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Erik Jones makes hard contact with the outside wall taking out Bubba Wallace in the process at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. View the full article

Chase Briscoe gets looses and collects Daniel Suarez on the front stretch at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. View the full article

Kyle Busch is upset with Chase Briscoe and hits Briscoe under caution after the first stage comes to an end. View the full article

While battling for the lead late in last weekend's event, Elliott tried to take a run three-wide to the outside on the frontstretch. Larson blocked and Elliott ended up in the outside wall, ultimately finishing 26th while Larson won. The reigning series champion was adamant that he did not try to run his teammate into the wall, saying that he didn't even realize he was up there. Audio showed ...Keep readingView the full article

Gragson lined up as the leader with five of 200 laps to go with Gibbs sharing the front row. Allgaier, Gragson’s teammate at JR Motorsports, lined up behind Gibbs and gave him a big push allowing Gibbs to clear Gragson for the lead off Turn 2. Gibbs quickly got away from Gragson and his win was secured when a wreck erupted on the last lap, which brought out a caution and froze the ...Keep readingView the full article

Ty Gibbs, 19, now has five NXS victories in his young NASCAR career. Gibbs joins Austin Hill (Daytona winner) as the only drivers locked into the 2022 playoffs. Cole Custer, a Cup Series regular, won at Auto Club Speedway last weekend. The race was slowed by 11 cautions, as well has a 41-minute red flag for inclement weather. Noah Gragson led the way in both Stage 1 and Stage ...Keep readingView the full article

Full highlights from Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where Ty Gibbs held off Noah Gragson on a late race restart to win his first race of the season. View the full article

Christopher Bell claimed his first Cup Series pole, beating out reigning series champion Kyle Larson on the front row. Kyle Busch was the only driver to not set a time after crashing in practice earlier in the day. There were no incidents during qualifying. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson claimed victory at LVMS in the two races there last year. Brad Keselowski has the most wins of all active ...Keep readingView the full article

Bell held on in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying to post the fastest average speed (182.673 mph) among the 10 cars. “I feel really good about (our car), that’s for sure,” said Bell, who has failed to finish the first two races of the 2022 season. “In practice, it took probably two runs to get the balance to where I was comfortable but I knew first run out that we were pretty ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson, the reigning Cup Series champion, went out late in the 35-minute session for a flying lap and posted an average speed of 181.183 mph. Larson won the first of his 10 races last season at Las Vegas. Christopher Bell ended up second-fastest (180.771 mph) and Ryan Blaney third (180.000 mph.) William Byron was fourth and Joey Logano rounded out the top-five. Read Also: NASCAR Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

During inspection on Friday night, five teams failed twice and were forced to eject a crew member. Practice on Saturday went smoothly for most teams, but not for Las Vegas native Kyle Busch. He lost a left-rear tire and slammed the outside wall, forcing Joe Gibbs Racing to break out the backup car. Greg Biffle also had a moment after touching the apron in Turns 1 and 2, but was able to ...Keep readingView the full article

With Cup practice and qualifying scheduled for Saturday morning, NASCAR conducted pre-qualifying inspection for teams Friday evening. The cars of Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott, Harrison Burton, Todd Gilliland and Josh Bilicki all failed inspection twice. As a result, each team had a crew member ejected – car chief Robert Smith on Harvick’s team; car chief Matt Barndt on Elliott’s team; ...Keep readingView the full article

The 19-year-old beat out Zane Smith and KBM boss Kyle Busch to take the checkered flag. Chandler Smith now has three victories in the CWTS. The race was slowed by ten cautions. Read Also: Chandler Smith out-duels Zane Smith for Las Vegas Trucks win Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Laps ...Keep readingView the full article

On a restart with three of 134 laps remaining in the race, Zane Smith powered into the lead past Kyle Busch to grab the lead. With one lap remaining, Chandler Smith passed Zane Smith for the lead, only to see Zane Smith quickly move back out front. Chandler Smith quickly did a crossover move to reclaim the lead and held on for his first victory of the 2022 season. The win is the ...Keep readingView the full article

Full highlights from Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series highlights from Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a wild finish between Kyle Busch, Chandler Smith, and Zane Smith. View the full article

The 25-year-old native of Byron, Mich., already has more top-five finishes in two weeks (one) than he did in the entire 2021 season (none). Many things have changed since last season for Jones. His Richard Petty Motorsports organization merged with GMS Racing to produce a two-car team in the Cup Series called Petty GMS Motorsports. In addition, Jones got a new crew chief in Dave Elenz, who ...Keep readingView the full article

How to watch NASCAR at Auto Club Speedway All three national divisions will take to the track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Reigning Cup Series champion Kyle Larson took victory in California ahead of Austin Dillon and Erik Jones. It was a race that saw many interesting names towards the front of the field, including Tyler Reddick, who won both Stage 1 and 2 before a tire failure derailed his ...Keep readingView the full article

Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick have proven to be extremely competitive to start the 2022 season, particularly last weekend at Auto Club Speedway in California when both drivers had a chance to win the race. Both had fast cars in the season opener at Daytona but neither was able to complete all the laps, with Dillon finishing 25th and Reddick 35th. Last weekend, saw far better results for ...Keep readingView the full article

After its debut in the non-championship Busch Light Clash at the LA Coliseum on February 6, the Next Gen car has now seen full-blooded Cup Series competition at Daytona and Fontana. This weekend’s race, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is the first for the car on a 1.5-mile oval – the kind of track that makes up the majority of the schedule. Harvick says his Stewart-Haas Racing team is ...Keep readingView the full article

On Wednesday, NASCAR announced Cup teams will not be split into two groups for practice this weekend, as they were last weekend at Auto Club Speedway. Instead, there will be one 35-minute practice in which all cars can participate on Saturday. The practice will run from 1:30 p.m. to 2:05 p.m. ET. Cup Series qualifying will begin at 2:15 p.m. ET Saturday and will still be split into two ...Keep readingView the full article