Saturday’s Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was speeding toward a hasty conclusion when Cody Ware’s Chevrolet spun coming out of Turn 2 on Lap 138 of 200. That momentarily brought out the yellow flag.
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It’s the wind that has everybody fretting. The forecast is for stiff 30 mph breezes under partly cloudy skies with cooler temperatures. Friday’s high was 80 degrees; it’s supposed to be 64 Sunday.
The Las Vegan posted the fastest qualifying time as daylight was yielding to dusk, so he’ll start first in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
If a leading NASCAR oddsmaker is on the money with his forecast, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not worth a wager to win Sunday in Las Vegas. But that’s not stopping bettors from riding Earnhardt’s tail, as usual.
