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.
The marketing people are mostly talking about Busch beer making a comeback to stock car racing this year. But the same could be said about the Busch brothers of Las Vegas in regard to the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, their hometown race and track.
Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (and Saturday’s Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300, too) kicks off NASCAR’s high-octane threepeat out West.
The message on the side panel of Kevin Harvick’s racecar said it all at last year’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Freaky fast. The inscription pretty much described the performance of car and driver during the 2015 Sprint Cup stop here.
Once again there are significant changes to consider in the Sprint Cup series as the gentlemen and Danica Patrick start their engines in 2016.
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.
This is the year that for some crazy reason, NASCAR Weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, USA Sevens rugby at Sam Boyd Stadium, UFC 196 at the MGM Grand Garden and the West Coast Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments at the Orleans Arena will be held in Las Vegas, concurrently, or at least within the same 72 hours or thereabouts.
The major theme for today’s Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was whether Joe Gibbs Racing and Team Penske would have as big of an edge as they did last season on the two tracks where NASCAR’s new low-downforce package was introduced. After Saturday’s final practice, it appears Chevrolet has closed the gap considerably.
Taking a look at the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Georgia.
Jamie Little, the congenial NASCAR pit road reporter who graduated from Green Valley High School and still lives in Las Vegas, couldn’t see John Cena on the starting grid at the Daytona 500.
The Daytona 500 earned a 6.1 overnight rating on FOX, down 16 percent from last year’s overnight rating of 7.3. The 6.1 was the second-lowest overnight rating for the race since 2008, when overnight ratings first became available.
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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.
