Empty Grandstands Curve Along Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Oval

Empty grandstands with red, white, and blue seats at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Charlotte Motor Speedway opened in 1960 in Concord, North Carolina, built by Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner as a 1.5-mile oval. The track hosts NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 each Memorial Day weekend, the longest race on the Cup Series calendar, along with the Bank of America ROVAL 400 on its combined oval-road course layout. Grandstand seating has grown through successive renovations to exceed 95,000 permanent seats, supplemented by suites and club-level sections added in the 1990s and 2000s. The speedway also contains a dirt track and a drag strip within its larger complex, known collectively as the Charlotte Motor Speedway campus.

Taken March 2012

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