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Vegas Grand Prix downtown Sunday
Top Champ Car drivers including Sebastien Bourdais, Bruno Junqueira and Las Vegan Paul Tracy will be in action downtown this weekend in the Vegas Grand Prix.
Champ Cars generate nearly 750 horsepower and can reach speeds up to 180 mph. The single-seat cars have open cockpits, open wheels and wings providing down force.
The 2.44 mile race course includes 12 turns winding through Main Street, Carson Avenue, Casino Center Boulevard, Ogden Avenue and Grand Central Parkway.
Practice and qualifying is scheduled for today and Saturday. The race begins at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Admission at the gate is $14 for today, $32 for Saturday, $47 for Sunday, or $78 for all three days.
For more information, call (877) 795-7223.
Rainbow Company focuses on family
A man remembers the summer when he turned 12 years old and the discovery, with his grandfather, of what it means to have a family in “One to Grow On.”
The play is being presented by the Rainbow Company Youth Theatre this weekend in the Reed Whipple Cultural Center’s studio theater, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North.
Several Rainbow Company alumni are featured, including director Scott Davidson. Kirk Stowers, who plays the boy’s father, was the boy in Rainbow’s original production, and Joe Maloney, who portrays the boy as a man in this production, also has played the boy.
The cast also includes Ken Kucan, Joel Ruud, Stefan Martin, Christine Moore, Painter Baarsma and Karen Fedelleck.
Costume design is by alumna Tara Speck, who was assisted by current ensemble members. Ensemble members also designed and constructed the set.
Performances are at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The show continues April 12-15.
Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for teens and seniors, and $3 for children age 12 and younger.
For more information, call 229-6211.
