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Las Vegas Motor Speedway houses the University of Motorsports, which offers driver-training courses for NASCAR fans and professionals.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway is known as the "Brickyard" because the track was built in 1909 with 3.2 million bricks.

An elevated horse track sits inside the racing oval at Dover Downs International Speedway.

Bristol Motor Speedway was built with a football field in the middle to attract NFL games.

Lake Lloyd, in the infield of Daytona International Speedway, is the result of workman needing dirt to build the track's banking.

Atlanta Motor Speedway opened in 1960 only because bad weather postponed the debut event in 1959.

The inaugural event at Talladega Superspeedway in 1969 was hit by a driver's boycott, fearing the tires would tear up at such great speeds.

Darlington is the home of the Joe Weatherly Museum, which features a priceless collection of historic race and driver memorabilia.

Hershey 5th Avenue bars - founder H. Clay Earle's favorite - are the only kind of candy sold at Martinsville Speedway.

Talladega Superspeedway opened in 1969 under the name Alabama International Motor Speedway.

A.J. Foyt won the first race at Phoenix International Raceway (Indy-car event in 1964), but the late Alan Kulwicki won the first NASCAR Winston Cup race there in 1988.

Harold Brasington, who built Darlington Raceway, was a consultant for the track layout of North Carolina Speedway (Rockingham).

Dover Downs International Speedway was the first NASCAR superspeedway to offer air-conditioned general seating.

The first Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway was actually called the International Sweepstakes 500.

Talladega Superspeedway was the site of the fastest NASCAR qualifying speed ever (Bill Elliott, 212.809 mph, 1987).

Darington Raceway's egg-shaped track was determined by the location of a minnow pond.

At 6-foot-5 Michael Waltrip is the tallest Winston Cup driver.

Sterling Marlin was the captain of his high school football team.

Ward Burton ranked first on his military school's rifle team.

Rick Mast traded a cow for his first race car, a 1957 Chevy.

Hut Stricklin's wife, Pam, is the daughter of legendary driver Donnie Allison.

Dale Earnhardt's Hatteras boat is named "Sunday Money".

Rick Hendrick once played minor-league baseball.

Steve Grissom turned down a football scholarship to Alabama to pursue racing.

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