/https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-tms-hopes-to-of/138887933/ |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |access-date=August 30, 2023 |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-tms-hopes-to-of/138887956/ 3B] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> On August 4, 2021, Marcus Smith announced that Rob Ramage, a Texas Motor Speedway executive and counselor, had been promoted to replace Eddie Gossage as general manager.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davison |first=Drew |date=August 5, 2021 |title=Texas Motor Speedway names Ramage next general manager |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-texas-motor-spe/130371614/ |access-date=August 20, 2023 |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-texas-motor-spe/130371640/ 6B] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821143318/https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-texas-motor-spe/130371614/ |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> In an interview with [[D Magazine|''D Magazine'']], Ramage pledged that the speedway would place a bigger emphasis on technology, including releasing [[Non-fungible token|NFTs]] and experimenting with [[augmented reality]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swanger |first=Ben |date=October 1, 2021 |title=New GM Rob Ramage Takes the Wheel at Texas Motor Speedway |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2021/10/new-gm-rob-ramage-takes-the-wheel-at-texas-motor-speedway/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=[[D Magazine]] |language=en-US |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116173852/https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2021/10/new-gm-rob-ramage-takes-the-wheel-at-texas-motor-speedway/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also expressed a desire to increase fan diversity, specifically with Hispanics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Brian |date=May 20, 2022 |title=Drawing in more Hispanic fans at Texas Motor Speedway |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2022/05/19/creating-more-hispanic-fans-at-texas-motor-speedway |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=[[Spectrum News 1 Austin]] |language=en |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116173852/https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2022/05/19/creating-more-hispanic-fans-at-texas-motor-speedway |url-status=live }}</ref> In September, NASCAR announced that the NASCAR All-Star Race was set to return to the speedway in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Davison |first1=Drew |date=September 16, 2021 |title=NASCAR's All-Star Race is returning to Texas Motor Speedway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-nascars-all-st/138876223/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116173854/https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-nascars-all-st/138876223/ |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |pages=2B |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref>
[[File:TexasMotorSpeedway23.jpg|thumb|The Texas Motor Speedway in October 2023.]]
In 2022, the track oversaw controversies in both of its NASCAR races along with general criticism for a poor racing product, leading calls from drivers to completely renovate the track.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Fielding |first=Gregg |date=September 28, 2022 |title=The eyes of Texas are upon Texas Motor Speedway and its future |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/auto-racing-digest/nascar/the-eyes-of-texas-are-upon-texas-motor-speedway-and-its-future |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=Auto Racing Digest |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]] |language=en |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110210650/https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/auto-racing-digest/nascar/the-eyes-of-texas-are-upon-texas-motor-speedway-and-its-future |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walters |first=Shane |date=September 24, 2022 |title=Kyle Larson wants Texas Motor Speedway demolished; Short track |url=https://racingnews.co/2022/09/24/kyle-larson-wants-texas-motor-speedway-demolished-short-track/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=Racing News |language=en-US |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112163844/https://racingnews.co/2022/09/24/kyle-larson-wants-texas-motor-speedway-demolished-short-track/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In August, Ramage was removed as general manager after only one year, having
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