A device on racecars that appears as if it’s always about to scrape the track surface sure could cause havoc when digging into grass at unearthly speeds.
Motor Sports
Only 39 cars and drivers have entered Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. A full field is now 40 cars. Last year it was 43. Participation numbers are down. They were down last year, too. Should NASCAR’s fireproof coveralls be all in a bunch? Yes. And no.
If one were to characterize the kind of race we’re going to see in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in terms of a presidential primary, it probably would be “too early to call.”
As the NASCAR events roll into Las Vegas this week, many of you are wondering where you can get autographs or a selfie with your favorite driver.
Two local aviation companies have affiliated themselves with motor sports on the eve of Southern Nevada’s biggest NASCAR event.
Which were the best races? The worst? And, much more difficult to determine, the ones that fell somewhere in-between?
The weather forecast for Sunday’s Kobalt 400 has turned iffy with much cooler temperatures forecasted and worse, a chance of rain.
Sprint Cup cars and drivers will be on the track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Thursday to test the low downforce package in advance of Sunday’s Kobalt 400.
Race fans are out in force this week with Sunday’s NASCAR Kobalt 400 coming to town on Sunday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. At the Fremont Street Experience, fans were getting a jump on making a fashion statement on Wednesday.
The marketing people are mostly talking about Busch beer making a comeback to stock car racing this year. But the same could be said about the Busch brothers of Las Vegas in regard to the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, their hometown race and track.
Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (and Saturday’s Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300, too) kicks off NASCAR’s high-octane threepeat out West.
The message on the side panel of Kevin Harvick’s racecar said it all at last year’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Freaky fast. The inscription pretty much described the performance of car and driver during the 2015 Sprint Cup stop here.
Once again there are significant changes to consider in the Sprint Cup series as the gentlemen and Danica Patrick start their engines in 2016.
It was the legendary Dale Earnhardt who famously said “second place is the first loser.” I’m not so sure that applies in regard to Martin Truex Jr., one of the dark-horse favorites in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
This is the year that for some crazy reason, NASCAR Weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, USA Sevens rugby at Sam Boyd Stadium, UFC 196 at the MGM Grand Garden and the West Coast Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments at the Orleans Arena will be held in Las Vegas, concurrently, or at least within the same 72 hours or thereabouts.