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Auto racing is big business in central Iowa, revving up our economy to the tune of nearly $100 million in 2013.

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

Brad Keselowski celebrates with a burnout after winning Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Qualifying for the Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is complete. After the new three segment qualifying round, the TriStar Motorsports drivers had a better understanding of how their cars handled.

Happy belated birthday, Janet Guthrie. Racing pioneer Guthrie turned 76 on Friday, March 7. Okay, so I'm a day late.

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.

Andretti Autosport announced this morning that Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series, will attempt the Indianapolis 500 in a fifth entry for the IndyCar Series team.

Supercross riders roll into Daytona International Speedway this weekend for a Turn on Ricky Carmichael's 5,000-ton dirt and sand monster of a playground, and according to Fox Sports 1 host Ralph Sheheen: "Some guys are chomping at the bit ... and some guys are waking every morning in a cold sweat."

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Each Friday afternoon, we'll look at a hot topic in NASCAR and preview the weekend's race: Barely can he go anywhere without somebody asking how he is feeling, having begun his comeback after the broken leg he suffered last summer and the complications that followed.

By NASCAR has a new rules package for the intermediate tracks on the Sprint Cup schedule.

Winter weather continues to place the local 2014 racing season on hold. All area action is off again this weekend.

Forty-eight drivers from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series turned laps at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Thursday to further build upon the 2014 intermediate-track rules package that was formalized late last year.

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

Fans packed the Strip on Wednesday night to kick off NASCAR Weekend with the Hauler Parade, which brought traffic to a slow crawl - far off the 185 mph speeds the racecar drivers will probably hit this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Brian Clawson, left, and Greg Johnson of Richard Petty's team check out the No. 43 Sprint Cup show car during the Smith's NASCAR Fan Fest Thursday afternoon.

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.

The first year of a five-year partnership between the International Motor Sports Ass'n and FOX Sports brings a majority of TUDOR United SportsCar Championship events featuring live coverage on FOX Sports 1, as sanctioning body and network officials today announced the television schedule for the remainder of the 2014 season.

SP+ Gameday , in conjunction with Kurt Busch, driver of #41 SS Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing, will recognize fallen U.S. Army Sgt.

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Supercross riders roll into Daytona International Speedway this weekend for a Turn on Ricky Carmichael's 5,000-ton dirt and sand monster of a playground, and according to Fox Sports 1 host Ralph Sheheen: "Some guys are chomping at the bit ... and some guys are waking every morning in a cold sweat."