Motor Sports
INDIANAPOLIS – Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., won his first Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race of the 2009 season at the inaugural race inside Lucas Oil Stadium before 61,538 fans, tying the AMA Supercross class points race. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Austin Stroupe, of Lincolnton, N.C., won the first Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites class race of his 2009 season.
The road back from his 2004 championship season hasn’t been smooth for Kurt Busch, so the NASCAR Sprint Cup driver doesn’t want to make too much of his promising start this year.
Because of the sagging economy, the chances of a sellout for Sunday’s Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race seemed highly unlikely a few weeks ago.
Kyle Busch won the pole Friday for the Shelby 427 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, and his older brother, Kurt Busch, was second fastest in qualifying.
Greg Biffle was caught speeding on pit road, had another bad stop, and ran out of gas while leading — twice.
He overcame all of the miscues today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to snap his 76-race winless streak, partly because almost every other driver had similar issues while leading.
NASCAR champion Tony Stewart was among a handful of drivers who devoted part of Thursday to meeting fans, helping others and promoting this weekend’s racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Many of the day’s public appearances were charitable events.
To know Brendan Gaughan, you have to know about those six guys who were out of work in 2007. Some with wives and children and mortgages.
Kyle Petty sits on a TV stage the day before Sprint Cup races as a celebrity participant in a new NASCAR game show on the Speed channel.
This is the weekend to get up close and personal with your favorite NASCAR driver as Las Vegas welcomes the cream of the crop for the Sam’s Town 300 and the Shelby 427 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
More than 10,000 NASCAR fans are expected to swarm the Fremont Street Experience downtown this weekend. The sixth annual RaceJam will bring entertainment highlighted by country star Trent Tomlinson and former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle, scheduled for separate (and simultaneous) Saturday night gigs.
“@#$%&!”
That’s what a number of NASCAR race fans — and other motorists caught unaware — might end up saying this weekend if they choose to take Interstate 15 toward the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Citing the I-15 north widening project, speedway officials warned spectators that the trip to and from the raceway this weekend will not be an easy one.
UNLV basketball coach Lon Kruger urges his Rebels to drive to the basket, so he should certainly be comfortable with his role Saturday at Las Vegas Motor speedway.