Four Las Vegas drivers compete in NASCAR’s top two series, the most from any city. All four are enjoying careers on the upswing.
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NASCAR fans lined Las Vegas Boulevard to watch hauler trucks on Wednesday during their annual parade up the Las Vegas Strip to kick off NASCAR festivities.
Former Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco went on the Letterman show to discuss having both arms and legs blown off by a roadside bomb in Iraq — and how NASCAR driver Kurt Busch of Las Vegas lifted his spirits at the Daytona 500.
Chris Powell, president and general manager of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, had good reason to be relaxed. LVMS has become so adept at welcoming NASCAR and the 100,000-plus fans every March that little has to be changed from previous years.
After hinting for months he wanted to become the fourth driver in auto racing history to attempt the double — driving in the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 on the same day — the Las Vegas lead foot made it official today.
Darrell Waltrip was rolling down U.S. 93 in a motorcoach on Monday. He was saying how beautiful the Arizona desert is, and that he was surrounded by cactus. He had just started to tell me about his emergency gallbladder surgery when he rolled into radio-free Arizona, or at least Verizon-free Arizona.