Las Vegas Motor Speedway Announces 2018 Strip Schedule
Another action-packed schedule is set for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2018 (Photo credit: Jeff Speer).
As construction to widen the iconic drag strip from two to four lanes nears completion, the track’s calendar has been determined for another exciting season of racing. Local racers will break in the new racing surface with a number of LVMS Bracket Series and LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series events in March, with the widely anticipated DENSO NHRA Four-Wide Nationals following April 6-8.
From March 17-25, The Strip will host five LVMS Bracket Series events, four LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series races and a trio of Test n Tune sessions to begin those series’ 2018 campaigns, with the season’s first O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem event slated for March 30. Dates for the March events are tentative pending completion of the construction and are therefore subject to change.
The drag strip’s other flagship event, the NHRA Toyota Nationals, will take place Oct. 25-28 and once again serve as the penultimate race in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series’ Countdown to the Championship.
All totaled, The Strip is scheduled to host approximately 40 events in 2018, including the Spring Fling Million April 17-21, the NHRA Division 7 Jr. Finals West Coast Jr. Spectacular Sept. 20-23, and the NHRA Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series finale Nov. 1-4. The completely resurfaced drag strip will be the home for 11 LVMS Bracket Series races, nine LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series events and seven installments of LVMS’ safe alternative to illegal street racing, O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem.
The Strip, which has been named the NHRA Division 7 LODRS Track of the Year for five consecutive years and six times overall, will host at least one event every month from March through December. Tickets for many of The Strip’s 2017 events may be purchased by calling the LVMS ticket office at 800-644-4444 or logging on to www.LVMS.com.
The Strip at LVMS 2018 Schedule
March*
16 LVMS Bracket Series & Jr. Dragsters Test n Tune17 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 1
LVMS Bracket Series & Jr. Dragsters Test n Tune
LVMS Bracket Series No. 118 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 2
LVMS Bracket Series No. 223 LVMS Brackets & Jr. Dragsters Test n Tune
24 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 3
LVMS Bracket Series No. 3
LVMS Bracket Series No. 425 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 4
LVMS Bracket Series No. 530 O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem No. 1
*All March dates are contingent on the completion of construction and are subject to change.
April
6-8 DENSO NHRA Four-Wide Nationals12 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Test n Tune
13-15 Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series
17-21 Spring Fling Million
22 LVMS Bracket Series No. 6
25 Open Test n Tune
27-29 Mopars and Muscle Cars
May
4-6 LS Fest West30 Open Test n Tune
June
1-2 The Battle WCHRA3 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 5
LVMS Bracket Series No. 78 O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem No. 2
22 O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem No. 3
July
13 O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem No. 4August
10 O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem No. 5September
7 Open Test n Tune8 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 6
LVMS Bracket Series No. 89 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 7
LVMS Bracket Series No. 920-23 Division 7 Jr. Finals West Coast Jr. Spectacular
28 Open Test n Tune
29 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 8
LVMS Bracket Series No. 1030 LVMS Jr. Dragsters Series No. 9
LVMS Bracket Series No. 11October
4-7 Division 7 ET Finals12 O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem No. 6
25-28 NHRA Toyota Nationals
31 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Test n Tune
November
1-4 Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series14-17 Street Car Super Nationals 14
21-25 Bracket Nationals Turkey Day race
30 Pure Speed Drag Racing
O’Reilly Auto Parts Midnight Mayhem No. 7December
1 Pure Speed Drag Racing2 Import Face Off