Las Vegas Motor Speedway has locked in its 2027 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, setting two tripleheader weekends that will bring the Pennzoil 400 back to the track in spring and the South Point 400 in fall. The spring weekend runs March 19 to March 21, 2027, while the fall weekend is set for October 8 to October 10, 2027. Track officials say more details on tickets, broadcast schedules, camping options and fan experiences will be released later.
As reported by FOX5 Vegas, the spring weekend will feature the LIUNA NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race and the Pennzoil 400 Cup Series race on March 19, 2027. The fall weekend will pair the O'Reilly Auto Parts NASCAR Series race with the South Point 400 on October 8, 2027. Both weekends continue the track's tripleheader format, which combines Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series-level racing into a single multi-day event.
Patrick Lindsey, who took over as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2025 after longtime leader Chris Powell retired following 26 years at the helm, said the speedway is excited to host two NASCAR race weekends in Las Vegas. Lindsey added that the 2027 weekends will include racing, entertainment and fan experiences, and the 2027 slate will feature driver appearances, camping, premium hospitality and on-track action, according to the same report. Lindsey spent nine years with the PGA Tour and nearly a decade as executive director of the Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas before joining the speedway.
A Fall Playoff Fixture With National Stakes
The South Point 400 carries extra weight beyond the local calendar. NASCAR designates the race as a Round of 8 playoff event in the Cup Series postseason, directly shaping which drivers advance toward the Championship 4, per NASCAR. Las Vegas has held that fall playoff date since 2018, cementing the 1.5-mile track's role as a critical intermediate stop late in the season.
South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa has served as title sponsor of the autumn race since 2018, a partnership Hoodline detailed in its multi-year sponsorship extension coverage, and one that traces back to the speedway's 1996 opening. Pennzoil, meanwhile, has held the spring race's entitlement since the same year under its own multi-year deal, according to Front Office Sports. The track hosted last October's South Point 400 that ended with Denny Hamlin's milestone 60th career win, a race Hoodline also covered.
Why the Track Keeps Its Two-Weekend Status
Officials say the speedway drew fans from all 50 states and 12 countries last year, a scale that helps explain why Las Vegas Motor Speedway remains one of the few tracks to host two Cup Series weekends annually. That draw is backed by public money: under a sponsorship agreement extended in 2020, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority provides $7.75 million in funding through 2031 to keep both race weekends in Southern Nevada, according to NBC Sports.
The economic case for that public investment is substantial. A single NASCAR race weekend at the speedway generates between $200 million and $250 million in total economic impact for Southern Nevada, with out-of-town visitors making up roughly 70 percent of attendance, per LVSportsBiz. Those visitors fill Strip hotel rooms, restaurants and rideshares during race week, reinforcing why the LVCVA has treated the sponsorship as a tourism priority rather than a one-off expense.
A Track Built for Speed and Scale
Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened in September 1996 on a 1,200-acre site near Nellis Air Force Base for $72 million and was acquired by Speedway Motorsports for $215 million two years later. The main oval is a 1.5-mile asphalt tri-oval with 20 degrees of banking in the turns, a configuration reached after officials increased banking from 12 degrees in 2006 to encourage more passing, allowing Cup cars to approach 200 mph. Beyond the superspeedway oval, which seats up to 80,000 fans, the complex includes a 3/8-mile short oval, a clay oval, a drag strip and road courses, and it also hosts major non-motorsport events like the Electric Daisy Carnival.
In 2018, the speedway became the first venue in NASCAR history to host two full tripleheader weekends — Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series races — in a single calendar year, a distinction that still defines its scheduling model heading into 2027. With ticket, broadcast and camping details still to come, the announcement for now simply confirms that Las Vegas will keep its place on NASCAR's calendar twice a year for the foreseeable future.
