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On Friday, 18-year-old Dylan Kwasniewski did something never done in NASCAR’s developmental touring divisions; on Sunday, 35-year-old Kurt Busch drove a car painted up in Wonder Bread colors. This being NASCAR, it’s probably not hard to guess which of these generated the most publicity.
Having witnessed the recent UNLV-Hawaii football game at Sam Boyd Stadium as well as Saturday night’s third annual Monster Energy Cup at the little stadium on the outskirts of town, I have come to the conclusion that UNLV would be better off if Tim Cornett were allowed to ride a 450cc dirt bike on game days.
Late comedian Chris Farley created a memorable “Saturday Night Live” character — motivational speaker Matt Foley — who got laughs from, among other things, the fact that he lived in a van down by the river.But living in a van is no laughing matter to supercross racer Travis Pitt.
A sister race track of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway plans to host a college football game in Bristol, Tenn., in 2016, but don’t expect any gridiron matches at the Las Vegas car track any time soon.
No African-American has won a season championship at the Bullring.
Think about it: A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears are the greatest Indy 500 drivers of all time. Each won four times. George Bignotti won seven Indy 500s as crew chief. He was the original Mr. Goodwrench.
This is a story that begins on Easter Sunday, 1991. On that day, Darrell Gwynn, the popular NHRA drag racer from Florida, was doing exhibition runs in England when his Top Fuel dragster spun out of control and slammed into the wall at 240 mph.