Charlotte Motor Speedway
Motorsport track in North Carolina, USA
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| "America's Home for Racing" | |
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| Location | 5555 Concord Parkway South Concord, NC, 28027 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 / −4 (DST) |
| Capacity | Depending on Configuration 94,000-171,000[1][2][3] |
| Owner | Speedway Motorsports |
| Operator | Speedway Motorsports |
| Broke ground | 1959 |
| Opened | 1960 |
| Construction cost | $1.25 million |
| Architect | Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner |
| Former names | Charlotte Motor Speedway (1960–1998, 2010–present) Lowe's Motor Speedway (1999–2009) |
| Major events | NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series World of Outlaws |
| Quad oval | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
| Banking | Turns: 24° Straights: 5° |
| Race lap record | 0:24.490 (Tony Stewart, Team Menard, 1998, IndyCar Series) |
| Road course and oval | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2.4 mi (3.86 km) |
| Turns | 18 |
| NASCAR Road Course "Roval" | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2.28 mi (3.67 km) |
| Turns | 17 |
| Banking | Oval turns: 24° Oval straights: 5° |
| ZMAX Dragway | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 0.25 mi (0.4 km) |
| The Dirt Track | |
| Surface | Clay |
| Length | 0.4 mi (0.64 km) |
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsport complex located in Concord, North Carolina, 13 mi (21 km) outside Charlotte. The complex features a 1.5 mi (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the NASCAR All-Star Race, and the Bank of America Roval 400. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton) as track president.
The 2,000 acres (810 ha) complex also features a state-of-the-art quarter mile (0.40 km) drag racing strip, ZMAX Dragway. It is the only all-concrete, four-lane drag strip in the United States and hosts NHRA events. Alongside the drag strip is a state-of-the-art clay oval that hosts dirt racing including the World of Outlaws finals among other popular racing events.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 28, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/queen_city_agenda/2014/12/tear-it-down-charlotte-track-seating.html
- ^ "Speedway History". Charlotte Motor Speedway. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
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