City: Dallas, TX

Category: Spectator Sports

Telephone: (817) 215-8500

Description: Be sure to bring your earplugs to the loudest sports venue in North Texas. It’s fast, too, because this is where NASCAR and IndyCar racing is done. Billed as the nation’s second-largest sports and entertainment facility, it has a capacity of 200,000 spectators and brings drivers and fans from every part of the map. Through the year, the big races include the Lone Star Nationals Goodguys Rod & Custom Show in early October; 7-Eleven Qualifying Day for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, early November; the O’Reilly Challenge, a NASCAR Nationwide Series race, early November; Dickies 500, a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, early November; ARCA/REMAX Series Race & Sprint Cup Series Qualifying Day, O’Reilly 300, and Samsung Mobile 500, mid-April; and WinStar World Casino 400K and IndyCar Series, early June. Don’t leave your hat, sunscreen, and binoculars behind. You can bring a cooler in, as long as it’s no larger than 14 x 14 x 14 inches.