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Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is an 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 night a week for locals to drag race. This is an effort to get this activity off of local streets into a safer environment.

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Major Races

  • The quarter-mile dirt oval hosts:
    • World of Outlaws event
    • other dirt-racing events
  • The quarter-mile drag strip hosts:
    • Two NHRA events every year

Tracks

  • Bullring
  • Dirt Track 0.5 mile clay oval
  • Drag Strip
  • Superspeedway 1.5 mile 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]

External Links

Offical site



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