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This Week - the Shelby American at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

February 28, 2010



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Sprint Cup Shelby American - February 28 - FOX Sun. 3 pm ET || Qualifying Feb. 26 630 pm ET

Nationwide Sam's Town 300 - February 27 - ESPN2 Sat. 430 pm ET || Qualifying Feb. 27 Noon ET

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Race Menu for the weekend series

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-Daimler Chrysler 400 on the NASCAR Nextel 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

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FR Fantasy Leaguers - If you would like to pick new drivers for this week's race, the Deadline is Feb 26 2:00am PST.

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[NormsRevenge]

Vegas Race Thread Pingski Dingski!!

[mnehring]

Is there some symbolism in putting the FR logo on the Viagra car?

[saganite]

NASCAR is off to another Jimmie Johnson year (read boring). Isn’t there anyone out there who can kick his can?

[cld51860]

Got my tix and will be taking all the NASCAR glory in!!!

[happydogx2]

Mighty fine sir, mighty fine.

[SouthTexas]

I’m slow, but I got here.

[winodog]

This prerace show seems “dumbed down”. They must be going after a different audience.

[Trueblackman]

Hey Freeper Race Fans and Jr. Nation is on our feet again, but have to give it to Scoot Speed as he is coming hard this year early in the season.