LVMS race winner Alex Bowman joins Las Vegan Kurt Busch on the sidelines with concussion symptoms after relatively light contact with a wall.
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It was a volatile 10 years for NASCAR and auto racing, both on and off the track. But by the end of the decade, Kyle Busch of Las Vegas had emerged as the sport’s major star.
Chris Clyne, son of Las Vegas Motor Speedway founder Richie Clybe, will be the man to beat on the annual Night of Fire featuring grassroots auto racing and fireworks.
Spencer Gallagher, who went from NASCAR Xfinity Series race winner to NASCAR social outcast to NASCAR Cup Series driver in three months’ time, will make his Cup Series debut this weekend.
Steven Jackson, who played high school football in Las Vegas, scored five touchdowns against New Mexico in the 2003 Las Vegas Bowl en route to an outstanding NFL career.
It was the legendary Dale Earnhardt who famously said “second place is the first loser.” I’m not so sure that applies in regard to Martin Truex Jr., one of the dark-horse favorites in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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.
The California race almost ended in tragedy when Ryan Briscoe’s car — racing in a pack — flipped on the final lap. “This is the Las Vegas situation all over again, but 500 miles,” said driver Will Power, recalling the crash that killed Dan Wheldon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway four years ago.
Parker Nicklin, 18, becomes development driver for Las Vegas Indy 500 car owner.
Last Sunday was Christmas for gearheads: The Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, all on the same day. I found a camshaft in my stocking. When I woke up, Bobby Unser already had come down the chimney to polish off the Valvoline and cookies.