Motor Sport’s circuit history traces Stardust’s short life in the desert southwest of Las Vegas. The hotel-backed venue hosted Can-Am competition in the 1960s, a USAC Indy-car event in 1968 and drag racing before its closure.
The connection between a resort name and a racing facility is a useful early chapter in the city’s sports economy. Las Vegas businesses were investing in sport decades before today’s stadium boom. The track record also helps separate three places that can blur together in casual recollection: Stardust International Raceway, the temporary Caesars Palace course and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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