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Harr joins anti-bullying campaign:

Daryl Harr, driving the #87 Chevy at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this week for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller, has teamed with Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Famer Nick Lowery in a campaign against bullying. Harr becomes the first NASCAR driver to become involved in a major...

Daytona Rising March Update:

In addition to hosting successful events during Budweiser Speedweeks 2014 and the 56th annual DAYTONA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, Daytona International Speedway continued momentum related to the DAYTONA Rising project. The Speedway is now gearing up for DAYTONA...

Press-Enterprise to sponsor pole day at Auto Club Speedway:

The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif. has partnered with Auto Club Speedway as the title sponsor of NASCAR's Pole Day on March 21. NASCAR's new 'knockout' elimination qualifying will set the pole sitter for the Auto Club 400 scheduled to run Sunday, March 23. ...

Elliott, Keselowski have issues post race in Las Vegas UPDATE:

According to the NASCAR Nationwide Series Twitter, the #9 Chevy of Chase Elliott failed post-race inspection at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for being too low in the left front. Elliott finished fifth on Saturday in the Boyd Gaming 300. NASCAR also took the right ...

NASCAR involved in new online network:

A new online-only network that will focus on some of NASCAR's lower-tier series, as well as similar series in sports car and motorcycle racing, will make its debut this Wednesday, March 12. FANSCHOICE.TV, whose motto is 'My Series, My Track, My Choice,' is partly...

Pit Stall Selections:

The selections of pit stalls for the Kobalt Tools 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have been made. Pole sitter #22-Logano chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters]. Outside pole sitter #2-Keselowski took pit stall 15, with an opening front of...

Logano wins Las Vegas pole:

#22-Joey Logano won the pole for the Kobalt Tools 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with TRACK RECORD speed of 193.278mph for his 1st pole of 2014, 1st pole at Las Vegas and 8th of his career. #2-Keselowski is on the outside pole, followed by #...

Qualifying Fast Facts – Las Vegas:

Joey Logano won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 17th Annual Kobalt 400 with a lap of 27.939 seconds, 193.278 mph. This is his eighth pole in 186 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2014. This is his first pole in six...

Realtree and Bad Boy Buggies to sponsor Dillon:

Realtree and Bad Boy Buggies are joining the effort to support Austin Dillon's rookie campaign in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by announcing primary partnership of the #3 Chevy SS for the March 16 race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The partnership unites Realtree, the...

Qualifying Order

for the Kobalt Tools 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is posted. 48 cars/drivers are listed. This is the order drivers can go through inspection and can go off pit road for the first session of group qualifying. The first of the drivers scheduled...

Changes to Indy 500 qualifying will impact Busch:

The new qualifying format for the Indianapolis 500 will include three rounds over two days, with the pole-winner emerging from a 'Fast Nine Shootout' on what used to be Bump Day. Qualifying for the Indy 500 this year will begin on May 17 when the fastest 33 cars are...

Teams test intermediate track rules package at Las Vegas:

Forty- eight drivers from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series turned laps at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Thursday to further build upon the 2014 intermediate-track rules package that was formalized late last year. Serving as the first official NASCAR test with the new 2014 rules...

Red Cross and Biffle ask people to give blood:

The #16 American Red Cross Ford Fusion sports the first of two #ImProud2Give paint schemes at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway this Sunday, March 9. The #16 hood is covered with a larger-than-life Red Cross blood donor sticker, advertising Your Name Here and launching ...

Go FAS sponsor signs on for Las Vegas:

Go FAS Racing announced that Michael Alden was so happy with the response he received for his new book 'Ask More Get More' that he decided to sponsor the #32 driven by Travis Kvapil in this week's Kobalt Tools 400. 'This was a pleasant last minute surprise for the...

Sad News – Gary Cross:

Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Friday at the Wasko Funeral Home in Campbell for Gary Robert Cross, 76, formerly of Youngstown, who passed away on March 1, 2014, at 4:30 p.m. at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Conover. Mr. Cross was born April 30, 1937...

Dillon fastest in happy hour:

#3-Ty Dillon was quickest during happy hour for the Boyd Gaming 300 with a speed of 179.485 mph. He was followed by: #9-Chase Elliott, #60-Chris Buescher, #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr., #42-Kyle Larson, #2-Brian Scott, #33-Matt Crafton, #54-Kyle Busch, #62-Brendan Gaughan...

Crafton fastest in first practice:

#33-Matt Crafton was fastest during opening practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a speed of 177.637mph. #54-Kyle Busch was second, followed by: #3-Ty Dillon, #42-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #2-Brian Scott, #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr., #20-Matt Kenseth, #22-Brad...

NAPA sponsoring both JRM cars in Las Vegas:

JR Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott and Regan Smith will be in good company this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Saturday's Boyd Gaming 300. NAPA AUTO PARTS, as usual, will ride with Elliott on his #9 Chevy as the rookie looks to capitalize on his first ...

Las Vegas to have ‘most interesting grand marshal in the world’:

Jonathan Goldsmith, widely known as The Most Interesting Man in the World, will add to his remarkable list of accomplishments when he serves as grand marshal of the Kobalt 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 'When it comes to NASCAR...

Vons to provide infield service during Auto Club 400 weekend:

Southern California supermarket Vons, will be on site during NASCAR's Auto Club 400 Weekend to provide an array of grocery needs to infield guests. And if that news isn't good enough, Vons will be on site during NASCAR Weekends for the next three years. Parent company...