Testing Speeds | Kyle Busch, Toyota fastest on first day for Cup cars at Las Vegas

01/29/2008 6:21 am EST

Speeds from Monday’s Sprint Cup test at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with position, car number, driver, car make and speed:

Teams battle wind in Vegas test

01/29/2008 6:18 am EST

DAVID POOLE

Strong winds made for challenging conditions on the first of two days of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway test.

Take this rule and shove it, Kyle Busch says at short track, I ain't racin' here no more

11/11/2007 12:30 pm EST

JIM UTTER

AVONDALE, Ariz. - Nextel Cup driver Kyle Busch took an unexpected early exit from a planned Super Late Model feature race late Saturday night at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kvapil holds winning hand as Truck standings are shuffled | Race results

09/22/2007 10:56 pm EDT

LAS VEGAS – Pole-winner Travis Kvapil broke away from a tight pack with four laps to go and held on Saturday night to win the Smith’s Las Vegas 350, while former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve was 21st in his Craftsman Truck Series debut.

Former Indy 500 winner, IRL champ Buddy Lazier pumped about Truck series plans

09/15/2007 10:32 am EDT

JIM UTTER

LOUDON, N.H. - Here comes another one.

Who's getting favorable treatment?

03/15/2007 11:58 am EDT

DAVID POOLE

When a tire rolled from Jimmie Johnson's pit stall on the final stop at Las Vegas, a NASCAR official stopped it and a crew member came to get it

Ratings are in for Vegas Cup race

03/14/2007 10:51 am EDT

The coverage of the Las Vegas 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend scored a 6.3 rating with a 13 share, an increase of two percent from last year’s race. The telecast also outdrew the NCAA Selection Show on CBS by 47 percent.

Johnson rises to the top after Las Vegas

03/12/2007 9:44 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE/dpoole@charlotteobserver.com

That’s Racin’ ranks the top 40 teams in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series following the UAW DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Miscue costly for Earnhardt Jr.

03/11/2007 11:14 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE, dpoole@charlotteobserver.com

LAS VEGAS -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. was running toward the front pretty much all day until a simple mistake knocked him out of a top-10 finish.

Roush-Hendrick success continues

03/11/2007 11:10 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE, dpoole@charlotteobserver.com

Jimmie Johnson’s victory means that cars owned by Rick Hendrick have now won four races at Las Vegas. Roush Racing has five Cup victories here. Every other car owner, combined, has one.

Gordon not satisfied with second

03/11/2007 11:07 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE, dpoole@charlotteobserver.com

LAS VEGAS -- Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin are the only drivers to finish in the top 10 in each of this year’s first three races, but Gordon found it difficult to be completely happy with a second-place finish Sunday.

Hamlin perseveres for third-place finish

03/11/2007 11:04 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE, dpoole@charlotteobserver.com

LAS VEGAS -- Denny Hamlin said the only place he could see the leaders for much of Sunday’s race was in his rear-view mirror as they came up to try to lap him. But Hamlin hung in and came through the pack in the late going to finish third.