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Jimmie Johnson tied Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with a record seven NASCAR championships on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Champion’s Week is scheduled Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 in Las Vegas.
Jimmie Johnson comes into Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway as the favorite to win his record-tying seventh Sprint Cup championship, and he showed during Saturday’s final practices that he’s worthy of the status.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.
Angela Savage of Boulder City, daughter of late Indy 500 racer, joins all-female team for kart racer Abby McLaughlin of Indianapolis.
Defending Sprint Cup champ Kyle Busch and Joey Logano would have made Championship 4 even under the old points system. Not so for Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards.
It’s basically now or never for Kevin Harvick’s championship dreams in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Cam-Am 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, the final race of the Round of 8.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Budding NASCAR star Noah Gragson, 18, is eager to drive a third Kyle Busch-backed truck in the penultimate race of the season before starting a full-time assignment in 2017.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Carl Edwards is in a desperate situation entering Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, but he showed a lot of speed in Saturday’s practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
The colorful John Force defeated his daughter Courtney Force in the NHRA Funny Car final Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his 147th career win, then talked about it as only he can.
Mel Larson, the longtime and colorful Las Vegas hotel executive and auto racing enthusiast and one of the founders of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was 87.
Two round wins at Toyota Nationals close the deal for Antron Brown, who won his second consecutive dragster title and third overall.
Kyle Larson produced the fastest lap during Saturday’s final practice session at Martinsville Speedway in preparation for Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500.