1:25 PM ET Las Vegas is known for many things. You know, casinos, nightlife, 34,000 gambling references made during NASCAR race weekends (only a couple of which came from me). What it isn’t especially known for is exciting, nail-biting racing. However, it appears NASCAR has taken a big step toward competitive balance, and that was
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6:56 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Joey Logano held off teammate Brad Keselowski on Sunday to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano drove his Team Penske Ford to his 22nd career victory and his first of the season, narrowly answering Keselowski’s last-lap passing attempt down the stretch.
7:56 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Kyle Busch moved into position for a three-race weekend sweep in his hometown, holding on in double-overtime to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch held off John Hunter Nemechek on the final lap, adding his 93rd career Xfinity Series win
11:34 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Kyle Busch won his hometown race Friday night for his second straight NASCAR Truck Series victory. A week after winning at Atlanta to break a tie with Ron Hornaday Jr. for the series victory lead, Busch dominated at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his 53rd career win.
9:14 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Kevin Harvick won the pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first time in his 19-year NASCAR Cup Series career. Harvick turned a lap in 29.914 seconds Friday in his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, beating out Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate,
8:48 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Blunt Larson will try to be a bit more delicate with his words in the future. Kyle Larson personally apologized to team owner Rick Hendrick this week after jokingly saying during an interview that Hendrick Motorsports cheats. While the Chip Ganassi Racing star doesn’t plan to stop
9:18 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch has finalized a multiyear extension with Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch said two weeks ago the extension to drive the No. 18 Toyota was nearly completed and that he was not a free agent. JGR announced the extension Thursday morning on Twitter. Terms of driver contracts
1:00 AM ET This is usually the point in the NASCAR season when people talk about how we’re past the craziness of SpeedWeeks at Daytona and it’s time to move on to the “real season.” Except this season, that’s really not the case. We still have so much to learn about all the changes made
6:31 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Brad Keselowski was so sick at Atlanta Motor Speedway his team had a standby driver on call. Keselowski said the help was not needed. The winningest driver in Team Penske history raced to an unlikely victory Sunday by recovering from a stomach virus to win at Atlanta
8:10 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Kyle Busch broke a tie with Ron Hornaday Jr. for the NASCAR Truck Series victory record Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, winning No. 52 in a race delayed by rain with nine laps to go. Busch is set to make his 500th career NASCAR Cup start Sunday.