Kyle Busch of Las Vegas is one of eight drivers who will compete in the Boyd Gaming 300 Xfinity Series and Kobalt 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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A look at this weekend’s events for NASCAR weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
When he left pit road on Lap 180 and was penalized for speeding, Brad Keselowski thought his chances to win the 2016 NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway were dust in the wind.
With attendance and TV ratings lagging and sponsors falling by the wayside, NASCAR practically threw out the rule book and started over.
Before the racing season began, 38-year-old Kurt Busch was asked about the races he’d still like to win. There was Daytona, and now there is the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
To acquire the second race, Speedway Motorsports Inc., LVMS’ parent company, had to move the fall race from its sister track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
With Kurt Busch having driven to a long-awaited victory in the Daytona 500 while flying the corporate colors, it already has been a banner year for Monster Energy.
While Las Vegas Motor Speedway is still open before the races this weekend, we took a ride in a NASCAR pace car.
Representatives of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the city’s tourism industry and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority convened Wednesday to officially announce that Las Vegas would become the home of a second yearly NASCAR race beginning in fall 2018. The deal will mean millions to the Las Vegas economy.
A proposal more than 10 years in the making is expected to become reality Wednesday with an announcement that Las Vegas Motor Speedway will receive a second NASCAR Cup Series race.
Children 12-under accompanied by a paying adult will be admitted into Sunday’s Kobalt 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for $10.
Despite finishing ninth at Atlanta and 22nd at the Daytona 500, Kevin Harvick is leading in championship points heading into Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Kevin Harvick led 292 laps and was headed to a dominating victory in Atlanta when he was caught speeding on pit road — one of 13 penalties administered for exceeding the speed limit.
Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith was coy about Las Vegas adding a fall NASCAR race. But at least he didn’t issue a terse statement adding nothing to the conversation.
A year after high winds wreaked havoc with the Kobalt 400, warm and much calmer conditions predicted for the 2017 running at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.