The race will see cars reaching speeds of more than 200 mph race during the 50-lap at night in-and-around the Strip on a course that features three main straights and 17 corners.
Mick Akers
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 and covers sports business and transportation. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
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