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Sams Town renews Las Vegas Nationwide race sponsorship:

Boyd Gaming and Las Vegas Motor Speedway announced a milestone agreement that extend the companys sponsorship of the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at LVMS for four more years. The entitlement has been in place since 1998, and the new agreement will extend Boyd Gamings sponsorship to 20 years. Boyd Gaming is the parent company of Sams Town and eight other casino properties throughout the Las Vegas Valley. ‘Weve been very fortunate to have the best title sponsor in the Nationwide Series’ LVMS president Chris Powell said. ‘The event (Sams Town 300) has become one of the most popular on the circuit, and our friends at Boyd Gaming share a great deal of responsibility for that success.”(NASCAR Wire Service)