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MARCH 09: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The fourth event of the 2014 NASCAR season is the Food City 500 weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.

While the normally conservative Dale Earnhardt Jr. is now known as a gambler and Brad Keselowski is riding his own hot streak, there are plenty of unhappy campers in the NASCAR world.

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.

NASCAR officials will continue to monitor and evaluate its new knock out qualifying procedures, which have drawn almost universal praise by competitors and fans but have also raised some potential safety concerns.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup seasons continues today as the 17th Annual Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada is set to roll.

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

Game On Dude, with Mike Smith aboard, wins his third Grade I Santa Anita Handicap on Saturday in Arcadia, Calif.

Keselowski held off Busch in the final laps to win the Nationwide race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first time.

MARCH 08: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Monster Energy Supercross headed for the warm and sunny climate of western Florida for round ten at the Daytona International Speedway.

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev. - If you accept the consensus among NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers and crew chiefs, the new competition package introduced this year for the Gen-6 race car provides more latitude with setups and heightened adjustability.

In three races, there were three different winners and plenty of contact that ranged from door slamming to doors literally being sheered off.

The term "March Madness" is so closely associated with college basketball that the NCAA trademarked it.

In sports marketing, there are certain perks that come with being a top advertiser: a sponsor's box, meet-and-greets with the biggest athletes, tickets to the Super Bowl.

"It gets crazy out there," said Logano, who earned his eighth career pole. "I think it's way cooler than old-style qualifying, don't get me wrong.

Since Kyle and Kurt Busch don't seem particularly interested in the job, Dylan Kwasniewski is more than ready to be the Las Vegas Motor Speedway's newest hometown hero.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The NASCAR Sprint Cup series has completed practice session one at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in preparation for the 17th Annual Kobalt 400 .

Last Saturday, Busch won a Nationwide race at Phoenix International Raceway for a record third straight time, even though the scheduled 200-lap event there was cut short by 32 laps due to rain.

It's been 10 years since a driver last attempted running both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, a feat so grueling that only Tony Stewart has successfully completed all 1,100 miles.