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Lowe's Motor Speedway |
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Location: Concord, N.C.
Shape: Quad-Oval
Distance: 1.5-miles
Banking, Turns: 24 degrees
Front Straight: 1,952.8 feet
Banking, Front Straight: 5 degrees
Back Straight: 1,360 feet
Banking, Back Straight: 5 degrees
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| Lowe's Motor Speedway sits proudly in a city that is home to more NASCAR teams than any other. |
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Although it was built over four decades ago, Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte is still known by many as the "Mecca of Motorsports."
The largest sports facility in the Southeast, Lowe's Motor Speedway has 167,000 seats, including 121 executive suites, and capacity for nearly 50,000 more spectators in the infield area. One of the busiest facilities in the country, the speedway hosts three NASCAR Winston Cup events each year, including The Winston (NASCAR's all-star race), the Coca-Cola 600 (the fourth largest single-day paid sporting event in the country) and the October running of the UAW-GM Quality 500, which is usually pivotal in the season-long battle for the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.
Other major events include NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division races in May and October,
two Food Lion AutoFairs, the GoodGuys Southeastern Rod and Custom Nationals and a nationally-televised series for Legends Cars.
Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte was the first superspeedway to host night racing in 1992 and was also the first sports facility in America to offer year-round living accommodations when it released 40 condominiums for sale high above Turn One in 1984. Today the speedway has 52 condominiums and is home to The Speedway Club, which offers dining members a spectacular view of the 1.5-mile oval from a luxurious environment.
In February 1999 the speedway became the first motorsports facility to sell its naming rights to Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse.
The speedway's Winston Gift Shop offers guided tours of the speedway (including a lap around the high-banked oval) year-round.
The 2,000-acre facility serves as a backdrop for numerous TV commercials, motion picture sets, private testing, driving schools and a long list of events that fill more than 280 days of the track calendar yearly.
Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte is an active supporter of Speedway Children's Charities.
Location: On Concord Parkway South (U.S. Hwy. 29), 12 miles north of Charlotte in Concord, N.C. Accessible by I-85, I-77 and I-40. Near Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. |
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RACE RECORDS |
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| NASCAR Series |
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Driver |
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Speed |
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Date |
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Winston Cup
Series (500) |
J. Gordon |
160.306 |
10/11/99 |
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Winston Cup
Series (600) |
B. Labonte |
151.952 |
10/11/99 |
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Busch Grand
National Division
Series |
M. Martin |
151.952 |
5/28/95 |
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QUALIFYING RECORDS |
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| NASCAR Series |
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Driver |
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Speed |
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Time |
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Date |
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Winston Cup
Series |
D. Earnhardt, Jr. |
186.034 |
29.027 |
5/24/00 |
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Busch Grand
National Division
Series |
M. Kenseth |
178.956 |
30.175 |
10/6/00 |
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