The most recent Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway ignited a fan push to demand more short tracks across all three national touring divisions, but don’t expect to see the Las Vegas Motor Speedway get a Camping World Truck Series date anytime soon.

Chris Powell, the president and general manager of LVMS says his 3/8-mile just doesn’t have the accommodations to host an event the size of the Truck Series.

"I don't think there's a likelihood of that," Powell said. "There is a limitation in seating at the Bullring, around 5,500 seats, so I think we're going to stay with our tripleheaders.

"Plus, during our NASCAR weekends, we use so much of our property for motorhome parking for our fans. And I think we're one of the best-attended venues for RVs and motorhomes. And they use the Bullring pits as prime parking. So it would be a challenge to race on the Bullring on a NASCAR weekend."

Powell said even if a title sponsor or the sanctioning body suggested it, he just doesn’t see a way the Bullring made sense for the third-tier NASCAR division.

"In Las Vegas, we never say never," he said. "But, there's an old line about the Waldorf Astoria that ‘the difficult is immediate and the impossible will take a few minutes,’ and I think that probably applies to our speedway too."

The Bullring was an attractive fit to a handful of short track devotees because it’s a facility that resembles what the Truck Series used to race on back in the 1990s. Further, it’s owned by a venue that already possesses a date.

As it stands, a Truck Race at the LVMS Dirt Track is a more likely longshot. The track will host its first K&N Pro Series West race in September on the Thursday before the Cup Series playoff weekend with Powell open to the idea of a Truck event.

"It hasn't been ruled out down the road," Powell said. "NASCAR came to us for the idea to have the dirt race for the K&N West Series. I wouldn't rule it out. But one challenge is that dirt racing is just better at night.

"And to race at night, on the west coast, you have to start a little early because people on the east coast are watching on television. The TV networks don't want races starting at midnight."

The other challenge for hosting the Truck Series at the Dirt Track is that clay requires water and it’s an element not readily available in the desert.

"To get the racing surface just right, you need a lot of water and water in the southwest costs a lot of money," Powell said. "We've learned that using some water in the spring during our NASCAR weekend and another spurt in the fall before our Late Model and K&N makes the most sense."

So for now, expect all three national NASCAR tours to remain on the 1.5-mile, high-banked oval.

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