Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The track was laid out in the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel and was surprisingly well set up for a temporary circuit : wide enough for overtaking , it provided ample run-off areas filled with sand , and had a surface that was as smooth as glass .
Simplified: It was surprisingly well set up for a temporary circuit . It was wide enough for passing , provided ample run-off areas filled with sand , and had a surface that was as smooth as glass .