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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.

The Mayor of Hinchtown is planning a zany ride through Gasoline Alley this May on IndyStar.com.

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.

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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Three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart is hoping to carry over his success at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend.

Sprint and Qualcomm over the weekend tested demonstrated the second phase of an over-the-air trial of an LTE TDD hyper-dense small cell network at the Phoenix International Raceway.

The 42-year-old says he is "disappointed" but has signed up to race in the prestigious Indy 500 race - the same weekend as the British leg of the new FIA World Rallycross Championship at Lydden Hill Villeneuve, the 1995 Indycar World Series Champion, who took victory at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that year, will head straight to the US ... (more)

The 21-time Cup winner left Richard Childress Racing at the end of last season and initially announced a deal as a test driver for Michael Waltrip Racing with only one guaranteed race - Sunday at Las Vegas.

The Rising Star Racing Connected Driver program will utilize state-of-the-art personal biometric monitoring technology to capture and convey real-time updates on RSR driver Josef Newgarden's physiology during the Indy 500 this May. The Rising Star Racing organization was formed to ensure that deserving drivers get the opportunities they have earned ... (more)

The Indianapolis 500 picked up two drivers Wednesday, a rookie set to compete in his first full IndyCar Series season and a veteran with nearly 200 starts.

WHERE HE STANDS: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the Sprint Cup Series standings for the second straight week after Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Daniel Suarez celebrates in victory lane after winning NASCAR K&N Pro Series East UNOH Battle at Daytona International Speedway Daniel Suarez is 2-for-2 in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will field a second IndyCar entry for Oriol Servia this season in at least four races, more if sponsorship can be secured.

USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Gluck sits down with 2003 champion Matt Kenseth, who enters Sunday's Sprint Cup Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the defending race winner.

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Brett Wiese was the victim of a fatal stabbing at a house party in the 5100 block of Brisebois Drive N.W. on Jan. 11, 2013.

Although anyone can buy a ticket to sit in the grandstand at Indianapolis for the Indy 500, only the privileged insiders get to watch the race from the team garages and competitors hospitality areas and truly be part of the action.

Despite having a new driver, getting a new crew chief and changing from Chevrolets to Fords, a NASCAR race team from Whiteville made an impressive season debut during Speedweeks this year at the Daytona International Speedway.