Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Location Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Track length 1.5 miles (2.41 kilometres)
Track shape Tri-Oval
Banking Turns - 12?
Major events NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Champ Car World Series
Capacity 156,000
Address 7000 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas, Nevada 89115
Owner Speedway Motorsports

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 km?) complex of 4 different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The complex is home to several race teams. Currently, March, 2005, the track is open two nights a week for locals to drag race. This is an effort to get this activity off of local streets and into a safer environment.

The track is used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as their driver training facility.

Major races

  • Superspeedway, a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) quad oval hosts:
    • NASCAR's Nextel Cup
    • Busch Series events
    • Craftsman Truck Series race
    • Champ Car World Series event
  • The quarter-mile (400 m) dirt oval hosts:
    • World of Outlaws event
    • other dirt-racing events
  • The quarter-mile (400 m) drag strip hosts:
    • Two NHRA events every year

Tracks

  • Bullring
  • Dirt Track 0.5 mile (800 m) clay oval
  • Drag Strip
  • Superspeedway 1.5 mile (2.4 km) tri-oval

Racing Schools

600 Racing Driving Schools[1]
The Derek Daly Academy[2]
Drivers Edge[3]
Mario Andretti Racing School[4]
Richard Petty Driving Experience[5]
Freddie Spencer's High Performance Riding School[6]

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