Bubba Wallace is just 24, but being the first full-time African-American driver in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup series since Wendell Scott in 1971 isn’t lost on him in terms of the message his rise imparts to so many.
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Las Vegas native Kyle Busch won his 50th NASCAR Truck Series race by finishing first in the inaugural Stratosphere 200, becoming the first driver to win a Truck, Xfinity and Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Most NASCAR fans are up to speed with the drivers who run up front and win races. But who keeps up with those who finish last? Lastcar.info, that’s who.
Ryan Blaney, who joined Roger Penske’s high-profile team during the offseason, won the pole position for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 with a speed of 191.489 mph.
Work wrapped up Friday on a $33.8 million project to widen Interstate 15 between Craig Road and Speedway Boulevard in North Las Vegas, the Nevada Department of Transportation said.
The biggest story of the offseason was NASCAR’s decision to promote a group of young drivers trying to fill the shoes of recently retired ones such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick.
It was announced just before 2017 NASCAR Weekend that Las Vegas Motor Speedway would host two such weekends starting in 2018, providing new challenges for the speedway and its staff.
Last year’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway had just about everything — a late lead change, a fistfight on pit road featuring a hometown hero, a deserving winner who would go on to win his first Cup Series championship.
There is a consensus among auto racing fans that racing on one’s home track provides a home track advantage, which doesn’t hold true for the Busch Brothers of Las Vegas.
It was a fight to the finish during the 2017 Las Vegas 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was a fight after the finish, too.
The NASCAR hauler parade returned to the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday night.
Las Vegan Noah Gragson drove his No. 18 Toyota to the high side of pockmarked Atlanta Motor Speedway and passed nearly everything in sight during a late race restart last week.
Ultimate Vegas Sports Weekend is finally here. The five-sport extravaganza began at noon Thursday at Orleans Arena with the West Coast Conference women’s basketball tournament.
NASCAR weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be capped by the Monster Energy Cup Pennzoil 400 at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
It’s only the third race of 36, but already there are storylines heading into Sunday’s NASCAR Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.