While Las Vegas Motor Speedway is still open before the races this weekend, we took a ride in a NASCAR pace car.
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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.
Kevin Harvick ruined a dominating performance by going too fast on pit road Sunday, allowing Brad Keselowski to steal a NASCAR Monster Energy Cup victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Rob MacCachren was 0-for-forever in The Mint 400 before taking charge about 50 miles from the finish en route to being crowned the winner of the Great American Off-Road Race.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is considering spending $2.5 million annually over the next seven years to bring a second Cup Series race to town, despite NASCAR’s downward spiral.
Las Vegas is close to getting a second top-tier NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Strip headliner John Fogerty will serve as grand marshal for the 2017 Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Xfinity Series veteran Brendan Gaughan of Las Vegas steers clear of wrecks and has a weekend to remember at Daytona.
Former host of “The Tonight Show” Jay Leno will join James Garner, Steve McQueen, Patrick Dempsey and others on the list of celebrity drivers who have competed in the iconic Mint 400 off-road race.