Get out your cameras, NASCAR fans, the Hauler Parade is returning to the Las Vegas Strip. And this year’s event will have an expanded route.
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Kyle Busch felt like an amiable teammate, willing to do whatever it took to get Joe Gibbs Racing to victory lane at the Daytona 500. He’s not so sure Denny Hamlin did the same.
Denny Hamlin won his second Daytona 500 in four years on Sunday. Las Vegas native Kyle Busch, who finished second, won the first stage of the race after starting 31st in the 40-car field.
Count NASCAR as the latest sport racing toward the gambling industry.
Jimmie Johnson’s youngest daughter prays every night for Daddy to win a race. When Johnson scuffled through the worst season of his career, he felt the strain of not reaching victory lane.
Jeff Gordon’s immense influence on NASCAR was highlighted during a star-packed Hall of Fame induction ceremony befitting a driver who changed the trajectory of an entire sport.
During a Thursday NASCAR tire test, cars were outfitted with a new aerodynamic package that in theory will improve the quality of racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Fernando Alonso was the only driver on the Wayne Taylor Racing team with extensive experience racing in the rain, so he was the natural choice to carry the heaviest load in the weather-ruined Rolex 24 at Daytona.
A Friday internet report detailing additional downsizing at International Speedway’s NASCAR tracks prompted a Twitter response from a race fan indicating LVMS is doing the same.
The only time the general public is allowed to drive personal vehicles on the big Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval is at the annual Laps for Charity fundraiser set for noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Courtney Force, the winningest female Funny Car driver in NHRA history, is stepping away from driving.
The infield media center at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is no longer, having been renamed the ThriveHive Digital Center.
If James Brown was the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, then Sam Schmidt is the auto racing equivalent, at least during the sport’s short offseason.
Michael Schumacher was a frequent visitor to Las Vegas, where he enjoyed anonymity and once raced in a go-kart at the Rio parking lot.
A look back at the people, places and things that made for a memorable sports year in Las Vegas.
