Posts Tagged ‘Las Vegas Motor Speedway.’
Written by Doc McElroy on 12 March 2014
Brad Keselowski (megasportsnews.com photo)
Brad Keselowski overcame electrical problems to hold off Kyle Busch and win the Boyd Gaming 300 Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
It was his first win in Las Vegas.
The 30-year-old Keselowski had his fair share of troubles during the race. He lost three spots early in the race after sliding in and through his pit box. He also lost power due to a bad alternator which forced him to shut down his car.
But the Rochester Hills, Michigan resident worked his way through all the traffic to win his 28th career win in the Nationwide Series.
Rounding out the top-five were Kyle Larson who was third, Dale Earnhardt Jr. fourth and Chase Elliott fifth. It was Elliott’s first top-five finish.
Tags: Boyd Gaming 300, Brad Keselowski., Chase Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch., Kyle Larson, Las Vegas Motor Speedway., Las Vegas., Nationwide Series., Rochester Hills Michigan.
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Written by Stuart Mason on 10 March 2013
Las Vegas Motor Speedway from above (photo by Tom Donoghue via wikipedia commons)
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves to another warm climate for the March 10 race.
From Daytona to Phoenix and now Las Vegas, Nevada for the Kobalt Tools 400 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
FOX has the televised broadcast with a starting tme of 3:16 p.m.
The desert speedway is a 1.5-mile tri-oval. The 400.5 mile race breaks down to 267 laps.
This speedway has wide, progressive banking which allows for fast, side-by-side racing.
After Stardust International Raceway closed up in 1970, plans were made for a dragstrip, road course and dirt track and a $72 million superspeedway, which was completed in 1996.
Indycar driver Richie Hearn won the first race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Mark Martin won the first Cup race in 1998.
Tony Stewart was the 2012 winner at Las Vegas in March (megasportsnews.com photo)
The track qualifying record was set by Kasey Kahne in 2012 with a lap of 190.456 mph and the race record was set by Martin at 146.554 mph in 1998.
Top active drivers with wins at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is Jimmie Johnson with 4 wins, Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth with 2 wins apiece.
RECAPPING 2012 KOBALT TOOLS 400
Tony Stewart beat out Jimmie Johnson to win the third race of the NASCAR season, however, Greg Biffle took the points lead by finishing third.
For more information or to follow the race you can log onto NASCAR.com or LVMS.com.
Tags: Carl Edwards., Daytona., Fox., Greg Biffle., IndyCar., Jeff Burton., Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne., Kobalt Tools 400., Las Vegas Motor Speedway., Las Vegas Nevada., Mark Martin., Matt Kenseth., NASCAR Sprint Cup., Phoenix., Richie Hearn., Stardust International Raceway., Tony Stewart.
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Written by StephanieLee on 20 October 2011
(courtesy of OCAL by Clker.com)
IndyCar will get help with its investigation of the crash that killed two-time Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon.
The 33-year-old Wheldon was killed in a chain-reaction crash at a race in Las Vegas.
IndyCar has announced that Formula One’s governing body and the Automobile Competition of the United States, which is an umbrella organization of auto-racing sanctioning bodies in the U.S., will help in a full and thorough investigation of the crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Clipart from Clker.com
Info from IndyCar, Radio & TV news
Tags: Automobile Competition of the United States., Dan Wheldon., Formula One., Indy 500., IndyCar., Las Vegas Motor Speedway., Las Vegas., U.S.
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Written by StephanieLee on 19 October 2011
Queensland Raceway (photo by Will Pittenger via wikipedia commons)
Darren Turner has been chosen to replace the late Dan Wheldon in the V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600 this weekend in Australia at the Queensland Raceway.
Wheldon was killed Sunday in a 15-car accident in the IndyCar season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The two-time Indy 500 champion was one of six IndyCar drivers who had committed to the race at Queensland.
The others are Ryan Briscoe, Helio Castroneves, Alex Tagliani, Will Power and Tony Kanaan. Power has withdrawn due to an injured back from Sunday’s IndyCar race and Kanaan said that he is sitting out due to Wheldon’s death.
The race will also feature eight Formula 1 drivers including Tonio Liuzzi, Emanuele Pirro and Gil de Ferran.
Info compiled from Radio, TV & Auto Racing news
Tags: Alex Tagliani., Australia., Dan Wheldon., Darren Turner., Emanuele Pirro., Formula 1., Gil de Ferran., Helio Castroneves., Indy 500., IndyCar., Las Vegas Motor Speedway., Queensland Raceway., Ryan Briscoe., Tonio Liuzzi., Tony Kanaan., V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600., Will Power.
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Written by Collette Stenger on 15 October 2011
(courtesy of indycar.com media)
The IndyCar Series is getting ready for the season finale later today (Sunday) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Dario Franchitti dueling Will Power for the championship.
Both drivers will be starting from the same row, but back in the field.
Tony Kanaan will lead the 34-car field after posting a speed of 222.078 mph to earn the top position.
In her swan song to the IRL, Danica Patrick will start ninth before heading off to NASCAR in 2012.
Franchitti, who holds an 18-point lead over Power in the series standings, will start 18th in the Las Vegas Indy 300 presented by Honda.
Info courtesy of IndyCar
Tags: Danica Patrick., Dario Franchitti., Honda., IndyCar Series., IRL., Las Vegas Indy 300., Las Vegas Motor Speedway., Nascar., Tony Kanaan., Will Power.
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