NASCAR will this weekend travel to Clark County, Nevada for a triple header at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Xfinity Series and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup will all race this weekend. Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened for racing in 1972 (drag strip and road course) and the 1.5 mile oval opened in 1996. The track is a tri-oval Superspeedway and is 2.41 km (1.5 mile) long. Surface is asphalt with four turns. Banking in corners; 20°, front/back straight; 9°. Track record, for NASCAR Series, is held by Kurt Busch with 196.328 mph (27.505 sec.) in 2016. The driver with most wins, in NASCAR Cup Series, is Jimmie Johnson with 4 wins (17 races). The stands currently capacity are around 80 000 seats. Bonus fact: Greatest Margin of Victory: 9.104 seconds – Matt Kenseth over Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3/2/2003.
Weekend Schedule for Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Series:Camping World Truck Series, Xfinity Series and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup
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Note: Times in CET and US EST
Thursday, September 13
23.05-23.55 | 5:05-5:55 p.m. | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series first practice
01.05-01.55 | 7:05-7:55 p.m. | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice
Friday, September 14
20.05-20.55 | 2:05-2:55 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
21.05-21.55 | 3:05-3:55 p.m. | NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
23.05-23.50 | 5:05-5:50 p.m. | NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
00.05 | 6:05 p.m. | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1
01.30 | 7:30 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
03.00 | 9 p.m. | NASCARCamping World Truck Series World of Westgate 200 (134 laps, 201 miles; FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday, September 15
19.00-19.50 | 1-1:50 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
20.10 | 2:10 p.m. | NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
21.30-22.20 | 3:30-4:20 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
23.00 | 5 p.m. | NASCAR Xfinity Series DC Solar 300 (200 laps, 300 miles; NBCSN/NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday, September 16
21.00 | 3 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series SouthPoint 400 (267 laps, 400.5 miles; NBCSN/NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio/ VIASAT MOTOR LIVE 20.30 (Sweden)
Photo credit: Sean Gardner/Getty Images (NASCAR Media.com)
Stats: Jayski/ESPN and DriverAverages.com