It was about halfway through the Kobalt 400 on Sunday afternoon when the Performance Racing Network announcer’s voice crackled over the speakers in the media center. He reported that he was back at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, that the race was being dominated by Kevin Harvick, that only 16 cars were on the lead lap.
Brad Keselowski wins the Kobalt 400 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. runs out of fuel on the last lap at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
NASCAR champion driver Jimmie Johnson raced in Las Vegas as a youngster. He has won the Cup race four times at the local speedway.
Las Vegas sports books had a lot to think about Saturday when the trio of Joe Gibbs Racing drivers looked extremely sluggish during the final two practice sessions before today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Dylan Kwasniewski said he thought he had a top-10 car, but going into the wall for the second day in a row ended any chances of a triumphant return to Las Vegas.
The idea behind talking to Brian Vickers was to point out that not long ago he was one of NASCAR’s brightest young stars, and then he nearly died — twice — from blood clots in his lungs and legs.
Brad Keselowski seized the lead from Kyle Busch on lap 163 following a restart of Boyd Gaming 300 and led the rest of the way, holding off Busch down the stretch to claim his first victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Derrike Cope’s life might have changed forever when he inherited that victory at Daytona in 1990. But now he’s driving in the Nationwide Series, and he has only a three-race deal, and his sponsor is Charlie’s Soap of Mayodan, N.C.
There are four Las Vegans currently running in NASCAR’s top two touring series, which not only is remarkable but only one fewer than from North Carolina.
Joey Logano won the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt 400, setting a track record by running 193.278 mph under the new three-segment qualifying format for NASCAR Sprint Cup races. Twenty-four drivers broke the record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
