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Richard Petty Driving Experience
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The most successful drive-a-race-car operation in the country, the Richard Petty Driving Experience offers NASCAR fans the chance to ride shotgun in one of the company's custom-built stock cars or strap in behind the wheel for up to 40 laps (the Advanced Racing Experience, $2,999) around the speedway's 1.5-mile tri-oval. Even though the company's race cars are dialed back a bit from the current Nextel Cup cars, at 3,400 pounds and 650 horsepower, these are serious machines. When the racing series comes to Las Vegas, "Sometimes the king [Richard Petty] comes out here," says driving instructor Chuck Borden. "Just because he's old doesn't mean he can't wheel a car."
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