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Question of the Day - 17 May 2006

Q:
I recently heard about some type of public test track being built at the Sahara, where a person could drive a Hummer and/or other types of exotic vehicles, on an off-road course, for a fee. I haven't seen anything official on this. Do you have any information?
A:

Do we have any information! Need you ask? Here it is.

The Drive, which is being called an "autotainment" experience, opened at the Sahara on April 10. It's located across Paradise Rd. on an 11-acre lot between the hotel-casino and the Las Vegas Strip monorail control center. (To get there, go to the Sahara and follow signs to the monorail station.)

At the welcome center, you check in, show your license, and sign a waiver, and you might be asked to take a Breathalyzer test. You also buy your tickets for one or both of the test courses. On the half-mile "performance" course, you can test-drive high-performance GM cars, such as a Corvette, Pontiac GTO, Cadillac CTS-V and STS-V, Pontiac Solstice, and Saab 9-3 convertible. On the "off-road" course, you can take a Hummer H2 or H3, Chevy Silverado, Tahoe, Yukon Denali, Suburban, or Cadillac Escalade for an off-pavement spin.

Tickets are $10, for which you get two trips on the performance course (four laps total), two trips on the off-road course (two laps total) or one trip on each. Passengers can tag along at no cost; a professional driver sits in the passenger seat with all drivers on both courses.

The Drive is open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm. Call 866/807-4697 for advance tickets.

Update 12 November 2007
Note: This attraction has since closed. For rides, thrill rides, and other similar diversions around town, check out the "Thrill Rides" and "Other" sections in Activities, which you'll find in the LVA Visitor Guide section.
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