Abandoned Tracks: Las Vegas Park Speedway

Whether they've been abandoned by a sanctioning body or left to rot will be going over some of racing's abandoned tracks. Before LVMS there was Las Vegas Park Speedway.

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Race Footage Credits:
Ryan Lee Price
TheRacer120
Mark Hobbs
Ken Butz
LVMS

Thumbnail Image Credits:
The Las Vegas Sun

[DennyDeliversYT]

what do most abandoned track have in common?…

…the guy owning the track is a money launder lol

[mikewhitcomb]

Lived in Henderson late 70's tp early 80's and was heavily involved in the local off road racing scene. Spent a lot of time at the Las Vegas Speedrome (Dragstrip, Road course) where they used to start and finish the Mint 400 and they also had weekly short course races there. That footprint is where the new speedway now stands. There was also the remnants of a large (mile?) banked oval in Henderson near the intersection of Boulder Hwy and Lake Mead, which an old friend who grew up there said operated briefly in the 60's. He said after it closed they would drag race on the straights until the city ripped the asphalt, putting an end to those shenanigans

[chrisguardiano]

In addition to Las Vegas Park Speedway, there was also the Caesars Palace Circuit that was built in the parking lot of the casino before LVMS was built. The Caesars Palace circuit hosted two F1 races in 1981 & 1982 and is considered one of the worst circuits in F1 history. It also hosted two CART races in 1983 & 1984 before being abandoned & is now the Forum Shops/Mirage Casino.

[soulcharger]

great footage and memorabilia! BTW: Las Vegas Park Speedway can also be seen in the 1955 movie "Las Vegas Shakedown" which can be watched on youtube

[sheeple]

Great video! It would also be interesting if you made a video about the other lost racetrack of Las Vegas: Stardust International Raceway

[KellieLeigh]

Great video. Need to get S1apShoes out there to go over the land and what's left

[noUGames]

Las Vegas native here, no idea this track even existed until this video

[IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Welp, this track is going on Liars, Thieves, and Lawyers from S1apSh0es in the future

[bhumiriady]

TIL that there's another speedway in Vegas other than LVMS.

Anyway, I enjoyed this video so much and it made me know more about this obscure track. Looking forward to more installments of Abandoned Race Tracks.^^

[SuperNASCARrocks]

Really interesting video. Never knew about this track before.

[kalebmiller]

Wow. I grew up in Vegas and went to the nascar race every during the early 2000s. I never really considered it my him away from home. But had no idea that Vegas used to have a track for horse racing.

[HappyKarl]

As somebody that was raised in Las Vegas, Darian’s research on this racetrack was spot on and interesting to learn about.

[Hatebreeder]

I'm loving the frequency of all this content!

[noviranger]

Interesting fact: One of the important figures in developing Las Vegas into what it is today was Oran Gragson. Yes, he’s related.

[Nashvillecoug]

Really interesting track. Miss when tracks had character

[TheNewChevyRoll]

No other way to go out in Las Vegas other than penniless and alone in a free hotel room

[MarvelMTs]

Swerved me bro; I was expecting the infamous Caesar’s Palace Speedway for the CART days, but this was interesting

[nicholasfriesen]

Hey, you should cover Lakeside Speedway in Colorado

[briangriffinfamilyguyfan]

Never heard of this track before tbh
Has Dale Jr with his TV show on Peacock went to this track?

[jakegutierrez]

Air shows used to be held at the track back in the late 50’s/ early 60’s.