NASCAR drivers parade down the Las Vegas Strip
NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson waves to fans during the Victory Lap event of the NASCAR Championship Week, outside of the Paris and Bellagio in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson heads down the Las Vegas Strip in his No. 48 car, during the Victory Lap event of the NASCAR Championship Week, outside of the Paris and Bellagio in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kevin Harvick, who is No. 3 in the rankings, gets in his No. 29 car, at the Victory Lap event of the NASCAR Championship Week, outside of Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch, who is No. 4 in the rankings, drives his No. 18 car down the Las Vegas Strip at the Victory Lap event of the NASCAR Championship Week, near the Bellagio, in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Fans watch the Victory Lap event of the NASCAR Championship Week, outside of Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Fans watch from a bridge connecting Planet Hollywood and the Cosmopolitan to see the Victory Lap event of the NASCAR Championship Week, outside of Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Members of the news media film and take photos of the top 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers at the Victory Lap event of the NASCAR Championship Week, outside of Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The top 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers for 2013 paraded down Las Vegas Boulevard on Thursday, led by six-time Sprint Cup winner Jimmie Johnson.
Among the highlights of the 45-minute Victory Lap, which started and finished in front of the Miracle Mile Shops, the drivers performed burnouts at the Spring Mountain intersection. Hometown driver Kurt Busch’s car broke down and Carl Edwards spun in circles without a steering wheel.
The NASCAR Champion’s Week festivities conclude Friday with an awards show at 5 p.m. at Wynn Las Vegas.
