Kansas Speedway to add 1,500 seats next year

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- There will be a few more seats next year at Kansas Speedway.

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Speedway officials say 1,500 seats will be added in time for the races next June. The seats will be on the frontstretch toward the Turn 1 end of the track. The addition will raise the number of grandstand seats at Kansas Speedway to 80,187.

Kansas Speedway president Jeff Boerger said he had originally requested 5,000 new seats for next year, but the track owners wanted fewer seats.

All the major racing events at the speedway have been sellouts, and 5,000 people are on a waiting list for season tickets.