Las Vegas Motor Speedway
 
The Speedway at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| Time zone | UTC−8 / −7 (DST) |
| Capacity | 116,000 |
| Owner | Speedway Motorsports, Inc. |
| Address |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway 7000 Las Vegas Blvd. N. Las Vegas, Nevada 89115 |
| Opened | 1972 drag strip and road course 1985 3/8 mile oval 1996 1.5 mile oval |
| Major events |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Kobalt 400 NASCAR Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series DC Solar 350 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Denso Spark Plug NHRA Nationals Toyota NHRA Nationals Baja 1000 (Qualifying for Trophy Trucks and Class 1) |
| Tri-Oval Superspeedway | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 1.5 mi (2.41 km) |
| Banking | Turns – 12-20° |
| Lap record | 226.491 MPH (Arie Luyendyk, Treadway Racing, 1996, IndyCar Series) |
| The Bullring Oval | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 0.375 mi (0.604 km) |
| Dirt track | |
| Surface | Clay |
| Length | 0.5 mi (0.8 km) |
| Drag strip "The Strip at LVMS" | |
| Surface | 1/4-mile asphalt |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Following the closure of Stardust International Raceway in 1970, plans were developed for a new racing facility in Las Vegas: the Las Vegas Speedrome. It consisted of a road course and drag strip, opening in 1972. Richie Clyne of Imperial Palace purchased the track in 1983 and added the 3/8-mile short track in 1985, renaming the facility Las Vegas Speedway Park. A new $72 million superspeedway opened on the site in September 1996. The first race at the speedway was on September 15 with an INDYCAR event which was won by Richie Hearn. A NASCAR Truck Series race followed in November. In December 1998, Speedway Motorsports, Inc. purchased Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Veteran motorsports publicist Chris Powell was named the speedway's president and general manager and still holds that position today.
The Winston No Bull 5 Million Dollar Bonus was held at the track from 1999 to 2002. Jeff Burton won a million dollars in 2000 and Jeff Gordon won the bonus in 2001. Burton and Sterling Marlin were not eligible in 1999 or 2002. The drag strip was relocated into the current The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, while the old drag strip and road course was rebuilt to the current outer 2.4 mile road course in use today. The 3/8-mile oval was rebuilt with a new pit lane and start-finish changed to the opposite side. In 1998, Las Vegas Motor Speedway was sold by Richie Clyne and Ralph Englestad to Speedway Motorsports, Inc., owned by Bruton Smith, for $215 million in December. During the 2004 and 2005 seasons, Champ Car also held races at the speedway, which were both won by Sébastien Bourdais.
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