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Take a ride in a NASCAR pace car — VIDEO

Updated March 8, 2017 - 4:44 pm

The weather is warming up and that means many Las Vegans will be headed toward the racetrack for a NASCAR-filled weekend.

Before the track fills up with fans and the drivers start revving their engines, we went to Las Vegas Motor Speedway to test out the track in a pace car.

Check out the video above for a behind-the-scenes look inside a NASCAR pace car.

Contact Elaine Wilson at ewilson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @WilsonElaineM on Twitter.

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