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Series: Third of 36 NASCAR Sprint Cup races. Where: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 1.5-mile oval.

Ryan Villopoto raced to his fourth AMA Supercross victory at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night, beating Ken Roczen by 12.632 seconds.

NASCAR is about to start finding out whether its offseason changes will pay off on tracks like Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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Vegas has been a Sprint Cup stalwart since 1998, and the 1.5-mile track has proven to be a major challenge for the drivers.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The 2014 NASCAR Nationwide season continues today in the 18th Annual Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Danica Patrick needs to do better in Las Vegas. She is ready to take on her next race in Las Vegas on Sunday, and she is hoping for a better performance.

The 18-year-old Nationwide Series driver is having a busy week in the town where he grew up and learned to race.

In NASCAR's three-round knockout qualifying debut, Joey Logano couldn't hide his pride in winning the pole position for Sunday's Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Opening statements were set to begin Friday in the court-martial of an Army general accused of sexually assaulting a captain under his command with whom he had a three-year affair.

Someday in the future, Kyle Busch would love to emulate his older brother's attempt to run the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same day.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for the third race of the 2014 race season - Saturday's Boyd Gaming 300.

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.

One of the first images to surface when NASCAR first announced in 1997 that it was going to race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was a photo of Richard Petty, The King, stretched across the hood of a stock car with a Vegas showgirl.

Stefan Parsons, 15, competes in the Legend cars' Young Lions division, but hopes to drive a late model later this year.

Ross D. Franklin Associated Press Dale Earnhardt Jr. already has more than 570,000 followers on Twitter, even though he joined only after winning the Daytona 500.

Tony Stewart can recite nearly every line in "Smokey and the Bandit" and high on his bucket list is meeting star Burt Reynolds to discuss the popular 1977 movie.

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Matt Crafton has made three career starts in the Nationwide Series, but has never started a Sprint Cup race.

A handful of celebrity appearances and special events, including a flame thrower semi truck to open the show Friday, are expected to help the 62nd annual custom car show attract more than car buffs.