Last year ended with such promise for Kurt Busch and his new Furniture Row Racing team.
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“We were really loose. We got our car too tight at one point, too. We fought back and forth on the balance, and that was the biggest thing we struggled with.”
Whatever Kasey Kahne’s thoughts might have been about NASCAR’s new Generation-6 car before Sunday, he sounded a lot like its biggest supporter after his runner-up finish in the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
A fellow by the name of H.A. Wheeler — people in stock car racing know him better as “Humpy” — likes to tell this story about his first race as president of Charlotte Motor Speedway, after Janet Guthrie, The First Lady of Speed — before You Know Who — entered the World 600, as the Coca-Cola 600 then was called.
Kyle Busch knows my pain. A positive sign for him Sunday: His engine didn’t blow up. Busch began his journey back to what he hopes will be a return to the Sprint Cup playoffs by finishing fourth in the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,
With Kasey Kahne in his rear-view mirror and closing fast with 12 laps to go, Matt Kenseth apologized to his crew chief.
Whether it means anything for today is unknown, but Kyle Busch at least has good reason to believe he has a strong NASCAR Sprint Cup car.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series makes its 16th visit to Las Vegas Motor Speedway today, and most sports books have gone full throttle with their menu for wagers.
When the green flag drops at today’s big NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, most eyes will be focused, at least until the Budweiser takes effect, on the front of the field. That’s where the fast cars, the hot rods, as Rusty Wallace was fond of saying, will start.
Matt Kenseth, who turns 41 today, will try to win his third NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas and first since 2004. The Kobalt Tools 400 begins at noon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Fox, Ch. 5).