LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Want to have the
adventure, excitement and thrill of auto racing? Visit Las Vegas Motor
Speedway, a gem of a crown in itself. Las Vegas is unbeatable. The fun city of
Las Vegas is equipped with every fun facility one can think of, to experience
the excitement of motor racing. The hospitality in the city is matchless to
anywhere else in the nation. The owner of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a leading
marketer and promoter of motor sports entertainment in the United States,
Speedway Motorsports Inc, is presently operating this Speedway. As the city
never sleeps, Las Vegas Motor Speedway never seems to slow down its activities.
The "Diamond in the Desert” the northeast portion of Las Vegas Valley is
considered as an excellent race complex in the world. HISTORY OF LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAYBeing the first new
super speedway to be built in the Southwest region of the United States in more
than 20 years, Las Vegas Motor Speedway has all the reasons to boast. Built in
1995, LVMS required teams to remove the four million cubic yards of dirt,
equivalent to 35,000 yards per day. Featuring 2,600 lighting fixtures on 200
light poles was custom-designed. Further, 8,000 mirrors, 175 miles of wire, 600
tons of steel and 1,975 tons of concrete was added. To make the racing surface,
42,000 tons of asphalt, equal to 17 miles of residential roadways was used. In
1996, Las Vegas Motor Speedway was first host to the NASCAR ‘Las Vegas 500 Indy
Racing League’ event, the conclusion part of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Jack Sprague was the winner of that event. Since then, Las Vegas Motor Speedway
has flourished distinctively. With a record of more than 250,000 fans attended
the Pennzoil World of Outlaws, Orleans 150 NASCAR Winston West, Sam's Town 300
and Las Vegas 400 NASCAR Winston West race events, on March5-7, 1999. This was
strongest group of headliners ever assembled under one roof. NASCAR stars Jeff
Gordon, Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton and Dale Earnhardt are the
prominent figures participating every year in the Speedway. In September 1996,
the first races, the IRL race with SCCA races as support were held. In this
SCCA races, the modified oval with a chicane at one end of the pit straight was
used. In 2002, the seventh year of Nevada’s largest sports facility had
witnessed its most successful season of the year, drawing a record crowd along
with television viewers. Started with NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series, more
than 400 racing events and 1,100 other events were held at LVMS. The event was concluded
with Speedway Children's Charities distributing more than $228,000 to
children-related organizations in the Las Vegas community. The
UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 listed as the third-highest rated NASCAR Winston Cup
race on the 36-race schedule and Sam's Town 300, as the highest-rated NASCAR
Busch Series race on the F/X Network and the second-highest rated NASCAR Busch
Series race on cable in 200. Both races were aired on the television, where
millions viewers enjoyed the events. The audiences were stunned, when Busch won
four races and finishing third in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series points
standings. Earlier he had competed in Legends Cars and Grand American Modifieds
at LVMS in 1999. The Orleans Racing Team and Gaughan jointly won two races.
Both races were held at the Texas Motor Speedway, a sister track to LVMS. John
Force, Larry Dixon, Angelle Savoie and Jeg Coughlin Jr., the four national
champions of NHRA emerged as the winners of AC Delco Las Vegas Nationals at
LVMS. Dixon was also the winner of NHRA Summitracing.com Nationals held in
April. The speedway was also the major attraction for national television ads
for several major corporations, where pop singer Brittany Spears used the site
for her movie. Like Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, many other television shows
and episodes were recoded at LVMS. To make easier
access in and out of the Speedway, new parking and traffic plans have been
made, and to enhance the traffic flow in and out of the speedway during major
national events, new circle of the I-215 beltway have been made. Fifty teams
from the NASCAR Winston Cup and NASCAR Busch Series have used Speedway in past
few years to practice for the UAW-DaimlerChrysler400, Sam's Town 300 and the
upcoming season. Four-time winner of the NASCAR Winston Cup, Jeff Gordon and
Stewart are also expected to participate in the test session among other
participants. During the testing, the speedway's grandstands are open for the
public for free of charge. TRACK INFORMATION
Opened in 1996, with
the seating capacity of 126,000, the LVMS is a 1.5-mile trioval with 12-degree
banking in corners, 3-degree banking on the 1,572-foot backstretch and 9-degree
banking on the 2,275-foot front stretch. With three degrees banking in the
straights, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is very flat in comparison to Texas,
where the front stretch is D-shaped. Including a 3/8-mile paved oval, along
with a road course, short track programs have been implemented. Source: Las Vegas
Motor Speedway. Official Website. NASCAR 2003
Source: Las Vegas
Motor Speedway. Official Website. NASCAR 2003 Las Vegas Motor
Speedway has the distinction of being the first completely new superspeedway to
be built in the southwest region of the United States in more than 20 years.
The track features a 1.5-mile superspeedway, a 2.5-mile FIA-approved road
course, a 4,000-foot drag strip, paved and dirt short tracks, motor cross
circuits, stadium truck racing facilities, go-kart and Legends cars layouts as
well as a Junior Drag racing strip. SEATING ARRANGEMENT AND DETAILING
Source: Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Official Website. NASCAR 2003
Source: Las Vegas
Motor Speedway. Official Website. NASCAR 2003
Source: Las Vegas
Motor Speedway. Official Website. NASCAR 2003 PRICING INFORMATION
You can order Las
Vegas Speedway tickets either online or by just picking up the phone. Click on
the races below to ticket information or click "VIEW ALL EVENTS" for
a list of upcoming events. If you do not wish to order your Las Vegas Speedway
tickets online, please call at 800.279.4444 or fill out the ticket inquiry
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