Bring your camera. All Prices in US Dollars. Pricing and packages are subject to change and availability. Upgrades are available for Hotels or Tickets on most tours. Ask your Travel Coordinator for details. There are so many exciting things to do in the area that, you may want to stay a few extra days to see it all.
Many of the race team shops are located within minutes of the track. This state-of-the-art facility honors NASCAR icons and creates an enduring tribute to drivers, crew members, team owners and others who have impacted the sport. Our seats for the races are in the New Veranda section and are not available to the general public. They have their own level of concessions and restrooms, usually cleaner and less crowded. The Veranda seating also allows access to the Speedway Club, which has a gift shop and other concessions.
If you need one last reason to make a visit to Charlotte Motor Speedway, we offer Garage Tours with our hospitality packages. You will get a guided tour of the garages prior to the Cup race.
This is really a unique experience! The hotel offers many amenities, including a complimentary airport shuttle. The hotel is located just 15 minutes from the speedway, so the motorcoach ride is short and comfortable. We also park right out in front of the track, so the amount of walking is limited.
A quarter-mile oval was added to the front stretch the same year, used by Legends race cars. The track became the first modern superspeedway to host night racing and was the largest lit sports arena until similar illuminations were added to Daytona International Speedway in Lowe's chose not to renew its naming rights after the expiry of the 10 year deal and the circuit reverted to its original name in At its height, the circuit could accommodate more than , spectators, though recent years have seen a reduction in seating capacity, the circuit now seating , They have the benefit of one of the largest the world's largest high definition video board at the track.
The video board measures approximately feet 61m wide by 80 feet 24m tall, containing over nine million LEDs. Situated between turn 2 and 3 along the track's backstretch, it has since been surpassed in size by the video board at Texas Motor Speedway. The circuit diversified into Indycar Racing from to , but a crash on lap 61 led to a car losing a wheel, which was then propelled into the grandstands by another car.
Three spectators died and eight others were injured in the incident. The race was canceled shortly after and the series has not returned to the track since. Catch fencing at all Speedway Motorsport tracks was increased in height following this incident. Another tragedy occurred following the NASCAR All-Star race, when a pedestrian bridge from the track to a nearby parking lot collapsed, injuring fans when an foot section fell onto the highway below.
Investigators found that the bridge builder, Tindall Corp. The additive contained calcium chloride, which corroded the structure's steel cables and led to the collapse. Nearly 50 lawsuits against the speedway resulted from the incident, with many being settled out of court. The bridge has since been rebuilt by Tindall Corp.
Today, the circuit continues to host mile and mile NASCAR rounds, the annual All Star Race and events on the Nationwide and Truck Series calendars, alongside other stock car events as well as regular auto fairs, training days and test sessions.
All in all, it hosts around events a year, making it one of the busiest sporting venues in the world. For , the second of the NASCAR races switched to using the 'Roval' course, which combines much of the infield road course and almost the full oval circuit only feet of the full oval are not used by the 2. The Bank of Amercia has thus become the first road course in the NASCAR play-offs - unusually for a US race, the '' refers to the race distance in km, as the event will take place over laps.
For , the back stretch chicane was modified to create additional passing opportunities and more side-by-side action. Parts of the inside wall near oval Turn 3 were moved back to accommodate more on-track space for the updated chicane, which is now 54 feet at its widest point and features greater run-off areas.
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