NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES TO RETURN TO LVMS IN 2007

Source: LVMS Media Relations
Date: 09/27/2006

Speedway officials announced Tuesday that next year’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race will be held on Sept. 22. The 2007 event will be the 11th visit by the Truck Series to LVMS. Mike Skinner became the first driver to win on the new 20-degree banked superspeedway with his victory in Saturday night’s Smith’s Las Vegas 350. Ticket information will be announced at a later date.

The NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Series event will be the second major event weekend on the superspeedway in 2007. The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 and Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Busch Series events are scheduled for March 9-11, 2007.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE:TRK), a leading marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment in the United States. In addition to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, SMI owns and operates the following premiere facilities: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte, Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., and Texas Motor Speedway. SMI also provides event souvenir merchandising service through its SMI Properties subsidiary, and manufactures and distributes smaller-scale, modified racing cars through its 600 Racing subsidiary.

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