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Las Vegas Motor Speedway
With 1,600 acres in the northeast portion of the Las Vegas Valley, the "Diamond in the Desert" has been deemed the most remarkable race complex in the world. Sports Illustrated called it the Racing Capital of the West.
With more than a dozen different venues at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, ranging from go-karts to NASCAR Nextel Cup at the 1.5-mile superspeedway, there's something for everyone at the complex.
Short track programs include The Bullring (a 3/8-mile paved oval), along with road courses, a dirt track, motocross and a state-of-the-art dragway. On any given weekend, there is activity in virtually every portion of the facility.
Simply put, if it has wheels, it can be raced at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. And with the many racing schools like the Richard Petty Driving Experience, Derek Daly Performance Driving Academy, 600 Racing, Driving 101 and Freddie Spencer's Riding School, fans can do more than watch racing.
Since it opened with the Las Vegas 500 Indy Racing League event in 1996, Las Vegas Motor Speedway has blossomed. And on March 2-4 of 2001, another Nevada attendance record was established when more than 275,000 fans attended Pennzoil World of Outlaws, NAPA 300 NASCAR Winston West, Sam's Town 300 and UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race events. In 2003, more than 140,000 fans attended the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.
In a city of marquee superstars, this was strongest group of headliners ever assembled under one marquee. NASCAR stars Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, Bobby Labonte, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the rest now invade Las Vegas every year to bring a new meaning to the word "entertainment".
LVMS has been lauded by every driver and fan who have been to the facility. The tri-oval features 12-degree banking in all turns, three-degree banking on the backstretch and nine-degree banking on the front stretch.
The speedway currently is in the process of constructing the Earnhardt Terrace, a new 22,000-seat grandstand overlooking the front straightaway. These seats are set to open for the 2004 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.
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