IndyCar races in Las Vegas
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This article is about IndyCar race at Las Vegas. For the series, see IndyCar Series. For other races in Las Vegas, see Las Vegas Grand Prix (disambiguation).
The IZOD IndyCar World Championship Presented by Honda was an IndyCar Series race on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Las Vegas Motor Speedway, held from 1996 to 2000, and again in 2011. It was first known as the Las Vegas 500k. The Champ Car World Series held a race at the track during the 2004 and 2005 seasons as doubleheaders with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and a street race was held in Las Vegas at the Fremont Street Experience in 2007.
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IndyCar Series | |
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Venue | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
Corporate sponsor | Izod, Honda |
First race | 1996 |
Last race | 2011 |
Distance | 300 miles |
Laps | 200 |
Previous names | Silver State Century (1954) Las Vegas 500K (1996-1998) Vegas.com 500 (1999) Vegas Indy 300 (2000) Bridgestone 400 Presented by Corona "Double Down in the Desert" (2004) Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 "Double Down in the Desert" (2005) Vegas Grand Prix (2007) IZOD IndyCar World Championship Presented by Honda (2011) |
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