Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 km²) 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.
In 2006, plans were announced to reconfigure the track after the March 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series Race. This reconfiguration will entail raised banking to increase side by side racing, and the construction of a new fan zone and pit road.
Major races
- Superspeedway, a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) tri-oval hosts:
- The quarter-mile (400 m) dirt oval hosts:
- 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
External links
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