LVMS | Track Info

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, 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, the Mario Andretti Racing School 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 World of Outlaws, NAPA 300 NASCAR Winston West, Sam's Town 300 and UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race events. In 2003 and 2004, more than 140,000 fans attended the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. In 2005, more than 156,000 attended the NASCAR Nextel Cup event and more than 300,000 attended over the four-day period.

In a city of marquee superstars, this was strongest group of headliners ever assembled under one marquee. NASCAR stars Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Rusty Wallace, 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 recently constructed the Dale Earnhardt Terrace, a new 22,000-seat grandstand overlooking the front straightaway, which opened for the 2004 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. In 2005, the speedway announced the construction of the 14,000-seat Richard Petty Terrace, which will be open for the 2006 event.

Additionally, the nearly 142,000 hotel rooms situated throughout Las Vegas provide the perfect getaway with affordable prices. As one hotel director of advertising said, "We have the best prices in hotel rooms, food and entertainment. You can't beat Las Vegas."

Both the fans and the drivers rave about LVMS. Las Vegas is a fun city, and LVMS is a fun facility. The combination couldn't be any better, and the hospitality in the city that never sleeps is virtually unchallenged anywhere else in the nation.

Construction on LVMS began in 1995, and required crews to move a total of four million cubic yards of dirt, equaling 35,000 yards per day. A custom-designed lighting system features 2,600 lighting fixtures on 200 light poles.

In addition, LVMS has 8,000 mirrors, 175 miles of wire, 600 tons of steel and 1,975 tons of concrete. A total of 42,000 tons of asphalt was added just on the racing surface, equal to 17 miles of residential roadways.

As the perfect icing on the cake, the air-conditioned infield garages of the superspeedway have room for 106 teams.

A $200 million state-of-the-art facility, Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the crown jewel of auto racing. The 1,600-acre complex has complete accommodations for virtually every form of motorsports activity, along with any type of function.

One thing is for sure. In a city that never sleeps, the action at Las Vegas Motor Speedway never seems to slow down much either.