WHEN IT COMES TO MOTORSPORTS, THERE IS NOT A BETTER FACILITY FOR ALL FORMS OF RACING THAN 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 Winston Cup at the 1.5-mile super speedway, there's something for everyone at the complex.

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, CART Driving 101 and Freddie Spencer's Riding School, fans can do more than watch racing.

Fans get first-hand instruction from the best in the business. When they watch a major event, the many race schools at LVMS enable the race fan to get inside knowledge of what it takes mentally and physically to perform in a race event.


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 a city of marquee superstars, this was strongest group of headliners ever assembled under one marquee. NASCAR stars Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Bobby Labonte, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the rest now invade Las Vegas every year to bring a new meaning to the word "entertainment"


The Contestants were treated to a wonderful lunch at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Gold Coast Box seats high above the raceway.



The view from this box is spectacular; you can almost hear the roar of the engines from here.


 
They say half the fun is getting there
 and driving the bus around the
 track was an awesome experience.
  
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 super speedway 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 1,500-acre complex has complete accommodations for virtually every form of motor sports 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.


  

     

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