A look back at the stories that made the year in local auto racing fast, furious and memorable.
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The short and colorful history of Stardust Raceway is chronicled in a new book by Randall Cannon, a freelance author from Henderson.
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.
Kurt Busch will make his debut in the Fox Sports 1 broadcast booth at Saturday’s Truck Series playoff race at Martinsville, Virginia.
There was no master plan, no call from the NASCAR hauler for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to make a smooth transition to the broadcast booth and ease into retirement the way he would ease into the lead at Daytona Speedway.
Ross Chastain led six times for 180 of the 200 laps and won all three race stages en route to his first Xfinity victory that wasn’t as easy as it might appear in the box score.
Despite being two of stock car racing’s premier drivers and former series champions, Kyle and Kurt Busch are a combined 1-for-31 on their hometown oval at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
When Brendan Gaughan learned there would be a race featuring full-bodied NASCAR stock cars at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track, it was time to step out of semi-retirement again.
With stock car racing in a downward spiral, Las Vegas Motor Speedway prepares to host its second NASCAR weekend of 2018.
Driver Martin Truex Jr. and Denver-based Furniture Row Racing were the toast of the town last year during NASCAR Champion’s Week in Las Vegas after racing to the Cup Series title.
Kyle Busch was trying to be a good sport when he ventured out among fans to sign autographs after what had been a tough night for him after Saturday’s NASCAR race at Bristol, Tennessee.
For a few hours Monday, Kurt Busch and Deryk Engelland made like Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in the movies to call attention to the Sept. 16 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Once he put on a cap to keep the Iowa sun out of his eyes, Brendan Gaughan was able to smoothly breeze through the gears without missing a shift in his first network TV gig.
If you are wondering why Las Vegas Motor Speedway has invited the K&N Pro Series West to race on its dirt track during its September NASCAR Weekend, you weren’t watching Wednesday night’s Truck Series stop at Eldora Speedway in Ohio.
His NASCAR career was brief, but Travis Pastrana did pass Dale Earnhardt Jr. en route to a top 10 finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.