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MAX VOLUME HOW DID 750 ACRES in Kent County, Delaware, become a go-to destination for national and international motorsports and music fans? Combine a high-banked, one-mile concrete oval, six NASCAR races, the East Coast’s leading music festival, as well as easy access for millions of people, and you have a formula for one of the most attractive sports and entertainment destinations in the mid-Atlantic region. Built by Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD), Dover International Speedway has been hosting NASCAR events since the green flag dropped on the “Mason-Dixon 300” on July 6, 1969. 24
That day’s race winner, Richard Petty, has called the first Dover race NASCAR’s “invasion of the North.” Since that time, not only has the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series remained, but others have followed, looking to conquer the track known throughout motorsports as “The Monster Mile.” This fall, NASCAR returns to Dover for the Monster Mile’s second tripleheader weekend of 2017. The event kicks off on Friday, September 29, with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race. The next day, Saturday, September 30, the “Drive Sober 200” July / Aug us t 2 0 1 7 | DELAWARE BUSINESS
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Dover International Speedway delivers on the track and on the stage