Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn.
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As the Chase for the Sprint Cup continues, Kurt and Kyle Busch of Las Vegas already have punched their tickets to the NASCAR playoffs.
IndyCar team owner Sam Schmidt helped facilitate Bryan Clauson’s dream of driving in the Indianapolis 500 by putting him in an Indy Lights car.
Carl Edwards won the pole Saturday at Watkins Glen International, and track history suggests he’s a strong contender to win Sunday’s Cheez-It 355, the second and final race this season on a road course.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Cheez-It 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen, New York.
With fog and lightning and rain bearing down, NASCAR rookie Chris Buescher, whose average 2016 finish was 27.8, stayed out on the track and won at Pocono.
Martin Truex Jr. put on a dazzling show in the final moments of Saturday’s lone practice session at Pocono Raceway in preparation for Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400, the second race this season on the 2.5-mile tricky triangle.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.
Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, an event that once attracted more than 250,000 speed freaks before the novelty wore off, drew less than 50,000 this year, according to the Indianapolis Star.
With a 12-year run of NASCAR Sprint Cup victories — from 2003, when Kevin Harvick won from the pole, to 2014, when Jeff Gordon won for the fifth-time — and 16 wins out of 22 races there all time, Chevrolet clearly has been dominant at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard in Indianapolis.
Once hottest ticket in town, massive grandstands at Indianapolis Motor Speedway expected to be 70 percent vacant for running of Sunday’s NASCAR race.
A Motel 6 with 87 rooms will be built on a vacant 6.9-acre parcel spanning the northwest corner of Interstate 15 and Speedway Boulevard, under a plan approved 3-0 Wednesday night by the North Las Vegas City Council.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss two more races as he recovers from concussion-like symptoms and retired NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon will replace him at Indianapolis and Pocono.
A Joe Gibbs Racing-powered Toyota hasn’t won any of the past five NASCAR Sprint Cup races after winning eight of the first 13. But following Saturday’s final practices at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, it’s a good bet the minidrought will end in Sunday’s New Hampshire 301.