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As they are every year during NASCAR weekend, discussions about Las Vegas hosting a second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race were a hot topic at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Speedway officials have always kept their opinions consistent on the matter: They’d love to have a second race, but it’s just not that simple. NASCAR isn’t going to add an extra date to its schedule, so a race would have to be taken away from another track to make room for a second date here. What complicates the situation is other tracks, such as the Kansas Speedway, also want another Sprint Cup race.
While NASCAR battles the economy, some speedways around the country have seen a sharp decline in attendance. Reports from last week’s race at Fontana outside of Los Angeles, for example, indicated that only half of the seats were full and the real attendance was much lower than the announced 72,000. Read the rest of this article at the Las Vegas Sun.