Las Vegas Motor Speedway gained a title sponsor for its second 2018 Cup Series race Thursday while NASCAR lost a full-time Xfinity Series competitor.
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Sixteen of NASCAR’s best drivers took to the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday to show off their biggest burnouts in the traditional NASCAR Victory Lap.
When Tammy Richardson of Las Vegas learned she was a finalist for NASCAR’s prestigious 2017 Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award, the voice telling her the news via telephone sounded familiar. It was Danica Patrick.
NASCAR Champion’s Week was only a few laps old when Martin Truex Jr. got a reality check by visiting the cancer ward at Sunrise Children’s Hospital.
The man of the hour — of a lot of hours — in Las Vegas this week will be Martin Truex Jr., who held off Kyle Busch of Las Vegas to win his first Cup Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway Nov. 19.
It was one of the first races of her budding stock car career. Danica Patrick was following Kevin Harvick at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Harvick was gesturing out his window net. He wanted to show her the fast way around the track.
The margin of defeat was 0.681 seconds. A couple of car lengths. To hear Kyle Busch tell it, it might as well have been a country mile.
Martin Truex Jr. clinched his first NASCAR Cup championship Sunday by winning the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Drivers who call Las Vegas home will be racing for major auto racing championships in Florida and Mexico this weekend.
Two weeks before she would become the second woman to win the NHRA’s Top Fuel championship, Brittany Force had a big bobble in Las Vegas that nearly cost her the title.
Matt Kenseth passed Chase Elliott with 10 laps remaining to win Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway and deny Elliott the final berth in next week’s championship race.
When a motor speedway announces VIP seating options and fan experience enhancements, it usually is a euphemism for a motor speedway removing seats it can no longer sell.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway has announced seating upgrades and other amenities that will enhance viewing options and the overall fan experience starting with the NASCAR Pennzoil 400 tripleheader weekend March 2 to 4, 2018.
Justin Lamb clinched his third NHRA sportsman national championship during last weekend’s Toyota Nationals undercard at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Cue the music from the TV commercial. “The Final Countdown” to the Countdown to the Championship, as the NHRA calls it six-race playoff, is on.