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Having already won the Daytona 500 last month, driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and crew chief Steve Letarte had nothing to lose when they gambled on fuel in Sunday's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

All of us here at NASCAR.com wanted to wish a very happy 74th birthday to living legend Chuck Norris, because frankly, we're afraid of what he might do to us if we don't.

Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the second race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season in Phoenix.

A Texas sports bar named "Ricky Bobby Sports Saloon & Restaurant," which is located a short distance from Texas Motor Speedway, features waitresses known as "Smokin' Hotties" along with many items that would have fans remembering the movie "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby."

The best view Tony Stewart had of Las Vegas Motor Speedway was in his rearview mirror as he left the 1.5-mile oval on Sunday following the Kobalt 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

In his 300th career Sprint Cup Series start, Martin Truex Jr. saw a top-10 finish fade in the closing segment of Sunday's Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

With Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski sweeping the front row, Keselowski sweeping both NASCAR races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the weekend couldn't have ended better for team owner Roger Penske.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. came within a half a lap of winning his second NASCAR Sprint Cup series win of 2014 Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway .

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s fans were on their feet, sponsor representatives were ready to invade victory lane and Junior Nation could envision what would have been the best start to a season ever.

Not only did Brad Keselowski need to spend the final laps of Saturday's Boyd Gaming 300 fending off Kyle Busch for the victory, but he had to do so while nursing a bad battery in his No.

Chip Ganassi Racing announced the signing of 18-year-old Nationwide Series driver Dylan Kwasniewski as a developmental driver before the Sprint Cup Series Race in Kwasniewski's hometown 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.

NASCAR is in Las Vegas for the Kobalt 400 this Sunday, and the mile-and-a-half track at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will test every driver to the limit.

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.

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

None of the three Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camrys made the final round of qualifying for Sunday's KOBALT 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway , as Kyle Busch led the crew with a disappointing 20th starting position.

Rookie Austin Dillon led the way Friday for Team Chevy in qualifying for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a fourth-place time of 28.026 in his No.

Drivers who don't win races will feel the pressure to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Longtime Richard Childress Racing partners Realtree and Bad Boy BuggiesA are joining the effort to support Austin Dillon's rookie campaign in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by announcing primary partnership of the No.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The NASCAR Nationwide series has completed their final practice session at Vegas Motor Speedway in preparation for the 18th Annual Boyd Gaming 300 .