lowe’s motor speedway
First under the name Charlotte Motor Speedway, in 1959 the now lowe’s motor speedway was built. This race track is full of first recognitions, Lowe’s Superspeedway was the first complex still operating to host a night time race in, which was in 1992. Also, in 1984 loswe motor speedway built 52 condominiums over turn one and became the first race facility to offer year round residency in addition to the 113 integrated luxury suites.
Lowe’s is unanimously looked at as the home base of Nascar because 90% of all the teams have their main headquarters within 50 miles of the track. Another first was realized in 1999 when Lowe’s officially bought the naming rights to the superspeedway and made it the first race complex in the U.S. to have a corporate sponsor.
The Superspeedway is a 1.5 mile quad oval with a fan capacity of 165,000. The facility also has a 2.25 mile infield road course that includes a .6 mile kart course, a .25 mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and a .2 mile oval outside turn three. In 1991 a .6 mile oval was built in between the front stretch and pit road.
