Dover Motorsports Inc.
Hundreds of events. Thousands of fans. Just four tracks
Auto racing is no ordinary sport. It takes an abundance of courage, an understanding of mechanics and a burning desire to win in order to be successful. While the average person can learn how to run and throw on their own, it takes years of commitment and development for a driver to learn how to live life in the fast lane.
These “fast lanes” come in the form of race tracks. From asphalt to concrete, banked turns to tricky apexes, race tracks are built as unique as the people and various types of series that race on them. Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE:DVD) is proud to operate four of the country’s premier motorsports facilities – Dover International Speedway, Gateway International Raceway, Memphis Motorsports Park and Nashville Superspeedway. The four facilities collectively host more than 500 motorsports events each season and serve major markets in the Northeast, Mid-West and Southern regions of the United States.
Affectionately known as the “Monster Mile,” Dover International Speedway is a one-mile, high-banked superspeedway in Dover, Del. Dover has been a fixture on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule since its inception in 1969 and will celebrate its 40th anniversary season in 2008. Coinciding with its special anniversary, Dover is also in the midst of the “Monster Makeover,” a multi-year capital improvement project that will bring new fan amenities and renovations to the 135,000-seat motorsports facility.
Dover is one of only seven racetracks to host a true NASCAR tripleheader consisting of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, scheduled for May 30 – June 1, 2008. Just 16 weeks separate the two race weekends in Dover as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to the Monster Mile in the heat of the “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup,” along with the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Camping World Series East on Sept. 19 – 21, 2008.
On the bank of the mighty Mississippi is Gateway International Raceway, an all-purpose racing facility hosting the NHRA O'Reilly Midwest Nationals on its 1/4-mile drag strip and the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on its 1.25-mile oval. Gateway is the site of more than 250 racing events throughout the season. The facility hosts everything from local drag racing and drifting to the United Black Drag Racers' Association's "Black Sunday," the largest African-American motorsports event in the country. Gateway boasts a challenging 1.6-mile road course utilized by the Sports Car Club of America and a number of local, regional, and national racing clubs. In 2008, the track will begin its 12th season of providing intense racing action for the thousands of fans in St. Louis and the surrounding areas.
Just minutes from Graceland and world-famous Beale Street, Memphis Motorsports Park is one of the nation’s most versatile racing facilities. The multi-track complex features a 3/4-mile NASCAR oval and a 1/4-mile NHRA championship drag strip. After celebrating both the 20th anniversary of the O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals and the 10th anniversary of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series O’Reilly 200 in 2007, the track observes another milestone in 2008 with the 10th annual running of the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The Major League of Monster Trucks will return to Memphis in 2008 after a successful inaugural event last year. The facility also includes a 1.77-mile road course and annually hosts more than 200 events at its three distinct tracks within the complex. Located in the “Home of the Blues, Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Memphis Motorsports Park continues to excel as a sports entertainment destination and is consistently ranked as one of Tennessee’s Top 10 Attractions by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. |