Stardust International Raceway
Introduction The '''Stardust International Raceway''' was an auto racing track in present-day Spring Valley, Nevada, United States, in the Las Vegas Valley. It featured a flat, , 13-turn road course, and a quarter-mile drag strip. Some track maps depicted the road course with 10 numbered turns.Stardust International Raceway was developed in 1965 by the Stardust Racing Association, a Nevada corporation headed by the primary owner of the Desert Inn and Stardust hotel-casinos. The track was developed ostensibly to attract high rollers to the Stardust hotel. The Stardust Racing Association also owned the property and functioned as event promoter.In 1966 it began hosting the season finale of the Can-Am championship. In 1968 the USAC Championship Car series held a race at Stardust. The drag strip hosted the NHRA Stardust National Open in 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1971.The Stardust Racing Association was dissolved on April 1, 1968, 1 day after the USAC Stardust 150.The hotel and raceway were sold in January 1969 to the Parvin-Dohrmann Corporation, and the new ownership closed the track shortly thereafter. Larry Horton, the track's manager, re-opened the drag strip in August 1970 and ran drag racing events until October 1971.Real estate developers Pardee Homes acquired the Stardust International Raceway property and related adjacent properties in August 1970 and built the Spring Valley community. Pardee commenced residential development on a portion of the property as drag racing events were still in operation directly adjacent. The track was replaced by the Las Vegas Speedrome, which opened in 1972 as a drag strip and road course. It was subsequently expanded in 1985 with a 3/8 mile paved oval, in 1996 with a 1.5 mile oval, when the circuits current name, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, was used, and in 2000 with the current drag strip location.
Results ===Sports car=== Year  Driver  Entrant  Car  Distance/Duration  Championship  Report 1965  Hap Sharp   Chaparral Cars  Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet    Competition Press & Autoweek Series ''report'' 1966  John Cannon Dan BlockerGenie Mk.10-Chevrolet    United States Road Racing Championship  ''report'' 1966  John Surtees   Team Surtees  Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet    Can-Am  ''report'' 1967  Mark Donohue   Roger Penske  Lola T70 Mk.3-Chevrolet    United States Road Racing Championship  ''report'' 1967  John Surtees   Team Surtees  Lola T70 Mk.3-Chevrolet    Can-Am  ''report'' 1968  Denny Hulme   Bruce McLaren Motor Racing  McLaren M8A-Chevrolet    Can-Am  ''report''===Trans-Am=== Year  Driver  Entrant  Car  Distance/Duration  Report 1967  Mark Donohue   Roger Penske  Chevrolet Camaro    ''report''===USAC Champ Car=== Season  Date  Race Name  Winning Driver  Chassis  Engine  Team  Report 1968  March 31  Stardust 150  Bobby Unser  Eagle  Ford  Leader Cards Racing  ''report''
Lap records The official lap records at Stardust International Raceway are listed as: CategoryTimeDriverVehicleDate Road Course: 4.820 km (1965–1971) Can-Am (Group 7)  '''1:30.950'''  Bruce McLaren  McLaren M6A  1968 Stardust Grand Prix U.S.A.C. IndyCar  '''1:32.401'''  Dan Gurney  Eagle 67  1968 Stardust 150 Group 4  '''1:35.700'''  John Surtees  Lola T70 Mk.2  1966 Stardust Grand Prix Trans-Am  '''1:50.900'''  Jerry Titus  Ford Mustang  1967 Las Vegas Trans-Am round
References
External links * Ultimate Racing History: Stardust archive* Track info and map