Charlotte 1687

Charlotte

The crown jewel of Bruton Smith’s speedway empire since 1976, Charlotte is also the centre of the NASCAR racing industry.

The crown jewel of Bruton Smith’s speedway empire since 1976, Charlotte is also the centre of the NASCAR racing industry. It is a superb high-banked 24-degree superspeedway, which hosts the World 600 (now sponsored by Coca-Cola) on the same weekend as the Indianapolis 500. The crowd for that race is the third largest single-day sporting attendance in America. Facilities have been continually updated (including new floodlights to allow night racing), making Charlotte arguably the finest circuit of its type in the world. The Indy Racing League visited until the 1999 race was abandoned after three spectators were killed by debris from an accident. Although the track was renamed Lowe’s in deference to a new sponsor, it is still universally known as Charlotte.

Road Course

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Type

Permanent road course

Length

2.28 (Miles)

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NASCAR "Roval" with chicanes inseted on the back straight and before the start/finish line

Type

Permanent road course

Length

2.25 (Miles)

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Charlotte Motor Speedway road course

Oval

1959

Type

Paved oval

Length

1.5 (Miles)

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Charlotte Motor Speedway paved oval

Fastest Race Lap

Kenny Brack (Dallara IR7-Aurora), 24.735s, 218.314 mph, Indycars, 1998

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Greg Ray (Dallara IR7-Aurora), 24.320s, 222.039 mph, Indycars, 1999

Latest Races

3,413

Championships

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19,321

Results

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25,215

Drivers

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14,545

Teams

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914

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