Summerlin South, after a great run at the Little League World Series, served as honorary race officials at Sunday’s NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Denny Hamlin won the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday in the first race of the Round of 8 in the playoffs.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Joey Logano is seeking his fifth win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which would set him up to win his fourth Cup Series title.
Denny Hamlin won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hamlin is seeking his second win at LVMS.
NASCAR driver Christopher Bell has finished second in the past two South Point 400 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He said he’s optimistic about his 2025 title chances.
Kurt Busch timed his last pit stop perfectly to move to the front of the field, then held off challengers to win the South Point 400 on Sunday and end an 0-for-21 winless streak at his hometown track.
Chase Briscoe led a race-high 164 of 200 laps en route to his second win in a row and eighth of the season in Saturday’s Alsco 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson, the retiring seven-time NASCAR champion and four-time Las Vegas race winner, will lap Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the final time Sunday.
Basketball legend Michael Jordan will partner with NASCAR star Denny Hamlin on a new Cup Series team with Bubba Wallace as the driver beginning in 2021.
South Point president Ryan Growney said the decision to hold the NASCAR race in front of empty stands will prevent struggling hotel-casinos from receiving a boost.
Austin Hill took the lead on the 96th of 134 laps and held off Sheldon Creed to win the World of Westgate 200 in front of empty grandstands at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Joey Logano said he didn’t realize how much he would miss practice, qualifying and racing in front of fans until the coronavirus pandemic shut down the sport in March.
Kyle Busch gets another chance to make it 16 consecutive seasons in which he has won at least once in Sunday’s South Point 400 on his hometown track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Two-time NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick has barely missed a beat despite a lengthy pause because of the COVID-19 virus and is the man to beat in South Point 400.
With the LVMS oval shielded from the hot desert sun for most of the race, Martin Truex Jr. drove from 24th starting position to a 4.1-second victory over Kevin Harvick en route to his second Las Vegas win.
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Denny Hamlin won the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday in the first race of the Round of 8 in the playoffs.
NASCAR released its 2026 schedule for all three of its national touring series Tuesday. Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two Cup Series races, but has lost a race.
Josh Berry won the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his first win in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Joey Logano made a pass with five laps to go to win the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday and advance to the NASCAR Cup Series championship.
