The short and colorful history of Stardust Raceway is chronicled in a new book by Randall Cannon, a freelance author from Henderson.
Ron Kantowski
Sports columnist
Email: rkantowski@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0352
Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist and covers auto racing for the Review-Journal. He has won multiple writing awards and in 2016 was named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year. Prior to beginning a long career in Las Vegas sports journalism, Kantowski attended Western New Mexico University in Silver City, N.M., where he played for the baseball team. He is a native of Whiting, Ind.
Former Masters champ Mike Weir was among those who failed to qualify for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Steve Torrence finally bagged the trophy he had been stalking since breaking into professional drag racing, clinching his first NHRA Top Fuel championship during the NHRA Toyota Nationals.
Antron Brown envisions a series in which the NHRA’s regular season would mean as much as the Countdown to the Championship, which continues Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Pro wrestling superstar Roman Reigns took his 11-year private battle with leukemia into the most public of domains this past week. He announced in the ring on national TV that his cancer had returned.
Robert Hight and J.R. Todd have fought back from adversity in pursuit of NHRA’s Funny Car championship. They are racing this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Steve Torrence has won four straight races and is on the verge of winning his first NHRA Top Fuel championship. He could clinch the title this weekend in Las Vegas.
Kurt Busch will make his debut in the Fox Sports 1 broadcast booth at Saturday’s Truck Series playoff race at Martinsville, Virginia.
There’s not a long line for merchandise at Raider Image stores following the team’s 1-5 start under new coach Jon Gruden.
Less than six months after recording a stunning victory at Talladega Superspeedway, colorful Las Vegas native Spencer Gallagher said Friday he will retire from racing at season’s end.
Las Vegan Noah Gragson, a contender for the NASCAR Truck Series championship who will be driving in the Xfinity Series next year for Dale Earnhardt Jr., will return home to battle some of the West Coast’s top sportsman racers.
New Lights FC manager Eric Wynalda said it’s not so much he has an ax to grind with the soccer establishment. It was just the career path he chose.
Eric Wynalda, who played in three World Cups and until 2008 was the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team’s all-time career goal scorer, has been named new manager of Las Vgas Lights FC.
Eli Tomac become the second rider in as many years to ride away with a $1 million bonus for sweeping all three main events of the Monster Energy Cup, the AMA Supercross all-star race at Sam Boyd Stadium Saturday night.
Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings and husband Casey of Las Vegas are partners in a new pro volleyball tour which makes its Las Vegas debut starting Wednesday at Las Vegas Festival Grounds.