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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.

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

The spring race at Bristol Motor Speedway is just over a week away and Thursday local authorities announced a plan to handle race traffic.

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.

Truck Series champion Matt Crafton will be on standby at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for Paul Menard as the driver awaits the birth of his first child.

The Sprint Cup Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Sunday, March 9th running of the KOBALT 400, and all eyes are on Dale Earnhardt Jr. - not to find out when he's going to win, but when he's going to slow down.

James Hinchcliffe , IndyCar driver, and IndyStar reporter Curt Cavin at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.

Three-time and defending IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon stopped by the Autoweek offices in Detroit this week to help promote the upcoming IndyCar season and the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix doubleheader set for the Motor City the weekend of May 30-June 1. We asked the 33-year-old Chip Ganassi Racing driver about Kurt Busch, Dario ... (more)

Eric Phillips stands on the verge of history. One more victory, and he'll be the all-time winningest crew chief in the 20-year history of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

SPRINT CUP 1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 90; 2. Brad Keselowski, 84; 3. Jeff Gordon, 80; 4. Kevin Harvick, 79; 5. Jimmie Johnson, 78; 6. Joey Logano, 75; 7. Matt Kenseth, 70; 8. Denny Hamlin, 68; 9. Carl Edwards 65; 10. Greg Biffle 64; 11. Jamie McMurray 64; 12. Casey Mears 64; 13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 63; 14. Kyle Busch, 61; 15. Ryan Newman, 60 NATIONWIDE ... (more)

Chevrolet drivers have won six of 15 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Victories by current Team Chevy drivers are: Jimmie Johnson, No.

British driver Jack Hawksworth has been hired to drive the No. 98 car for Bryan Herta Autosport this season.

If it's March, it's time for the famed March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway north of Bakersfield.

Rodney Childers wrestled for months with the decision to join Kevin Harvick at Stewart-Haas Racing.

The big NASCAR story is Dale Earnhardt Jr. backing up his Daytona win with a second-place finish in Phoenix.

Schedule: Friday, practice , qualifying ; Saturday, practice ; Sunday, 3 p.m. . Last week: Kevin Harvick raced to his second straight victory at Phoenix International Raceway, leading 224 of 312 laps.

B. Keselowski 1-5; K. Busch 6-88; B. Keselowski 89-92; K. Harvick B. Keselowski 1-5; K. Busch 6-88; B. Keselowski 89-92; K. Harvick 93-96; K. Busch 97-168.

Blake Koch returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend after finishing 39th last weekend in the Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Danica has nothing to prove by beating a 76-year-old man, even if Petty still has the physical skills to give it a whirl.

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