The National Hot Rod Association and Las Vegas Motor Speedway announced Thursday a plan to offer reduced ticket prices for next month’s Summit Racing.com NHRA Nationals.
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A skidding economy was no reason for Las Vegas race fans to slam on the brakes for this weekend’s event. Some, however, have admitted to gently tapping on them.
Imagine Greg Maddux pitching in a pivotal game and getting the last strikeout for a major league victory on his old Valley High School diamond. Or Andre Agassi pounding a match-winning groundstroke to win a major tennis title here. Neither of those great athletes, who call Las Vegas home, ever had that chance. But NASCAR racer Kyle Busch has had that chance the past five years and on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he capitalized on the opportunity and won the Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race.
Clint Bowyer was more concerned about holding off the cars behind him than trying to track down leader Kyle Busch.
This is the kind of car Kyle Busch drove Sunday in the NASCAR Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: One that was loose all afternoon, needed major adjustments, wasn’t the fastest, started from the back and was average enough for Busch’s crew chief to say the team needed to scratch and claw and kick and spit and fight just to have an opportunity at winning.
Matt Kenseth’s chance to make NASCAR history ended only seven laps into the Shelby 427 when his Roush Fenway Racing Ford engine failed.
Kyle Busch had the car to beat in the Daytona 500 two weeks ago, but was sidelined by the race’s biggest crash.
Las Vegas native Kyle Busch drove from the back of the field today to win the NASCAR Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was Busch’s first win at Las Vegas in six career Cup starts.
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Kyle Busch will lead a backward parade of Toyotas during the start of the Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Matt Kenseth could leave Las Vegas today with a milestone never accomplished in 61 years of NASCAR racing.