On Tuesday, the recently crowned NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion finally had his picture taken in front of the iconic “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign” on the southern end of Las Vegas Boulevard.
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It was just after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Clifford J. Lawrence Junior High School. Kyle T. Busch, originally of Las Vegas, now of a compound on a lake near Charlotte, N.C. — aka “your 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion” — was having his ear bent by a school district trustee in the hallway outside Stacy Schaumburg’s STEM classroom.
As the National Finals Rodeo prepares to make its 10-day run at the Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday, NASCAR drivers will be all over Las Vegas, from a junior high school to the Strip, beginning today.
The bartender looked at me in a bewildered fashion, as if I had just dropped in from Neptune or somewhere. This was Sunday, at Victory’s Bar & Grill at the Cannery on Craig Road.
Kyle Busch hasn’t slowed down much since taking the checkered flag at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday night to clinch his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
There’s an image I have of Kyle Busch, the lead foot from Las Vegas who won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship Sunday in Florida. It was before he built a reputation for being a more excellent driver than “Rain Man.” He might have still been driving in the truck series full-time.
Kyle Busch, born and raised in Las Vegas, won his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup championship on Sunday. Busch captured the 2015 title by being the top finisher in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida.
Micah Roberts examines the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla.
Henderson resident Justin Lamb can call himself a champion again after securing the NHRA Lucas Oil Series Super Stock title in Pomona, Calif., on Saturday.
Micah Roberts examines the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.
Ken Schrader is what you would call a racer’s racer. To use NASCAR chairman Brian France’s favorite word, he just might be the quintessential example of it, now that A.J. Foyt has turned 80 and has too many health problems to drive much of anything, except for maybe a tractor on his ranch.
Taking a look at Suday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
Racing fans gathered at the Las Vegas Village, across from the Luxor hotel-casino, to watch Stadium Super Trucks compete on a closed course track.
In its quest to remain relevant during football season, NASCAR foisted a playoff system upon the public. Now it has foisted drivers smacking into one another on the track upon the public, and the handing down of dramatic penalties.
Unlike Antron Brown and Erica Enders, Jack Beckman didn’t celebrate a championship Sunday at the NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.