Carl Edwards topped the chart in second Sprint Cup Series practice in a backup car. The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.189 and a speed of 191.564 mph.
Kurt Busch will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday for the second week in a row. The driver of the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet scored the pole for this Sunday's Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after posting a time of 27.505 and a speed of 196.328 mph.
Wheeling his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 183.094 mph, Erik Jones soared to the top of the leaderboard in the final minutes of Friday's opening practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series travel to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series enjoys a week off. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.
John Wes Townley collected his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night, saving just enough fuel during his final run to win the Rhino Linings 350.
After hitting the wall head-on on lap 15 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350(k) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Austin Theriault was airlifted to hospital.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series will compete this weekend at Dover International Speedway while the Camping World Truck Series travels to Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Action sports star Travis Pastrana is returning to NASCAR, if only for one race. Pastrana announced from his Instagram account that he will compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Oct. 3. The 31-year-old extreme sports standout is scheduled to drive the NTS Motorsports No. 31 Chevrolet, said team competition director Chris Rice.
"I like to gamble. I liked the call. I love being aggressive,” he stated after the race. “We were going to drive up there and pass that No. 4 (Kevin Harvick). So, we had to take a chance. Second, fifth, fourth, whatever; it really don’t matter if you don’t win.”
In just the third race of the season, there were a plethora of firsts and lasts, from Jeff Gordon running his last ever race at Vegas to Brian Vickers starting his first race since open heart surgery and Kevin Harvick standing in Victory Lane for the first time ever at LVMS.