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Las Vegas: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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Las Vegas welcomes the arrival of the NASCAR express to the Sin City raceway for the UAW-Dodge 400. The desert jewel of stock car racing venues, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) offers race fans the ultimate NASCAR race week with innovative, modern accommodations. The entire facility sparkles in the sunlight with a glimmer and glitz that is pure Vegas. The Neon Garage is a unique LVMS experience for race fans, an unmatched closeness with drivers and crews plus live headliner entertainment. Within sight of the beckoning gambling leviathans on the Las Vegas strip, the race track takes its place on the official Las Vegas must-go-there list, often referred to as the "NASCAR Disneyland."
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Just a few miles north of The Strip, Las Vegas Motor Speedway sits like a diamond in the desert. One of the most complete racing complexes in the world, its 1,600 acres includes road courses, a three-eighths mile oval, a dirt track and a state-of-the-art drag racing facility. At its heart... is the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, home of a 400-mile race on the Nextel Cup Series, as well as Busch and Truck Series events.more
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NASCAR has come to Las Vegas and this means Saturday is a race day. 300 miles of the Nationwide Series racing in the Sam's Town 300 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But don't wait until Saturday to join the party, its already happening all over town. NASCAR themed events, special displays, race cars, driver meet and greets, Budweiser Promos, and KFC discounts abound. Las Vegas is built on full time fun times and that makes Vegas and NASCAR a natural.
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Sam's Town joined with Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the inaugural NASCAR Busch Series event in 1997. Since that time, crowds have increased each year, including a crowd estimated by news outlets of 105,000 in 2006.
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Owner Bruton Smith spent about $10 million increasing the banking in the corners and repaving his 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His money would have been better spent adding even more padding to the inside retaining walls. Just ask Jeff Gordon.
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