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Welcome to the weekly Nascar at FR thread!

This Week - the UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

March 2, 2008



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Sprint Cup UAW-Dodge 400 - March 2 - FOX Sun. 330 pm ET |~ | Qualifying 2/29/08 SPeed 630pm ET

Nationwide Series Sam's Town 300 - March 1 - ESPN2 Sat. 4 pm ET |~| Qualifying 3/1/08 SPeed Noon ET




Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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 include road courses, a three-eighths mile oval, a dirt track and a state-of-the-art drag racing facility.

At its heart, however, is the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, home for the UAW-Dodge 400 on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Construction of the $200 million complex began in 1995.

Nearly 2,000 tons of concrete were originally used to build more than 100,000 seats. Shortly after Speedway Motorsports Inc. bought the track in 1998, it announced plans to add 22,000 seats in the Dale Earnhardt Tower overlooking the frontstretch.

Construction of the Richard Petty Terrace in Turn 1 was completed in 2006, allowing fans a shot at 14,000 additional tickets and pushing the trackýs seating capacity to nearly 150,000.

The first NASCAR race held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was a Busch Series event in 1996. Two years later, the Cup series made its first visit with Mark Martin picking up the victory.

Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth have both won two Cup races there. Jeff Gordon, Sterling Marlin and Jimmie Johnson also have visited Victory Lane at the 1.5-mile track.




Track Facts
Banking/Turns: 12 degrees
Distance: 1.5 miles
Shape: Tri-Oval


FR Fantasy Leaguers - Deadline to select or edit your drivers is Feb 29 2:00am PST

1 posted on 02/27/2008 2:17:55 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge; glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt; NYTexan; WestCoastGal; tubebender; afnamvet; Afronaut; ...

Vegas race thread is up PinG!


2 posted on 02/27/2008 2:18:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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4 posted on 02/27/2008 2:24:33 PM PST by mnehring ("Ronald Reagan has made Jimmy Carter look like a conservative..."- Ron Paul)
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5 posted on 02/27/2008 2:27:35 PM PST by TommyDale (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Let’s try that again. In before you know who...


7 posted on 02/27/2008 2:34:00 PM PST by tubebender
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18 posted on 02/27/2008 3:31:55 PM PST by glock rocks ( I can see clearly now the brain is gone... gonna be a bright bright sunshiny day.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Nice intro work. Looking forward to this.


23 posted on 02/27/2008 5:13:23 PM PST by AGreatPer
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My 99 is always my pick. Had to work Monday and missed the flip!! Woo hoo!! Hopefully Vegas will be dry.


24 posted on 02/27/2008 5:13:38 PM PST by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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Wohoo! One driver on the poll and one driver in the caboose. Go Kyle!!!


298 posted on 03/01/2008 5:36:27 PM PST by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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Okay the boys and I are here.


824 posted on 03/02/2008 4:21:54 PM PST by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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